Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-21
,,-rxry YEARS IN PRISON.
Of An OLO MAN THosE
,rORf ABOUT TO EXPIRE.

sroRY or a .orJ TO EXPIRE.
-.,,s tls ye,o York World.
up PA. Aug. l6.-On Wednes-
Ian. Aug. 10, James Henry, now 90
10y l l1 wiH step out of the Lancaster
years w prisoua free man, after 2Oyears'
Do. .aroe although in fact he mas served
sen' '.raar. and 7 months, having had
but = and i've months committed for
!5'' ,,3nct Henry, though German
COCA vS' speaks very good English and
by o''I pslrimore TOR his home. His story
cl'lD' .-torssting one. He was convicted
is an l1, stolen a horse from the stable
Of M named Clark, in the lower end
OIL ~ 'l' .ountv and with having burned the
Of 'H'' ~ sayeral animals in it to conceal
barn ~ He pleaded not guilty at the
I2e nh MI M later than to-day protested
tIlal I'.enra TO a representative or the
ss II lg Vino spent an hour in his cell.
wv REMARKABLE STORY.
dan, as innocent Of this offense as you
"s9ia the convict. Il was IN early
Ne,bood 4 Dr0Om-maKer Dy LrsQe' aud'
uSupI Gat Of employment IN Baltimore,
N ;sa'iocsd my daugnter-the only child
n plS0v ,.aod hands, and then took to the
haa III Nv wife was dead, and there was
TOut.. ~ keep me back. | finally found
no-nitufs, IN Lancaster county, and, passing
m!so''a rood in the lower end on a wet,
S l5,,,, Iay / was asked by a man riding
emu s,,,,,,v TO ride with him. ] declined,
~ u hat | was too wet, and that l
SAM ~ 10 10 a farmhouse then in sight
va" wa rot a match Tor my pipe, and cup
~" zoe The man said he would not
IN he npis h0OrhOnd for some minutes,
ca 'r,eanwhlle. If | succeeded in drying
eT cIotbes I could probably go along.
ny man dism0unted. tied his horse to
and disappeared. l went to the
s.o. bousp asked tor coffee (Which | pro-
~ N nav for, as | had never begged in
Gfs1 and was invited in. l had
n!s.osir tasted my coffee when the door
go hurst open. Il number of men rushed
"ond in less time than / can tell you,
luz u hound hand and foot. Where did
v ~~9 gpt that horse? they asked. What
o-ssg .Oh. you're very innocent; come
n,ons, Then | remembered the stranger
"bo had asked me to ride, and told them
NV story. lust as I'm now telling it to you /;
III, ther only laughed at me, and you
tnow the rest. ! have spoken the Gods
f truth"
At tbe time Of his trial, and there are
nam people in this community who be-
4 Iieye him innocent. But a good deal Of
81 born.burning and DEMONSTRATING was
going on in iris county at the time OF his
srrqst. the public mind was infamed, and
Fl IN it not require very strong evidence to
& convict.
TIE MISTAKE OF PRISON METHODS.
Henry has not heard from his daughter
. for four wears, although up to that time
IA be correspondent regularly with her, keep
ne her i'm ignorance Of his disgrace, and
al making her believe that the prisOn-keeper
n whose care his letters were addressed
gas bis employer He worked at cigar
& making for time, then at weaving, then
the wsrp-rOom, and finally in the bake
house. Making overtime, ne saved some
money. but now it is all gone. He sent
ej 10 bis daughter in Baltimore during
be earlier years Of his confinement, gave
IS towards the purchase Of an organ for
& he prison paid a Lancaster lawyer $50
81 10 secure him q pardon which never came,
E loaned S30to prison under-keeper of the
+ Dden time, which was never returned,
Rud anal loaned the last $50 he had In
The world to Mrs. Specie. an abortiOnist
Of this city, at the expiration of her term,
she to return 1t at the rate OF 81 % a
month. But she never gave him back one
81 i0llar Of it. A little more than two years
ago, while working in the bake-hOuse, he
baked a cake for female convict and
slipped It 10 her. For this he was locked
10 his cell for TWO years, having only been
given the liberty OF the prison last spring.
LatterlY ne has suffered from rheumatism,
nov 2hnd oil one eye, and has not been
lole 70 earn any money. He must, by a
Singular rule Of the Lancaster County
prison, pay 81 to the prison solicitor to Sc
& Ue his discharge papers, and he has not
Een this amount. At the last meeting of
he Board Of Inspectors he laid bis case
eiore them. They took no notice of it.
Wat is be TO DO? II am innocent" were
ls lsst words. land / have almost lost
iaih N humanity, for these inspectors
nave no sympathy, no humanity, no love
l0l God and no fear of hellp'