Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-26
San MAKCos. TEN 9-ll ISL.

My DEAR MoTHER:-My last lines
! To you are goodbye forever, Never
again shall | see your dear face or be
warmly embraced in your loving
arms. Goodbye father, sisters and
brothers Grieve not for me. am
the cause of all my woes. Had
walked in the light of your admoni-
tioDs my fate would have been other
wise do not dread eternity want
you all tn remember poor AIRY, be
good aud kind TO her for her own dear
sake. When you have read this my
existence will have ended. long to
die. abhor the present suffering That
is being heuped upon me, aud cannot
endure il longer. i can write no more.
Goodbye mother. goodbye to all.
Your downcast and gloom-enveloped
son. PAUL 4. HUDSON.
He also left the following me sage
for his companions in misery:
/ thank my comrades in prison for
all favors shown me while with them.
| also extend to them my heartfelt
sympathies for them, and my best
wishes for their future success and
happiness. 7. {. HUDSON.
And finally he left the following
last, solemn warning, which was evil
utullN
have battled and waged n contin-
uous warfare against Standardization
for the past six months or more. /
have now lost all will-power to resist
any longer the temptation. All hope
has lied. MY end is at hand. To the
young men and TO the generations TO
come after me, | would earnestly say,
beware of cards and whisky.
HUDSON.
The day before his suicide he ad-
dressed the following letter To the
county authorities, and then volunta-
rlly lad down his life in testimony 10
its truth:
HAYS COUNTY JAIL, Ten. Feb II, 'Si
TO the County Judge and commissioners OF
Hays County
DEAR SIRs: How Is 1t that the au-
tborlIies keep the prisoners 30 damned
aud crowded, when the law specially
saws that the iails shall not become
crowded? Here we are nineteen men,
crowded in space of about lSXlO feet,
probably the space il smaller, you can
make your own calculations ana an
swer whether or not II Is ovarcrowdcd
1t Is burning, positive shame ana
disgrace to treat men, who at least i'ly
some claims to humanity, In any sucn
manner. Again, we are a. lousy and
filthy as the hogs in your manager, ana
1t is Just impossible To keep clean IN
such a place, and crowded Us we are
These cells are literally alive with
vernln, and il Is impossible To Keep |
them out of our bedding aud clothes;
Should we b. blamed, yea, shackled
and ironed down, because we even at
tempt to escape such loathsome place
rs this
We have not room 10 lie down, ex-
cept partly ON some one eise-ih ruin
i'm the smaller cell there are eight men,
and they cannot. literally, lie with
their limbs Strengthened.
Should this state of affairs he per-
mitted to continue one day longer,
when there are other places IN the
state where prisoners can be treated US
the law directs?
Will you still allow us 10 De crowded
and TANNED In this present lhhuihat
and british manner, and especially
when it is In direct conflict with the
law of the land?
Will your county withits boasted re-
flnement and civilization WIN us
aud wealth, allow rs prs
oners TO suffer us we are otiiged 10 uo'
For Gods sake, do sometime
Iieye us-we are certainly entlled Ia
humane treatment until we are proven
guilty of charges alleged against U.s.
With great respect, ! am sirs,
Your Obed'n Servant,
PAUL c. HUDSON.
All these writings give u iaVo,aole
impression OF the writer, ana inn,ca.e
thai though thus outcast ana ioriorh'
he was by no means wholly ios. 70 goou
Above all, his iinal warning 10 young
men and others ought 70 MAKE pro-
iound impression upon ln.nr m,nus'
II comes very opportnnely " , en, Ina
sizing the recent,teachIngs Vi tne rres
Press on the ruin0us consequences VI
drinking aud gaming. !