The Project Gutenberg eBook, The New York Tombs Inside and Out!, by John Josiah Munro
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John J. Munro
Ex-chaplain of the Tombs.
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New York Tombs
Inside and Out!
Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the
Present.—A Story Stranger Than Fiction,
With an Historic Account of
America’s Most Famous
Prison.
By
JOHN JOSIAH MUNRO,
Ex-Chaplain of the Tombs.
(Illustrated)
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Printed and Published by the Author,
at 186 Ainslie Street.
PRICE, $1.50.
Copyrighted, 1909,
by
John J. Munro,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Thomas J. Blain, printer,
PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.
INTRODUCTION.
By Rev. Madison C. Peters, D. D.
I have known the author of this book for many years. He was once associated with me in my ministerial work. I know all about his work as Chaplain of the Tombs, and have often spoken with him about the conditions prevailing in that institution, and have again and again urged him to tell the public all he knows about its inside workings. I have every reason to believe from what I know of the author, that he has written a true story, one which every citizen of Greater New York should read, and which ought to arouse the red-hot blood of every lover of his kind.
The book ought to be in the hands of every clergyman, lawyer, physician, and of every good citizen. It will furnish material for sermons and addresses, and give impulse and impetus to all the workers for social betterment, and bring to us the blessings of Him who said: “I was in prison and ye visited Me.”