Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-30

another in order to make the first hold
good; in fact, lying was my only sal
vation.
knew all the while that / was COM
mitting an objectionable wrong. Yet l
could not resist, but rushed headlong.
regardless of consequences. Now that 1
have made free and open confession, l
ask, in the name of the young lady so
grIevously wronged, your forgiveness.
Her good influence has been the means
, Of raising me to better life, has in
spired me with new feelings in other
words, che has made a man of me.
shall endeavor in the future to do what
is right and just, and in every way try
to rectify the mistakes and atone for the
sins of my past life. Again, 1 ask OF
you one and all to forgive me and en-
courage me to live the life of an honora-
BILE and upright gentleman. Now that 1
have made free and open confession, l
ask, in the name of the young lady SO
grievously wIonged, your forgiveness.
l am, yours sincerely,
FRANK EDWIN HILL.
"Now, in addition to what is told in
the statement, which was written at my
dictation by Miss Wozencraft, want to
say that 1 was forced to marry Ada
Wilson, at Fairhaven, Washington. l
had paid her board and lodging for
some time, and one day was found in
her room by Mrs. Steward and Mrs.
Britt. They raised terrible uproar,
and said l would have to go to Jail if l
did not marry her, and so lost my
nerve and was married. There was no
love between us, and three separate
times she agreed to get divorce, for
which l offered to pay her. When
went to see her at Ma
tional City, on the eve of
my wedding with Miss Wosencraft
she agreed to get divorce and WANTED
to have the wedding postponed, and on
my return to San Bernardino asked to
see Mary but was confronted by four of
her relatives, her brother Will Wozen-
craft, and her uncles Newt Brown,
Charles Rouse and J. Brown. lied to
them, and said was not married, be-
cause knew that they would kill me
then if told the truth.
"When I was coming up on the train
from San Diego to San Bernardino 1
wrote letter to my wife telling her to
remain at National City, and would
take her east. I did this to keep her
from coming up to San Bernardino.
81 wanted to make my confession to
Mary and have the wedding postponed
until could secure divorce. When l
saw my wife at the Los Angeles police
station gave her money and she agreed
to get divorce from me. Since then
she has written letter in which she
says that she will not get divorce
from me.
"You cannot absolutely deny that I
have wife in Pittsburgh. I was mar
ried to Mollie Woods of Greensburg, Pa,
and when she ran away with Jack Mar
chand and was subsequently arrested,
we got divorce and divided the prop
erty. The divorce is on record in the
Westmoreland county court. was %
years old when I married in the east !;
quite young man you see. After
left San Bernardino went to San Fran
cisco and secured two positions paying
me $S5 per month, which had to give
up in consequence of the publication of
my story in the newspapers. l was
driven to despair, and thought OF COM
miting suicide. Finally concluded to
go and see minister of the gospel, and
called on Rev. Mr.. Willis of the Episco-
pal church. made full confession of
all my misdoings, and he took me to
church with him, and prayed with me.
spent the night at his house, and he
gave me much good advice and religious
comfort. He told me that the best
course for me to pursue was to make an
open confession Of my sins, to God
and to the world. He said it was
best for me to go to San Ber-
nardino and publicly acknowledge my
wrongdoing, and then turn over new
leafand make man of myself, and, God
helping me this is what intend to do.
'My plans for the future are unset
tied, but feel better for having made a
clean breast of the whole matter. II
my present wife, who does not love me,
and whom do not love, would only get
divorce, as she agreed to do when I
gave her my money, Mary and would
then be married. At present we are
both broken hearted.
| "We intend to make another effort to
secure my freedom, but it is hard to say
what the result will be. If we are not
successful there is only one thing for us
to do, and that is to face the future with
broken hearts and blasted hopes, and
take the world as it comes. twill never
live with Ada, my wife, again, because
there has never been any love or SYM
pathy between us, as my wife has often
publicly confessed. never used any
of her money, as I have always had
means, and when / married her / had
to buy her the shoes to wear at
the wedding. Before l married her she
was working in a laundry, and she used
TO come over to Doc Bedford's and play
euchre with us at a table behind the
prescription counter. Ipaid her lodg-
ing and board, and was entrapped into
marrying her. That is the whole story"
Hill has not been out of bed since his
arrival in San Bernardino, and looks
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