Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-01
JOHN ROACIrS WAY
OF SAVING MEN AT THE BEGINNING
OF WRONG-OOING.
OF -. 900 WnTkIneu He Has Found But
seventy GuItS Of Criminal Com
duct or Those lie Was Able
to save SIXTY.

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"WLatevrr happen, ali john Roach to
me the other day IN the course Of con
vrrsatl II Il snail Away have one thing t.
comfort mo ~ tAiuk Over the years that
gone never put a man in jail" said
that putting man III jail wa meumeS
the lest tuing that could lie lone. "G'-,
he went on, "at the last extremity. But
often Ter, are generally put in jail in the
infancy Of their wrOng doing, ami 50 made
criminals Tor life That's the trouble.
Something happened to me once that made
me cautious
Il navs emalnyeI more than -, 100 differ
snt men he wsnt on to ay "Ins-e men
have huI!t for me more than lDJ iron yes
sells. and my annu Al pay roll has often been
above S5JU.O0L | was counting up the
other day, an find that, out of 5000 men
| have discovered more tLan seventy IN
CrIme-offrn~ps or against the law whicI
would have sent them to tue penitenuary
| have not only kept them out Of 1t, but II
almost every case the cnur-e l have aIopte /
has saved them-refurmel them entirely
ami preserved tuem to their families Nor
than sky have been able t. keep per
manently in my employ, AMI 'ome Of them
have made themselves my most efficient
workmen All OF them are dew rte % M.
some have toll mo they would lay down
their lives for me.
THE SECRET OF IT.
| asked him to tell me tue stories. The
storia>:' he said; oh, they would be to-
long l. We aui tenderness, are the Key t
all reform, though. | have proved that
All these cases IN their Treatment were
somewhat like the very first met 1t wa
a man without skill, wno CAM L me Tor
work. bringing character from his pre-
vIous employer. Finding he hat family.
| showed off an unmarried man and hIre I
him as night watchmsn on board a YES eI
at the wharf In two OF three months
disc vered that he WAS stealing jun
and selling It. | sent for HIM.
He came 50 the Office. seated
him by my side: You ml-ertbIe un-
grateful. wicked thief yuu. | said. i CAV
you work, AMI you are robbng me! A
first he showed bravaio, and denied II 4
know it i true, sail. and il you lle =
me ou shall repent behind prison BARI!
| asked him ab put hi, family. lie hal Il
good W fe, be said, AMI two daughters
Are they good gtri-F
Yes; We live IN bad street hut my
girls are good girls, and they are fond OF
their daddy. SIR
III w Old are theyF
.Tne ulisSt Is J.
"'Seventeenl l. anv young fellow coming
around paying her attention.
Yes, sir; Johnny MCFsrIane, and he
a clerk in a Grant street st re, and the
are to bs married next month-f things
right, Mr.. r ach.'
"'WIll 1t make any difference If her
father goes to states prison. and your wife
and girls are driven from their home an
the neighbors Jeer them and ,ay: Their
goes the w.fe and children OF AudreW
Gwynne, the jail bird
AT that he broke down. He burst il
tears, fell On the Il ,or and cried o my
G i, Kill me, Mr.. Roach, Kill mel
don't want to live any longer Id rather
die than 20 10 all | navs har lily thought
Of myself as a thief, TIL now III rather
die than face it,
A SOLEMN OATH.
Il made him sit stIIl aud | sent for hi.
wife. She came and sat down bv him II
amaZement, and | told her the story H.
cried that it was true and he wanted to die.
1t came, he said of spending part of his
days in the beer shop under tue house.
where he threw for the drinks ani then for
money. When he lost lie sold the junk t
pay bis debts. He thought IT was the rich
John Roach, and he'd never miss it
Docs your wife cara anything for your
l asked him. And she jumpel and gave
him a hug. and said she loved him as bel
life, ami she would 90 to jail with him
laf
promise meF | askel him Never /,
steal again he >ati. That's not
enough | said: you must swear on the
Bible that you will never drink again. AMI
he swore it Then said u her, You, too.
NUT promise me something. Yes, sir.
she said, You must prnmlSe me-, said,
never to tell any boiy in th' world OF it,
and never 70 throw 1t up at him-neyer 10
remind him Of it or TO hint at it when you
feel cross and fret:ul toward him, for tnat
will make trouble And she promised tina
she never wOuIL Tnen | went with him t.
the door ami told him he could go and find
another place. They bade me good bye
and went our. A policeman hap
pened TO be standing near the
door. and the man shiei off ss il he
was come for. When they were six or eig bit
rols AWAY Cdllei lnem UdCk. lie thou nj
| had changed my mind and was going t
give him to the officer. but be came. and
followed me into the Office again with hi
wife. You came here with recommsn la
tiOn from Respectable man aid /
can't give you one. How are YOU going
get work. He said he did not know.
said he would have to earn anoth.r cnarac-
ter and he might a. well bagIn with me as
yboiy. sent him back to his work He
was so faithful and energetic that put him
at tie forge. His wages went up For
twenty years he was one Of my most valu-
able and truStel men
ANOTHER CASE.
Il could tell you twenty tories pretty
rearly like that-thous III OF course. steal
ing was not always the Offenss \ woman
came 70 me once IN great ii>treS. She was
afraid her usbani, WIN worked tor me,
WAS going crazy. H. hal lately bpcom.
religious and joined church, an since that
had been tn times worse. she said He
couldn't sleep night He got up and
wake the II or AMI grosnei aloud. Tel