Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-10

lighter job I'm the butter room Of the
kitchen. Here he cOncocted story for
Bond so infamous that 1 can only refer
to the fact that it involved myself and
wife in her visits to me at the kitchen
office. The story was published by the
wretch Bond in the blackmailer Con-
nOlly's sheet, the Sunday News with
out names. OF course, everybody in
terested knew to whom it referred.
From that hour | forbade my wife
to visit the prison and for almost six
years we never saw each other. and we
both resisted the many and pressing
invitations to meet Of our friend
Warden Coffin, who, up to the hour Of
my release, gave me absolute control
Of my own actions, which included
liberties never heretofore extended a
prisoner in a penal institution.
We had determined that unless my
death was imminent never to afford
the unspeakably vile Bond and the
equally vile newspapers Of Columbus
an opportunity to repeat the grossly
! indecent insult offered to the purity
and sanctity Of the marriage relation
as sacrementally observed and under
stood by Christian men and women.
but which naturally by reason Of the
species Of semi-adultery in which they
were raised to regard this holy relation,
excused their ignorance Of and ac-
counted for the impossibnty Of their
conception of any other than sexual
commerce as being the highest consum-
nation Of connubial happiness and
domestic bliss, Faughl Let me re-
turn to the less viler Convict Varney.
Taking pity on Varney, as stated,
/ put him under Mr.. Munshowers pro.
lection but that sagacious official in in
vestigating quietly the scandalous ar
ticle in Blackmailer Connolleys Sun
day News discovered that It emanated
from Bond. through his friend Varney
the convict. OF all this l was kept in
ignorance at the time through the deli
cacy Of my friend Munshower He
had Vaney transferred from the kitch-
en- and Deputy Warden was about to
place him on a contract when / inter
ceded and secured his transfer instead
to the state tailor shop, where the work
was light and congenial, If any kind
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thief. Munshower warned me, or
rather mentioned the fact as a guide
to my conduct that numerous enemies
Of mine were in the habit OF visiting
the prison to see Varney and that
through Bond they kept tab on all my
acts and saying in the prison. In the
light Of the subsequent events I am
now satisfied that VaTney was prom.
ised their active aid and support to Sc
cure clemency in his efforts to secure
a pardon provided he fixed" me. l
was coming one morning, as was my
custom. to the Office of the kitchen to
begin the days task, when, as I was
passing the stand pipe near the alley
east Of the engine house, / was struck
from behind with the hose nozzle, as
stated, and fell insensible. / thought
as / reeled from the sidewalk and fell.
that the stand pipe had fallen and
struck me. Falling prone on my face
I was reused to feeble sensibility by
burning sensation on my neck, face and
| hands, which in some unaccountable
manner were under my face To this
fact / owe the sight Of one eye today,
as unquestionably VaTney would have
totally blinded me, If not beaten out my
brains, but that he spent the few mom-
ents in which he had to do 1t, in en-
deavoring to lift my head and pour the
vitrol into the remaining eye. His in
tention, as he afterwards expressed It,
was to make sure at least of binding
me for life, and II time permitted,
beat ont my brains. He had hidden
/ d d.. 81 D.,
I passed and then slipped up behind
me, delivering the blow with all the
strength he possessed in true sand bag
style But / was not fated to die at
the hands of a degraded thief, and con-
vict as my enemies designed, and
Providence sent to my rescue-my own
brother He was sweeping the walk
in front of the Office where he was EN-
ployed as bookkeeper and. keeping a
lookout for my morning salutation,
when glancing up the street. he saw
the assault. With a roar like a lion
over its wounded cub, he brought sew
eral convicts from the shops and en-
gine house close to the scene, which he
made for with all the speed he pos
| sessed Varney intimidated for the mo-
] lAl'hl ny Nllt dAhuAhlNk oUOul OI my
| brother, paused i'm his attempt to see
| how close my rescuer or rescuers
might be, and before he could again
either deliver a blow or further mu-
tilate me, he was seized, first by Miles
Ogle, the notorious counterfeiter
whose death recently took place, and
! several of the convict iremen joining
in the rescue, Varney was dragged
off my PROSTATE body and taken be-
| fore Deputy Playford. In the presence
Of the Deputy Warden he stated that
he intended to "do" either the deputy
or myself-who ever came along first
having accomplished which, he would
then endeavor to kill or MAIN the sur
vlvor Of the two, as he hated us both
alike. Passing over the month spent
in the hospital and the struggle for
life, I will only refer to this matter as
finale by stating that Warden James
almost Immediately promoted Varney
to absolute charge Of the state shop.
In this position he stole on an aver
age 5000 per week, which he divided. q"
| saving in a few months some
/ $1,000. A certain member Of the
Board Of Managers now became
Varneys particular friend and pa
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