Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-09-26

to give him much larger wage he
wanted to put Skinny to the test.
Day after day he proved his worth.
aud his wages were increased accord
Ifngly, SO that at the end of a few
| years he was in a position TO marry.
Wherever he has worked he has prov
ed faithful and has given every salts
| faction to his employers. He is at
present holding position of respon-
sibility, is married and has two fine
young daughters. He has lived an up
right life for fifteen years.
Then there was the case OF Tom,
| who had served two short terms in
Sing Sing prior TO 1889. Upon the
evening of the day Of his second dis
,, charge from Sing Sing Tom. wander
ing down the Bowery, met two OF his
friends, who invited him into one Of
the saloons to have a drink After
| their third or fourth drink they were
placed under arrest by detectives from
headquarters, who charged them with
a robbery committed that very day.
His Innocence of No Avail.
Tom protested his innocence, saying
that he was not the man, that he had
| only just come from Sing Sing, and in
fact did not have time % do job OF
that kind. Despite his denials he was
locked up, for, unfortunately. Toms
appearance tailed almost exactly with
the description of the missing third of
the three men who had done the rob
berry.
On the Gay of trial the other two
| men pleaded guilty and received hf-
teen year sentences, at the same time
affirming that Tom had no part in the
robbery. Tom again protested his in
nocence, saving that he had not com
! mitted the crime, that he had done
nothing for which he should have been
arrested He declined to take plea
and decided to stand trial On his
record he was found guilty in short
order, and as he put the county to the
expense of trial he vas sentenced
to twenty years in prison. lie went
back to Sing Sing soured and sullen
and with a desire in his heart 10 get
even with society for the wrong 1t
had done him and determination
that he would get even when he came
out
How we'll | remember the r'any
talks have had with Tom. and how
at times 1t seemed as though nothing
that might be said would move him
but at last God working in His own
mysterious way saw fit to change his
heart. Tom put the evil desires and
evil ordinations back Of him and came
! out of prison q saved man.
Twelve Years of Upright Life.
II is now twelve years since Tom
lett prison He is holding a good
position in one OF the towns OF Penn
sylvania. We hear from him fire.
ouently and the burden of his letters
to us is that he thanks God that the
Volunteer Prison league came into his
life, and now he has wished that he
had hardened earlier 10 the cody
counsel and wise preccpts
John c. was liberated in 1907, hav-
ing come under the operation Of the
parolc law which permitted lie pris-
onera who had served twenty Yeas
and whose conduct had been good TO
he parOled For twenty-seyen years
John had been an inmate OF Sing sing
urison and for many yearS Of that
time hope and John were strangers
We went into that prison carrying
4 message OF hope to such poor souls
as he. and it was with g!2dness thai
he received the message. and he has
| told us now he hoped and prayed that
| the time would come when he would
secure his release, and thanks 70 the
wise measures instituted by our law
r3ayers he was one Of the first vino
/ came under the operation Of the
..lifer" parole law. lie nov holds
! nosjtion Of trust and responsibility in
one of the largest corporation in New
| Yor, city.
Forty. seven Years in Prison.
Another example and this one IS
ei,h;v-thrss years old He was,
;hinx the dean OF the prisoners OF
| this state. for he had spent forry-seVen
years Of his life in the prison In Dan
aenora every one knew old Frank.
| lie 100 was beneficiary Of the life
/ mems parole law, for he is now much
/ bert and at times somewhat feeble.