Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-01

and was also the means Of preventing
loss of life.
In no sense or manner was l on
friendly terms with w. W. Varney,
much less being, as the Honorable
Board Of Managers we're informed,
"his bosom friend" 1 had, up to the
period Of my arrest, held various state
and local positions some OF the posi-
tiops equal in rank to the manager Of
the Ohio Penitentiary II is not prob
able that a man Of honorable anteced.
euts and Of stainless official record
could, in the space Of a few days or
weeks, become the bosom friend. or
a professional thief, Of man who had
a penitentlary record from missouri
and who committed such a desperate
crime in broad daylight as the rob
berry OF diamonds from the Messrs.
MIchies store In Cincinanui and l
never did become his bosom friend.
respectfully submit the term
"bosom friend" as used by the Honor
abe Board of Managers, tends to ele-
vate the professional criminal Var
ney so that his unsupported state
ments may be entitled to belief in
preference to the corrOborated state
ments of the undersigned
From the hour in which the Su-
preme Court decided, by vote Of three
to two, adversely in my case l have
been a trusted prisoner That is, have
been what is known in prison nomen'
clature "a trusty." l have held for
over four years pass, under both this
and the preceding administration, en-
titling me to such privileges that at
any time by a violation Of the con-
tidence reposed in me | could escape.
No such privilege is ever given to
prisoners even suspected or intention
to escape, much less to one VINO mas
engaged in a plot to do so, Again IS
II likely l. who had sacrinced every
thing for the love OF my wire ana
babies. all OF my interests, property,
family and relatives being within
three squares OF the prison, that l
would in a few weeks become so de-
based as to form a conspiracy with
the most desperate criminals to es-
cape2 TO escape from what? From
the wife and babies l loved and still
love dearer than the liberty l could
at any time since my Imprisonment
have secured by a violation Of my
honor? It is again submitted that at
the time the plot was discovered there
was no mention Of my name. l was
only three months a prisoner The
press was anxious for items Of my
prison life. Yet it can be believed
that professionals OF the Varney strip
with a record Of escaping from other
prisons, were too honorable to inform
on me. Again, when Varney struck
me from behind his word, Irish in
former" indicated the motive which
actuated him to the assault. Varney
assaulted me to punish me for having
gwen information that he and his com
panions intended to escape, and he did
not know that was the informant
until a short time previous to the as
sault. He worked in the same depart
rent with me subsequently to the as
sault, under M. Munshauer, superin'
tendent of subsistence, and he never
by word or otherwise intimated that
was in any way concerned in the plot
TO escape. He was transferred from
the kitchen to the state shop by the
superintendent, M. Munshauer, at his
(Varneys) request, and also because
the superintendent wanted to get rid
OF him as a disobedient and dishonest
person. He was transferred from the
state shop, as stated, by Deputy War
den Playford. on the order Of Warden
James. with either Of these transfers
I had nothing whatever to do. Warden
James has never to this day asked
me as to the truth or falsity Of Var.
ney's statement that I had prosecuted
him. Warden James has never, as
believe asked the superintendent
under whom Varney and | worked the
cause Of his transfer Warden James
as | am informed, stated in court that
I had been a friend OF Varney's, and
that had subsequently prosecuted
him. He never asked me II ! had
been a friend Of Varneys or II / had
prosecuted him. Both OF these allega
tions were without foundation. never
was on friendly terms with Varney
never prosecuted him. 1 never had
him transferred from one position to
another, and I never directly or indi
rectly sought to have him deprived
of any Of his privileges.
challenge the fullest investigation
on this subject. II, as the Honorable
Board Of Managers assert, they investi
gated they never called Foreman
Daniel CreedOn who sWears | inform
ed him OF Varneys plot to escape
They never called before them
Deputy Warden Playford, Superintend
ent Munshauer or the undersigned to
give a statement or testimony in the
matter They, therefore, must have
taken Varney's unsupported and uncor
roborated statement, inasmuch as
Deputy Warden Porter swears that
Daniel Creedon told him the facts SCI
out in his (Porter's) voluntary afn
davit. f
l most solemnly swear that Varney
assaulted me because Of my timely
warning regarding his intention tc
escape and his subsequent discovery
of the fact that was the informant.
I solemnly swear that I never at
tempted to escape; that / never en-,
gagged in any plot to do So that never
aided anybody to do so; and repeat
that an escape from prison, to a man
like me, leaving all hold dear be.
hind, would be a thousand times worse
punishment than even life behind the
bars. with the privilege OF occasional
ly seeing those I love better than lib.