Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Daily Telephone, October 12, 1925, p. 1. SOON BEHND PRISON DOORS; TOM HARDIN'S PITIFUL LAMENT Hoping that he may get a few days longer on parole and liberty, Thomas Hardin is calling on Gov. Jackson this afternoon. A prisoner in Michigan City penitentiary for life for murder, he has been at freedom for five days for a two-fold reason-the dying condition of his sister, Mrs. Ben Cooper, at Mooresville, and to see his aged father, now over 83, who is at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Doc Parnell, in this city. He divided the time equally as near as possible between them and in that his sister, fatally ill with apoplexy, is expected to die at any moment, he is imploring the governor that he may be with his sister in her dying hours. Otherwise, Mr. Hardin must be back in prison by tonight where he has been for eleven years with a life-time of service before him. "They treat me just right, I get plenty to eat, everything is comfortable, but it's my liberty that is gone that makes it so trying and lonesome," said Mr. Hardin to the Telephone when he called at the office. "Warden Daily, the new head of the prison, is a fine man, and we all like him, he is so considerate, but it's staying in such a place that is so awful, and I get so lonesome. The Telephone is my only company from home, and I read it over and over. I have not a single black mark in all my long eleven years, and I intend to obey all the rules in every way for they are not unreasonable, and then, perhaps someday in some good way, I will be at liberty again. In there for life-forever, it's an awful thought" said Mr. Hardin as he bade goodbye.