Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-04

pear. resigned To the decree which declared
mat ne should end his days inside the prison
These impressions of DIR. Hill furnish
much food for reflection.
It has always seemed to me that the sad
de-t phase of crime il often revealed IN n,
when We are able to discern the SHADOW
which it casts upon the home of the crinina
himself when that home. as ofttimes happens
is one Of love and refinement. When We car
see the sad faces and recognize something
OF the despairipg heartaches the nt,er de.o
lation of hose who are left To mourn fo,
loved ones gone astray, we are able to under
stand how il is possible for MANY thing.
more terrible than death To visit a family
circle. We must remember that by ne
means all the criminals who ill our prisou,
were from the slums of life. II /, true q
large proportion of them come from the low.
er classes of society-from ancestry bred IN
crime. For such the prison ia the na,n,al
goal, and the sooner they reach il the bett.r
rs a general II ing IL ia for soc;etv There
are others, however, who come from highe,
walks and purer associations OF ,imes fbav
have pleasant homes of their own and arc
looked upon a. honored citizens in the com.
munities where they reside Their downfall
comes like a thunder clan The community
is amazed, the family almost frantic and
scarcely able TO realize the enormitv of tho
misfortune that ba. come unor
them. saw misfoy,pne for /,
is ALWAYS well IN remember tb.,
mans crime--,bropgb nj. owr fa,I,
is his family's misfortnna Tho Law
is as memorable a. fate itself I, know. M
sentiment. il has M .vmn.,bie. The s.fa
ty and welfare of societv r.nde,. tb;s no.
ce-sity. IL takes tho offender of biab a,
low degree. from the midst az family and
friends. and places him in tho living tomb-
if. indeed il docs not dan,iva bi, ~ Bf.
itself. 1t separates husband and uife no.
rent, and children bro,ber and .i.,a, i,
the same ineYor.bia ns.sionIa.. an =.
does deatb ;,solf I, 80. no 80, =.
woman. II deal, not with individu.Is hn,
with nrincinle. tbs, rrdarI;a ,ha va,u fsn
ric of human ciyilization I, i. tbe.a cb.r
acteri.,i,.s of low u,h,oh cd. 49,, -
and make nos.ible the n,ogress % no 100
The laws ,bs, lie ~ ,ba fonnaa,;, 80 ~
Cbristian ralig;on ~. ,hs .,rnn,, ha.;. m
which human xisdnm bs. es,sh,ishad ,ba
laws bich aovsrn ,ho ,aI.,ton. - ~
-..li.' "A'.o"s' '"',''e Is tue i'"ere'
i"y VI SUI" "a" anu me" Recognize tha'
s.,i "N' w ''e" up "e'e" 'housh
D1 s'pai".eu anu iones "ane ueso
''.e 'en'i'e"' - oi' Times more ih-
no" IA" anu 'oo,e crue' than
s 'i"' Vi ''e ia'her are 'isiteu
~. '"e '"'iuieh e'ru un'u 'he 'n'ru anu
'ou'" VI seuein'iou no" oi~h we see the
u" oi'"'"'e ia'"i''e' Vi ciin''hais u"ueiRo,ha
o'uAo''n, suuineu anu Hea'eu WIN
eo'u '','a'" ~ '"eif iehoN men as II they
we're themselves uiicieah 'hlngs. NOT only
~ '"e, SUM, 'ne agony orouen' upon
w. " u'e 'alnei u'ss,a1e' W, endure
80 NE" .epiosoh oi 'he Nori' coiu
u ~. Nts 'ine Nhei' 'he' "eeu y npatny
,ney se' sco'h' Nhen they cry aouu ior the
~, u, """"n Aiun,"' soe'ey gives
'e" ''"'ie. rsi'h' nope anu 'hsrlty-
"u' 'ie Eiea'es' VI THESE Is Nnari'y IL
"A' array see hieu 10 hie 'nat any man VINO
"Vu'' 'u' MS ton'ehpt 70 'ne suneri 'es a.
te1S e"uul'u W 'ne nanny Oh iaileh
" "'i'"' VI p''so" zen, Lev
'n' "'" J's'y' ,noush s,efhy WIN 'he
,', .' ie' 'ne e"'i sn,eneu
i.'"' g VI 'ne eoiii'nun'! ueai zen
ue'' WIN 'nose "honi ms crime HAS ieit
'''o'"e'
rvell re,,auho- ID, 10 tho Naw u.rr
sbire s,ata pr,son at Concord ubich I m.de
,a,, az 300 j., conr.nr ,;,h araral
f,,ard. n,. l;,,Ia ;no'rant os tho, vis,,
mails a viva immersion an nv mind In
m. borsa oar. with us IN on, wav m tho
,,-,sop "a, a o,,iet saJ faced E,,la uoron
she was r.s,la ana ,,IainIy dres.ed .nd bad
c.r,ai, or nf rafnsp,snt .hon, bsr vbicb
shov.d hs, IN ha lady Sho came into tho
,r son Guard rnom v,ith ms and wa, at once
.bo.n IN tho xa,dan,. nr;v.,o oefco
n,omep, I,,er ma s,ood hooking ont tbrough
he.yv haired wIndow. acro., rho stone-nsved
n,,sno ysrd =, tho Main oloomv lonLing
s,ona hn;,3ira. cor,ain;r, ,he vorL sbons
the door of one of them onened. and an Off.
cor holdiny in his hand a heavy revolver
TODD am nrop the granite stems A moment
later n tall. finely formed man. clad in the
,rk ard rod snit of the prison. passed out
in front ot him A he came slowly across