The evening world., 1889-10-31
MY EXECUTION.

ago. revolving how / should meet my payments,
when / was solicited for charity bya respectfully
dressed woman. who stated that she had arrived
from Cork q few days ago, her husband having
sent the money 20 pay her passage to Now York.
Upon her arrival ehe found that he had been
killed by q drunken rowdy. and as she was pen
niless she asked mo for a trife to get a nights
lodging.
Having been imposed upon the previous day
by q tale OF the same kind. l passed on without
needing her piteous appeal.
had walked but q few PAGES when q feeling Of
regret came over me for my harshness, and l
turned round to relieve her distress. but sho
had gone. / stood musing, undetermined what
TO do. Ifolt I had acted with inhumanity; hut
it was 80 unlike my usual conduct that l con-
soled myself with the reflection that | always
had been the friend of the outcast, and that very
likely the woman was not in actual want-this
the responsibility OF her attire led me to adopt
az q fact. and resolving to Danish the transact
tien. from. my mind, walked homeward.
nan, apparently the worse for liquor, asked me
for charity. and with an eaEerness which evil
df T,is a so%ewhst e enlod E my m MINI .o 'anitSh0EgEh' /
felt that had relieved the wrong object, As !
passed 81, Papl'S Clutch ! ssT y, by ~ taG GiScE dMat
and I was always so p%unctial that l knew even a
few, minutes delay would cause the greatest
tion for me was the great comfort Of my dfe. +,
Resolving to crush the haunting feeling l
. torture now seized me-; the noise o., it's wheels
seemed to ecl,o the Toman,S appeai Tor cnsrltty
window to see that she was not running at its
tide r~eciting her tale OF sorrow and destitutlon.
street TsI.in I walked nHs II lastly I'll f to my house and paused
an instant on the steps, half resolved to go on a
S EGI]FS S sSrsS il 9A scf GslI. of W sRS mi iRs Goar
opepei. Instead OF following my, usual custom
81 entering, the, parior to greet my wife aud
room. where / sat for some time in gloomy Nb:
strp6tlop; then. bathing my head With cold
again seated myself, in the deepest detection.
l was aroused by my wife, who, surprised by
iny, unusual conduct. asked tenderly il did not
Eyes" l replied; but very tired. The
weather, tries mo. But, however, let us to
Ny daughters and a niece who was on a visit
lame round r. me and P.syfpl it SGSH aHn me t tSs
table, but could not eat a mouthful. After, rev.
ersl attempts, to cat requested my butler 70
bling me the brandy decanter. which surprised
merely kept wine and liquors for such of my
RV MSSsn a. The TsI brandy nTs fHS Wes 81 Brought I filled a gobie.
nearly full Of the Liquid dNmnation, " as l had
Tfs s%PelSn Ssl'f @ed i M q ah SdReddT drank i h it III R a g q sfn /.
gle traught. This somewhat relieved me and
enabled me to swallow II few mouthfuls OF din
NV spirits somewhat returned, and we all
Adjourned to the ID drG ~ sn sIS dnn II b he aS SfNads o,
me an opportunity OF leaving the room ,unob-
served, I,put on my hat. resolving to call upon
Not finding him at home, l .strolied on. The
evening was tine, and before l was aware OF the
North River. Attracted By crowd which had
gathered round the end Of one of the piers, l
that q poor woman had just been taken out OF
the water.
the IR%pafsa f. d4PftEEe e aon a9a o7 Then a. slSpG Upon ON
the ltielesS form: Great Heaven the very
woman treated 80 brutplly not AZ hour ssor.
strong hand grssped my collar. 1t was the po-
licemSn who had i9st spoken to me-, 49,,
ts s5! vas Rss t SS%saa,sS Z rs sss sSss / had CON:
i isss osd sIS1ss az ~ sA se PG siFl ER%h assl s Rst TIC G pief.
first killed my victim with : blow on the head,
into ' the liver We con IL Vain hS did Iitdi4 / protest %ae t" 7@y inner ne.
cence; they paid no more attention to me than !
he popular 30 SnH pf Feeling that the police had oecns,d.
cradle difficulty in saving me from being
Let me pass over the details of the coroner'g
murder. Twill say nothing. Gbont The agony OF
NJ ny m t,st .%i iRfetFiElew w %i'f in %S = ,a9a'lBE; " t Ahso e RGiaEtGf
doubt my wife had of the truth of my explana.
the supposed murder. She did not say SO in
words, but her manner showed that she had
The day OF trial came At last. OH! the an
Euish of standing in, full court, accused of so
revolving n Grimel Not one OF tho numerous
friends who had formerly attended my dinner
parties. and my. wife's balls, was present. They
had 1Pandomsd me en- msss9, a; II might
doubted fact that no persons are. so severe in
their remarks. or 80 scrupulous in disowning the
friendship Of the unfortunate or criminal. as
themseiyes in the secret practice Of every species
of ~villRiuy, ARE afraid to give the, slightest ex:
cuse for calling attention to themselves. Depend
upon 10. no woman Is so severe on the frall as
the faithless wife. She i obliged to folloy
Shakespsare,s maxim Affect virtue. though
The only man who TemaIned true to ne
set to, work m~anfnlly 70 defend me. He
Numerous biographies were published. Of me.
which brought to light events in my life never
before known, either to my psrentsi myself
ton to the Significant fact that many murders
had been committed during the past twenty
iso't pMrobabiya my exterior reasptetSbility and
from myself, and that no doubt many an limo.
cent man had been hanged for my crime.
Al the trial, my wife and daughter doposcd. as
they were bound TO do, to my unusual behavior
Ny standing OH the steps OF my door before I
rang the bell was observed by a Villainous, pry.
ing. old maid. who came, forward and deposed
tiofa. My swallowing brandy at dinner, as
admitted by my. own family and domestica, was
hanging even for that alone.
The prosecuting attorney called attention to
dsrs than a dozen Neweate calendars, Snd con-
cluded On eloquent address by warning the
Court. that il was acquitted ne felt sure that
New York would, awake and find themselves to
be dead men, with their throats cut from ear 70
deserve their fate II they turned auch n notorIons