Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-05-17

'afi"u siphef ii>patf mes Nhich lie
Threw Away Because lie Was Fright
ened Not "a Good Conspirator.
Ii ha, remained for one American, Nj
". j ~tillman, the art critic, 10 relate
the strangest story of Eossuth's plans
and plots, both in this country and in his
own unhappy land that has anywhere ap.
peared. In The Century Mr. ~llman dc
scribe a mission on which he was sent by
kossuth after ho had volunteered In IN.
service 1 followed him 10 London and
established myself In dark quarter.
whore spies would De- little likely 10 no
tioc me, and reported to him through
! Pulszky, whose addrc~, | had IL was
finally determined that should undertake
an expedition 10 Hungary The object,
! was told, was the rescue Of the Hunga
rian crown Jewels, hidden at some point
down the Danube before the flight of tine
dictator and his ministry into Turkey.
was t. visit Vienna ON the way and Kos
/ suth gave mo the names of three persons
In that city with whom ! might eOmmu
nicatc requesting that the one who seem
ed 10 mo tho most apt for tho purpose
should 20 10 Londcu and pat himself in
communication With ko--uth.
TO steady nay nerves i'm Vienna Kossuth
had told me If a couspirator who had been
arrested on suspicion, his name having
been found among many others in the
memorandum book OF an emissary who
had been arrested for tamperinR with the
troops All persons whose names were
/ found i'm the book were arrested This
particular person, having really most
/ important position IN the conspiracy and
not knowing why hc was arrested, natu-
rally believed that he had been betrayed,
I and 10 avoid being driven Ia disclosures
under torture adopted tho only means Of
/ fercd him Of committing suicide by wrap
! ping hi, hcdclothcs around him and set
/ ting fire 20 them, hi, bed and his light be.
! ing his only furniture.
When he had been burned SO that ne
! could not survive he tore of the clothes,
| and calling the guard told him To sum
mon the council, and when they had as
! semblcd in his cell told them that he was
a conspirator, but his secrets were beyond
/ their power Of extortion-and died. This
! gave mo a keen sense of the necessity OF
| caution, and as l was certain 20 be put
under surveillance rs soon as the police
/ knew l was in Vienna | took time by the
forelock and before the police paper Lad
! been sent i'm took cab, drove to within a
/ block of the house of the person ! was 20
SEE first. dismissed the cab and made my
visit, establishing communications and
precautions against the police. But my
CONSERVATION may be imagined when my
fellow consprator after all Our arrange
mcnts were complete, took me into the
room where his family were assembled and
Introduced me "a a friend who came from
Kossuth With five women from - 10 40
r..f. In, Ion Of v.sF
tranquility Of my stay In Vienna was far
from complete. but IL was a family of red
republicans. and was safe.
Il waited nearly month and seeing
that the police began 10 wonder what l
had To occupy myself with l took 20 my
| bed and sent for "A doctor. This WAS or
zovcn-ky who had been chief of the med
ical staff of Ko>suths army and with
| whom ] made friends, But still | got no
/ news from kossuth or his correspondent
! In Pest and as the position could not be
| prolonged indefinitely one day l made e
confidant OF the doctor told him my bust
ness and asked him if / could leave the
| dispatches with him while l went back TO
| London 10 put matters on another footing
Not for the world, he replied, would he
mix himself In the affair, and he added
that if il were discovered that he had had
knowledge of my business he would be al
rested and would bee a ruined man for not
having betrayed me 20 the police.
Then for the first time lost my nerve
and my mouth was I'm an instant as dry
a. "a bone my tongue resembling dry
stick. ! was never 80 frightened before
or since. bat | kept self possession enough
20 note the singularity of the phenomenon
and made up my mind on the spot 10
Il
| lationS as soon a. possible As nearly az
l can remember did not stop to sleep in a
| bed till l reached Frankfort. and ! got
back to London by the earliest conveyance
and went 20 report 10 ko~,uth He receiv
ed my report with perfect cquanimity and
asked me only what I had done with tho
dispatches In my panic / had thrown
thom into the drain as the only place
whore they We're In no danger OF being
sought for if / were arrested before getting
out f the country. and thi, ! tald him
Ic showed no irritation bat with an ex
preston Of perplDNliy rather than veNa
tion said. Three months lost and thea
resumed Dbl, usual manner asked me
about many things I'm Hungary told u q
chat when was at "a loss ! should hav'
uouo o. the Hotel Iigri-. which WAS tho
rendezvous of the PATRIOTS and that there
] would have made acquaintance with
some If his friends. who would have helped
me ont He Went ON talking of other
things as calmly as If ] had not disap
pointed him / had not the courage to
urge my services in any other matter, and
ho saw that ] had NOT i'm me the stuff for
"a cou~pirator, gave me the money u pay
my passage home. and we parted with the
understanding that If it came 20 fighting
! should join him again
Dangerous Drugs.