The New York Tombs Inside and Out! / Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present. A Story Stranger Than Fiction, with an Historic Account of America's Most Famous Prison.

Chapter 2: INTRODUCTION. By Rev. Madison C. Peters, D. D.

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A former prison chaplain offers a firsthand account of life inside a major city detention complex, combining historical background, vivid recollections, and portraits of inmates and staff. Chapters trace the site’s development, document daily conditions and alleged corruption, present individual criminal biographies and confessions, and discuss broader causes and types of crime and rehabilitation. The narrative critiques political influence and penitentiary practices while urging social and moral remedies, mixing anecdote, institutional history, and reflections on criminal psychology and reform.

INTRODUCTION.

By Rev. Madison C. Peters, D. D.

I have known the author of this book for many years. He was once associated with me in my ministerial work. I know all about his work as Chaplain of the Tombs, and have often spoken with him about the conditions prevailing in that institution, and have again and again urged him to tell the public all he knows about its inside workings. I have every reason to believe from what I know of the author, that he has written a true story, one which every citizen of Greater New York should read, and which ought to arouse the red-hot blood of every lover of his kind.

The book ought to be in the hands of every clergyman, lawyer, physician, and of every good citizen. It will furnish material for sermons and addresses, and give impulse and impetus to all the workers for social betterment, and bring to us the blessings of Him who said: “I was in prison and ye visited Me.”