The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-28

be trues AS one has said OF me- l
have studied human nature and human
iv know almost every chord and
tone In the harp OF life. and have
played upon them to my hearts content.
and have been gratified with their respon-
sve melodies.
The praises OF mankind have never
strired for; but In my happier days the
heartfelt thanks that l have received
from many. many whose hunger | have
relieved. whose nakedness | have cloth
ed. whose wants l have administers
ed unto, have been more sweet 10 my
soul. more harmonious to my nature,
more satisfaction 10 my being than the
glitter OF much gold. l recall to mind an
| instance when sitting by the side OF a
| dying outcast the whispered words.
You only have been good to me-" have
ever rang In my ears as sweetest strains
| Ct heavenly music, and this, a woman. a
sohoolmate, who fell from her pure estate
by the treachery OF one who has since pass
cd 10 his rewari-in hell
Anything have done to the distressed
has never been paraded; some are dead,
| some removed TO distance. many still
here. but most have forgotten now since
money, reputation are gone and the candle
of lie Is burning low. | have been more
pleased 10 give. when able, rather than re-
| ceive
How happy to lay and dream, to think,
| TO zee the overlooking, rolling seas OF
n.ouited lava. to see tho forked tongues Of
| flame, to hear the bowls and shrieks and
screams of nis tortured soul. to hear the
| winged masters, monsters, OF damnation
laugh in ficndish glee. to sec the dragons
| OF reroition sit on craggcd peaks and hiss
| through endless night at his means Of pain
| and anguish. 1t is such exquisite music 10
my soul. Its chord is tuned to give its
most enchanting strains to my eyer-listen-
| ins ear, es | have these long weary
| mr. Ia IA nt,ly hprne he, nj
| outraged law. While death is serious, 1t
| Is yet sublime How happy in tho
| thought that. though FOR years | have been
pursued by one whose heart Is as hard as
! granite, as cold as steel. as relentless as
the grave and as merciloss hell itself.
that pursuit is no longer possible. Check
mated at last. Hut another carries his
| lighter burden. viz tbs fulfllnlent OF the
| law Some weeks elapsed ere | was housed
| In steel but not before a consummat ton Of
| ends. Had | been arrcsted within a much
| shorter period OF time after leaving this
| city the evidences found might nave pro.
| ducod somewhat different results, But then
the law might have been satisfied. AS II Is
| have no regrets. There tx no record above
against frenzied soul who saw vengeance
full. although he hangs 10y the neck I'LL
dead, dead. dead under the order of the
court.
Vigilant officers yet not so shrewd 20
to be found
Why did the grand jury pursue limo
OF Investigation aside from me and go so |
far and stop? Did they come TO a precipice |
and did not care to jump off ? Probably the |
gentleman who was lame could not Jump |
so far AS his colleague Probably the slen-
der orator knew that bird in hand was
worth two In the bush Why WIS Il that / |
wrote to the sheriff Of Travis county and
instructed him that | wished to appear
before the grand jury al Its first sitting in
October and before the Indictments we're
returned? After they adjourned and saw
them not | was tried in November and
convicted. and without my Offering any |
evidence, II, indeed, ] could have done 30.
After trial and in December the grand
jury met again and came over to the jail |
on n tour of inspection | had n conversa-
lion with soms OF them, and told Mr. Todd
Of my desire to have appeared before "a m
at their original sitting. He told me they
had not heard that | wished to he before |
them. or they would have sent for me
when asked what ] wished to say I told |
him that had already been tried and con-
vcted. and as II would not materially af-
feet the present standing Of the ease.
would have nothing further to say, But
did az that time give him some Information
about the Jail that I thought should be
romedied.
But that is all long past. and II was
as / had intimated 10 the Statesman and
News reporters on my arrival here yet
am quite satisfied that matters are as they
are II is always useless to endeavor 10
carry investigation to furnace and there
be compelled to quit from lack of tho
power of restoration. But as ! said the
grand jury did leave me alone until
Snag was struck.
find difficulty IN shortening this article
as thoughts crowd faster than pencil can
trace ! could write volumes,
II must be remembered that no eye hath
seen. mine not excepted. All evidence ac-
cumuiated against me was clrcumstantIal.
Circumstantal evidence Is not Il fact IL
only tends To establish a fact. Circumsian-
tial evidence Is not proof, IL only assists
10 prove, and such evidence being neither
fact or proof. am constrained TO say that
II ic a terrible thing for the state OF Texas
to take the life OF a human being on cir
oumstantial evidence alone. II Is yet more
terrible for the State OF Texas 10 take the
life OF citizen and afterwards find that
II was unlawfplly taken. It Is even yet
more horrible for the courts of the country
TO hang Eugene Burt by the neck until HI
Is dead. dead, dead, for n crime his hand
has not committed. Yet II can not be
blamed under the circumstances aud In
formation had.
But, oh, what bad man | am. How
dangerous How the very lives OF the peo-
PIE uaNt lItiunltu III me Dalance at ire ,
very thought OF my being released to make
the very cutters run crimson With the life
giving fluid they possess Tls we'll indeed,
that such desperate men should be con
fined It's better sim TINT they should be
suspended by tho neck until the last quv-
erlng throb OF their hearts shall cease to
beat
But how useless for me TO continue In
such strain. l. who have received lite
or royalty. A prince; yes. prince OF liars.
How true II Is there are but two good men;
the one Is dead. the other yet unborn.
have declined from time to time, and.
more recently, the services Of religious
persons, because there is no one in all
this broad domain who ~ capable of giving
10 me one lots OF consolation or one word
to uuench the fires that course through my
brain. Human syrnpathy can not restore
the assuudered walls that have turned
loose the ocean Of grief. sorrow and hate.
am one who nyes intensely, suffers ex-
cruciatingly and hates bitterly To me- |