Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-20

dislike to me- and he had laughed at
all my endeavors. The deduction
made when / heard he wished to see
me was that he had changed his mind
and intended to confess, so l went to
the cellroom and talked with him.
'''Captain,' said he in confiding
way, Il want you to come in here and
sit down. This secret is making
wreck of me, and l want to tell you
everything
'He seemed quite penitent, and with
out any hesitation | opened the cell
door and sat down on the bench beside
him.
"Is Mr.. - going to die? was his
first question.
"'The doctor says he cannot live,'
replied
"'Then the chances for my going to
the chair are better than goodY asked
he.
81 replied that they We're. The pris.
oner lapsed apparently into deep medi-
tation, and while the spell was upon
him he paced up and down the cell.
Suddenly he slammed the door of the
cell, placed himself before me and said
in a rather fearsome voice:
"1've finished one, and If do two |
can get nothing worse than the chair
Saying which, he leaped at me, lead
ing out powerful blow as he did so.
l was, of course, up and ready for
him and had billy in my hand. He
had nothing but his big fists, feet and
teeth, any of which he was ready and
anxious to use, but he was twice
match for me even up. | don't know
how did it. If he had got the best of
Inc just for a second, | would have
been pounded to death; there is no
doubt of that | raped him on the
head time and time again with my
billy, felt his blood flying over me,
heard him snarl and also felt the i'm
print of his powerful fists. 1t took me
five minutes to lay him out, and /
must say that | never spent five buster
minutes in my life. Oh, he's in prison
now. He's doing 20 years.
81 remember another little expert
ence l had that is not easy to forget
l was sitting in my private office one
afternoon when a well built, stylishly
clad young man entered, bowed pleas
antly and sat down on the edge of the
sofa.
"I never was down in this part of
+be citv boforo, bo cold ..nd hoino,
bo,o tho,nh+ rd ston In ana ,i.it
with you.
" 0rbot,s richt, 7 reioinod I,m .1-
xpovs ,Iod 70 ,oooivo ooIIors,
81 Locked closoIv NJ tho man
cou,dn,t nloca hin, ot oll If scanned
that had soen him sona nloca too
He was about 3o vnors old was staI'
want and had on ottr,o+i,,n foaa tha+
horo sIicht traces Of dissinotion
".png nordon INV friand, Gotta
.,,,,+ roaIl,, oon,t i,,st rIooo ro,,
tnou, we,ye mot hnt whoroy
".No wa h,von,t mat hoforo
ro,,or con, ,,o,, hofo,.o +odn, In ,,,,. ne,
Pm from baltimore pve hoard of vo,,
, Iot of times,
"Tbn di,logpa ioggad FOR fev mo.
monte and in thot limo 7 soru+i,iyoa
the stranger He mvstifed me- in a
small degree and was interested Il,
him ue hrol,o tho silance.
".sov cantoin rve oot something
worry imnortant to see Won ohout III
irst ,,Iosa this door ord ~ met ,s vol,
tbot M ono knows What we do or saw
Now I wieb 6rst IN imnross Won with
the in,nortanca of tbis meeting II is
tbo most n,ouontous occoSion of INV
life and on ito success or failure do
nends INV future Contoin nhe stron.
ger leaned over and wbisnered in INV
or, I'm go;ny to ont vour throotp
81 uos sittino With nv, nros,a 20 +ho
STRANGER ana ba wos ioaniro +oy,,rd
thot be hold nm onenad ,ogor IN lie
,icbt hand did not move ;r,n,od;
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