St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-17

inmate of the home of the frieEdless, in
this city, Mr.. Jayne took charge OF him,
despite the advice of the doctors, who
said that the boy could not live a year,
as he had pulmonary trouble. The
child, however, looked SO intelligent
that he decided to take it and make its
short existence as pleasant as possible.
Mr.. Jayne and his wife consulted the
best physicians in behalf of their pro-
tege, carried HIN with them on trip
through the West, and afterward
through France and England to Rome.
In the city by the riber Smith grew
strong and developed into boy of much
activity and spirit. Private tutors were
employed 10 Ivacn him.
The family returned to'TarrytoWp u
1882, and Smith was kept as much as
possible away from evil influences. Mr..
Jayne would not permit him to mingle
with any of the children except those
of guests of the family. Under the in
Struction of his tutors he got a fair
knowledge of Latin, German andFrench.
He seemed averse to study. however,
and refused to apply himself to his
books.
In his fifteenth year Smith was sent
to the Irving institute, at TarrytOWn.
where he became such lively pupil
that he violated all rules, and his foster
parents were requested not to send him
back for the next Term.
Mr.. Jayne next entered the boy at the
John G. Green Foundation school, Law
renceville, n. j., which is two miles
from Princeton college and feeder for
that institution. He went there in Sep
TENDER, 1889.
AT the end of the term DR.. Mackenzie
notified Mr.. Jayne that Smith was in
corrigiblt and that his further presence
was not desired. Mr.. Jayne begged DIR.
| Mackenzie to take the boy back for
second term, promising to give him
serious parental lecture. During all
this time Smith was known blythe name
of Jayne and was supposed to be the
child of his foster parents.
10 the misguided boy was delivered
an earnest lecture. He was told that it
he mended his ways he would inherit
fortune, but that if he persisted in evil
| doing he would be diSinherited and cast
off. Then he was marched back to
school.
Before the end of the term he was ex-
| PEELED, with the commentary of the
| principal that he was iunately vicious.
He was now shipped for change to
| n. K. Campbell, of Paola, Kan, who
had adopted his brother Edward. Mr..
Jayne sent him money~to buy horse
| and some stock and take shares in a
ranch. Instead of devoting the money
10 that purpose Smith spent it in dissi-
| patton. He was recalled and had TO re-
| main i'll bed for two months. His eX-
cesses had brought on pulmonary all
ment.
On the first day that Smith was al
| lowed to go out after he became con-
valescent he stole purse from his
adopted sister Alice. With three other
boys he came to this city and cot drunk.
| Mr.. Jayne then told him he would give
| him another chance before shutting the
door against him.
| A place was found for the youth with
Warren street firm. but after working
irregularly for couple of weeks he de-
voted himself to the races and diSap-
! peared from the Office.
His next escapade was to shock the
boarders at the house of Mrs. Hovey,
| No. 1876 East Sixteenth street, by his
rudencss. He was requested to find an
other abiding place, and he did SO; but,
as he was going, he stole two suits of
clothes from the room of Albert AM
mon, mining engineer. He pawned
the garments, and was arrested.
Smiths father was AlphonZo Smith,
an engraver for the government. Both
his parents died when the boy was four
years of age. He has married sister
In Brooklyn. and his brother Alfred, also
adopted, is an electrician in Chicago.
| When l called upon Smith, at the
| Tombs, he said: 81 don't want you to
wait for any man to get his money. /
can take of myself. When l get out
shall never go near my foster parents
| house again. My sister Alice, who was
adopted from foreign mission in Cal
cutta, in India, was always accusing me
| of stealing when any thing was missing,
and l thought l might as we'll have the
blame as the name. l don't regret any
| thing have DONE"