The morning call., 1894-08-03
SAYS HE is DAFT.
An Excuse for Robbing a
Stage.
He Will Be Committed as Insane.
Pathetic Letters Written in
Prison.

henry E. Deymore, the man who robbed the
stage at Hoopa Valley, was brought down TO
the city yesterday by Deputy Marshal Monck-
ton and will be examined before Judge Heb
bard to-day, not for rObbing the stage but for
INSANITY
That be is insane there is no doubt, although
the robbery, as will be remembered, was as
well executed as a thoroughly sane man might
be expected to DO it. Gold dust TO The value of
S612 and $50 In coin was taken, bu, nearly
all OF 1t was afterward recovered and DeymOle
has been in jail for over month al Eureka
where his irresponsiblity was made apparent.
Deymore Is quite an Intelligent man when at
MS best. His father, Henry Deymore, resides
at 7O9 Sierra street, this city, He wrote a let
ter TO the Eureka authorities explaining that
his son had always been of unsOuud nina; that
his mother died raving maniac in The asylum
at Augusta Me-, and that the boy had been In
Dr. Clark's private asylum at Stockton and
afterward at Napa. Despite all this he was
married about year ago and expects soOp to
become fatner-all of which the old gentle.
man in his letter deplores.
Henry Z. Deymore, the stage.robber during
his incarceration at Eureka wrote TWO letters
10 Sheriff Brown that illustrate with path~tic
force The unhappy workings OF his nina. The
first reads follows:
This is Devmore that addresses you. feel
am myself for tho time being, and for this reason
Will write, as - lot able at all times to
press my wants in words. What 1 want 10 ask
is this. for know am gong crazy l want 10
see my lawyer and tell MIN tue circumstances of
my case while am able to do So it is but little
1 can tell at most. but 1 want the privilege OF
doing co in justice to my unborn child. God for
bid that Its father be denounced a criminal and
an unworthy American. No. no: let me while
reason is lett state my case. Then viii be Will
ing to suffer my punishment My conscience does
not trouble me, but my spine and brain do, and IL
DR.. Wallace were humane he would do some
thing. do not ask for liberty and would not
take it. for if l free tomorrow L would do
something worse than 1 have done, as evidence
shows. L tell You this for a truth. | bat
tied with robbery for months before it
was done, and now have a reststleSs desire to
take my own life. ask you out of friendship
that you warn whoever takes to the city to
not let me get near the edge of the vessel. There
are but TWO ways l am tempted: First, pois on
and second, drowning. PHI do either il l get a
show. When you see me with my head hung
down, saying nothing, don't think that am think
ing nothing. Then IL is that truly believe that
have got a contract with the devil TO deliver INV
soul to him and my body to the jailers Within
three months of the time OF making the bargain
You may think strange of me. but / am Deymore
at present. and ask this out of favor for my souls
sake. My motive for writing this is sincere; bus
everything has two sides, and this in the maud of
the prosecution might be made to infer would
have you believe me crazy. Not So For this
reason | hope you will destroy this will nut
this note under the door before cloud comes
over me- DEYMoRE.
The second. written day following, reads as
follows:
Don't you believe what was written Yesterday.
1t was not me that wrote that. IL was the devil.
He wants to get me into trouble l know it's the
deVll. lie Tells me IL is. The ldea that want to
commit suicide! He lies. You can see for your
SELF that he lies when he says 1 am going crazy.
Come and look at me and see it am crazy. He's
q cursed liar ana has fooled me. Don't you be-
neVe him. It's the devil; tell you it's the devil
Don't know? Don't have him talking to me
halt OF the time? This Is Deymore that writes to
you, an d I'll stick 1t right under the door quick
before he changes my mind. III. E. DEYMoRE-