Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1891 — A Collection of Martyrs. [ARTICLE]

A Collection of Martyrs.

Detroit Tribune. A recent canvass was made of the convicts of Joliet prison, and out of over 600 men. sent for almost every crime In the calendar, not a single one would acknowledge that be was guilty of the crime charged. „ The great majority looked upon themselves as tyrs to the law. sad felt that they hag been grievously wronged.