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From Safe Cracker to Bowery Samaritan Harry Haines Story
A former top safe cracker known as Harry Haines reforms and devotes his life to guiding Bowery homeless men. He recounts a long criminal career, a 15 year prison stretch, and his transformation after a Salvation Army moment and meeting Teddy Roosevelt. He now preaches going straight at the Bowery Y M C A as his “College of a Second Chance.”
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NEA Service
New York
Bowery
Gerald Chapman
Harry Haines
Haines
Bowery Y. M. C. A
Underworld
Metropolis
Scotland
America
Ecrookdom
Salvation Army
God