The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-17

that. with allowance OF time (most likely
within three monthsD. ! viii have the means
20 wipe out the obligations resting upon me.
have already paid OF considerable amount.
and ! most fervently thank you for the as
gursnces brought by Lieut.. Keller Of your
greet charity in this matter. and your will
iDgneas 20 grant me every OPP rtunity IN
your power to wipe out these claims upon
me and save my family from the disgrace a
cruel world would lay upon them II my n
were known TO II.
/ claim no mercy for myself and would
gladly suffer anything il eXpiation OF my IN
happy fan could Sc be inflicted On me alone.
But the innocent must be spared II Il be
possible. and again ! thank you from the
depth Of Iny soul for your assurance, through
Lieut.. Keller. Of an earnest desire TO af-
ford me every opportunity TO redeem myself.
Most respectfully and truly yours,
j. II. southal.
ANOTHER ONE OF THEM.
ST. Paul. MINI. April 3, 1Ss7-Lieut Chas.
Keller, Corps Of Engineers, United STA es
Army. Rock Island. Il.-Dear Lieutenant:
Dir. Du Shane has handed me your kind let
ter 20 read. ! have been very 81 again slcce
Col. Mackenzie left, but glad To say am
FEELING better today, and have a clearer he d
than have had for several days past. Though
feeling exceedingly miserable have kept at
work ateaCi'y since you left and as Co..
MaekenZ!e probably wrote, even before he lett
here had promise OF as istalce which may
place M on safe ground within thirty days.
nave this week paid s. 100 u the parties
holdlnE the bulk Of the paper, and with the
parties hc-ding the 81 500 Obligation have m do
~ agreement which places II absolutely out
OF reach Of any one but myself OF cotirss |
would reel happier II Il were destroyed but
] Know II is where one viii see il or
hear Of u again until I redeem IT, 1 have
assurances from the party VINO negotiated Che
other paper that no uneaslues5 need be felt
IS 20 the holder, especially II ] can continue
making payments az Of late. and when the
$4,000 lean is effected ! viii be able no
douct, 20 make some arrangement for taking
the balance Of the paper out Of TIE hands OF
the party EOw holding H.
Mr.. Smith has returned 70 Dliuh and vii
make every EFFORT 10 sell some Of our mining
claims ia Canada, which ere now becoming
more G1Iable. He viii also prosecute our
work under contract with the Carnegie Steel
company az vigorously as possible that we
may secure the payment from them quick
~ possible.
or course ! am terribly depressed I wou
be brokcn-hearted even II every dollar was
paid Today. but / going 20 fight this thing
throleh y COD lets me I've. Nothing Is TO
be gained by any one II ] am driven 70 the
wall, and ! can't help feeling that | shall be
given that fighting chance.
! have never spoken OF my resources out
side Of the mineral lands but ] own my
home. and have several Thousand dollars due
me In loans which viii be paid Ia time 20
that II ! die before I shall have paid and
destroyed the paper there VIII be assets out
side Of insurance TO pay il all.
IL * my purpose 10 report 10 you every day
or so the progress / am making. and tn nix
by Monday next 1 viii be able 10 report
further payment made.
WIN you please express 10 the colonel nv
deep gratitude FOR the kind assurances con-
veyed in your letter 10 Du shane, and be
) H. southau.
KELLER UNDER FIRE.
In the afternoon the cross-examina-
ton OF Lieut. Keller. who, In OPEN
ing. explained that he was in chnrge Of
the office OF the engineer at times in
the absence OF his chief. was taken up.
He said that he knew that no time
checks had been Issued out OF the Of
nce for at least three years prior to the
time he had The talk with SOuthnll in
April, 1897. His attention was called
10 the Issuance Of fraudulent time
checks on April 2, 1857 when Mr. Du
Shane came into the office II the en-
Eineer at Rock Island and told Col
King that Southall had been issuing
fraudulent time checks. lie went on
10 explain what had passed between
himself and the defendant He was
explicit I'm one thing when the witness
repeated:
He. Southan. was permitted to re-
sign instead OF being discharged"
Did Southan know that Du shane
had lodged information against him
with Col king?"
Il don't know"
You were delegated by Col. King
20 hike the action you dld?'
u wa"
The witness said that Southalls du-
ties were clerical, and that he might
occasionally have assisted in making
up the pay roll. He said that Col Nc
Ecnzie Wps here OF the time ne had
the talk with Southal but did not
know that the colonel was here on the
SouthaIl business.
He quoted Southalrs confession. say
ing: Il know J have committed
crime and ought go 10 20 states pris-
on"
The witness was positive that these
were almO-t the exact words OF the
statement made 10y Southall 10 him.
The witness would not admit that
there was any variation from this way
OF putting IL. Mr.. Nelson led the lieu
tenant along 10 statement that
SOuthall was not discharged for dis
honesty In defmudng the government,
but for reasons which appealed TO Col.
Kings IDEAS OF what was right The
effort Of the defense was in the line
OF showing that Southall had not been
guilty Of defrauding the government.
MOTIVES OF COL. KING.
Mr. Nelson inquired very closely into
the motives Of Col. King and the wit
ness, in seeking to secure from loss
the holders OF the false checks The
witness said he was inspired as n man
20 save the people from loss. He said
that he only knew OF two parties who
had communicated with Col. King
about the checks. one was from a
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