The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06

lawyer. We've been ready for three years.
Judge. well promise not to put in any defence
at all IL you'll try this case. We'll just let It go,
Secanss we Know there Is no evidence against
The case wasn't tried, 1t wont be, and It
othorr; Whyi BECAUSE I'm The Alien; H.
IVES T y y M. Depew. or anybody else In
i'm'' Tho. RI sHI Allen %y and aaF must n be content shs lS With sat
treatment get; Do, you know that it's an ac-
tsSl fact osit that piEsonholea in the District Attor.
me twenty-five years aHoi It has never been
dismissed or tried, although, 1 worked for ten
y ~ Trying TO have some disposition made OF
II started life on the wrong path. There's no
me as are against every man. When he comes 20
the. cross roads of life and hcsitates about
Seff ts 3as tho &c w ssaes t ono a t ! too K f Gns w sSSs t ons
had gone wrong ! didn't turn around and 60
on the road until ! meet st. Peter. who will un.
dsrstand me, I'm sure. I'm an Ameri.
fse e saS o a% A sSsnE 'Af plSs. rh 1itS cam an
hound mo and pound me, but III, fight
for the police when 1 know I'm in the right, and
they might as well understand, that now as, any
self stlaI through daSGu forty A years o of the ,Sf hardest fst' Kind Gf d'1 Of
KNOCKING. and he can 60 on doing It. -
Interesting desperate. say that I've got q pull.
Every time the police get q warrant for INC.
vance. For years the papers talked OF The
A ny l!fs. P Enough tn I've bs ssa C erpe sii Cd s With t aon.i n
cradle push. 1nevsr had 2 tip that was going
o % SG po GfidsG m nv VIZ nff Il "p had an to ask ss q favor " fs of r
politician I'd go right home and say to Mrs.
Allen : 1Icr Peck ssdS, up my things n and prepare 70 get
your husband. I'm a low.down, crawling crea-
lure. who's had to 60 to a politician for a favor.
why, I'd cut my arm of before I'd ask help
out. a pull he'll go Off and die. Could a man
with a pull be treated the way ami Let me
other day and I think youil agree that 'infiu.
ence at court is the last thing that I should be
accused an Of having. was p wS,lsinns along the
had my coat buttoned and the collar turned
6 S' the Se eeflnr and H fians me- MP half e across sTs the stre %e
cursed at me. All the while the three policemen
stood by to see that ! didn't hurt the Captain.
attacked. so Chapman supplied himself with a
body guard, before he ventured out. And he's a
sixty pound heavier man than l am. too. .,.
he could get evidence to convict me OF running a
But he can't. so he gets mad. Then, to add to
his anger. they send policemen up from Head
gets jealous. He thinks it a reflection on his
ability, and he's less fond Of me than ever.
for taem fes as the 1 on R Pe"a Sna eesG msn 70, %ill ' Res a we esss
blame for everything. iii have to move Of the
"1f the newspapers had only let me alone 1
wouldn't be what you call a notorious character
WAS quite prominent in Republican politics. 1
had two brothers who were worthless fellows.
hundred thousand dollars keeping them out of
trouble. Then the newspapers used to refer to
r rious 'e .aTRes Alien, P Srother Of ane w 20 ' snd n Jsss
Allen.r ! never computed !, : crime in my life:
and have SUPPORTED my family always with the
The one dark page in my career is a year in
E Thieh az ! tsR Its a d ISsd II 70 Blfes exc ,s street st,d I o dia
, WAS ! iswfuIly open. and WI closed when Zen the
wa"' and edp' Wss hon aorssr nj dis sIR1Raas IN e s 'Sae
time / was a Lieutenant. SO you can see that I
mus. have b., been sh a loyal az apd a. tai,hfHl soldier:
hang me on It. Mal!oy was my best friend. and
have a revolver in my pocket. ,Maiioy saw the
% nS!t coat Sa e Of sfi snd sSsi GH' ! 9! ny P %S { a Tse you ! t es4.
rying a gun :ori Let's take q look at II just
or course / was pounded In the newsp alIrsa and
by the police. but with everybody against me I
got out or the trouble because 1t was perfectly
clear that IL was an accident.
LAS to that icepick scrape, Carrera. the
italian gambler, deliberately tried to murder
me. The thing started in a political row. and
for three weeks no carried that pick, waiting for
a chance to dig it in my neck. Whom 1t came to
n rough-and-tumble fight whipped him. but IL
was n mighty close call for me. because he got
that icepick in my face several times and nearly
took my nose of.
mo, I'm not a bad man at all. I'm not q
church member. but I'm what might be called u
maD-ot.the-wor Christian. My wife is a mem
har n z fhn praEhNfnFln n hHFn n n n NNa nDFnn m
most things in this life. She believes in doing
work for the poor and there is no greater be-
lever in that sort OF thing in the world than I
nm. I don't suppose they'll ever let up pound
ing at me. and ! really think I'd feel queer IL
they did. The natural result OF all the abuse I
have been subjected to is that the world looks
on me as a cutthroat. The only comfort I get
out OF IL all is the knowledge that those who
know me. know better, and that there are some
people besides my wife. daughter and grand
children who think The Allen is all right"
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