The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-08-20
WILL BEGIN
LIFE ANEW
L.'J. sPRAouE, EX.EDlTon OF THE
PRISON MISSIONARY. APPEARS
IN THE PORTLAND POLICE
coURr-HE rs REPENTANT.

L. J. Sprague who formerly edited
the Prison Missionary" at the Ore
gon state prison. Is again I'm trouble.
and this time In the Portland police
court lie Is repentant however. and
says when he has completed the mini.
mum sentence that he has received
ne VIII leave the scenes of his old rs.
sociations, and begin lie anew. Con
corning Sprague's appearance I'm Port.
lands municipal court. the Orcgonlan
has the following:
Quite pathetic life study lies back
Of the arrest for drunkenness of l.. J.
sprague, who appeared yesterday be
fore Municipal Judge Hogue. and was
sentenced 10 pay fine OF 81. Sprague
is the man who killed Tom Vaughn
the baseball player, I'm a drunken row.
Whlch TOOK place In Jonerson.street
saloon In 1880. and ON being tried for
manslaughter was sentenced 10 ISL
years imprisonment In the Oregon
penltentlary. For good behavior ne
was allowed 10 go when he had served
II years, and during the last three
years OF his life at the penitentiarv ne
published little magazine known as
the Prison Missionary. AT FIRST no
cut out me type from wood, and after. |
wards obtained printing outfit val
ued at about $500 through the genoros
i'y of William Wadhams. OF this city. |
VINO was struck by the mans ingenui |
" and wish to reform.
SprAgue's besetting sin is his liking
Tor liquor and his tendency to 90 an |
periodical sprees Early Sunday morn |
ing a policeman detected Sprague tall |
ing on his coat and vest on the Bup
sldestreet bridge, and heard him
threaten 10 jump into the river. When |
Municipal Judge Hogue asked Spragne |
yesterday for an explanation of his
CONDUCT Sprague, who Is about 45 |
years old, and respectfully dressed |
smiled Ia sad sort of way and said |
ON l did not mean to jumu into mo
river only wanted to Josh tbeI
hrldge-tender"
Then you had no intention of hmm.
pn,s mo lhe rlNerF' quered Deputy |
No Indeed
pOso2' sup
That's H. had been drinking and
when I'm that way / do foolish tbinrs
a hnc OF 81 was imposed and Nm IN.
aGit ot the fine Spmgue went to iail /
sptague was interviewed at tbe cin
aii yesterday hy an Oregonian renort
'l and after a little hesitation no
aihed freely His hair and heard mn,
llematurely white Il never intanb
'd to hill Vaughn" he said ',Vaugbn
'nH Two other men had the reputation
y lVuhl Town Ol being fighters. and tbpy
tHtteu To clean out jefferson street
'afuen Then they went to "A moan
" saloon and attacked man kne,,
ma respected. ! rushed 10 my friends
assistance, and then Vaughn and ms
'''s e''e'hvd me. was getting
"s worst ol u, and 90 protect myself |
Wv a Nhiie amt began cutting at
eusnn legs, struck higher than l /
I,veo'N, ana the hght ended in his |
sve'h' f0n know, suppose. that i |
as sent to salem for rs years. Forl
nc ufat two years | was So much OWN.
vme Win remorse az the Thought az |
leNlhs taken the life of fellow.cren
ure that | scarcely knew What Was
l"hs My nrst peace came when |
'esan "a engage in religious worr |
mons my fellow prisoners. To a.
~ me m this thought over the idea
4 printing a little magazine or news.
aner Inside the walls OF the peniten. |
AIRY AZ first ! cut the tyne non,
."od blocks, and Tor "A mairiN / made |
piasterWparls mold A number of |
le little magaEines fell into tho hands
William Madhan,s. of this city. ana
? kindV supplied me With "A prntInr
itat
since gos away from Salem have
'en leAding an honest lie. have
AFhed hard a. carpenter work. ~
.tN that am hackslider and toI
I ttee nom the companions whol
Ne ied me aslray [ intend 20 leayel