Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-05-26
Reached Through Ny Guardian

II is perhaps worthy of remark in
connection with this tale that tims
and time again a life has been
sacrificed to the guillotine. Not only
has the testimony given been consider.
ed by both judge and jury as more than
conclusive. but the public at large has
nodded its approval; and when the yer.
Dict which is justitiable by such testi.
mony. has been pronounced, satisfac-
ton has, in most cases, been expressed
on all sides. Nevertheless, great
wrongs have sometimes been commit
ted. and innocent parties have suffered
for the crimes of the guilty.
Curious murders have taken place,
NOS only in out-of-lhe-way places. but in
cur midst; the community has been
startled BY some horrible outrage that
has caused for time the widest ex
element At no time during life can
we feel perfectly safe. for some of the
most revolving of crimes have taken
place when no motive could possibly
be assigned, and fear. in consequences,
shat has not wholly been without cause
has deprived many of the more agree
able pleasures which an abundance of
money could afford.
In writing this tale for publication,
have weighed the undoubted threats
OF the populace which will be levelled
at me- yet my purpose is not to draw
your attention to me as criminal, but
s. as l have intimated, to place the
facts before you. and n measure, to
curb that obliquitI of judgment which
is every day becoming more atrocious
IN its results.
l have struggled successfully for
years to live down all thoughts of the
ghastly occurrence as it happened.
may as well tell, too, that in guard NO
myself against giving vent to the lat
ent knowledge of mine. | have used
means before which the bravest among
you would pale.
The saddeSt heart has been buried
beneath the app, arancs of gaiety;
false aspect has been gwen to a MUIR
NCAOhS CNNf lull III HAS UGH
where not the phantom, but the reality,
OF hell was to overcome; and to all the
world the buoyancy of thought. the
lightness of touch. the fam liarity of &C
lion. has been sin, because untrue.
When did it had no III sht; vet a
strange cunning possessed me. for |
Aot only mapped out how l should do
it but contrived that the guilt should
be fastened on another. 1t was not
the knowledge that his wealth should
DO mine that prompted me. Oh, no; l en-
joyed his money now; but [ meant that
Regneior should suffer for me- 1t would
teach me lesson, too; but he would
DO in the horrors of death ere he told
it. promised myself III 8 much
My guardian should die. but Reg
neior, and not |, was to pay the pen
atty. had no grudge against the old
man; he had always bsen kind to me.
1t was the tiief-the villain who stole
my secret-to whom death would
come.
The old man was to suffer but little.
had arranged all that He could d e
at one time as we'll as another. ] he
trap had all been prepared, but the
time had not vet fully arrived when
should do the deel.
Regneior would not come Tonight
he was ava and he hal nv secret
with him-I knew that He thought
to gain by it, to become famous-to
have Irene love him for his discovery
and for til he should die-yes, die,
but not by my hand. All, 7 was too
acute FOR them! They would hang him
e.. he 6 q
had labored hard, but had found
what sought, and it would go forever
They had all failed, but hal found il!
had not seen what l discovered?
That finger with the tip of
damo had traced it on the wall as / Law
asleep. and from this had 1 copied.
That one piece alone was wrong. but
all was right now. Fool that / was
boo show it to him! He saw that when
il was balanced it started OF its own ac-
cord. and went smoothly. not pausing
and jerking and witch ng AS before.
he laughed for Joy. and Lab. such
mad delight as then possessed me.
recall now that / heard him
ohuckle; but he had been brother to
me. and Il d not doubt him. l imag-
ined that he loved me so much as to
be glad of nv success; but see it all
now. He vas thinking. cit shall be
mine; l will steal it from him;'.
and the l,w III ickle involuntaril
escaped him. But fooled him fine.
ly. All. was cunning!
knew Regneo would come that
night but | did not prepare for him.
That had been completed long before.
What his wine were druggedP He
stole my secret from me, and had been
with Ir"n". But mine was clear. Ha,
has He thought drank il. No, no,
m fr end. lid not touch it; you knew
it befor" the fatal drop before thai
knot was placed beneath your ear; but
it was too laie-tOo late even for hope.
They thought him crazy when he de-
nounced me; but we knew, and l was
happy.
All. how pois"lessly crept to the
old mans chamber! H door did not
lock that night had seen 10 all th :
before. So when he had gone to his