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convicted and sentenced to be hung.
I am ignorant of the details of his crime, or why the sentence was not carried into execution.
There were probably some palliating circumstances in his case; for though he was carried to the gallows, seated on his coffin, he was spared for some reason, and his companion was hung.
He was afterward sentenced to ten years imprisonment, and this was eventually shortened one year.
During the last three years of his term, Friend Hopper was one of the inspectors, and frequently talked with him in a gentle, fatherly manner.
The convict was a man of few words, and hope seemed almost dead within him; but though he made no large promises, his heart was evidently touched by the voice of kindness.
As soon as he was released, he went immediately to work at his trade of tanning leather, and conducted himself in the most exemplary manner.
Being remarkable for capability, and the amount of work he could accomplish, he soon had plenty of employment.
He passed Friend Hopper's house every day, as he went to his work, and often received from him words of friendly encouragement.
Things were going on thus satisfactorily, when his friend heard that constables were in pursuit of him, on account of a robbery committed the night before.
He went straight to the mayor, and inquired
Boston, J. P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor and Worthington; London; Low and Company, 1854.
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