The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-19
NUMBER 80.
to come. Yours very truly,

w. w. DUDLEY.
His account of how he and San
som bought two glasses of whiskey
in a Fourth Avenue saloon after the
mute's interview with Clarkson,
shows the evil effect from prohi-
bition standpoint) of conversation.
Then follows a graphic description
of how they tried to get small change
for Clarkson's nice republican fifty
dollar bill.
1t appears that SAMSON was found
at his home in Webster, Pa, by
Funk Il Wagnalls' manager. The
two had written interview. When
shown the confession of Durfee the
mute changed color.
"What do you want me to do?" he
wrote on a slip of paper.
"Make complete, detailed, accu-
rate confession" answered the man
ager
The deaf mute, after hesitation, re-
piled t.
1T hisis very weighty matter. l
must have time"
"How much timer
"a week"
very well; but you must come to
New York in the meantime"
The mute has since confessed that
the friend he wanted TO consult was
Senator Quay. The Voice says;
THE plain truth, as now admitted
by SAMSON, is that he knew Quay
would shield him in his iniquity and
probably pay him we'll to keep ST
lent; for a United States Senator
from State that is Republican by
$4,000 votes can hardly afford to be
publicly exposed as common re-
ceiver of stolen goods"
Then the interview on paper went
on
IF you won't come I'll appeal to
the law"
go aheadv" quickly answered
SAMSON.
Things had an ugly look, but the
next words won the fight. They
we're:
Remember your mother and sis
ters."
SAMSON fell that night. The man
ager and detective captured him
at Braddock, Pa. He was arrested
and taken to Pittsburg, where his
brother induced him to confess. In
his confession SAMSON relates the
following pretty incident:
Monday morning, October Is,
1888, / dropped into Mr.. Clarkson's
room at the Everett House. The
circulars and lists were given by
Clarkson to young messenger to
take to the National Republican
Committee headquarters, as l re-
marked that they were rather dan
gerous to be seen on the streets with.
Clarkson and l were then driven in
"a cab to the headquarters. The boy
gave me the papers and then Clark
son wrote on piece Of paper:
"'We are going to see Quay
I'VE entered his room. / put down
the bundle on sofa and opened them
Mr.. Clarkson would say to me,
show Mr.. Quay this and that, and /
would do so. The reading of the
circulars seemed to amuse Quay, for
his famous smile broke out often.
He did not seem surprised to see the
lists, having perhaps seen them be
fore at the hotel.
"In addition to this for my work
among deaf mute voters Quay prom.
Used through Clarkson that he would
see that | got good place in the
government departments at Wash
ington, d. c., from which / had been
turned out two years ago"
The excitement in the prohibition
party over this discovery can be un-
derstood from the following official
utterances in an editorial that ac-
companies the story:
1.-THE crime that we have hunted
down and exposed so completely that
denial is useless illustrates the wide
spread and the depth of this rascal
ty. The men guilty of this crime
have the great Republican machine
behind them. They are intrenched
behind the party's immense wealth.
Were they common Bowery fence
men, receivers of stolen property,
these leaders of the great party of
moral ideas would go to the Peni-
tertiary for this crime! But they
stand for their party, and thatparty
and the administration they put in
power would not have the courage to
see them punished. We well know
how unrelentingly we will be pursu-
ed for this exposure, how, more than
ever, the vast power Of that political
machine which these men control
will be brought to bear to crush u.s."
THE NTOWN RAID.