, 1873-12-20
AT LAST.



1nt,.o presence ot John a. siaalo, Lorenzo rllot-
STILL ANOTHER.
4 second confession is llEis:
Will County JAZZ, JoL1ET,l
Friday, Dec. II, 1a73-iO y. IN.
.ns e lis Exsossy s az aSis Ssvsrs sa
evsn!ng s alive fsr Which thank GOD and Is,E is E1
ssss ssens fecaa sy e. as;y sSsns ss nn
Violated, and IN jastco to my own conscience Which
esssss esssss s e eea st s
crime for which hayo been convicted. sna 5,,l 7
sssss'y e. scsn Tstf'9s sonsSea sx q" to
Innocent aldsvt Of ,,,,!n ,nnofSneq H IN wss
fsss eso oa an nna n9t ~ oo s:ds s o e
deed. lid not borrow tho for that purpose or
groaty snraEed, md God knows bad good reason to
Go anifry. Whut did wns done Id ut Of frenzy, and
no knowle;go 81 wltat bccano ofit God knowa audi
know tla my poor VIE easrve wed no such treatment at
Lived ~ happy aa mo1 families III our situation. We
hal tarre1s Mt lcH. Int they over, and We
y eri.el to troat hor SO, but aoi knows did not
mean Il.
lam great sinner, and J; make tnese confessions
them bctoro tho bar Of Just God. craye Hla morcy
md forgiveness. Although the chief q sinners, ask
ronaenuor that havo aliifcrcd living death, and
vi 4hs ate SsnR ys Il us Il
tho prcaence Of tho Ncv. Jancs Mcleod, tho Rev. j.
II. Caldwell. and aras s. a. Arnold: ,.u-
THE THIRD.
And nti1l another rcnds:
1b the Public: ...
Of awful God, and TIC ycYgo Of heing murdered
BY the laws Of man, havo last word for tho world
hnve words to speak to amusc my exocutioncFs be-
non IT.
was acconpshclby cutting ler throat with : razor;
for weeks, md driven to such m Idea by the con-
duct Of my daughter and hcr present husband. Whcn
s NIL e Sa sns yse an
but, whsn, tle, heaft-b'ooa q ny poor VIZ VA
incompetent to comint tho etre crne slall thank
Cod III my dying moments that NY crime wRs not in
ts scrutsSe Wisdom via npM nrressa my hes desgns. rase
to God that ackcd cosrugc 10 complete my purposea
sin Wien tho hood from my wiio's neck spurel on
the 9o would haEs g!;en le e worla to hsal tue
now foel lie wound. and shall car1yit With me to .le
rave. havo nude many sta.eenta to reporters and
toia tle truth, for tho ieason tha NY ny pcracoons
have led me to judge the world my olenlies el.au
s ssa m VIII to ~or ThH s he only
confession havo Or intend to authorzc and 4 u ado
on5r ns 8 hany 10 ss wsr noe tx
give. rcat my future With my Godl While have
expectel mercy. my co,npeera hnve not hocn ,ercf9
world to cone I'M not auons ths blessed, il il tor
sible to contemplate the number Of tho
tost! 9od DO meretful to errng mnn is my last and
i'I .na iuiS'l a|a Without fear. Death has cea.ea
e e 10 s42 ts5 and 'ssE' ss xo '1 .sa '' wiz Ts s
streets Of the New Jerusalem WITH tho same leye,
AfnxtJ h1aRE{J1r ha
iAaehter. Oh hat she may rsforu aud hat virtuos
patti may be hers. forgive her for her ans. as God
hoy Ind worked as earnestly Tor ny aoul Is they hnvo
for confession, should now he III eternity lave
and sign tho entiro article under consciousness
that death awaits mo IN tho next ayo hours 10 the
world hn 'd'u .na may Ga hapnag 5s1s has1y y raal:rr
THE FOURTH.
The fourth, and last. confession is, aa eaid
,,oforo, In tho hands OF Miss Arnold. The lady
will not give It up. She intends in conjunction
lies upon this last confession TO give an interest
to tho document. Ghe coolly requested the re-
porter to publish the fact, to MD in advertising
It. From which it may bo inferred that the
lady's kindness to tho prisoner was blended with
spirit of mercantile enterprise.
This la the confession about which Perfect
was 80 especially careful. His last woras to Mr..
Caldwell contained m allusion to it, and for this
xcason the reporter asked the privilege Of copy
ing it. Miss Arnold, however, declined. llr.
Perfect. she said, did not wish It opcned until
tomorrow.
Tho reporter asked tho privilege Of looking at
tho outside, but even this was refused him.
to show tho package, which is addressed to
her. Upon one corner aro tho words, Let
Hr. Coiw see this lett," aud in another,
"Tlis is not to DO opened until after am
Az perteet was buried at o'clock to-day,
yonr correspondent thought TIE TAiRUNE enti
Tied to q perusa1 Tho reluctance to lot it bt
read may in part account for peYteat'n desire te
ministers.
TIE REV. MR.. sMhLE,
The conduct Of the Hov. Mr. John A. Small,
towards Perfect il deserving Of all credit. O.
tho day after Perfect was put in jail, Air. snalt
held religious service for tho prisoners, and Per
tWo years the confidence between then
was maintained. Perfect, oven in that carl,
day, stated the whole tr1lth to tle zealous young
Clergyman, in whom hc placed even greator con
ddenco than in Lis counsel. What he statel tt
Mr. Smale was locked in the breast OF tht
latter. aud has mover bcon dlyulsed. Whcl
Portoet was to be hanged year ago, bo sont TO-
AIr. Snalo, who devoted himself faithfully TO
tho sentence was made by the supreme Court
fow months ago. lo again sont for Mr.. sn1ale
Together thoy Understood each other. In tho pleB
ence Of others, he denied his guilt, and 80 Ion.
tence, MIR. snaaie had to be panied but sen
listener 10 the denIals. Friday, the l2tll, q fe'
hours before the tilno fixed tor tho execution
whom alone with Mr. snaae, lie dictated coufel
aiou to be published in TME ln1nuNE after hi
death, and which iH tho first OF tho Herics of cor
foYBionB Eiven ubove. At tho Hamo time Lo die
tased the following suggestions:
11r. sinalc, ut my rcqucst
sonlu tille wien yon aso, wish you would put
ish treatfso upon the crime of enlarglng uron nn
EelorlDg the stat.nents OF PERSONA Aearceratea Il
crime. OF bearing false witness aganst porsonH VII
ouly Hlghtly known to tho public 1nterviawiu
for tho purpose Of speculation cannot be too high
condemned, and Should 10 roprcheuled by al In ~
thetity.
rnany times was driven to fool TINT 4ntst get o,
Of aIght Of nil humanity. The only tmcs til,
thoughts Of suicide camu to me wsre when houn4le
70 sn en ~ ;hc n sse os M s o. a s ceago ~ @ &
60 19nats, should 10 only in Prison for Life.
After the rcspise was received from tho Co