The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-30
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Il. slf, lha express f1huef IIswat vffr
slose maathsd a ffat, but, after sHmH
questions, said nDi course ! iyuk NE
money, bot llse minutes haiufa I dit "
lha tltoaHhl lad never entered nv nhHd
left iht tampauy'a office, aad started "
me wagon fUf tie depot With ~ lnIUeuft
4 mind aa man ever possessed. know
the money was ~ ihe Wagon, lutm Only
thought was to deliver it safely While
was carrying 4 from The wagon 70 tho
depot Office The iiea oi taxing II
took possession uf me, and became r..
rcslstaby impeiied by sume unnatural
power. | made 40 my mind In a
4 moments time tn steal the money,
After had II | did not know what
10 do with IT, did not even
know where o. go. bad laid 10
plans and knew not what % do sey.
tral times came near taking tho
money and putllng II where u belonged.
why did not | AM NJ u loss TO know"
TALKING 70 fnIEND.
Shortly after the above talk u friend of
Sly called TO see him at the jail, This
friend talked with Sly through The bars OF
his cell, the correspondent standing TO
Que side, where he could not be seen by
the prisoner but within hearl 4 distance.
Sly said TO his friend.
nDld you get the letter | wrote you
from st. Loulsl"
"I did, was the answer.
"Dld you think the letter was from
mefn
II did not, and have not thought 80
until now. thought IL was written Ia
see whether | stood In with YOU or not,
aud after reading II tore It to pieces"
The talk was continued several mln'
utes, Sly employing the time asking about
his family aud telling Of his wanderlng'
after he wrote the letter last March u
his friend. lie said;
his wANDERiSGs.
"When reached st. Louis, the frs
OF last March, Immediately sent the on,
hundred dollars to my wife In care o
John Burlington, my old employer.
wrote several letters to friends, ant
among them one to you. After |
week or ten days In St. Louis wen
direct to Chicago, where remained on!
u short time. | we from Chicago Il
Minneapolis, st. Paul, Duluth and othe
cities, finally settling down in Mime
apolis, where | was iound The re
maindcr Of my wandcrings from the tim
left st. Joseph TO the time | arrived I
st. ]. uis last March, tJld you Of Il
my letter"
In the letter mentioned he told OF hi
wanderings. lie said he had gone iron
st. Joseph direct to New Mexico. From
there he went to California; thence to oil
Mexico; thence to Texas, which latte
State he visited thoroughly, going /
every town of importance aud being !
every county almost. From Texas h
went to other Southern States, spendin
short time In New Orleans. Froi
New Orleans he came TO st. Louis b
steamer.
D Going over the territory he did, \
course he could not tarry ong In any on
place. lie was moving from one place
, another, having no fixed purpose In view
and only seeking to eludc the officers b
knew were after him. The express con
pany In st. Joseph received two anon,
, nous letters IRON ST. Louis during II
, time he was there. They were receive
several days before he sent b
wife the sl00, or the letters to b
friends, one of which has bee
: referred to. One OF the letters said; rs
Is here. II you want hlm you had beit'
F; come and get him." The second lett
5 received a few days later, saldi "Sly
stlll here; this Is true as God Is my vi
: ness. You had better come at once
: you want to get him."
0 The company aud the detectives hay
: always thought that Sly had an accon
y Ice who received the bulk Of the none
a Sly pettina a very small share.