The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-13

enormous total of $50 000OU0 were due to
| just award to deserving veterans there
would be little cause for complaint. But to
create a new and lasting public debt largely
| through fraud aud cau-working is shame.
BLACK JOHN.
| Confessions of the Most UnmIttfgated Scoun-
drei Possible.
| A correspondent writing from Los Anger
| les, Cal, to The New York World, says: n
stranger was found dying this morning i5
the room i'll Il private house, which he had
rented Immediately after his arrival here
ten days ago.
| A nearly empty vial labeled 'SG!phate o.
morphine powders, III. Nightntan, Piiiia-
delphia" found i'll the roon betrayed thu
cause of his. condition, Nud letters he had
| written left no room to doubt that he haa
pulposely ssot5ht death.
| AL clues that could establish his identity
had been destroyed.
marked with small pox, his features were
| coarse, his lips thick and scntiat, hiS com
| plexion dark and his large icad co'efed
with brown hair. closely cut. lie appar%n1-
! " was about forty years old, his -iltit y
was five feet seven inches, and he "eishea
| 100 pounds.
one Of his letters he had written was an
apology to his landlady.
Another of great length, addressed "a
| The San Francisco Examiner incioscd this
TO all whom 1t may concern: This, my iass
document, except 10 swallow the POISONOUS
drug is TO certify that this ends the career
of one Of The blacklist criminals who has eyef
enjoyed life Forty years OH and natys
namcs almost MS long rs the moral law. and
have operated from Che Atlantic to me "a
cite ana from Canada to the lsthmu5 or ran
ANA. have crossed ana recrossed the At
f,,fi ao1er,I turs and am familiar with all
the leading cities Of Englaud. FRANCO ana Ge.s
nf "fj,.i, i'haTe learned since was Ineteen
wears old except English. my native tongue.
| am member OF one OF the largest ana
most prominent Iainiiies OF Tue n'F a. ?'" ss
NY "t e 49, d n as rho FAMILY
- ,n,t 1,, ib% nIv traitor 70 fhe name
oil the rnst hayinlr been good citizens and hay
ing figured prominently in Gil the different
ayoc;tions of life. ..,..
To my certain knowledge l nave 1eFeI taa In
but one NE am NOT an aSSaSsin; i i"i IN"
one IRE q4 l'h Nv "nJ Zoo Good and honorable
ahc WIS tfit ny "I,Fc I,'Id hn,,n |nd a =
citizens VINO az sln tirS n mot,,, XII ney
ga uiL VA y -, .n.or, hn.,;ms AT tg noins
Whn', was still in NV teens My crimes wers
W e ~ 49,, iifTrnn4 ~ t.r frnn Thai Of he
% ss on ar iirhwayman but [ am sure that
If n veitlirt were pronounced on me jury OF
rood ana noble women If would be that I
Vas much worse than 8 mere murderer.
During period of about twcnty-one years
men. IN every case, except the first. my sole
n'otive was 10 secure money not love or az
| factjon / have three children by The first.
~, ooo ~ a. az w.n have ,cci. married. had
| $500 900 In nor own right. three others had
| from s1Jc 900 o 5000. O06, and none of the 9TH
crs were worth less than $4,000.
Ny rIle generally was 20 i've with my vile
[ was off for new fields ttf5 win another fair
bride.
| always had plenty of money ana went In
! the best of style, ana only operated III and
among me aris'orrItg q, 'nf tHu' III II, M
sphere my vain and gddy victims were W. ~, easily
GAP, ee ana 9th Vas hrn p''' '''N oi
Notwithstanding large rewards are oHeFeI
for him, he proudly writes that he outwitted
| the shrewdest detectives. frequently passing
! them I'm tha streets and sometimes even
! Ji,,;r, md ,I,;nI,in~ with them without ha..
uhihs tlii ~ ,''AIi'7 ~ ~; ,.ioat} il,,'
inS '' t'ra Us I'oors 400 lvhan ha
nc .'ilS IT. I t, i;sa,so rJa l-nars
toirsaU IJ a., rarry him off and
| tLo'fa,.o not ,.}inc TO live lonrer datcrT1ine
therefore hot callns ~ itT T me.'' ai~
eC 10 emu HIS caL'ci; 3 - -.
In most cases or SnlG , nave SNOW" I os
read of II Is calnea tnad Inc PfrS"n so, vs. ,,,S
Tight Hll9ti. anu H'io" a. "'' - T.. ~, 10y.
dong rs ever uu III IH ~ H. ~ ,V ii "
has been duly considered in its every every pha's
have some hesitation about leaving state::
me4I' n"I Aor sefe''- ie"'0H' navy
! W Those around me Of course, know moth
! ing Of NV intentions and perfectly IN
n nee Of what hat / am about TO DO and this
statement will relieve them OF any Su1pl-
| Q. It may be warning to some good womea
W. Wy a. , I,.,, If whom they know noihins
/ moro man that they wear a silk hat display
| n bic lot OF diamonds and toy with gold
| headed cane
> II these Wouid-be detectives ana ouiceFs
| class OF men whom / warn the women against
| | can assure tHen mat fhGS VIII o,,',Dyu ~
lneit 9uSlltsS d trn I,o e,rol - i,T
whose onIy- ofranse WAS fo bGc a Quarter or a
| dime to buy q much needed meal. while per-
| haps half dozen Of the worst criminals In
| the country IKE hyseit were I2oA'rS, ~
2ceF %o@d sc9rGey dare 10 look at much
held, ' but ihat bis '6 6oay be sent 70 sag
francesca medlca! colieS1 10 pe uispoSeb