No. 2. A young man from Pittsburgh, Pa., money all gone, while pawning his watch was arrested; the pawnbroker thought he had stolen it, and when your Agent received word from his mother that it was his own watch, he was discharged and sent home.
No. 3. Two young men from St. Louis, with no money, were held as suspicious characters in order to give the Agent a chance to get in touch with relatives. One mother came on, and the other sent ticket, and they both went home.
No. 4. A young man who had gone from town to town, ashamed to write home, until he landed in our City Hall cell. A few words from the Agent, brought tears to his eyes and he allowed a letter to be written. The magistrate discharged him and he is now at home, and he writes: “I am so glad you found me when you did, for your letter found my mother and brought her to my rescue, and now I am free and expect to keep in the right path the remainder of my life.”
With the close of the year 1918, your Agent completed 20 years of service at the Philadelphia County Prison and eight years of service at the Central Police Station, City Hall, and in all these years your Agent has not lost sight of the fact that it is the kind word and a kindly grasp of the hand, at the proper moment, that may be the means of turning an unfortunate from the wrong to the right path.
| Very truly, | ||
| FREDERICK J. POOLEY, | ||
| General Agent. | ||
1/15/19.
| The whole number of prisoners released on parole, including some who have been re-paroled, from September, 1910, to January 1, 1919 | 2,773 |
| Number thus released in 1918 | 510 |
| Whole number returned to the Penitentiary since September, 1910 | 515 |
Some of those paroled have died, some have been pardoned and some have received final discharge.
| Number who should now be reporting | 930 | |
| Of these, the number actually reporting | 728 | |
| Number known to be in jail elsewhere | 37 | |
| Number whose present address is unknown | 165 | 930 |