Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-14
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Cnrious hspeficnoc Of n Clergyman With
m Alleged Iaitbiri.


m Alleged Laiihiri
| mn going to ncvcal to my mdulycnt
reader litilo cxpcricn.l had |
don't know u 1t will Interest him. but
Il has boon the subject Of considerable
questioning with mo over since II &C.
CURED. | waa sitting IN this study
Thursday morning; Augusta came to
the door. saying There ia man down.
siair, who wants to sec YOU" ask
him up here" | said. In walked a
man, medium height, shabby clothes.
face rather keen. alert. hair black.
miSed with gray; eye sharp, with rest.
less look. having In his whole makeup
a combination Of shceplikc ,imidiiy.
hanrdornca and rather pious pity.
Good morning, what can do for
your
u como 10 YOU" he answered. "ln
hnthcr a tranfc time and ON % strange
orrand. | have been out Of Joliet prison
three months, have been In this city
the larsor part Of this time have been
sick; have bccn sleeping In tho sta.
tons. railroad and police. have been
trying G. mako an honest living. I saw
your face. and said you nre a man
who will help nc"
Moved of course b. this tonrh OF Hat.
tory. entered into tho casc with some
degree Of warmth "What can YOU
dor asked II learned IN Joliet TO
paint. bu; will do anything" "Arr
you good paintesT "Ycs, Sir" "All
right, ! think lcnngct yon sonc work."
"Nor may Hike 90 write 20 Joliet about
me- | bocaino a Christian there; the
chaplain was ---. Ny number was
CLSjj.' "Ycl, shall DO very glad 10
know all about you will write at
once. III g1t you some work at once.
You come to nc dag after tomorrow.
and think | can help you, said. and
badc him good morning.
Tho second day after he appeared.
| took him Into the livery stable where
| lire my pnrochlal assistant. In pas.
toral visitation and said TO the proprlc.
tor Mr.. c., don't you want to
hlro this man 10 help YOU Ia various
ways, and you give him his board and
lodging" Certainly do" The man.
whosc name, By the way. was Feeder
lex J. Dubuque, seemed very grateful
Now" said TO Mr.. Dubuque. "let's
go to the carriage man and see II we
cannot get you somo regular work at
painting The carriage man finally
consented to give him work. and he
was TO como round next Monday for H.
That afternoon | was going 10 make
some parish calls, aud | said to the
man, Gone out with mo and hold my
horse" We had u good chance TO talk
during this ride. lie told me the stury
Of his life. lie ran away from home at
II, fell into bad company, began to
steal In n small way aud thon became
"A shop breaker. Never. he said. had
be broken into a house. This he said
with a good deal Of pride lie had
friends living In Williamsburg. n. y.
and also In Wnlpolc, Mass had n son
about Is years old Ilis-siio died sew.
oral yonr before. lie told me about
hiA life In Joliet. the cell fever. etc.
and his temptations To steal since com.
ing TO tho city.
After "A while We came TO the end of
tho list OF visits, and bade him good
night, handing him a quarter In pay
mont Of his services, against receiving
which he manifested a proper degree OF
dinidenec, asked him TO take the
horse back 20 tho stable. ~ shall
come round Monday TO SEQ how you
are getting on" Tho last word he
said TO me was, "You hayo not heard
from Joliet yet about mo-" | said,
"No."
Tho second day following l stepped
IN 10 see how the work was coming on.
They snid the man had brought the
horse back, but they had not seen him
since Thus vanished my friend into
tho unknown. Two days aftor heard
from Joliet that ncvcr had there been
man Of the name Of Frederick ]. Du.
buque confined Ia that prison.
l want TO ask question What was
tho purpose Of the man In coming to
Clergyman In Cdlcago Advance.