Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from H. V. Cashin to Frank A. Whittier, July 12, 1922.
Type of event: Incarcerations
Location: Stillwater; Washington County; Minnesota; United States
Addressee: Frank A. Whittier
Addressor: H. V. Cashin
Document date:
Document type: Correspondence
Documents: Max Mason. Case No. 6785. Letter from H. V. Cashin to Frank A. Whittier, July 12, 1922.
Citation:
Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.) [Stillwater State Prison].
Max Mason: Case No. 6785.
Case Files.
Letter from H. V. Cashin to Frank A. Whittier, July 12, 1922.
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H. V. CASHIN
Attorney at Law
Decatur, Ala.
P. O. Box 234
July the twelfth, nineteen twenty-two.
Mr. F. A. Whittier,
State Agent, Parole
Department, Minnesota
State Prison,
Stillwater,
Minn.
Dear Sir:
Acknowledging receipt of your letter of inquiry
concerning Max Mason, colored, inmate of above named insttitution (sic), his
past habits, honesty, associates, disposition and general behavior:
I have
known the young man all his life. He came along under very unfavorable
conditions for being more than he is, morally and otherwise.
His habits have
been characterized by dishonesty; his associates have been of the worst element
of criminals. he has been convicted of petty offenses and of offenses involving
moral turpitude. But withal (sic) he ahs not been of a vicious disposition. I
attribute his bad character to the environments, home environments, under which
he lived, until the death of parents, for both are now dead. The boy was so
wrong-headed and ill taught, that he is, in my opinion, entitled to
consideration. he was always an obliging boy, polite boy, with, apparently a
kind heart. He is the victim of degrading conditions at home, and bad
associates, that pulled him down. He of a sunny nature. I believe that a term
in the prison, within the moral atmosphere of the orderly north will accomplish
his reformation.
I am very respectfully,
H. V. Cahsin