The Christine Collins letters

Los Angeles, Calif.
Sept. 13, 1925

Mr. Gannon,
No. 1 Sansome St.
San Francisco, Calif.

Dear Sir,

I am writing you in regard to my husband Walter J. Collins imprisoned at Represa, Calif.

Mr. Gannon will you please see what can be done to gain my husband’s freedom?

He
is all that my babe and I have in this world and we really need his
support. I am sure you will never regret giving him a parole and I will
do all I can to see that he become a respected citizen. It seems so
unfair that he was given such an excessive sentence when he was
convicted on circumstantial evidence.

I have done all I could to
help him and even borrowed two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) and
forwarded to a lawyer in S.F. to help him gain freedom. I sent this
money by post office money order last March to Atty. Ernest B.D.
Spagnoli, 820 Washington St., S.F. and as yet have not received an
answer nor has he done anything for us.

Which is worse. Mr.
Collins was arrested for supposed robbery yet this lawyer robbed a
hardworking woman of a loan and is regarded as a citizen.

Mr. Gannon, will you please do what you can for me and speak a good word for Mr. Colins in order to gain a parole for him? Please help us.

Hoping you will grant me this one great favor, I remain,