New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-21
ALEXANDER 1AULKNER CONVICTED
MORE OF HIS LETTERS TO MISS HALE.
EXCHANGINGING CHANCES IN sUNDAY-sChooL-
MAKING LIFE WORTH LIVING.

EXCHANGINGING CHANCES IN sUNDAf-SChOoN
MAKING LIFE WORTH LIVING.
The trial of Alexander X Faulkner upon cd RI
of sending malicious and annoying letters " 20 90
Kate Hale a member of the Sunday .scnool vi
Plymouth Church, resulted III his conNlc III 9TIo
tefday afternoon in the Court of Sessions IN pIoo
lyn Many well-dressed women watched inc PHI lol
gress of the case and the courtroom was so g
early in the day that admittaDce was rciuseu W a."
who sought It afterward The defendant ma IG fnr
cluded his evidence after letter had been rea9 ioI
the prosecution in which he had written 10 MISS
Hale from Washington as follows;
Ibasten TO tell YOU that think my attention 10 you is
persons head-a complete deson Oh , ue ,. 20 viii
which you have treated very properly uee 80 beani
that you cannot attend to me- think you VIII DC Glc al
alone day by those cannot AFFORD TO w,gt nI S
when Won are older love you all the same hOwevet
and shall in spite of eyerythng ana VIII m Sire
YOU won't be my wife, shall he sats ned lor you "
10 answer nv letters suppose You think the more you
whip me the more will love you think you are IlSt,
MYSTERIES yer it. 1 will return to Brooklyn and take
you out driving next month VIII you go III %cn he
disappointed. watch and wait every day eNpecIm6
letter from my dear long for the day to come %nGn
shall brush those lovely locks from your brow ana PAM
a kiss upon your forehead. am almost Will my ioNn
for you above everything else in the world Mnar Sh
do / remain your loving ana deVO'cd ad!Iea'
wish You would say what yOu intend to do Win me
will do as you say. 1t all there is in life worth h'ins
for. am perfect slave
He said he never cOnycrsed with Miss Hale except
once Superintendent Pratt of Plymouth SUNDAY
school, never asked him to stop writing 10 hJI az
her brother-n-law he said he would stop lie ga
not think he wrote more than fifty letters 10 MISS
Hale and twenty five would be nearer the nlmocl
Milton f. Smith, member of Plymouth SuhIda{-
school. who was in the same class as Miss Haze
testified that he saw Miss Hale and the dGiehIanl
exchanging glances; they mutually s HnS "iii
liar evidence was given by Charles V. Cralis. M.
| letter read to the jury by Assistant DIS
! trict-AttOney Oakley, who conducted the P'o'''"
ton contained the following:
am unable to write anything different rom VIA Holo
have already written TO you unless sciu lWu w -
kisses. want your photograph. VIII give you ~
YOU will send me good cabinet portrait OF youIIS''
have not heard from your dear father lately. nc a'cs
10 think / am u crank" DO You want me 20 SUP
writing to Won II So wil II not, want you 10 DC ny
/ wifi Ii very iillich to iIlc - "a
You did object to receiving letters from me or S"
would tell me to stop Oh!! you don't know now h'lI!
should he to receive a good, kind letter from YOU NY
! life would be worth living then.
The iurv deIiberatcd for an hour and returned
| with a verdict of guilty. The prisoner showed no
| emotion as he walked ont of court lis pan was
/ continued and he will be sentenced on IucsoaS VI
| next week.