New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
a,s Obtained Work for
SMO Ex--Criminals, He
rxplainS to Banker.
yoBoMB IN PACKAGE
that ALARMS CLERKS
ooly Letters from Re-
,l,imed Men-Aid Asked
for others Still in Jail.

,,-,i INTO che Offices Of J. P.
-, & 60. yesterday and laid q
,.a.o,s-vrarred package on the
- counter. A shabby, baggy
- b,aek accc-.u-ted the palior
~. dawn. chin features. He re-
-.isishs.. disclosing close-cropPed
p,r.ers and clerks advanced
.t.n. lie waved them back.
gentlemen, an ex-convict'" he
-..s ~5.. can assure you this
-. docs ao. contain a bomb. On
.9,.rary. &, iacioses letters from
.... thousand former bombthrowers,
--.i.r,rs. thieves and other criminals
-. now honorably employed and
1--WE, up crime for good. l found
- ,ss.- jobs. Thousands more now
,,.l are looking 20 me 10 help them
-q,-,v. l. costs ne from SO up TO
-. a, ex-convict. I am, gentlemen,
--,-s-,v Oh. ont os funds. want
-. v,-rsr 90 help me. Ny name is
ri-,-5 Z. budding, Of Huntington,
81, Dr55-r was ushered into Mr..
,,....,'s afce. When he reappeared
..''s.r's-s5 his request had been favor
~. cersi8,red. lie left hurriedly
=. Vsvart *. J., 20 get a position
~. rsr whose ive-ycar term Tor
.,-.,-7 VII soon expire.
Hundreds Asked for Help.
,.,uo.s. Marlborough last night
.r.eorvict told how he had been
-.--,.-,-sd 20 cet busy for the other tel-
..-.r H. showed hundreds OF let
80, f-or c,rvicts requesting help 20
...s.- wcrs after they are released,
-. from, er-convicts for whom Jobs
ri beer found and many letters from
.-,',rers EXPRESSING satisfaction WitA
III work Of ex-crininsls they had been
-s-esf 1v n-lc'-g 90 employ. W the
.s-ss thousand men he has taken from
I'll and placed % positions, less than
ri hundred have fallen down. the
u-co1r,c, asserts.
Il had az argument with ny uncle
q attacked me with q pick handle,
tss. ne numerically and tried 20 XII
-s~ he SAID. "ln self-defence / shot
-. The jury found against me, and
ven, 70 the state prison al Mounds
Vile. W. Va, for five years. The
--,,-s clean and decent now. Then
We had The whipping post contract
s,or-svery .orrn o. prison torture
t-,v.. 7 was released about two years
= hai been sales manager OF one Of
ne argsst lrygoods houses n Chicago.
-ai s5' 600 before / went 20 jail.
Vt.slwas .acre be got away from me
l-i lef. the prison penniless. The
Ns.0-a. Bans OF Huntington lent me
E0 ! started in again as drygoods
1ssrar. masking the old route. Every
&c shu1red me-my Old friends turned
ttr backs on me. was pu- a.
abe alone 1t the hotels. Even the
.s-ls refused 20 greet nc. sold
srs. lost my job.
Relief Society Organized.
z was down 90 nv last sl4 when
atied 20 try and change the worlds
i-l.11e toward the eX-convict. I or
armed -rc Prisoners Relief Society
.sgh. a charter for SO and paid the
s.s TAX and other expenses with my
'-a.o.rc 81 That night | slept in q
edge Since then small voluntary con-
'-,1.,o-s nave kept the thing going.
One hundred men released from
,-g Sirg prison have been placed IN
nrtors bv budding since January
is. He showed CORES poudence from
g former cashier % Wall Street
ara wno finished d two-year forgery
sr,srca las, month. The man is now
lilisr NJ large engineering con-
era a. Columbus Ohio, and is giving
0np.e-e sat.sfsctioni' says the man
's'- 81 2 letter 10 the convict en-
'oTuent agent.
Postmaster General Burleson. Dud-
10 declares. has agreed 70 sanction
'-s unemployment Of the assistant
postmaster or one Of Wisconsin's
a'yss, cities who is now serving time
- learervor-n for opening mail.
J went 90 Washington and enlist
q he aid o. one hundred Congress
=, u this mans behalf" he said.
Re .s paying for his first false step
twenty-five years Of government