The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-03
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABouh
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANce-

rn.,i.,n Munro, OF the Tombs, Nsw xerk
CITY, Tells How the Saloons Do NE
Devils work-The Road 20 kusn %
n Promising Young college nsne
7 have wondered more than once hov
anv man who il familiar with the annals
of crime in this city can say one wore ~
defense OF the saloon abominatiop, sfncs
il has become a well known fact thst " W
gin mills make the criminals. During 1--WE
the first year Of the twentieth cens
there are said to have been 223 cases
homicide in this city. Nine-tenths OF thsssi
can be charged, directly and indirectly W
strong drink; not to speak OF eeverai snoe~l
sand cases OF felonious assault, roppefyf
burglary, grand larceny and scores okt
of the modern gin mill. 1t is also faeei
that often under the same roof the saloon
fosters the brothel, the gambling hell, the
dive and the poolroom.
cite here only few cases from my own
personal experience showing the ravagss
of the saloon during the past few month";
But these are only tithe OF the cases
meet in my work among criminals They
show that all classes of the community are
affected more or less by this monstrous
system.
A short time ago a young man, 4 grad
uate of one of the leading New England
colleges, was found on the street helplessiy
drunk. An ambulance was called and the
case diagnosed by the doctor as alcoholismt
| His fond parents had given this young.
man a classical and legal training. IL cost
| them small fortune TO do so. During the
six years which he spent within the walls
of q Connecticut university he, unknown
to them, lived a dissipated life. IL was a
startling discovery they made, and, appar-
emily, it was too late to apply. any remedy
He had formed drinking habits at college
with chums who were wild young men like
himself On the day of his graduation hs
was full fedged confirmed drunkard.
He promised his people that he would re<
FORM but this is always easier said than
done. His promises were made only to be-
broken. They found position for him ir<
large law firm in this city. Here he rnee
disspated, irreligious companions like HIM
self. He drank with them to excess, loss
his position and soon became homeless
prodigal. He tried to secure employment
| elsewhere, but nobody would have him>
| The last few months Of his downward ca
reer he played rag music on an old piano
| nightly in a Tenderloin gin mill and dance
| hall for drinks" and ten cents for lodging
| ticket After his arrest he was sent to Jail
for brief time and then to the city hospi-
| tai for treatment. He was physical, mem
tai and moral wreck. Strong drink had
ruined him. All that was left of him was
| a wasted life and ruined character. The
only prospect he had for eternity was q
| drunkard's hell.
| DO you Assn uON nc bCStiiic u IA =
l will tell you.
He began drinking cider in his fathers
cellar. His father and mother eounten-
anced this in the old homestead. They
saw nothing wrong in it. After a while
the boy began to drink cider like his
father. Many pitcher of cider he stole
out of the cellar and drank with the hired
man.
He formed love for strong drink, and
during his college years his appetite in
creased beyond his control till he became
a drunkard.
How potent is the example of n parent
for good or evil.
There is a young man in Sing Sing prison
Mt the present time serving twelve year
sentence for awful crime committed
while in state of beastly intoxication.
How did he become drunlard?
That boys father was drunkard, and
many time he came home to his wife and
children in helpless condition. When
the boy was eighteen years of age he was
drunkard also. He followed in his faith
er's footsteps. He thought il his father
could get drunk he had the same right
and he did so--Chaplain Munro, Of thl
Tombs Prison, New York City.