Sunday morning globe., 1901-08-25

years imprisonment, he proposes IN the
columns OF the Globe TO tell "a plain, unyar
nished tale" OF life In modern penitentary
--EDITORJ
was always profound in my re-
sp-ct for the sacredness Of human
life, and as for my brother, he was
noted for his unaggressive character
and his less than masculine gentle
ness Of disposition. He did not
have a single enemyt in the city Of
Columbus; monOpolized them ALL
The city press made good use Of this
fact by cOndning all its denunciatiOn
to myself and accusing me Of drag
ging him in the fight Forcing him by
superior will power" was the express
sion harped on. 1t might be indented
here that this tune was changed
only when the subsequent trial OF my
brother took place. Then he was
everything that he ought not to be,
and the same press that held me
alone responsible pending my trial
and during the taking of the testl-
mony now turned on my brother
when his day Of trial came and par
APPRAISED their denunciatory adjectiyes
substituting his name for mine.
AL efforts to induce the court to
admit either my brother or myself to
bail in any sum having failed, we
were removed from the station house
on Tie third evening to the county
jail and lodged on different floors Of
the edifce We we're kept not only
in separate cells, but on different
floors to prevent any communica-
tion between us. l secured Gen. II. n.
Powell defeated candidate for gov
ernOr Of Ohio, Hon. George L. Con
verse, who had served several
terms in Congress, a noted criminal
lawyer styled the Nestor Of the Co
lumbus bar; Col. Edward Taylor,
prominent attorney; Hon. Gilbert II.
Barger, eX-Diector Of Law, and Judge
e. B. Earnhardt, as my counsel, and
necessarily also to act in my broth
ers behalf IL the Stae elected to try
us both at the same time. The State
had, besides the regular prosecuting
attorney and his two assistants, Col
j. 7. Holmes, leader Of the Columbus
bar and socially high, and j. H.
Booth, the most prominent criminal
lawyer in the district. In addition
the State WIS ably aided and assisted
in tie manufacture of testimony by
b. Il. Methoff, millionaire; Hon. Emil
KiseWetter, ex-Auditor of State and
all the preachers and pastors unions
and A. p. A. lodges in Ohio. These
latter took hand in seeing that jus
tice was done mainly in honor Of my
brother, whose first name was Pat
rick and whose rank as an officer in
40 nn fnr %
made him a shining mark to work
the "Pope's toe racket on. ] could
not be reached exactly on this line,
but the reflex persecution Of my
brother ws added to the voluTe Of
prejudice which 1 earned on my own
account. / had been member of the
local G. A. r. post and the most gem
erous Of its supporters, to the extent
at least Of $500 per annum in gifts,
donations and advertising, for which
the other newspapers invariably
charged and collected. My paper in
serted free the notices and advertise
ments of all patriotic societies, such
as the G. A. r., Womans Relief
Corps, and in addition all church
(without distinction as to denomina-
tion) notices Of festivals, picnics,
etc, etc. Therefore 1 was imper-
YiOus to the assaults direct Of the A.
P A. aud only received their fire
through nay brother.
When my counsel met and sum
moned my brother and myself to a
conference at the county Jail, II
stated the case produced the article
causing the tragedy and desired inn
mediate trial on the facts. These
facts l held to be:
/. That Osborne was looking for
me In company with Levering and
Wolfe and that my assassination was
threatened.
2. That the article, confessedly by
its AUTHORS a lie, was intended as
Drovocation to a fight.
8. That l accepted the challenge,
met and fought the challengers, and
A. That 1 was guilty Of violating
Ghe law in so doing, the punishment
for which / was willing to accept
without a murmur
pointed out the atrocious charac-
to- OF the article and expressed a be-
lief that no jury Of Americans
would convict me for having vim
dicated the character Of wife and
mother.
The lawyers consulted, and having
sounded me through Gen. Powell as
to the fee each should receive, they
decided TO try the csse on the abb
surd theory OF self-defense. 1 OBJ
jected, and asked how such a theory
was tenable whore we both fired sim
ultaneously. It would be all right
I admitted. in my brothers case, who
was shot and wounded by Osborne be
fore drawing his pistol, but / could
not see how It applied in my case
thought the simple, straightfor
wa.d and honest plan was the best.
They smiled and answered me that
under the indictment for murder int
first degree, charging conspiracy to
murder, that the death penalty
would be the result Of my pro
posed defense; but that on their
theory Of the case / would be acquit.
Ted on the plea Of self-defense. OF
course. I consented to be guided by
my able counsel. What else can a
prisoner do, locked up in jail and
bonds refused7
They then, after the manner Of
their class. touched" me for the re-
tanning fee. "Tom, OF General" ." Pow
ell did the touching for the five, and
secured $1,000 for himself and $500
each for the others. This was only the
nrst touch" / stood many more from
the General" although / am free to
believe his fellow-attorneys did not
benefit much by the free bleeding this
former friend inflicted on me. There
was money for trips to hunt witnesses,
money for this. that and the other
until / had paid $500 before the day
Sci for the trial William j. Burns,now
in he u. S. secret service, was then