The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-10-25
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"To make long story short, tn,
case finally went to the jury. Yol
have seen the newspaper clippings
The verdict killed nv mother, wht
had never once left my side during
the trial, except at highland ther
only to resume her place the frs
thing in the morning. She hac
been hoping against hope. Wher
neither dropped dead, ! offered 1
silent prayer of gratitude that she
had not lived to witness the last act
On the morning Of the twenty,
first as the clipping says, was
brought before the Judge, an old
friend of my father, and sentenced
to be hanged by the neck until dead
Gentlemen, there's an experience
not many have ever bad and lived
to tell Of it. tell you, words are
feeble when one tries to describe it.
Talk about timely rescues in the
dramas-all nicely planned to occur
with the regularity OF clockwork-
why, they actually had that awful
black cap drawn over my face, and
the moose adjusted before the Gov
enor's stay arrived. heard Q
commotion in the crowd and won
dered rather impatiently what the
delay was about. Then hands re-
moved the cap and moose, and !
was led back to my cell. | was toe
astonished TO speak, and no one
vouchsafed an explanation. When
reached my cell and sat upon my
bed, | couldn't realize what had oc-
Cured, and pinched myself to see
whether were really there, or my
spirit had come back to haunt the
place.
Presently the head jailor came to
me and told me that fire had TAX
en place in the neighborhood the
night before, in which two strange
men were so badly burned that
death was but a matter OF hours
with them. One Of the men when
he was told that he could not live,
sent for the minister and confessed
to having committed the murder !
had been convicted Of. His story,
which was subsequently confirmed
by the other burglar, was substan-
TALLY, that they bad come to our
town in quest of proper prey. They
had learned that Miss & had many
well-to-do boarders in her house,
some of whom carried money with
them 10 large amounts, and they
had determined to rob the house.
The hour was late, and the night
very tempestuous and black-the
very elements seemed to favor the
wicked purposes Of those men.
Their plan was to 60 first to Miss
C's room and secure the keys of the
house, after which they could loo,
at leisure. Accidentally, however,
they awakened the landlady, who
set up such an un-
earthly screaming that it was found
necessary to despatch her without
more ado. One shot was enough
for the dastardly purpose, and the
poor Old creature, who had never
done any other harm than ask fol-
her just dues, went quickly over the
river. The robbers then paused for
q moment to ascertain if any one
in the house had been aroused by
the shot. Concluding finally that
The storm had drowned the report
Of the pistol they determined to
leave at once, as the murder had
80 unnerved them that they had
no thought Of theft, but
cared only to get away. As they
were going out, however, they dis
covered man lying in the hall at
The landing, near Miss C's door, in
4 drunken stupor. Then it occur
red to them to drag the man noise
essly into her room, and leave him
here with a pistol on the floor near
MS hand. Their motive in doing
his was to divert suspicion from
themselves, as they were strangers
n the place. When they discover
ID that | had a pistol in my pocket
similar to their own, they exchang-
ID cartridges; hence the empty
,hell in mine.
On my release from prison, l
vas met by my old enemy, who ex-
Mighty close shave you
lad, my lad, but don't be discour-
lged-keep right on as you have
been doing and you will get there
ret. | don't know but we ought 10