The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-10

,t1re of His ,yondfous work. ON the ruins
rsranona he erects empires which seems
be uurtured into beauty and grandeur
hs the dccayue material from which
,..r sprung. On the ruins Of apparent
u..eter and defeat He laws the found
.t..a of a citadel and with careful eye
watches fts construction And this Archl-
ts.t Is ever busily engaged. Nations are
rg taken TO pieces and new king
ans are coming into existence races
rth meir old traditions and supersti-
t.rs are disappearing and IN their
rnees are appearing new races ana from
every nation and CLINE comes the sharp
rrofthis architects trOwel. But I'm this
r-.ces th6 architect displays his wonder
f.I power in an Individual whose life was
f. rlire and whose hopes had long ago
been carried FAR beyond bis reach boy the
,rirl-winds Of dissipation and irresist-
allie brcezes Of temptation. This indie
yflral. the first fra America converted
hy IN Salvation Army was known as ASH
barrel Jimmy" IL is safe TO say That In
salvation Army circles there are very few
who do not know Jimmy, by reputation
at least Jimmy was a thief and drunk
md when converted in New YORK, in
March 1850 His name IS James Kemp.
Jimmy was born in Halesworth. County
Norfolk. ENGLAND. When ne was Fix year
old his father died. and year Afterwards
his mother was laid by his fathers side
a., Older brother offered the orphan a
home but failed 20 take much interest IN
tbs child end as a result Jimmy trained
nfroealf So wen did DE succeed that just
anout tho time be had reached his tenth
,.ar ne was arrested for drunkenness and
sent TO prison for ten DAYS For seven
wears he lived an aimicss life, never stop
ming very long iu one place except when In
Iau which was quite often His brother
thcu consented 10 send him to America,
go Jimmy soon found himself fra the land
of the free. lie quickly met genial com
paui0ns and Jimmys condition and his
Ignorance OF New York ways soon formed
q combination which attracted police
uau.s att1rtiuu, WHO came TO the huan-
gers assistance and pNoted him 90 the
oak street police station. on the folllng
morning he was fined 500 which was
just that much more than Jimmy had,
ana DE was confined in the TOmbs ten
days On default OF payment. This was his
urst Imprisonment in the New World
and e was followed by others too numer-
GUS mention at length.
lt f. hardly necessary 10 follow our
FIRST convert from saloon 20 prison and
from woe 10 woe. The path Of the drunk
ara is wen known. lie became hungry
and penniless and snatched a lady's
raehet-boob and was sent TO Auburn. the
New York State prison
There are times in a drunkard's life
whom le ceases making promises and
taking pledges. So many have been
taken only 90 De broken that the thor
olghly discouraged victims submits
patiently 20 what he considers his fate
ard drifts to he'll on the dark current Of
despair without ever disturbing the murby
waters with an effort 90 escape sure
and certain destruction. While I'm Auburn
prison Jimmy seems to have abandoned
hope. for Immediately ON his release he
aent 10 New York and Joined a motor
Sons gang of Garroters-the Whyos To
Nmmr was ASSIGNED the task Of watch
ls the coop while the other members Of
re gang robbed their victims. Jimmys
Na'chfm eye however proved traitor.
fr Che gang was arrested after a short
'.f lucrative existence and number OF
'l.m were sent TO Sing Sing prison.
h-t Jimmy was one OF the WhyOs who
t on
Three times Jimmy narrowly escaped
s his life. ON one occasion he was
ry frozen 20 death outside "Buly'
N.iIory's notorious dive on anoth-
occasion ne was so brutaly beaten I'm
Waters street dive that he was supp0s-
dead. The morgue wagon was CALI
Y the police and the bruised and bat
body apparently dead. was carried
F.. One morgue When e. or rather he ar
rr.l there some OF the doctors made the
discovery that Jimmy stM lived. and SO
uas taken to- The hospital. where he
nare1 four months. Ills last narrow
He from death was when he drank a
utv of spirits Of wine which he
t.l u a cellar Jimmy drank SO much
.e scent ravine mad end tried 10 hang
r. lie was sent 20 prison for three
months for attempting suicide.
ha FIRST Saturday Afternoon IN March
Jimmy started out go have some g.
meat and hearing that the Salvation
army which had just arrived from En-
ti was going "t0 show at Harry
h..s notorious resort ne concluded 20 90
--re and sec what kind OF people the
soldiers were. When he arrived al Hins
.' t.and that there was am admission fee,
.l as with drunkard's economy, de-
...a1 to spend the price Of admission
'a different manner. Towards night he
'.'...i into a dive in Water street where
"a "Ayo friends painted his back and