The sun., 1890-07-29
SHALL WE MAKE 4 THIEF OF Hn4p
Brady Could Get Food and Medical Attend.
nncs In Prison Any Way.

SHALL WE MAKE \ THIEF or HIM ?
| Brady Could Get Food and Medical Attend.
nnes In Prison Any Way.
A Grny.halred man limped into THE Sun
| office yesterday and said:
Il am Patrick L. BRADY. who was hardened
| last fall after having spent thirty.one years in
! Dannemora and Auburn prisons, and want
work. Ny real name Is not Brady. l took that
name to save my family from disgrace. was
born In ireland. In 1854 ran away from homo
and shipped for America as n cabin boy. 1t
| was during the Crlmean war and was in tho
English navy on ship commanded by my
uncle. l swan ashore to see fight and bo
ordered me fogged. When we reached Ports.
mouth deserted. worked my way to Amer
ica and went to Albany, whero got into bad
company. committed q burglary and was sem
tenced In 1858 TO three and half years in
Clinton prison: | had only eleven months
more 10 serve when was persuaded Dy James
escape; was only II years 9id., SoWolI led
four Inches @ long,. Ss' Sone None Of us 0i' knew y IT,
their nerves and stayed. behind, We were all
recaptured on the third day and brought back.
feeper death. % We % were % then sS matched n4r d to
d fSsfsd S 2 oRS o9E
der in the lrst degree We were sentenced to
be confined IN Clinton prison for one year and
time the sentence wasn't enforced, For ten
expecting to haye tho death warrant read to
me- every day. Then Gov, Hoffman c9mnuted
evidence against us was given by the three
convicts who remained behind 1 was con-
e there have
tho man who commited tho crime. and three
nj ha rriC Al apl In ring hat haI
" In 1855 | made application TO be trans
OF friend OF mine; II. q; Wills. who was
carrying on evangelical work in, Detroit. He
TOOK ~ my case and came to Albany to SEQ
Smith NJ Weed Of PattsburGh, and Z Murphy.
fhaiEman Of the state pemSeratS Gtommttee
TO Detroit, where he Kept me all winter.
Through his eaorts and my own l raised 500
alive. left hero on April OF this year,
found iather. mother, and two OF my five sisters
dead. dead. ono Of my sisters had married well. and
have some ,property which an uncle left
mS sears % aS9 HE1 yheh 6rpEs IN an annual
dian. When he died my brother in law got The
property: as every one thought l was, dead.
disappearance from home, now dsown me. In
fact they don't know me. But my Older sister
clandestinely. She is keeping my existence
from her husband, however. until can get on
she had. TO return to America and trace up my
career. with view to get evidence with which
wGa ~ rss2 seones rGm to- @ auded
in New York with 10 cents In my pocket.
That very day my left foot which had both
Linda Gilbert, the ,philan thropist and eX-con.
@eR &ss sone Gey IL sd%5
Cha BAKE S an s safT nomod me Ra fS %
could do nHthing for me because wasn't, a
re- resident t tho OF the Souny was then advised to
1isrt ne that he couldn't @,.,.,, Do i, and he
90 up to bellevue Hospital and sit down on the
sidewalk until policeman arrested me. 4
me to 20 in and 1se his sA Name Ho fHey hey dressed dressed
my leg and let me sleep two nights on board
the second day was ordered out
1ss,sS Sc. Gwn owl q Pns. ihS sdsxai6 SSossMan
He examined my foot and told the police That
l deserved sympathy more than arrest. and
mtted TO Fatbash HSsptaI @ SIef By Judge Ei fighe
J. remained there six weeks but every week
Tuesday was discharged; and since, then
work Ny foot las broken en- Out out again. Hf4N On On
Wednesday night l had no place TO
go, 80 / walked about the streets all
plight. On Thursday night slept la
Central Park unnrotccted r, from the
and she gave ME dollar. lily money gave out
on SUNDAY and / wall ked the streets again
that night, and here am, No hospital will
assist me. went 10 the st. Johns Guild.
They took my history there, and then tod
me that they could do nothing for me- | will
steal before will beg. i wish to avoid it, God
knows but what can do? cant starve /
will 20 into crime as a last resort. because in
prison am sure OF something 10 eat and
place to sleep. want to earn, money by
fight for my property. II / can't have honest
work, will 20 to prison instead"