Daily globe., 1882-07-10

prisoner sent to Winona for safe keeping
and who escaped. Lavalle, over who's
acquittal Miss Paine rejoices, is tht
burglar who attempted to break int
commodore Kittson's dwelling at mid
night, and who escaped from the Ramse,
county jail last week. He is one of tn
worst burglars in the land, and scoun
drel that would take the life of human
being as quickly as he would kill a fly
such person most persons would prefe
to see in prison. The following is th'
letter:
Box 1917, ST. PAUL, March II, 1882.
Ny DEAR ROGERS: I was SO very mucf
pleased to receive your letter, it was mosi
pleasant surprise to me, as l was afraid you
would wait for me to write first. as indeed
| quite intended to do.
| that you still remember some of the things
you heard here. am anxious to know how
your case is decided. I expect l shall see q
notice of it in the paper, but will be glad to
hear about it from you, whichever way it
goes. If you are acquitted, as 1 hope you
VIII be, DO try and go out into
the world with firm determination to live
down the past, and win for yourself a
name for honest industry and perseverance in
the right. Learn from the Bible what is Gods
Will and do 1t, but you must ask his help for
you cannot do it alone.
Well, won't write you sermon, but have
your real welfare at heart and want to be YOUR
true friend.
l am glad you are SO comfortable. Give my
kind regards to Mr.. Clark and say was
sorry not to bid you both Good bye" before
vice after all. gave your mes
sage to Hamilton and he will write.
You will be very sorry to hear that Murray is
sick in similar way with Smith, only not so
bad. He was taken to the hospital on Mon
day and l have been twice to see him. He
was feeling little better to-day, but he can
not eat. although the matron sends him up
all kinds Of nice things.
am glad to say Lavalle has been acquitted,
but Murphy is held over.
MIR. VanderhOef has heard from Hutchins;
ne had reached Chicago on his way to his
home in New York. | think from your de.
scrlptlon that Winona is very prettily situat-
ed, but have never been there.
With kind regards and best wishes, believe
me, your sincere friend,
S. G. PAINE.
FROM ONE OF THE PRISONERS.
Mr.. Hatch also enclosed to Sheriff
Richter the following letter from one of
the prisoners in the Ramsay county jail,
which is supposed to have gone through
box 1917. The postscript to this letter is
quite interesting. There can't be much
surprise that Mr.. Hatch was indignant:
ST. PAUL, March 1S. 1882
FRIEND DICK: suppose you thought
had forgotten you and your friend altogether
but such is not the case. Hutch got out last
week and he told me he was going to stop over
In Winona and go and see you and I sent a
letter with him to you telling all about my
case. Well, Dick, am here yet but am ex-
mine was in to see me the other day and he
had just left Egan's Office, and he
told him that the judge was
going to discharge me without trial, and
am anxiously waiting for the day to come.
Well, Dick, have been very lonesome since
you and Clark have left, and 1 miss poor Billy
more and more every day. have received
two letters from his wife and she feels very
sorry that did not send for her while he was
SO sick, and more SO when thought he would
not live, but | told her in my letters 1t
was his request that l should
not do it and she does not blame me now. If
succeed In getting out as soon as l expect
Will stop and see you and you can depend on
it. 1t won't be like Hutch's stop though
stop in his mind. would not have known he
did not stop if it had not been for Miss Paine.
She was here Wednesday and told me she had
letter from you and you would
like to hear from me. did
not think Hutch was quite so deceitful as he
is. He told me in such faith he would, that !
gave him my overcoat, for he looked kind OF
bare with his bob-tail coat in the month of
March. The Jail is pretty well thinned out
now. We celebrated st. Patrick's day in great
shape, and here is the toast Here's tc OLD
Ireland, and to He'll with the Dutch. Give my
kindest regards to Clark. ! must close, SO
good by. j. HAMILTON.
r. S.-Write SIS soon as possible and direct
to J. Hamilton, care of Miss S. F. Paine, box
1917, st. Paul.
CONCLUSION.
The above correspondence is curious
commentary on various matters, and each
reader is left to form his own conclusion