He stayed only 2 weeks
before running away to New York. Coming back he got into some
trouble and was sent for the third time to the industrial school.
There he stayed until 6 months before we saw him. He was
released once more on parole, stayed at home a week, and again
ran away. It is reported that during his early time at the
industrial school he was rather melancholy by spells, and at one
time tried to poison himself. His relatives say he has a bad
temper. He had typhoid fever at 14, but made a good recovery.
John has been known for years as a great liar, having told
miserable stories about his parents, all of which were quite
untrue. He has frequently mortified his father and mother by
denying his parentage. The last time John was on parole he wrote
more than one letter to police authorities in his home State,
informing them he had been implicated in a serious crime. An
officer at the reformatory institution had a letter from him
purporting to be written from a penitentiary, stating he was
sentenced there on a charge of robbery. When he was held in our
city on a minor charge, he informed the police officials that he
was connected with a certain notorious murder of which the papers
had been full just previously.
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