Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-01-11

1905. his cousin; William V. Je
kins, purchased the place and n
the tannery. The war of the rev
lutien vas over, and the people We
settling down TO enjoy the fruits
liberty.
The house became widely know
for its Catholic ecclesiastical cmte
taiumcnts All the prominent clcl
gymen were constantly guest. OF vi
jenkins. Bishop Carroll, the fir.
American prelate, would walk o
drive out from hi, home in the cen
ter Of the city usually ou Sundl.
afternoon. and spend the c,cnin.
with his ho,pitiblc host The Frencl
. priests the founder, Of St Mary
! Seminary and College, we're oftet
guest, of William Y. jenkins Whom
the Irish priests aud peasants driven
from ireland by the rebellion sought
safety in this country and landed at
Fell Point, they were directed.
when without home, To 20 staight
out the old York road until they
reached the jenkins mansion. There
they were sure to receive aid aud
comfort,
The night before the the lombard.
meut of f. McHcnry when the peo-
pie la the Southern part Of the town
were iu a state of terror lest they
should lose their lives in the attack
there was general inclinatior on
the part Of the residents to abandon
their home, aud moved further North
south Baltimore was then known A.
FUuvhtowu. from the number ~
Gailic families that resided in the
vicinity. Most of them wcrc Ncli-to-
do Catholics and the put the deter
mination to leave the settlement into
effect. aud no less toan 20 prominent
French Catholic, found refuge aud
protection in the jenkins mansion.
Among them were The Nallette>.
the Goulds. DE Nalco,. De Noung,.
Barbincs, Gutros and Dungaus.
During the bombardment line of
pickets stretched down the old York
road from the house to Fells Point
and Francis Scott Key could not have
been more deeply interested in that
flag a. it waved over the land of the
free aud the home Of the brave than
these French families driven from
their homes by the British attack.
The fruitless effort on the part of
England to storm the city vas ccle-
bratcd the following night at the
jenkins home The spacious lawn
in front of the house presented gala
appearance The prominent men OF
the city were there and the festive
occasion was leading event in the
early history of the town.
While William V. Jenkin, had the
place he opened the roadway which
rams from North avenue to Hartford
road, aud after him was called Jen-
kins Lane. The new York road.
which is few hundred yards from
the house, was also opened about
1909. The work was done by the
.'wheelbarrow men, as they were
called. They were convicts with a
ball and chain tied to them while
they dug. There was no penitentlary
then, and when the prisoners died it
was easy for the superiHtendents to
make money by selling their bodies
to the medical college. They had to
do it sub sora however, and to avoid
detection they adopted scheme which
proved highly successful.
When the convict died they would
put the body in a pine box and noti-
fy the medical authorities to call at
night for it. When the ambulance
arrived after dark the body was taken
out of the coffin and put into wagon
and carried of to the dissecting room.
The superintendent would then fill
the box with stones aud bury 1t.
Many Of these collins were found some
years ago short distance from the
house, and the stony graveyard ere
a,od oon s,dorohla evcitcmput