Atlanta Georgian., 1913-09-29
BRAN FORCED To
TAKE HUMBLE
POSITION
Clerks in Coffin Factory at $50 a
Month-His Accuser in Even
Worse Luck.

Despairtnz Of obtaining employment
at anything paying more than the
5ar.st living wage. Thomas Bran.
ho smiled" his way 20 liberty after
seventeen years I'm the Atlanta Fed
eral Prison. has taken a place as ship
ping clark 10 a coffin factory. for $50
a month
Coiucident with Bram'- endeavor 10
obtain work is the story Of his ac-
cuser Lester b. Monks. Harvard man.
scion Of one Of Bos;on's Oldest and
wealrhicsr families. who Is struggling
20 earn his daily bread as common
Iab0rer somewhere In the Northwest.
il is doubtful If any "down-and-
out" man who ever trod the streets
of Atlanta searched harder for work
than Bran Dun man offered him q
place as day labOrar 90 shovel coal
Bran was for taking the place. but
his friend. Harry ". Perkerson, said
no.
Hopes To MAKE Good"
The weeks rolled by and promises
'adea Bran discovered an opening
q. 'h- coffin factory and insisted upon
taking The place. The remuneration is
less than the rate Of the average
boarding house in Atlanta. He gets
60 work at $50 O'Clock. has half an
Four FOR lunch and gets away by c. 30
Cr in the evening
Bran has the opportunity of max
ing good in a position In which many
Rave failed, as tho coffin company has
fgund difficulty iu obtaining compe-
tent man for shipping Clark
81 am gong 10 make myself so valu-
able that they viii have 20 pay me
more" Bran said
lie commenced work Monday morn
ing and Thursday night was taken
i.l He was too sick To go to work,
but only the remonstrIuCc Of a ply
sICian kept him In bed Saturday
found him at work again.
one position has been offered 20
Bran which he can not accept under
the conditions OF his parole. This is
an offer from Harry Silycrman to pu
him in charge ~ his rathskeller al
pay of $50 per month and board. Mr..
PerkersOu has taken this up with the
United States Department Of Justice
I'm the effort To have the parole
changed SO that Bran may take the
place
Strikiuely ooincidont are the words
~ his accuscr at the famous trial
From Prince Rupert, B. c., April 4.
1872 Lester II Monks wrote TO a
friend in Boston. a remark many
men have made to me / remember
we'll Any man who really desires
employment can readily obtain IT,
vs. ELL " anybody says such a thing
10 Won please reply that ! say. It's
not Eo.'
Once Made $4,000 a Year.
Monks was making $4,000 a year
In the coal business when revcrses
on the il-fatcd Herbert Fuller. his
family starting him 90 Bucnos Ayres
on account of his health. It was he
who charged Bran with Staying Cap
tain and Mrs Charles J. Nash and
Second Mate August Bramberg.
The reinarka BILE thing was that
BRAN ordered irons put upon himself
though denying the charge. and gave
the instructions 10 the crew which
turned the ship about and brought
them 10 port i'm Halifax. n s
When reyerses came, Monks hid his
wife AVID children farewell and wen
TO IN" "a S@I, lie landed IN seattle
with $3.50 and only the clothes ne
'+ ore The former Beau Brummel Of
Boston society slept in a Turkish bath
establishment by the kindness Of the
mas I'm charge.
Went Without Hat.
The only work he could find was
that Of common IabOrcr. and that
was so scarce he often went for days
without food. The last heard of him
was August 1S 1912 from Camp 26-A.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad, in the
tar Northwest
At that tmc he did not possess
hat ana had not worn one for three
He described himself as be-
ing a bit roConCiled to his lot, though
the drop was from $4,000 year to
less than So a month
Twelve years ago to-day left Bos-
ton for Washington 10 be married"
he wrote on May Z, 1912. My pros
poets at that time seemed to be bright
and secure. but as the late lamented
Dan paly used 10 say Now look at