The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-01-02


thrse i00-dollsr bills and aoms small
change The two men then cohpelled
him 10 gst oat Of his slsigh. They
nprang int 4 and dssvs sapidly away.
Alarm was given. The erimlnals we're
pursued. The team was found BY the
road In Cambridge, but the robbers had
ned.
The following evening al sxpreas-
man was stopped on the Salem turnpike
just before reaching Lynn. By the same
men, aud was robbed Of over 14OO.
Wishing their victim goodnight, they
lsapsd the fsnce and disappeared over
the marshes.
The next day young man was ar
rested In Boston on suspicion Of being
one Of the robbers. He was confined
IN tho Tombs. The first gentleman
robbed was sent Tor, and requested 10
pass By the cells whore some twenty or
thirty prisoners were confnsd, and see II
he coald pick ont from among them The
man who robbed him. He selected
without hesisa.ion the young man rs-
fsrred TO. The sxpsessman vas also
sent for. he picked out the same man.
Neither the gentleman nor the sxprsss-
man had any doubt ss 10 the prisoners
identit'.
There was snow upon the ground, and
the footprints Of the robbers we're plain.
" seen on The snow, The boots Of the
suspected man we're found 10 &c one set
of the footprints exactly. This aircum-
stance, with the testimony Of the
sxprsssman. who swors positively TO
bis bring the man, conYic.ed the poor
f.llow, although be attempted 20 prove
IN alibi. lie IVES sentenced 10. the
State prison for life. Thirty years b.
fore he would have been hanged. for
death was The penalty for highway rob
hsry q that tina.
Whoa / brought him 70 the pr.son
be declared in the most solsma manner
that be was innocent. This declaration
he persistently adhered to,although no
one believe him. Three years after
wards man was committed TO the
prison for the fourth time on sentence
Of six years. He Was . most axpert
and desperate rogue, and had been
guilty Of more crimes than sny eonYict
ever within the walls Of the prison. A
few weeks after his imprisonment hs
asked fof an intervisw With me. sWsll
what l. it you wish - / asked, when
he appeared.
"only this, Mr. Warden. You have
an innocent man In the prison."
'Indeed.' said, "who Is Il p sup
posiog, Of course, that be would name
himself.
"Is Is ~ he said, giving me
the name Of the young man convicted
of highway robbsry.
"How do you know that p asked.
aI do know it.D
'But how can yon know anything
about IL r,
lie hesitated . moment, ss iE weigh
ing the matter, and then said in .
frank, positive tore, 'I know he Is In
nocent, for ] committed the crime for
which he Is In prison"
GBoth Of them ~ I asked.
"Yes.v
"J--,D I said, calling him by
name, s.do you realize what Jon are
saying : No one has bssn tried for
the watertown robbery, and IL you ae-
knowledge The crime you will be liable
TO rssslys life ssntence.p Il
II understand that, Mr.. Warden. I
am a bad man. There is probably
hardly crime upon the statute book,
except murdsrs that I have not com-
misted. I have been . thief al my
life, even from child. Ny earliest
education was to steal, and / expect 70
be thief and robber to the last. AZ
you know, / have already served :three
terms in this p,ison, aud / am well
aware what The punishment is but bad
as ! am, l have no deairs that another
man should suffer for my crimes, ]
therefore repeat what have said, NJ
| isinnocent, I en- the guilty party"
ssDo you know M - I inquired.
| mo. I never saw him. I have n,
more interest in bin personally thar
in man in another country
"You were not alone in the robberies
Who was the other man With you ~
Again he hesitatsd nMr. w arden
I have never yet betrayed an associate
but in confidence viii tell you hi
name, trusting that you will not use i
against him unless he Is arrested upol
evidence obtained from some other
source"
He gave ne the name Of man who
had served one term in the State Prison
and was then IN the House Of Corrsc
ticn At East Ga mbridge.
AT my request, he wrote out fnl