The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29

having completed her work. she viii
lay before the prison directors the
result, praying them to give her back
the youngest child OF the family and
craving forgiveness Tor his errms
ways
Both Names Are Fictitious
The name OF ,Griswold, which she
has adopted here, is fictitious. as is
also the name Of Johnson. taken by
her brother when he was arrested and
convicted. There IS no mvciling Of
the mystery OF this brother and sister
the one a Jail bird, the other quiet.
refined, beautiful woman, showing by
her every action and every word the
training and breeding that in any other
country would be called aristocratic.
Johnson's story is the cheap, trivial
one of the criminal world Sunday
night. Febru~ry 10. 1905 Policeman
Edward H. Mills. while patrolling his
beat. saw man acting in a suspicious
Leavenworth street. He approached to
question him and the man ran. fleeing
to a vacant lot and taking shelter
behind pile of bricks. The policeman
followed From behind the pile of
bricks came the flash and crackIe Of
revolver fire. and the policeman
dropped, wounded in several places.
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wounded. but he gradually recovered
johnson was arrested. identihed. tried
and sentenced to five years in Folsom.
Prisoner and Crime Forgotten
That. is was thought was the end
of it The prisoner. not yet 20 years
of age. was led away and in time for
gotten.
In Rochester a mother and a sister
wondered at the youths strange ST.
lence, and then as the days grew apace.
wept, fearing the worst The baby Of
the family had disappeared lie mad
been away from home but few
months. and in that brief time he had
torn asunder all the ties of home and
family without cause. without explsna-
ton
1t was the common story OF The
young man gone west Perhaps in
time. he would reappear. as they sone-
times do in story books. but in the
meantime the mother grew uiae
more aged. the sister lost her xsyety.
For he was the baby Of the house the
youngster who had sang IN the choir
and who had been mothered ana petted
from infancy.
Letter Tells of Trouble
In the midst of their Borrowings
came letter from San Francisco writ-
ten by man signing himself scar
FACE Doyle. and which contained the
brief news that Jim was in trouble.
The sister was away from home and
the mother. seeing the san Francisco
postmark and thinking Of her SON.
opened the letter. When the sister
returned the two held the letter be-
tween them. troubled. mute. heavy
hearted.
A few weeks later the sister was IN
san Francisco. under the name os Mrs.
Helen Griswolds and living with rel,,-
tives in Sausalito. she sought aid
from no one. but plunged into her task
herself Her visit 20 the address given
by Scar Fraee' Doyle brought her the
information that he had left the place.
FurthermOre. she discovered that scar
Face Doyle was one of the most no.
torious criminals on the coast
Writer Was a Criminal
Her face bIanehed as she heard the
mans history Thrice had he been in
the penitentiary. He had not long
since completed term OF 10 years in
Folsom Tor shooting and wounding Cap
tain Randolph Of the prison guard at
san Quentin The shooting followed
his release of few months before. Her
knowledge that her brother had fallen
in with companions Of this sort did noe
deter her. Doyle. as bad as he was.
was the only man who could give her
any Information about her lost brother.
and for Doyle she hunted
Criminals do not move In social
cireles-snd she tried those Of tha
other kind The h0Eror o. Esr saEE0gad-