The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-12

munications. give case at q time SO
as not to take up space that must be
given to Mr.. Gordon's mountainous
array of adamantine facts(?).
Case No. 1.--Joseph Dority. uncer-
tain age, probably AZ; came from
Pittsburg with number of men
brought here by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company to work on their
double track construction to Indiana
polls. After some four of FIVE months
OF hard work, came to the city one
Saturday afternoon with $65 carefully
saved wages; came to himself the
next Tuesday night in Jail penniless
and clothed in rags, instead Of a new
suit that he had bought the first
thing on coming to town.
Rev. Huntington, who had been do
Ing missionary work among some 30
prisoners. at the Jail, asked me to go
see Dority. Found the man penftent,
of course; liked his general appear
ance and talk; told him that 80 days
in Jail would give time to get tho
Ethyl Hydrate poison out of his hide.
after which If he would come to my
office, would give him employment.
Our theory was, and still is, that Al
cOholic Narcomania, form of insan-
ity, is as much disease as typhoid
fever, diphtheria, smallpox, or any
Hydrate infection is primarily
a disease of nutrition; very
rarely while drinking freely,
the victim eats much, if any
at ALL l have had men tell me that
on prolonged spree they had gone
for two weeks without food, except
so-called alcohol food" How de-
lightfully they lived, only one who has
tried it knows after struggling out Of
such good" living fighting millions of
rats, snakes and numerous other
menageries.
So, as we can prove, nutritious
feeding is sure cure for Ethyl Hy-
drate or alcoholic narcomania. We
procured good boarding, and every
morning gave him a bowl of hot Hor-
lick's Matted milk, regulated his diet,
etc. For over year l could not de-
sire better man to do any kind of
work he was asked to do; he was
often given money and sent to the
grocery, to market, to the drug store.
and other places, to make purchases
the cost of which was not exactly
known to us until he returned with
a receipt and every penny of change.
At $40 per week, Joe had saved about
$3.50, after boarding and clothing
himself very respectfully. But alas!
In an unguarded moment, as Mr.. Cor
don says, ION the sly, just to show
he was game" Joe was induced by
a good fellow, whom the saloonist
keeps good and Wet, to go into one
of Mr.. Gordon's perfectly regulated
licensed saloons, who did not
yet have a Sunday school
and Bible class in the
back room, and he fell; his '-rFr:t,t,e,.
liberty took a sudden boom, and he
took personal liberty of entering
the back yard of colored lady and
appropriated a cloak, for which the
court wickedly took the personal
liberty" to sentence Joe to the peni-
He was given work in the kitchen
and dining hall. and after a year.
given a parole for good behavior and
industry; a good place with a man
living near Farmland, Ind, was pro-
cured for him, and for up to within
three months of expiration of his
parole when he would be free, per
sonal liberty" asserted itself as fol-
lows: In our correspondence, l had
frequently warned Joe to stick to his
job and not come back to Richmond
while it was wet, or he would fall
again. But one day Joe stepped into
my office with broad grin, saying.
Doctor, just could not bear to stay
away from you any longer, you have
been SO good to me, just wanted to
shake your hand once more 1t was
Saturday afternoon; we urged him to
not stay over Sunday, said he would
go right back. I sent him to the Rail
Road store with an order for new
suit of clothes, which he got and went
back as I wanted him to do two
weeks after, a clipping from Muncie
paper, which city had just gone wet"
informed me that Joe Dority, while in
toxicated, had stolen some clothes.
and was returned to the penitentiary
where he is now serving the full term
Of eight years.
In this deal, I probably contributed
five hundred dollars to Richmond's
"porfectIy regulated, licensed saloons"
that have not yet got Sunday schools
and Bible classes in the back room.
In my next, will give the story of
Billy MCGEE. Will plead guilty Mr..
Editor, to being easily worked, but
Mr.. Gordon, or no one else, can longer
work the perfectly regulated licensed
Sunday school saloon racket on me-
JOSEPH M. THURSTON.