The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-19
d6Usr0N DAfKx HoS1s FRIDAY MoRNfN0 MARCfIl9 1897.

| limestone over the sod, and around IN,
stone he placed the three insuiators. lie
took minute description Of the surro,,rs
ings so there could be no mistake 1rh,s
he said was the place for the denos,, ~
the ransom. He said there must he an
other place OF deposit selected SO tho
money. which he would specify should no,
be OF denominations over $40 and $40. lie
feared the numbers OF the bills would IA,
retained for detection and he said ,he
money could not be used for four or five
months. He said that the same work he
had done. must be done over again The
place OF transfer selected was ut tho ala
tramway road Of Jules Hrsch. a half mills
from the first place, the point being select :
ed where two small pines grow from the
same rect. We started back to Houston
AS soon as possible I made my report tn
the chief and gave a full description Of The
above. so that he could convince himsalf
which ! understand he did by inyestiga-
ton.
The next question was to find the Mace
to hide the child. and after days and even
weeks. he decided to rent the house on
Fannin street between Jefferson and Pease
avenues. He told me he would have to
build trap In the basement dig hole
about tie size OF the child. put old ou,lts
in there to make 1t comfortable. and no
one would suspicion that with deposit
twelve niles away. that the child was
within few blocks of home. He told me
that he had done some work at Mr. Dunn's
house. repairing the doors and fixing the
locks. That he had new keys made for MIR.
Dunn and kept duplicates, which were the
old KEYS. He said he knew every corner
in the mouse lie told me that he had
gone to machiDist's shop and taken some
skeleton KEYS. so there would be no trouble
to get in the house.
Of
no nv mind TO go and uncover the plan
to MIR. Canp. | went to his house, saw
him in the library. | introduced myself
to him. and commenced to relate the story
He excused himself a minute and coming
back he had a pistol in his hand and sa,
down right opposite me, told him that
was not necessary. that was not there
with matchmaking scheme and would
make no demand for money That was
doing this for humanity's sake as had
children of my own. | stated at the
same time that Hughes had concluded not |
TO take Camps child. but to take Frank |
Dunn's. He advised me that ! was doing
right and said he had taken the preeaution |
to arm himself as the matter was SO I'M
usual.
did not 20 to Mr.. Dunn, knowing that |
the chief and his detectives would protect |
him.
In the meantime the grave was finished |
| was instructed by the chief. II possible
TO follow Hughes, and for three nights
March Il. IL and 16--I hardly had my
clothes off. laying in the grass on Fannin
street watching Hughes movements. ON
the 10th he tried to execute his plan, but |
failed to do so. He promised TO meet me.
but did not. felt uneasy, as was afraid
he had learned of my communication with
the police, but the chief told me to go TO
the house as often as | could and report
to him. In the meantime the chief had
arranged for me TO send him written re-
ports BY police officers.
on the nth | went to Hughes house
about o'clock in the evening. He was
lust ready for his meal. He had his chloro-
form. box Of morphine, his skeleton keys
and his knife. He said Now Sol, go
to hell or heaven" He finished his supper,
changed his hat. and we started. We passed J.
Frank Dunn's house and he regretted that
he could not slip in the house before Dunn
from his business. knowing that
he could hide in a closet In any OF the
rooms. He consoled himself. however with
the knowledge that he had the keys. We
walked for hours to kill time. He talked
over the plan. and he said II Dunn should
come in his way producing his knife, that
he would settle him then. or II any one else
should come in his way. that one would
die. We were then in front of Mr.. Dicks
house on Main street. 1t was about II 80
o'clock. left Hughes and went to the
police station to make my report
Hughes said he would see me the next
and that he would succeed or die
in the attempt. That ends the story. The
rest is known by the events Of the night.