Echoes from the Tomb of the Living Dead
“Echoes from the Tomb of the Living Dead” is a story in verse, told by one who was sentenced for life in San Quentin State Prison, California. He is not of the criminally inclined. He shot another, he avers, in self-defense, but he was alone as to the facts at his trial, and there were two witnesses who were against him. He has cherished no hard thoughts toward any one, but has taken his punishment, and under it all Chaplain Drahms says, “He has been ever a kindly, generous, ever-courteous gentleman,— honest, truthful, and sincere.” His reasons for publishing these verses and prose sketching, for which he claims no literary merit but which tell an eloquent story, is to bring about a better understanding between those who are in prison and those without. There are also pieces of history in the little pamphlet. Mr. Moore was pardoned after serving for eight years. The price by mail is 15 cents, one copy. Address, J. Wess Moore, 1203 Devisadero St., San Francisco, Cal.