La Junta tribune., 1913-06-14
WILLIAM sowAae soss
Concluded from Etrs, Page,

/ NDft mere anu oiutt abu0Dc9 are a !
Ross. X. p. James and Ed Rem.
brNnt. He was received At this In.
stitution In November, 1893. and
paroled December IS. 1919. and for
tho frs, three years Of his ume
ais record here ~as bad. Prior 10
mis- serving time here he served
sentence In the states prison OF
Washington. and another one In thu
stat.s prison In Oregon He also
served a sentence at Victoria. b. c.
for obtaining money under false pre-
tense, For several months PRIOR to
his parole | had tried by special
effort to reclaim this young man be-
cause. OF my recognition Of GER
tain kind OF talent that I felt would
be OF much service II II could be-
properly directed. While here b.
acted In the capacity OF confidential
bookkeeper in one branch Of our
tailoring department, and when he
.as authorized for parole by the
BoaHi OF Trustees. got DR.. W. A.
Evans, editor OF the Health De
partment of tn. Chicago Tribune,
Chicago. m. TO take a personal in
,.rest In him. and Or. Evans obtain
I'd for him position as a reporter
on the Chicago Tribune II = salary /
OF $500 per week Dr. Evans So
cured for him room In the best I
,ti.isIon OF the Y. NJ {. A.. In Chi !
cago. invited him 10 his own home I
and introduced him TO Mrs Evans. I
aud In every way surrounded him 1
with the best possible influence. I
[ am enclosing herewith copies OF 4
some letters from Or. Evans show
ing you the hopelessness Of the sit.
uatiou with this young man. In ad-
diio to the forgertes for which he
is held in Jail al Ia Junta he Is al.
No guilty OF forgery at Minneapolis
which he committed after leaving Ch.
cage His leaving Chicago and breaL.
Ing his parole came a. result Of
my sending an officer to Chicago to
ro.urn him 10 IA" Institution a.
desired to send him to some other
locality to src u could not stil
do something 10 reclaim him. bur
he broke away from the officer and
made his escape. and wrote me from
Wis. but Of course had
gone from there before received .
his letter lie again wrote me-
from town In New Mexico. and .
the next heard of him he was I
The man has done eonsidcrnble |
writing for magazines and o,h.s
periodicals. and while his Ssss-
Ing il not especially Inspiring yet
at time. a fair talent IL displayed.
He has sent IN. number ~ clip
pings and marked copies Of news
papers OF his writings since his
confinement In the jail at Ia Jun.
u and ! am In receipt OF lettcr
from the pastor of the Presby yfcrtan
church-th. Rev. Otis G. Dale-At
La Junta. inauiring concerning Ross. I
While recogniz. that Ross has
some literary talent also Know
.ia, h. has much greater tal-nt |
a. criminal and he l. one % the
mos, hopeless forgers IN the uoun-
:sy as well AS ON. of the smaFt.sf- !
It Is because | fear his smartaess
might possibly gain him his fr-s--
dom In Colorado that am WRIT. /
Ing you.
| both t.l.graphed and srots the |
authorities at La Junta that Se
would be glad to return this nan
but the Under Sheriff, notified ine
that they had tao No. eases asalnst
Ross FOR forgery and they prefer |
r'>i To send him TO prison. lrlr.s
this man Ross Is carefully and se-
~ guarded b. will d.monstratr lis
shr.~ ~dncss along other lines lie
II evidently srousing much interest
ln his behalf In La Junta by "a.
son Of his ~ritings ! have hsd
some marked copies of Denver news.
PAPERS ~ith som. OF his wtiiln %
I th.r.lp