The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-06
Capt" Jack Crawford.

grand old disciple of sunshine and
cheer Capt" Jack Crawford, the .
prisoners friend. Many of the in
mates remember Capt" Jack very
well, as he, entertained them on sew
eral occasions In years past, and all
will be pleased to learn that he will
make us another visit in the near
future. He will arrive some Satur-
day afternoon, when he will give an
illustrated lecture on the Panama
Canal, following by a sermon, the
next morning.
In his letter he says: Zone of the
most remarkable and striking things
| ever heard said was said by Alice
Roosevelt while she was only little
girl, at the st. Louis Exhibition.
In speaking of her father she said:
1t my daddy had been bad man he
would have been the baddest bad
man you ever saw This is another
very striking illustration of the ma
jority of the men who are suffering,
many of them, for other peoples
sins. While the impulsive, cratic,
careless, don't care a continental.
Fellows who are proud and stub
born, and right nine times out of
ten, who are crushed by people who
have no sympathy for them or inter-
est in the work they are trying to do.
|, myself. am one of the best illus
trations of this in the world. and it
is because of the wonderful influence
of my mother, who on her dying
bed. asked me to pledge myself
against intoxicants, that I am able
to get under the jackets of these boys.
And I'll tell you a little bit of un-
published history, and you can use
it if you wish too. Tom Walsh, of
Colorado, many times millionaire,
and who died two years ago, was one
of my Black Hill Pioneer Scouts.
He fought Indians with me in '76 and
in a fight where Rapid City now
stands, California Joe was with us.
| think it was my quick action and
personal efforts h at saved Tom
Walsh's life. | entertained him at
his home near Denver some years
ago and as Tom Walsh knew of my
interest in the prisoners, having
heard me tell my great temperance
story in the Black Hills in 1876 and
knowing the effect it had on Tho se
rough wild men, he telephoned from
Cincinnati to my friend, General
Roger D.. Williams, in Lexington,
KY. who's guest / was, and who was
my Lieut.. of Scouts in the Black
Hills, to send me to Cincinnati as he
was there as one of the Notification
Committee to notify Mr.. Taft of his
nomination, and before he said good
by to me in the hotel, he wrote out
a check for $1,000 and said, Capt.
Jack, where they have no money to
pay for your story, give me credit
each time for twenty-five dollars,
and when this is used up, you can
draw on me for more But before
| had given the forty entertainments
my good friend, Walsh had reported
to the Great Chief beyond the range
and since then / have never heard
from those left behind; altho l was
under the impression that he would
have left something to be expended
in the interest of men like you in
whom he was very much interested"
Capt" Jack presented us with
two fine photos of himself. both of
which, had we the facilities, we
should be pleased to reproduce in
these columns. He also enclosed
two poems, one of which is repro
duced on the first page of this issue.
Doctor Mary Walker, who wears
trousers and thoroughly mascline
cnstnmn inclndinn the coat and tho