St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-11-24
4 victim OF T.IN.N.lNI.
An Innocent man seven weeks in Ludlow
Jail,


An Innocent man seven week" III Ludlow
Street Jail.
The following narrative of the expert
enceS of il man who hcr:mc the victim
of the cXtmtionS practrrd by officers ri
law (.) IN New York. j. V"Hcitrd for by
the Tibnar. |, would seem /" show
that there are other departments Of the
New York in. which should lie over
thrown:
On IL bright morning in August, Il, |
was going ont of my house To r:lmble i'll
the Central Park, WAS mel by Il polite,
gentlemanly man. with Il paper III his
hand. who asked my name and handed
me Il document. 1t was an order of az
rest -Sl0.0O bail granted 10y Il county
Judge i'll Buffalo. The plaintiff WIS en-
tircly unknown Ia myself. The polite
officer. for the tlitic OF 80. utltlcd II 9"
with me to my lawyers, where the
pipcis could he examined. paid ii.
and went with the officer. Ny lawyer
found. il>t. that the matter at Issue took
place over six Years ago. and W.lS coli>c-
uucntlN barred 10y the statute of linIltI-
lions: and second. w;rS only brought
into it 10y the plaintiff swearing that. IN
an oil Speculation some seven "ti"a
a lay,\ci " lo WIS Rtdd told him - and
81 about the property. and this person,
he claimed. was my agent. There MaS
under arrest for = it.tHn bail. on the conf
plaint of Il man never SAW OF heard OF
"a Canadian. | believe not even Il clti-
zen of my cu,mtry.) for Wiat It man said
seven wears before.
What was 10 he done! The bail w;>
too large tur me to procure, and my
LAWYERS told me that if attempted Ia
try the great writ olri%ht. that my SAXON
ancestors wrlm% from Il tNliImnlC:il kmg.
the sheriff would disregard il where the
bail w:S 50 large. | Submitted /" my
fate and went To- Ludlow street Jail.
After several weeks ui imprisonment liz
THAI vile den. dulim. which my lawyers
were urging every means Ia rescue me
in VAIN liIalli drspailcd of amy relief
from lhc courts. and appealed t" the
plaintiff through my Lawyers. My aili-
daNit> we've ~ strong that even lie VA"
rnliN inccd oi my Innocence. ;nd the
hupclc>>nc>- OF his r.i>e. il ever ii c"tl,!
he brought hcinic Il .iuIN. >" that hr
generously cons, uIcd to Il ld!G" icduc-
riun OF the bail and the acceptance. "t
han Ne could prrcIuc. and came Gown
to New Nuli> himself To- n>IruCi the
sheriff to carry OFT the alI:m cement
But here oiI tliflirulIIr> began anew
OuI bail W.l> entered in the sheriff : OF
flee he h"nd>igncd. and the plaintiff IL
prl>uli approved the bail, releasing til,
>hcliti' from liability. Ct" gel my hal
I l., ,,tti,
one day ON Warden Tracy liberal sal,
nf prices tor ,rmi-li!;clIl. - per h"W:.
But the sheriff did not know the PLAN
tit1. although two respectable laWN {"
the New I"il, har >ouchcd inl iti~ idruti-
H. and .Iud~"m Jarvis told ny laWNr ht
would ulra>, me oll i telegram from
plaintiffs attorneys ~ Buffalo. Next
day the telegram C.;lur ali right. huj
.Iud~ul .I.rN i refused /" IvlrA>:. me. ~
he aid the Telegram hh@it Ir bogus
II the plaintiff attorneys would Nl!tr
il Nnuld hr all light. mghI"r day moi,
The plaintiff = attorney letter WAS II.
cri>rd III ghc sheriff office. prlrmpt"Ii-
II dnrcting them I" discharge nr. hul
.Iud>ulr .I.iIN i now made the excuse thai
lac did NOT know plaintiff attorney
writing. lie could arrest me ola il. hut
hc did not know it when il c;nr /" :, dis
changed He would consult Brown. Hal
\ NaudcIp"ul and many were the con.
~ultatioI~ that we've held. They World
have to send to Buffalo and sec ii the
papers we've genuine. and ais" wanted
the bond ind"l>ed 10y the plaintiil~ al
tnlIIrN and iu This way two I'll the mos
Wcali>"mc weeks of my life PASSED.
pmr day | WAS lNim" ON my pallet oi
>tr.iW Il could not sleep i"r TIA" hugs.
and some one called me III he corridor
| rushed out of my cell. 1t WAS my law
lcr. He held :! paper III hi hHl.d. 1t
Wis my release. | gave Il Wild shout
My fellow sufferers gathered round me.
;I> Wild in their Iciuicing~ IL | Wa~
Tearing nN>tlf from them. and pay in"
Gardner his hill without looking III the
amount. rushed into The street. and IAN
nearly Il Hilc from Ludlow Jail With"ut
stopping. Then ! paused and cried .i>
Looked at the blue sky and the glorious
>liu again. not dimmrd 10y Prison walls
and dark collidu and thanked tod III
my inmo>t hcalt inr his greatest blessing
To man. Liberty. had been in Ludlow
street Just seven weeks and one day. oI
Il false and fictitious charge: and though
it was rs false H. hell. there VAS II" way
ont tmmngh the legal mc>hr~ oft law
" IL VINES iOR UEfENEEE.