The Detroit times., 1909-01-15
This Sister Very
Properly Lets Her
Brother Go to Jail
There Are Many Who VIII Say
She 10 Very Hard-Hearted. But
Perhaps They Don't Know the
NN Whole Story.

X IN
with the judge asking
This letter the attorney:
tax. S 5 seu s.s s' sss. ss.
che the law " the law
have the matter an"
enc so with Please do not write any more letters 10 any " "
possible kindly this S roth"
Possibly you saying to yourself:
what hard hearted sister,"
peculiar letter for for her
of charity to write"
you entertaining thoughts against
this sister.
But you should not
She very proper justiab stand and she
exactly the kind of letter she should have written
When the letter shown to the brother he said
II would prison for the ntseven yearsthan to
anything against sister will though, that
would give my life for my sister.
These very noble words spoken however with view
Of nsng the sympathy the public and the judge than from
such regard for the sister represented.
"I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE FOR MY SISTER" says
but DIDN'T THINK ENOUGH OF HER. 1T SEEMS. TO
SPARE HER THE DISGRACE OF HAVING THE FAMILY
NAME WRITTEN ON A POLICE BLOTTER.
He didn't think enough her work honest living
rather than crookedness of livelihood
give life didn't have the decency
least take fictitious and her the humiliation she
she among whom she has
standing in her city.
He thinks so much of her place
mercy
highly probable of the letter that this not
young appealed this sister and not the first
ime has had % for his rascalty
The first time she doubt let her sympathy out to him.
She that he young bit wild and that his
step from the right path would lesson to him.
Perhaps there second time and this too found her re-
spending obligation sister, moved however,
upon this word of caution where his
wrong doing would eventually bring him.
Cases where fathers mothers and brothers and sisters have
failed duty regard family and family
pride and eventually they all bring at the same
point
When hayward son through the credit and
the forging name fathers pockebook
incurred and the checks he has written
and made good the aher with mead
before the judge of the telling him that the law must
take its
thing for the Offices to be visited by
such and the always the same
helped and tried make of him as long as
we could but now longer money the
decided that the law will have to take its
course"
And what mistake fathers and mothers make.
helping such in the face of persistent g-dong
they only encourage him to further wrongful acts
He knows why the family purse Is sent to his rescue
The respect for themselves than he has
Thew seek to save the family that he
TRADES UPON THE FAMILY NAME and their regard
for il into may continue fine
clothes and idleness.
This class of criminal generally is lazy.
Work doesn't appeal to him.
81 He wants to Ay as high however the
father tells him go work, he sulks.
off his allowance he orges his fathers
the father honors the check and then he
forgss his fathers name again.
again and the father again and
FORCES the fathers again.
mothers and family pride what stand between
the and the jail he
Eventually, he writes many checks.
family have been exhausted and when he lands
In q cell he looks for pity
Did he pity those old folks?
Did he have consideration for THEIR feelings?
He did
And Q deserving of pity