Telegram-herald., 1890-12-01
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lke scfef4l ~ nls sermons for llstfihls-
toa- These were sent gracefully. she
n<at Nsote 10 LacasE4 Taylor. at
y nasulns sl0n, stating tEAE she wanted -
start oraFy az the Jackson pr son.
The senator generously sent tWenty-
I've volumes
"And bow / wish 90 illustrate = Little
incident stat occurred after the ARRIVAL
0f these books. There Vas ) person,
a iitet, wnO w4s nnued Al Jackson.
It's bsart had never been touched by
h4s eounnenlsnt-lu fact he w4s what
souid be termed a hardened criminal.
II seemed mat one OF the books con-
tanned a story ot sympathetic nature IN
waich the nsme OF Anuie NAs Oae 0f
Ihe Characters Who azs subject % much
sogf0W over near relatives peTsecu-
uon. Ials touched responsive chord;
As X BY eolacldeni DIS wife's name was
Aunle. it changed the whole course
OF bis life. As / proceeded. the good
John J. baglsy wrote me encouraging
me IN nay course.
VIM. J. Dewey, an uncle Of mine, has
a isFge sash, door and blind factory.
| went % nlm Rt one TIME and asked
| him - take man who was about % be
/ discharged. IA nls employ. He SAID,
Why ! nave eleven e1-conylcts in my
I factory NOW, how many do YOU want
me 10 takcT | said as many as l can
| send YOU
II have always made il a practice TO
/ 60 10 the prisons on Easter sunday, tax
/ ing the prisoners oranges and flowers.
tecame known 20 them and they
would write me letters OF advice.
I FINALLY one of them asked me II some
| thing could not be done 10 start home
| Tor ex-convlcts. He said lie would not
know how TO combat with the world
when the big door of the prison was
/ swung back, and would be told that he
/ was once more free man. If he wss
/ 10 tell that ne was from prison
who would hire hlm2 The chances
are that be would again turn TO crime.
At last / went 20 Warden Hatch and
/ asked him II ne did not think Il was
! time that something was done. He
l SAID yes, and after the chaplain had
/ finished one Sunday, / went before the
/ prisoners and explained that unless
some measures were taken they would
/ certainly 20 back again 10 their old
/ calling. / told them of the proposed
I plan OF home, and said / was willing
/ 10 go out and solicit among my friends
! Tor II. The result was that the
hrst mans offering was one penny.
It was all ne had IN the world. An
other offered 25 cents and finally S400
was reached. Then | went TO Ionla
and one prisoner even gave up ms RI
tons OF Itobacco, and there S75 was
I raised. Finally $500 was raised. |
then wrote to Michael Dunn, of Chi
cago, for ASSISTANCE and il came.
Then the hardest part OF the work
commenced. We located a place in
Detroit for the home, but citizens sent
IN a remonstrance one and half yards
IN lenth. The old medical college on
Beaubien-st. was finally secured. 1t
was the only place we could get, but we
had 10 give $50 to get an occupant out.
The next night after we started man
SIX feet tall entered the door. Wewere
| Just at prayer. The man, whose name
was Walsh, was recognized by me as a
prisoner who had attempted to shoot
two keepers at Jackson and was after
wards sent TO the Ionia asylum for in
sanity. He was big enough TO eat little
| Michael Dunn, who was assisting me;
but Michael, with great goodwill and
| fOrtitude, offered hlm a cup of coffee.
| Walsh took subscription list and went
! out among the citizens and procured
| many donations. / couldn't tell all the
things that poor crazy man got. He
I finally commenced TO act queer. | tele-
phoned TO Warden Hatch and he said
had better have him taken care of
/ Or. Long said the same and Judge Dur
fee, of Detroit, said he would issue pa
pers for his incarceration in some asy-
lum. He had IN prison imagined that q
galvanic battery had been applied to his
breast. sent % an eminent physician
who said be was insane One day |
discovered letter on his bed directed
to his brother. / opened it and learned
that be said he had been IN an asylum
for seven years. / added a postscript
cOrrOboratiug the story, and as a result
received a letter in reply IN which it was
stated that ms father had died IN an
asylum. Welsh was afterward sent
home and nothing has been heard of
the imaginary galyanic battery since.
Under kind treatment he has recov-
cred
"Our home is open to all convicts.
/ 4 Frta N a ~
had been III the institution about SIX
months, when one day he entered my
room. He first locked the doors, and
afterwards took a knife from his
pocket. / vas, OF course, badly fright
ened, and / said to him. God has
filled my heart with mOtherly love /
was wondering If God and HIS angels
mad deserted me. Finally ne opened
his shirt, and took several instruments
/ therefrom. saying: Mother. here are
my burglar tools, I have reformed. ,
That man now fills an honorable posi-
ton "a Cleveland
''I tel YOU my frieuds,i IL Il impossible
90 tell you the good this home 5 dong.
u q calling back to the world men
whose very existence would be q curse
to humanity. There have been s35 cx-
convicts ~ this institution since Il start
! ed. Among that number vas pro-
fessor OF music who could pay on
many instruments 50 that it would
charm even She most refined. Then
there have been graduates OF the Uni
vsrsity % Ann Arbor, doctors OF med
/ lclne- ~ Tact, men Of AL ages from Is
30 50. One man. = murderer, paTd-
| ouet after serving twenty-five years. IS
a steward in hosp "a, and under no