Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-09

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animal. The only remorsc he
claims to have felt was half an hour
after the crime, aud he now only
regrets his action on account of his
relatives. He does not think they
will make any effort to defend him,
and hopes they will not as he does
not deserve 1t. The day he killed
Mamie Walsh his brother was at
Forest Grove buying farm, and he
thinks if his brother had been at
home it would not have happened.
He even thinks that if the girl had
screamed while he was killing her it
would have brought him to realiz-
ing sense and saved her.
When Wilson arrived at the pris-
on last night he was very tired, but
he ate good meal and after passing
very restless night ate heartily
again this morning, when the sur
geon set his broken arm this morn
ing hs resisted with all his might,
until he was choked off by Warden
Cavanaugh. He now says be only
regrets that his wind was not shut
off for good. While his wounds
were being dressed this morning a
pin was found sunk deep in his left
arm, where he says he put it to
puncture an artery and if possible
bleed to death. He gets very little
sleep, and complains of constant
headache. AS the prisoner seemed
to weary of being questioned. we re-
print the following story of his wan
derings and capture as given to an
Oregonian reporter lasi night, which
he says is substantially correct.
The story of his wanderings is best
told in Wilson's own language. He
said:
We were riding along very quietly,
going down hill. Kelly said he saw
something in the road and thought
it was a mob. That excited me, and
when we got IN to the dark shadows
the impulse came over me to jump.
L jumped. The same impulse came
to me on the train, but held it back.
Well, at three jumps 1 was over the
fence and laid down, because he had
said he would shoot me in the legs.
1 wanted him to shoot me through.
L got up aud ran, with Morgan after
me. He was gaining on me until he
fell over log. Then l zigzagged to
fool HIM and laid down in the brush,
when Morgan came within thirty
feet of me. Then Iran, head down
1 sat down, took off my shoes and
laughed at Morgan and started back,
thinking would hang under the
buggy and fool them. l went back
to the road and sat down little
ways behind the buggy aud was sit
ting by the fence when the buggy
passed along. Then I crossed the
road at once and went into the slash
ing and got lost in the brush. / was
going to go back to the carriage, but
| struck the river road. L saw the
big red moon and thinking it was
their fires tried to go to them. All
night 1 travelled the river road to-
ward Portland. In tie morning
Sunday thought 1 would get some
farmer to take me to Salem.
Then l thought 1 would try and
steal revolver and shoot two or
,hree people and then myself. /
covered my tracks as well as / could
oy walking in fresh COW dung. l
aid all day in the brush in the
bottom. l ate nothing. | didn't
want to eat. L eat only by jerks.
AT night started out to hunt for
matches. At Crabtree's / found
potatoes. The folks were up, but
vent to the barn and fell asleep.
when | walked they were all asleep.
hunted nearly all night through
he house but could find no matches
Here l took four loaves of bread,
traw hat and the target gun. 1t
wasn't loaded but / kept it with
ne.
All day on the Fourth I slept in
he bottom, where | had built a
hanty of bark, with pounded bark
or my bed. This bottom was about
hree miles wide and was used as d
ow pasture and the COWS always
'bliterated nay tracks. heard the
,uns fired for the celebration. All |
tight of the 4th and all day of the
th / stayed close in my shanty, go
ng four or five times day into the
ill for water. / was feverish.
tuesday night went to house
n the ridge about mile and "a half
Glow. There / changed clothes