The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-13

ella :" in a correspondence to the San Fran.
cisco Call, writes as follows Just about
the time was mailing my last epistle, &C.
Cured one of those strange events which
constantly compel us to use the quotation,
Truth is strange, stranger than history.
1 allude to the death, in prison up at Sing
Sing, of Charles W. Jefferds, the young
man who, in 1860, murdered his stepfather
and another gentlemen. He was young,
but reckless. In fact he was one of those
constituencies wretches who care for moth
ing but themselves and their own enjoy
ments, and are ready to sacrifice anything
and ANYBODY that stands in their way for
their own ease or interests. Jeterds had
CAV and dashing woman for a mother-a
woman who had been very good looking and
great firt, and who, when she became
widow fir,ed again and even did worse.
Finally, a man Of wealth, named Walton,
fell in love with, and welded her, but only
to find that he had gotten considerably
more than he had bargained for. The widow
endeavored to worry and fret him into his
grave, but he was tough, and not inclined to
think grave-clothes becoming. So he re-
fused to die, though it was hard work to
live amid such annoyances. The wife's eld-
est son, Charles, was especially reoellious.
He would keep late hours, and be abusive.
He would be a topper and BLACKBOARD. OF
course the quarrel was bitter between him
and his stepfather. At this moment his
cunning mother suggested to him that II
Walton were out of the way she woul Id be
rich and he also. The hint was significant.
But when she added that she would give
him $1,000 who thus enriched her the
thing vas settled. He resolved to kill his
stepiather. He provided himself with his
revolver, and on every night watched for an
opportunity. One evening Walton stood
talking on the pavement, near his place OF
business, with friend named Matthews,
when Jetferds concealed himself behind an
adjacent tree box. Pop went the revolver,
and Walten dropped dead. Jetferds sprang
from behind the trre.box and ran. Mat
,hews, seeing him run, pursued him, and
so rapidly that Jet!erds got alarmed, and.
suddenly stopping short, turned round and
fired again. Matthews dropped, also dead
man, on the pavement. This report brought
a Policeman 20 the ground, and he gave
chase TO Jctierds, who threw his pistol
down the area of dwelling house, and,
turning corner quickly. leaped upon a
passing railway car, and was out of sight
very speedily.
Jetferds was suspected, arrested, and
tried. For want OF suflclent evidence OF
identity, the jury couldn t agree, and he was
released on bail but so convinced was the
District Attorney of his guilt, So determined
was he not to be banked in his resolution
TO bring him to jus tlce. that he adopted
romantic expedieLt. He employed an acute
detective, named Moore. to become the
shadow of young Jetterds. Moore fol-
lowed JeTrrds to the West became acquaint-
ed with him. travelled with him, got init
mate and for two years was his bosom
friend. TO Moore the Young murderer, little
by little, confessed everything; but well in
>tructed by the District Attorney, played
his part until he had secured all the legal
evidence necessary to convict his friend,
when the proper documents were gotten out,
Jetferds was re-arrested and sent back to
this city. He babe Moore good-oy, returned
10 New York, ond laughed at the idea OF
danger from a new trial. When the trial
came on and the old testimony was put in,
he curled up his nostrils in dlsdain; but
when his titus fctgt.'S took the stand, and
he discovered him to be a police detective,
he was thunder>truck. His conviction was
inevitable. Muore's statements, and the
new proofs Of guilt those statements brought
into Court, settled the question. Jetterds
was sent to Sing Sing, but he solemnly
swore that he would Kill Moore before he
ate meal, When ne once issued from the
gates of the Penitentiary, and ever since
Moore has been in the constant expectation
of hearing of JetEerdS' release and meeting
his own death. All you had to say, at any
moment, was that Jeterds was out, to throw
Moore into a state OF desperate alarm, for
he knew JeHerds well. was sure Of the re-
suit of his pardon. But Providence willed
it otherwise. Jetferds expected the exercise
of the Executive clemency in his favor.
His friends, or, rather, his mother, worked
hard for him. He had gotten the prison
officials TO 4" let up =" on him. He was al
lowed to 90 into the loft over the stable and
lie down and read every day. He was per-
mitted to have money sent him by his
mother. But, he used to be followed TO the
stable loft by two other conyicts who also
wanted to get rid of work, and he used to
drive them out with a pitchfork. This in
censed them and they resolved to - fix
him and his money. Tn" other morning
he was found in the loft with his head split
open with an axe. He had been dead an
hour or two. But Moore will not believe
that Jefferds is dead. He conceives it to
be a mere yuse gotten up by Jetierds and his
mother to secure Jeherds' escape and the |
nterment of somebody else'S remains.
= We shall see what we shall see" anon.
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