The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-27
John BARLEYC0RN,
GUILTY, BEHEADED
That Is. They Knocked His Ribs
In at Salvation Army
headquarters.
MANY HUNGRY ONES FED

,,y.d have had q fair trial, for no had
.g the legal and judicial machinery about
.,p that usually makes for fair judgment.
r,b,.c sentiment was dead against him
,Aourh and he never had a chance for
no lie They accused him of murder.
lie was convicted in an unfriendly court
| hv his eN-NICtlms, condemned and exc
nred hDfur, the ga1r of all "boozers.
h,egruards wifebcators gamblers ana
lad characters OF every description"
II WAS to persons VINO would let them
,sves answer to any of those names that
mo salvation Army issued It's Thanks
Giving invitation. The Army wanted
.bous,rd. and got about twice that num-
he- 10 rartal,e In John Barleycorn's trial
I'D condemnation. II was easy to SEQ
euer. lay IN, sentiments OF those two
thousand picked up BY the water wagon
4 ,lradc only a few hours before from park
Il benches dlrl, corners and cutters. John
p,rloycoru had played his part strongly
,a the case uf each. and three good meals
given hy the Army yesterday to them
.~v.d ts additional weighty evidence
.s.Irst John. tie didn have a ghost Of
show. Vet there was no one who said
nat Injustice had been done
Tn, trial. took place in the auditorium
. tine salvation Army headquarters az
g? West Fourteenth street There were
crescent "a Few hundred salvation Army
worker, and friends who had seats. and
the hundreds OF Johns recent friends.
come of whom had seats, but most of
vhou stood around the walls. There was
,udc, Municipal Magistrate John War
zen Of Jersey city; there was jury
mad, uu OF mon who had known John
Paricy,lrr hut had proved, with the aid
d, the Army. that they were stronger
han he: there was e prosecuting attor-
-ey. samuel Wilson, and an attorney for
me defence, George BfeuElc. And finally
there was the defendant himself. we,l
oiled barrel that once had contained
p.ciles
The prosecution called jail wardens, de-
'oct.Vcs. probation officers and victims
When the Judge called for the defence
there WAS none offered Without waiver
'fe twelve men went against him. ana the
Judge sentenced him to he hcheaded. The
hea isnan. dressed In black. crossed the
stage armed with buugstartOr. and
,;oye 10 the buiging RIBS OF John Barley
'orH
on n another part OF the city. while old
iohn was meeting ms fate. uewsboys Were
far'0E better. At the Newsboys Home
club az Second avenue and Eleventh
street. tn, old New York Historical So
~e'v building, 400 BOYS ate a dinner
'Aat some on" gave them. they didn't
know W1o. Even the managers Of the
nome were In tho dark. They simply
knew that a woman Of means. who had
come before on several occasions tn leave
a check or buy tools FOR the boys, had
sent her check for still larger sum sew
e-al days ago. and then sent some OF her
f-ienis 20 see II 500 pounds OF turkey
realy was enough to- feed 400 mouths
They found il was. though In some in
stances these women had actually to feed
three and four-year-olds.
william Waldorf Aston. though now a
British subject. sent his check to the
newsboys at the Brace Memorial Home
Nau
io,e for thirty years. There were 400
here too TO eat the dinner that is served
on well regulated Thanksgiving days. And
In the evening there was an entertainment
o. a good sort.
One couldn't walk long about lower
manhattan yesterday without finding a
dA."- line stretched across his way. on
ne Nuwery there were several. The
hoNe.y Mission served the hundreds j.:
Away, does, and on West Eighth street
Il 81 before the kitchen of the ST
Andrews l cent coffee stands. there was
lac of 200 or more from 10 O'Clock IN
ne morning til dark. Fifty were served
t umc and served with food that gave
visitor tn honest appetite for dinner
an. Two thousand ate there.
on nincLwcIi's Island.
r. THANKSGIVING activity in prison,
f' 'I.+ Is SIN another story. Black
Wells Island was invaded by the Keith
N.hstrt.-, with vaudeville entertain,
merit f'r the prisoners. This annual vts!,
% me l-.Hui brought with IL "A couple OF
lands. artists who are particular about III,
IL o. i.a.r weekly salaries on Broadwny
Ne 'fn'enm ana Colonial Orchestrls
md W1e'1lO1ds oc candy and cigar
tat Nrr, consumed as two entertain,
m"'is We. sven simultaneously in tn,
.9'"r aUI 'nSyr nails
D. was about the sam. story IN I'M