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Show DIES IN JERSEY CITY JAIL. "Baldy Sours" Rarely Had Been Oat of It for Thirty Years. Charles Middleton, alias "Baldy Sours," died yesterday in the Hudson county jail at Jersey City. He came of a respectable Now York family, who allowed him a monthly stipend. He was 73 years old, and for the last thirty thir-ty years he has not been out of the county ja.l a month .at a time. He called it his home, and he was known as the star boarder, because the allowance al-lowance made by his relatives enabled him to provide his own meals during the greater part of his imprisonment A man of more than ordinary ability, drink was his besetting sin. He was never arrested for anything but drunkenness. drunk-enness. He was known to every justice jus-tice In Jersey City, and whenever he was arraigned he was at once sent to what he called his "home." On one occasion he was arrested in Hoboken, where he was a stranger, and wa3 sentenced sen-tenced to thirty days in the penitentiary. peniten-tiary. "That's wrong," said Middleton. "I belong to the county jail. Make It ninety days there instead." A county court officer who was present explained matters to Frank McDonough, who was then recorder, and the sentence was changed in accordance with Mid-dleton's Mid-dleton's suggestion He was employed in light work about the jail and one day was sent to trim some flowers In the jail yard. He walked off. The next day he returned. Charles Bird-sail, Bird-sail, the warden, refused to admit him. "You can't help yourself," said Middleton. Mid-dleton. "I was sentenced for thirty days and I have only served twenty." "You violated your parole," said Bird-sail, Bird-sail, "and I won't take you In." Th question was finally compromised, says the New York Times, by Middleton subscribing to an affidavit that he would never run away again. As the address of his relatives is not known, Middleton's funeral expenses will be borne by Sheriff Carl Ruempler. |