Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-10

deal of talk about it, and the next time
Bill was seen on the streets. it was noticed
that he didt wear his watch He bet low
at the table that evening, too.
That changed his luck, and when q
gamblers luck changes he's gone The
cards never turn up right after they're
got out of the habit 1t was bad on Bill
| He drank hard and looked hard He
wore his clothes good deal longer than
| he used to, and when the snow began to
| fly he was on the streets without an over
coat. No one could help him; he would
not have it, He lived over little dive on
an off street, and didn't allow anybody to
come near his room. He was surly and
bitter and ugly, and when he got into a
| row with a man he used to beat him with
anything he could get his hands on He
never did that in his better days. He'd
just shoot and be done with it. So all
the boys sort of kept away from him, and
he got bad name. When he played at
all it was with tin-horn crowd, and
queer stories came to be circulated after
time. There was great deal of "hold-
ing up" in those days, and people got an
idea that Bill might be doing some of it.
At any rate a man was killed in front of
the crowd came up and found Bill there,
it was quick enough to think he had
done it. He had been seen with the dead
man the night before, and there was an
other man all mufiied with him, but Bill
wouldn't say who he was. Fact is, he
wouldn't answer any questions at ALL and
when the trial came off it didn't take the
jury long to bring in verdict of guilty
The town was little scared up, and the
people thought there ought to be an eX.
ample. There was one queer thing about
it though. The murdered man had lot
of money, but there wasn't a nickel on
Bill After the verdict there was an at
tempt by some of Bills old friends to get
a pardon, but he wouldn't have it. He
SAID he was ready and willing to hang and
wanted the show to!end as soon as possible.
The only thing he seemed uneasy about
was whether any one else was suspected,
and he would ask cautious questions as
to what people thought and what the
theories concerning the murder were.
The day before the hanging he wrote
letter, put it in an envelope and addressed
it, and then put both in blank envelope.
He gave this to Reddy Jim, one of his
old-time pards, and told him not to take
off the blank envelope until after he was
dead, and then deliver the letter inside to
where it was addressed, and keep his big
mouth shut about the whole business.
Reddy promised, and the next day Bill
was hung, and died game.
After he was dead Reddy took off the
blank envelope and read the address. 1t
was to GEORGIA" That made him curl
Gus, and the letter burned his hands. He
had always had an idea that there was
something behind the murder which Bill
was trying to conceal, and he thought
that this letter might tell what it was So
after holding it four days he gave it to
the sheriff, who opened it. This is what
was in it.:
"DEAR OLD PARD:-The games square.
You saved me and I've saved you. am
not mad or hurt because you didn't come
back and take the murder off my Shout
ders, for wanted to get through any
how. The cards are against me, and so
there is no use lighting luck. only
write this to tell you that some of these
id fools about here may think
queer of the business and look into it, so
get as far out of the way as you can. You
had better go home and drop your way of
life. There amt no good in it. Goodbye.
BILL.
That let in lot of light. Georgia"
had killed the man and Bill had shout
dered the blame. They tried to find him,
but he was gone He had put out for it
when Bill was first tried, and they never
heard of him again"