The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-27
[ERALD
rsrAnMsneD N 1919,
PRIoE PlyR GENTS.

wa. wa, WA offered, and on which I was con.
is~ S y naleon'keepor said that stood Al
" da sa'agu inside OF fow minutes drank sIr
s X, olwhlsly That wAa so, and i tool
~an "f san.es away, and Ia that condition I
h-now many times did you shootf
|. az" ~ don't know that / shot AZ
ra,,o nm lnerc were ayo balls gone out Of my
h'-pld anyone swear that YOU had made
"'.aM ~ any time previous 10 the kIlIInef
~ r,--No; mover had any cause or 90
caalon 70 make them. ~
M-linyo YOU any reerots.-
a. T,-fon mean about being hunef
" Tvs mat u tho question was going
T" ME YOU, though u lsa very delicate ona,
~ T's-i would rathor 90 out Of tho world
ma natural way II NV hanging would
only restore my murdered wlfa, would
Willingly surrender Il. But Il Ia awful bitter
70 tglnk that made NV two little children
mo'herloss, md that they aro now 10 be
lel orphans, Az for nysolf, 7 don't caro-
what bohlls mo, though never know that I
han done any shooting until told about Il.
k-lf you considered that you wore I'm.
Justly convicted, why didn't you have your
case appoaedp
A. I'll was dagod. didn't know what
wanted done was tried 80 soon after the
decd that didn't care 10 live and told nv
lawyers not TO appeal Ito lot mo die.
since have been here | changed my mind.
wrote TO them 10 do 80. but thoy raferred
mo to tho District Clerk, flo Il as big m
enemy Of mno as tho Deputy sheriff, and
didn't nnswcr tho lottor wrotohlm. '''
John Honry-You lot your foot alp IN
not appealing, had mine takon 10 the
other court.
Another prisoncr--And got left.
A. I'll tried to get lawyer here 10 at
tond 10 IT, and wrote TO some of nv friends
at Mexla u send mo money Thov have not
done So have divided tho last thing had
in tho world many time with them. When
a person gots In trouble his friends become
very scarce, though j have plenty Of friends
leh who think | ought not TO be hung.
HE REJECTS RRLIoIoN.
Allen Towles refused all religious consola-
ton, and said no would rather hang
than go to the penitentlary for life as Il
would only entail years of earthly suffering
and N the end ho would have 10 meet death,
and no would rather do II now. He said
the Bible Is not any more reliable than an
almanac, and he offered the other day to
prove from information thousand years
old that II was not true. He has had, for
weeks, copy Of Paine's "Age Of Reason,p
and Inns been stuiiiing himself TO die In the
clutches of inadelyy and defving God 30
requested your reporter yesterday 10 have
published, the following;
WORDS ny ALLEN TowLEs.
"The days with me arc almost passed. 7
have declined tho idea ofroligion, as said l
would, though Il will hurt tho feelings Of
good friends. have always heard that mis-
cry likes company, but am glad 10 say
don't want any. Iconsidcr that q mob was
made up TO convict me. It 10 hard tor an Of
| icer to spit In mans face and say that get
ting him out Of the way would save others.
think tho Judge Is good Christian. He has
no power to save mans life. Bv his orders
amnn must die. To the jury who brought
in n verdict Of murder in tho first degree,
there IL n day coming that will be an old
citizen to push fire in hell on them, II there Is
any such place. Hcll Is full Of such Chris
tians as them. will rejoice the day leave
in expectation Of meeting them In hell. May
God bless the old grav-heade1 Williams on II.
Yours respectfully,
ALLEN TowLEs.