The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23
bility and took him to the jail at Mil
waukee. Maybe all Racine WASH It hop

,uity and took him to the jail at Mil
vaukee. Maybe all Racine WASH It hop
eve planned and executed counter
and there was where the in,
lictment came in. One hundred and
fifty Racineites went to Milwaukee, by
boat and were met by s.. N. Booth, a
whose soul fairly burned with indigna-
ton for the outrage upon the black
man. Led by the editor we defed all
authority Of the place, battered in the
doors Of the Jail, took the negro back
to Racine and eventually got him over
to Canada. - T..
Still Rugged Man. - -.
"The sequel came when Booth, my,
self and three others were indicted and
put under arrest for our part In the
affair. Booth was taken to Madison and
tried and convicted and sentenced to pay
a fine Of 81 600. He hadn It the money
and wouldn't have paid had he had it, it
being matter Of principle with him,
and SO he went to Jail. President Bu-
chanan pardoned him. The prosecution
storm that the rest Of us were never
brought to trial. f.l = !,
ct have always been an optimlst and
ment out of life today. I like to read
as\well as ever did. Much of my time
is spent in that manner. The Mime
apolis Journal and the Chicago Tribune
come to me daily and read every num-
Der. commenced taking the New
York Independent fifty -seven years ago
and often read the leading articles OF
the North American Review.
II can walk ten miles a day and in
mild weather often do it. I 60 about
on the cars as please and when get
real dull for company I 60 over to DIR
Lawrence IS hospital and tell some OF
nv old crony patients how much bet
ter they look than when [ saw then
last. 4 These are the only kind of lies
have ever told in my long life. [ have
never drank Intoxicating liquor. or usec
/ tobacco. In fact, I have tried to bf
temperate in all things. :,
outlived Burial Suit.
! ssSome twenty years ago without be
ing really pessimistic l became imbuet
with the idea that [ was going to di,
soon. I bought suit of clothes witt
which to be buried in and made othe
preparations. Well, I have lived t.
others, and I am not buying any NOR
\
Even the casual acquaintance of Dr.
Secor will not find it difficult to be
] lieve that he is chronic optimist. Hi
welcome is hearty and his laugh ring
true. His eyes are bright and steady
When he recounts some stirring inc:
dent Of the past in which he figure
there is a chuckle that tells Of niue
natural light
{ DR.. Secor was a boy of 10 when !
q the summer of 1924 Lafayette, no.
aged and gray, came to visit the Ian
for whose political freedom he had 81,
en- the energies Of the youth and il
deed shed his blood. His visit fro
city to city was continuous triumph
The elder Secorj and the lad of 10 we1
to Catskill, n. Y, on the day appointe
for a celebration for Lafayette, an
were duly presented to the magnan
nous Ffenchman. The incident is vivi
!, " recalled by DR.. Secor.
} DR.. Secor moved from Wisconsin ,
Iowa in 1877 and for several years W;
| in business at Spencer. About a ye'
!, ago he went back to his old home
: Racine and was the city s most honor.
.. guest at a reunion of it's best know
J. pioneers. His first residence in r
!. cine, 1910, antedated that of all othe