The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-02-22

of remorse. 1t was the memory Of the
murder. which had driven Twoshoes
out of his mind.
Shrewd old DR.. McManus was not
50 ready to admit the madness. To
feign insanity is a common practice
with convicts they do it with more
or less ingenuity, and with more or
less persistence, according to their
knowledge and force Of character, and
if Twoshoes was s'doing the barney"
he did it extremely well. The doctor
might have his suspicious, but they
were not very readily confrmed-the
imitation was so good-the. part SO
long sustained.
At one time Twoshoes took up
parrot-like cry, which he repeated in
an unvarying, lachrymose sing-song,
rising now to. a full diapason of sound,
then sinking into low howl, like that
of a W0e.beg0ne cur baying at the
moon.
s'Twoshoes Twoshoes! oh poor
Tommy Twoshoes!' - This was the
burden of his refrain-continned day
and night-till he drove the other pa
TENTS in the hospital nearly distract
ed; and it was necessary to remove
him to the '.dumb cell,' place con.
structed especially, cell within
cell-the space between rammed with
sand, so that not whisper from with.
in could reach the outer air.
Twoshoes might be mad, but he was
wise enough to know that shouting
would not avail him in the "dumb
CELL" His next act was to refuse all
food. Every scrap they brought him
he rejected at first the regular diet;
then, in order to test him, the doctor
sent up savOry steWs and tOOths0me
sweets. Twoshoes was not to be caught
in trap. Even glass Of champagne
he Indignantly knocked out of the
nurses hand.
But he could not be suffered to
starve himself to death. After five
days they fed him with a stomach
pump, although he resisted violently.
Again he showed wisdom, and relin-
pushed an attempt which he found to
be futile. He went to the other ex-
IRENE and devoured all on which he
could lay hands, Including his blankets,
stones in the exercising.yard, and part
Of the soles of his shoes. This diet
| before long made him excessively ill.
and he suffered such torments from
indigestion that he returned gladly to
more wholesome food. Now he had
excuses of violent rage he threatened
every soul that approached him, he
would kill the doctor as he had already
mur1are1 that woman
"There,' said the Chaplain, who
was told of this speech, 81 felt could
not be mistaken
But he was for just about this time
a reply was received from the Home
Office, satisfactorily showing that
TwOshoes was safe in another prison,
at the very time he pretended he had
committed the crime in Tooley street.
This fresh proof of the convict's in
corrigible Implicitly aroused the
doctor to further efforts. 1t became
almost a point Of professional Ell.
quette with him to find Twoshoes out.
Yet was he barred day after day, at
every turn. AS a last resource, he de-
termined to try galvanism. The bat
terry was prepared; Twoshoes was led
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made low bow, and expressed his
thanks courteously in few words of
choice French. He was grateful for
their hospitality, but would not intrude
further.
81 shall go home,' said he airily: but
just then came the first shock from the
machine.
"Wha- what's this mean 20 he
spluttered out. ''What yer doing to
Tommy Twosh--, poor Tommy
TWOsh-'
Now he was quivering and fairly
dancing as the currents acted on him
with increasing force.
"Well?" said the doctor, when the
first dose was over.
II want to 80 home,' replied Two.
shoes.
81 think you must wait for second
application of this; once is never quite
enough
"No, no, no!'' cried Twoshoes.
81 chuck up the sponge. You've
bested me. I'm done with trying it
on
There was no more exemplary con-
/ vict in custody than $1,000 Thomas
Twoshoes from thenceforth until he
had 'put in all his time.''
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