Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-04-16

in the picture, and it was this: THAI
while he had not the courage to expose
his villainy, he was willing to leave il
to Providence. If there was such E
thing, he said, the matter would al
come ont even in the face of apparen
impossibilities. Then followed the con
fession. He had been playing crooked
game with Johnston for years, but al
| last the senior partner had become sus-
picious and had started an investigation
OF the books himself Ruin and disgrace
confronted Calvin, and in paroxysm
OF fear he had taken one of the keen fire
axes, and, creeping behind the unfortu-
nate man, split his head open with a
blow. He lived next door and had no
difficulty in getting to his house unno-
ticed, cleaning the AK and restoring it
to its place on the wall on the way
back. He never expected such luck as
Wilson falling into circumstantial evil
dence trap, and he let him go to prison
without qualm. But his conscience or
spirit, whatever you like to call it,
couldn't stand the strain, and he fell
back Oh morphine, both to quiet his
nerves and furnish an excuse for the
suicide he contemplated. He had tried
Ill a small way to atone to Wilson s
family by sending them, anonymously,
money every month sufficient to keep
them fairly comfortable. In the third
clause OF the document he bequeathed a
handsome amount to the woman whom
he had made worse than widow. He
left $40, 900 to the wretched man he had
allowed to go to cell when he could
have saved him with word. Every
thing was straight as die. There was
not an ambiguous word in the document,
and the signature was properly witness
ed by the cashier and one of the clerks.
II got back to the Office without any
more delay and wrote my story after I
had given the city editor an outline Of
what l had. He just jumped out of his
chair with delight and did double
shuttle in the excess of his exuberance.
The boys thought he had suddenly gone
mad, but he gave them no satisfaction,
and l, too, kept my discovery to myself.
He asked me what was going to dc
with the confession. told him my idea
was to see the governor myself and Sc
cure poor Wilson's release. He said
fellow that brought in story like that
could do any darned thing he pleased.
The governor happened to be in the
city that day. When l told him my
story, he started an investigation at once. /
He sent for the superintendent Of police
and the judge who had tried the case,
an old friend Of his. The man who had
let me into the lodgeroom was also sum-
moned to corroborate my statement, and
letters written by Calvin were secured
so the writing in the confession could
be identified. Fortunately everything
ran smoothly, and before o'clock, with
The concurrence of the judge, the gov
srnor decided on releasing the prisoner,
giving as a double reason for his prompt
action that the best way to redress the
unavoidable wrong done Wilson was to
give him his liberty without a moments
delay.
"Then he sent for Mrs. Wilson and her
'wo little girls. She came all in a trem-
Die, as women say, for the officer had
given her an inkling of what was going
III. And the release-say, boys
Jim's voice broke. The boys refilled
heir pipes hastily and in the cloud of
moke that followed the next moment
he tears that filled the eyes of the re-
'orter who was supposed to be hardened
o human misery were hidden in the
vreaths that mounted to the blackened
ceiling.
1t was a great SCOOP" one of the
elbows said, ''the greatest Of the year. +"
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