The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-05
SENTIMENTAL CLARK.
Romance Of the Accused Mur-
derer.
Ms PAINTING IN COURT.


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You don't know what there "a between
that girl and myself moAned accused
Charles +. Clark, the murderer Of Captain
Logan. as he sat weeping in his cell after
hrs sensational scene in the police court
"Wednesday afternoon He had reference
to Mrs. Minnie Schleider, Who had taken
the stand and given such damaxinr TASTE
mony against him. The declaration OF
Clark that there was deep. dark sscre, be-
hind il oil. and that . mysterious relation.
ship existed between himsslf and
the witness. was repeated by him
50 often and with such An
agony Of grief that q CAyvaseis reporter was
moved to investigate the matter Yesterday.
The slayer Of Captain Logan Was found
busiiy preparing for his trip 10 the county
jail, where he Is 20 remain until his case
shall be called Cor trial in tho superior
court
Well" said the sturdy ex-convict. am
tell you what l referred 10 when made
that remark. ! know you'll think I'm
foolish, tor in the telling Of my own story
ann sure TO show foolish weakness. I can
never think OF that girl without tears. You
saw how / fell fsinting TO the door when
she came into the courtroom 10 testify
against me yesterday Look at me. Would
you ever suspect that such man as L. a
criminal, prison bird, a man standing in
the shadow Of the gallows. could ever in
his life have known such thing a. love
Ali No wonder you start al the idea.
The embodiment Of ali that L. reckless.
coarse and brutal. you think, could never
have known what the tender passion
meant. You are mistaken; let me tell You
nay story.
MY father was Q contractor and an
honest. respectable man, He had his
weaknesses. Is all men have but all in all
he was . straightforward honored gentle
man. The love OF woman ruined him as
il has me and that woman was the mother
OF the lady You saw In the court yesterday.
You heard her testify that her mother had
married my father. IN tell you how is
was: One day. many years ago. ~ he vas
driving down Clay street. nav fathers
horse became unmanageable. ran away and
threw him violently TO the ground. He
sustained q number OF serious injuries and
was confined 10 his bed for long time.
During his disability Mrs. ----t l II not men-
ton any namcsl came and nursed him.
They conceived passionate fondness for
each other and in order Ito conceal from
re, then mere boy. the fact OF their na,s-
tual affection, they had me sent 10 the In
| dustrial school ] renamed there but q
short time and then returned home.
THE woman's daughter was also living
| 81 my fathers house, and though both OF
us were children. | lost my heart to her
| within week. Mind you, I'm not saying
that she reciprocated my affection, but I
| grew TO think her the most charming girl
| in the world. and that l never could live
without her. Time only strengthened my
affection for her, and within q year my
lore was q Madness
Something happened one day. don't
know what il was, which brought about q
| separation between my father and the
| woman he 30 fondiy loved. She moved TO
| Alameda, and Was soon united to another
man. The daughter then began TO scoru
| my attentions. and | became next TO In
sane with disappointment Some time
later. year or SO. strange thing hap
| pened. II was tragedy which can never
think OF without horror. I'll not tell you
the part l played in II. You can draw
your own conclusions.
The mother Of the object a my affec-
tons. whom always bitterly blamed for
my own sore lot, was in very delicate
state Of health. She was about to become
| a mother. Notwithstanding her weak con-
dition she left her home at Alameda one
day and came TO this city 20 do some me-
cessary shopping. As she was riding along
on street car q won't say At what point !;
| you can learn that elsewhers) she heard
loud cries. and. looking out Of the window.
she saw some men fighting In the street.
They were firing pistols 1t each other.
| She became frightened and hurried 70 the
door Of the car, which had stopped. As
she gained the platform bullet fired by
one Of the men struck her in the center OF
| the forehead and she fell back into the car
mortaliy wounded While in the very
| throes OF death her babe was born.
''Since then haYo been . reckless man
| without any conc6rn for consequences
| You know what my record has been. /
don't know what the result of my present
Trial win be. but / hope 10 God they'll he
able TO prosecute me without putting that
woman on the stand TO testify against me.
She IL married now and has forgotten the
past haven't and never shall but -.
Come Clark. get ready thereip cried shs
jaiier. and burly frusty hustled him