Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-24
The Real Reason for the Murder
Gus Attack in Prison
DEVELOPED IN THIS PAPER
To bo Followed BY Tho Most Startling and
Sensational Correspondence Between tho
lals President The Prison Officials and
Ny FrIends-The Promises to Pardon Broken
By tho Governor Through Fear Of A. P. A.
PART H.
THIRTIETH PAPER,

While waiting the decision Of the
Supreme Court in my application for a
new trial, and while Benjamin +. Dyer
was warden, the attempt to tunnel out
OF the penitentiary occurred by
Varney, the leader of a gang Of pris-
oners, among whom was the notorious
"Spotty" Wing, Of Cincinnati. 1t will
be remembered that 1 was placed in a
cell between Narney and Bill Berner,
Of Cincinnati riot fame. Narney had
the privilege Of the corridors up TO the
hour of locking up, p. m. Under
Dyer. of course, / had no such priv
ilege / was on the third tier Of cells
and Varney was accustomed to sit in
front Of my cell in the evening and
relate the incidents of the day or dis
cuss literary matters, of which he was
absurdly pretentiOus and which /
humored for the advantage Of hearing
him talk or amuse me, On one of
these occasions he pretended that he
had a discussion with some of his
friends as to the streets adjoining the
east wall of the prison, and he asked
me how the streets were aligned. /
explained TO him. Of course, the names
of the streets. and the manner I'm which
they paralleled with reference to the
eastern wall. He had made a wager he
said and could not or would not un-
stand my explanation, pretending
to be confused by it. He sug-
gested that I draw a diagram so as to
win his bet and Furnishing me a
piece OF paper and pencil, l humored
him by making the diagram, naming the
streets etc. l thought no more of the
matter and never dreamed that there
was any sinister design in his re-
quest However, a few days subse-
uuently my friend Mr.. Dan Creedon,
the foreman in one Of the shops who
subsequently negotiated the job with
Deputy Porter. admonished me not to
be seen talking OF holding intercourse
with Varney as he had a bad prison
reputation and a friendly guard had
called Mr.. Creedon's attention to the
fact tina tVarney was in the habit OF
sitting in front of my cell and talking
with me i'm a confidential and chumy
kind of way I was amused at the
suggestion and regarded Mr.. Creedon's
admonition more or less absurd and eX-
planned to him that Varney broke the
monotony Of the evening by relating
the prison gossip and helped to keep
nv thoughts from dwelling upon the
almost unhearable change in my con-
dition. locked up and unable to read
or even think without the most
intolerable and poignant anguish.
I, however, causally mentioned to
Mr.. Creedon. among other things the
kind Of talk Varney entertained me
with mentioning incidentally his
childish interest I'm the manner In
which the streets paralleled the east
ern wall. the names, etc. Credon In
stantly turned pale and exclaimed,
"You are ruined that william is en-
deavoring to tunnel out and you will
be involved
To say I was astounded was to state
the situation mildly. Creedon was an
old prison officer and was up to all the
schemes and tricks Of professional
convicts. He explained to me thai
Varney had been simply culuyatinf
me to obtain the information touchinl
the streets. that he would be surely
discovered and that the diagram haC
furnish would be found on hin
and my handwriting would impli
cate my connection in the at
tempted escape. Besides Varne'
would accuse me Of being in tn
pIot and show the diagram as proc
OF the fact. He advised me to secur
the diagram under some pretense AM
to discover II possible what portion o
the wall the tunnel was sunk, whei
he ICreedon) would quietly tip 1t Of
to the deputy without informing hir
of nv connection In any way VIII
D. naHi " 1nfnTTe
that I spent a bad day OF 1t and anl
iously awaited the evening ana va
news visit to my cell. I pictured IN
sensational write-up the ColumDu
newspapers would give the plot Wne
discovered. and that I was the chleI Q
leader of the criminals Ot cours
my hopes for a new trial Would
blasted and my friends, relatives etS
driven almost insane. Nhen NaIhe
called on me In the evening, theIelol
I gradually brought about the conVe
sation to the diagram and menuone
that I had made a mistake IN one
the streets which I desired 70 correC
But Varney was too cunning ana can
1y Informed me that he had desJroyt
the diagram 7 had given him and
draft another one II desired OF ma
time. This I avoided doing an
changed the conversation 70 somethiI
else. fully satisfied that Varney had u
diagram in his pocket and would u
Il IL discovered as Creedon predicte
now determined to make a cle'
breast OF the matter and have Creeu,
inform the deputy warden OF the pl
and attempt to escape. Meantime l
termined to find out where the tuhu
was being dug, II possible. Havi'
had another consultation with Creeu
and he having communicated Win I
deputy. T was advised TO pretend
ioin I'm the enterprise and In this ma
ner discover the prisoners who we
in the plot and the location Of the Ju
mel But I could not bring myselI
adopt the suggestions and even WI
nrofessionaI thieves enact the role OF
traitor. Fortunately for me. howey
Varnev disclosed the Information
much desired. It occurred In TINS wa
He started in. as usual to detail Z
events ot the day in the prison a
was listlesslv leaning against
bars OF the cell door, VIXEN ne m,
tIoned a funny incident with spo
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