Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-02

X. L. Canheld, Mrs, thflslnun anu MrS.
Orr OF Dallasi Mrs Calhoun of Fort
Worth arrived yesterday evening
Miss Sarah hartman, editress of the
Gulf Messenger of San Antonio is Il Wis
PRISON WORKS.
Eyes, have had some interesting
experiences growing out of this work.
The speaker WAS Mrs Lizzie ID. John
son, the state superintendent Of prison
work for Texas of the W. g., Y. L.
To most people these initials only
convey an idea Of temperance agitation
aud the fewest number are aware tlmt
their work embraces in its scope the
reformation Of criminals; hopeless task,
II would appuar 10 men, but one oi these
brave women has entered heartily into
without funds. with few workers, and
with an abundance only of hope and
jealous purpose.
How have they succeeded;
Let these incidents from her expert.
once, given by Mrs. johnson to The
Gazette, tell in part.
Not many days before this interview
Mrs. johnson heard knock at her
door. She answered it in person aud
iohhh there a man, 4 stranger She
thought. who tinidly extended his hand
anu NNlH'u HtI Uhlllts sNtfllE Nilt sun
did not rcCuEulZc him, he gave his name
and it recalled an incident of visi;
to the peuitcutiary. In the hospital
she found this man. who had been In
some way horribly scHldrl. She spoke
to him IN sympathy, saying such words
rs came to her thought After that She
sent him papers and reading matter as
she does TO all she can supply.
He told her his time had expired, and
IHr t..lst Ia.
come here tn thank Won for what you
havc done for me Tint day when you
stopped and spoke 10 me Ia the hospital
| was In agony, aud my only thought
was that il ever lived to get out of
there ! would have the life of the man
whose testimony convicted mo. sworo
it by everything could think of But
your words changed me-not at first
but they kept coming back and would not
be- forgotten, and now thanks to Won and
the grace OF God. ! am changed per
son that man would be rs safe mt NY
hands as n stranger. lust before | was
released, in q paper you sent me, | saw
where my sister had recently given
sum of money to q charity, aud a few
days after, with my daughter had sailed
Tor frnnce. When ! was out it WIS
easy to trace them up. had been alb
sent Tor years. which they thought |
had spent in other lands. My daughter
~ nlurriHl To hnnker and am filling
ieSl'"hSlnle position IN his business |
nave com" mere Ia say God bless you,
ana 10 bring this contribution to your
work.
,,,, ''uiu ~ "no'her case, SAM Mrs. John
~, s"tnolhs nj q letter she had just
u'Nvn rom ne dGSk. inns boy was
tJf,''',l''I5 sulty' nut not NJ intention.
liu MlS y Young Ehgilshman aud was
!'bor'er Tor newspaper and was de-
,aIta 10 20 some place and report
HE''IWl event ne goi drunk and while on
w spree got ON mule hitchcd at the
Hi"cMNlh 1hd drove 1t oil. As he whim-
N'NlS Hald' me Lord only knows whit
usr l uad for That mule. was arrested
WIN II and convicted. His one idea
was TO prevent his old father in England
from knowing where he WAS. He gave
mn assumed nGmo and served his time
unu'r H. re was hnally parlOucd and
lh'l wrote home, In reply he received
~ olnlualN Dl nus father Since then he
mas wandered from place 10 place seek
ing work Hut You see what he says in
ms leller lie has hardly settled down
wheA he recognizes some face either
o. some one who was companion In
punishment, or of one whom he saw
while working in a railway camp, and
fear of the disclosure that he is an eX-
convict drives him away. He is pnyinr
a deeper penalty than the few ycnrs'
confinement for that unfortunate spree
''Not long ago ! had another visitor
lie was q mere boy who had wandered
on from home and was Lrrnkinr ON N
railway, He was thrown with rough