Year: 1874

Every COLLAR he earned building boats and other
th1nga for gentlemen around the place 10 sent 70
they sss up Sind Of little Soase IN IN the h yaro for
about him. All the time he Was there, little over
three years ! was dong what could 10 get
him out. I vent to influential gentlemen IN the
town and asked their help to get him out. ! had
paper drawn up asking for the Governor to par.
don him. went TO the gentleman who had been
him signed 1t for me. so did the District Attorney
ployed


AROUND THE PRISON


and those ip charge Of II signed It. Tne
Chaplain gave him the best kind OF character lot
his good conduct while In the prison, and when
went to the Pardoning Committee--i think it
was--they received me very kindly. went three
ters and told them my story. At last had the
satisfaction OF getting him out. The last time saw
the s Was 20 o. ne me e so sn ao
nv husband down, but before got there he was
out; they had q Kind OF . holiday among the pris-
he got pardoned. They had great feeling for me
because Of q. my gong to see him nina al u
my arms; didn't do that on purpose; ;
sopHD sm help 6a%e naa vn n9 m, Sns i.mS TO
wnen people would bring him Things 70 eat lor
the otner prisoners, and they had liking for him
on that account. ne was ,nsre under The me name me
Of wsm sSer. Smith and proys s
truth Of what am telling you. All
to me ne since since the day was married. DON'T think
there is another man on earth ike my father, but
same table With him, but he never addressed q
WORD to me or to him or IN his presence. l
mad al y sSspe for ovSes o
done before he married me. They had arrested
him ana he broke prison. II was one OF the
officers who knew him in that prison tnat took
him aiterward. 1t was IN that prison ne met
Douglas, and suppose they have been acquainted


SEyER SAW xosHER


and don't think to this day knows ANYTHING
there on account OF something IN hotel, but that
am not sure about he mostly went under the
Hs 0sme or 0n TsnsI ea e as pos
she died : couple o. months after. He He
OF It, and the sight OF him in the prison dress had
such an eject upon her tnat she never recovered.
Mosher was man who never said much about his
business to any one. He never had any COM
panions but his own family and Douglas-that is.
since have been his vile. He spent all the tune
al the time He never smoked a cigar or took
hanging out places, and those who say he had con-
found MIN with some one else or they don't know
man that could write Wei or. NAV be. speii riehr,
was we'll informed. He knew the Bible through
and through, and could argue and talk on
making things and often spent hours explaining
to me matters l, OF course, did not understand,
about mechanical machines. He was one Of the
kindest hearted men you could meet, and that is
one reason mat makes the present charge against
n 80 M m ne srsst nK va ~ sore
leg he would take 1t up in his arms and carry 1T
70 some place where no one could inlIre
child crying, whether it was his own or somebody
else's he would take i up and try TO please L.
world or his own. Re lost two, and they were
loss TO hlm, though be was always


POOR MAN.


Yes, we were always poor and II he was very
bad man he never made mach by 1t. II mas always
been bard struggle with US; but as long as he and
me had enough to eat there was no complaint 1.-The
had been rich man he would have been looked
up to by ali who would know him, and, as 1t was,
those who were. brought near enough to hlm
who had much school education, but
what he once read he never forgot,
He didn't thlnk much OF religion. he looked upon
parsons as mechanics, and used to say the better
sney preached the more tney got: !, remember rem ns
feather and bullet into glass bowl tnat you
had taken all the air out Of how the leather
me anotnsr time how II man ieil
second part OF the distance than the first. Re un-
derstood great many things Of tnat KIND and
d pees % sa o he 9oa @
ana used to spend great deal Of time studying
the power OF water ana now IT worked. When ae
he opened "a little fish store in Ridge
were obliged to 70 give it uD. lie bought the the nsh
himself at the boats they came in at the mar
e and brought up 70 tue store anS whn
saloon in Grand street, near Laurens. He used
to go to the markets GT the oysters
same as he did when we were IN
Ridge street. lie worked hard no man
% and pleasant d IN his amY @ " BE was man VINO
mad no taste for amusements like other men. He
never mixed In politics, or racing, or dogs, or
ever belonged to a club IN his life. 1t was while
We had that oyster saloon that


DOUGLAS CAME TO SEE HIN.


think Douglas mad been out OF prison some
time, but he kept away from us-proDably didn't
xw where we vea oes was
$40 wnen we opened il; My eldest cnid died
my children were born in New York and
TWO in Philadelphia. This one in my arms


e onas Alter qd easua sGe sand eSTn
TO live IN Columbia street, between Delancey and
Broome streets. We had not been there long
Bank, n. J. IL was said that my husband, Doug
las, and another man was connected with II. They
goods, and the third party gave Information
Douglas. Mosher was arrested by Detective Doyle
and taken over to Jersey. Before ! was able to go
over and see linn there saw BY the papers he had
broken out OF JAIL waited at home quietly then,
knowing would soon hear OF him. got word
from Philadelphia he was there under the name OF
Henderson and went on to him. We took rooms
and Kept house Tor long time. He met me at
the depot and l lived ia the same house
In Monroe street until l came back here.
He went TO canvasslng for pictures,
Bibles and otner kinds OF books for
a man by the name Of Gallagher, and continued at
that for over ayear. Not making enough at 1t he
opened stand, On the corner Of South and Sec
Ond streets. on that stand ne sold pictures, pic
ture frames and little things ike that used to
tend the stand sometimes, and then he'd go
round selling pictures, window shades and any
thing people were likely 10 buy. Douglas was not
arrested when he was. He got work on the
Greenpoint cars and we heard nothing OF him lor
close on two years and hail. During that time
my husband kept close at work.


WE GAVE UP


the stand when business got so bad It was no use
continuing II. He then took up moth preventa-
tive and sold that We furnished up the house we
Rad and rented 1t out IN furnished rooms. We
paid SIS month and made about $50 out OF It.
a of pOIigh an ~