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Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. J. Johnson to Charles E. Vasaly, April 16, 1921.
Type of event: Incarcerations
Location: St. Cloud; Stearns County; Minnesota; United States
Addressee: Charles E. Vasaly
Addressor: C. J. Johnson
Document date:
Document type: Correspondence
Citation:
Minnesota State Reformatory for Men [St. Cloud State Reformatory].
Carl John Alfred Hammerberg: Case No. 5148.
Inmate Case Files.
Letter from C. J. Johnson to Charles E. Vasaly, April 16, 1921.
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Sax Minn Box 26
April 16-1921
Mr Chas E
Vasaly:-
Dear Sir:-
In reply to your letter for informasion [sic] about
Carl John Alfred Hammerberg
He has spend conciderable [sic] of his time at
our farm he always seem satisfied to sociate [sic] just with our family and
stayd [sic] right with us. We were very much surprised when he was blamed for a
thing like that. For he was very much of a coward
a bird in the woods could scare him.
The last coupple [sic] of
years he has been old enough to got woork [sic] in town and so he has helped his
mother for she is a widow. he has always sociated [sic] with boys that was much
younger than himself, and nice boys at that.
The reason he was convicted he
has been brought upp [sic] to tell the truth and so he did. On the trail [sic]
there was not one wittnes [sic] against him. He just told the truth like he has
been brought upp [sic] to do and that was that he went with the crowd. and there
were thousands
that did the same.
Yours truely [sic]
C J Johnson