New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-08-30

glATy At 3 large jewelers. shop IN the west
end. His consti tion was not one e.
withstand the severe discipline of the
prison, and he lay ID hospital on what
turned ont to be his deathbed as he made
his astonishing revelations without any
reservation % to secrecy He said: ~;
4 expect i don & seem to5you, sir, qnite3
the usual cut of the long term, burglar,
and you would IS quite right IN So think
ing I never did fancy the profession,
and that jewelers. shop business was all
q sham and an excuse to get here out Of
the world and safe from q worse fate at
the hands Of deadly enemies. Aye, sir,, &
you may stare. Few people, i imagine,
are SO fond Of prison that they will
stretch q point to set there. No, sir
offense was q much more serious one
than ever transpired ats1ny trial, and as
y feel that i am not likely to trouble the
prison aGthor1ties very much longerI
might as wei / give yo,ls Re true reason
for my being in this place.
started IN hfesas a respectable mid
die class trades1nan and in due time
married the trnest and best Of women.
Shortly after the Of u son
was stricken down with Illness, to which
she succumb bee. grief was such
that could not go about my ordinary
duties. sent the boy to some friends.
y gave up business and became wan
sderer on the face of the earth.
drifted to Paris, and there, destitute
and starving. / made the acquaintance
Of aman who was a prominent member
of oneo the most extreme socialistics
societies ii the capital. He took care of
me, and partly out Of gratitude and
partly out Of sheer restlessness and a,
growing distaste for life Iagreed tojoin;
his society found that the principles
of this secret association were evenmores
dreadful than / had supposed. It essayeds
to strike a blow at all monarchies OF con-
stituted governments, and the throned
heads Of Europe we're especially marked
ont for its prey. D
From time to time various attempts,
though hitherto unsuccessful had been.
made to assassinate sol.1e Of the foreign
rulers, and soon after I joined it hap
pened that Great Britain fell under the
ban Of the society. Alta largely attend
ed meeting, secretly held in the out
skirts of Paris, it was resolved that
Queen Victoria and as many as possible
of the high persons surrounding her
throne must die. IL was thought that q
deadly and sweeping blow could be
dealt il, while on one OF its frequent
journeys to or from the north, the royal
train could be wrecked. 7s
So it was decided.
e remained but to draw lots for the
men to do the deed. BY a strange fatal
ity Scraggs (the name OF my ffriend) and:
myself were deputed to carry out the
vengeance Of the society.
received the intelligence with q cal
lousness begotten Of long enduring mis-
cry and want. What cared I now what
befell me? just at this time, too, 4
learned Of the whereab bouts Of my son.
He had entered the service Of 3 well
known Scotch nobleman III the capacity.
of page and personal attendant and was
doing well.
Even this news did not awaken me to.
q true sense of my position. The in
Sstructions Of the society were clear and
to the point.
The train with her majesty on board
had to be destroyed il any way we
chose. Success would mean q hand
some reward and q high position in the
society Failure and there were no
extenua ting circumstances meant sud-
den and certain death at the hands Of
the society A certain period was given
us to bring about the desired result and
we lost no time IN arranging our plans.
Her majesty was at this time, the au-
tumn, staying at her usual residence Ia
the north Of Scotland, and we found We
had some time before us ereswe could
hope to deal our blow On her return.
journey
Crossing to Eng land we made care
Eful. survey Of the railway rout e and de-
cided upon Il likely spot on the system
'of one of the best known English rail-
ways ~ which royal usually travels.
The place in question was an unusually
long bird ge spanning &c the height Sc 6o
feet 8 broad but shall stream ust
before the appp oach 10 tho briidge the
line took 81 shar curve which lent Itself
to our fell pslTp pose. Cur plan 81 IS 10
prepare two short handy pieces Isl rail-
faced st one end like Hoints and Il other
end crrYing 1outwa .Iie1
thin end would SO pierced
for bolts the IKE az Those nsel
fasten 1lishplateI tha
iort1inaIy Iails should then,
|on TIE 81 li q rs I 1 M the