Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-26

loyalty was rewarded with disloyalty,
My friends, as I believed them, left
me to suffer In their stead for their
nisdeed. IL they were really my friends
/ would gladly suffer the 10 years i'm
prisonment imposed upon me by the
court indeed. / would suffer more. |
would give my life.
Although | feel friendless, | feel as
though | stood alone on barren rock
with the angry seas of injustice and
vengeance dashing against me in re-
atty, | have many Friends but they
are a thousand miles away. as Is my
home. A thousand miles Is not a
great distance, yet In this case II Is
as great as though 1t were q million.
This Is true, because my parents and
friends do not know of my prediciment
here and, please God, they viii never
know. 1 would remain here a hun
dred years did ! live that long -r0th-
er than have my father, mother and
friends know that | am incarcerated In
a prison and branded a felon. ] would
die Of shame did these dear ones learn
of my ignominious fate, regardless
that | am absolutely innocent of the
crime for which ] suffer!
Suffer! Great God did YOU know
what agony have suffered during the
cruel long years that have been here
you would at least pity me, II you do
deny me your friendship, NV suffer
ing has been mental not physical
Physical pain is nothing compared
with mental anguish.
WADDELLs THouGHTFULNEss
did believe that must remain
here for five more years, until my sem
tence expired, | would go mad, ! am
| "a "a IA
| so long | am convinced that ere long
| my Innocence win be established and
| that my freedom will be restored to
| me. 1t Is this belief that buoys me up
| and prevents me sinking into the OK
| IRENE depths Of despair. | sometimes
| condemn myself as a fool FOR suffering
| here In this verltabe he'll. more ter
| rible, 1t seems to me, than Dante's
| Inferno OF the seventh circle. when by
writing TO father | could regain my
| liberty, ] speak thus with assurance
because ! know what money and influ-
| ence can accomplish and he would
spare neither in effecting my release.
AS | said before, however. | would
remain here hundred years rather
than bring disgrace upon those loved
ones.
For fear / will weary you | viii
bring this already too lengthy letter
TO an end. But before doing 80 ] must
explain ] will send this letter 70 you
confidentiallN That is. without the
knowledge OF the authorities here If
! YOU Will make my poor heart glad
entreat you reply TO It; and II You do,
| beg you make no reference to IL.
Let II appear from your letter that
we We're formerly, before my arrest, ac-
| quainted and that you learned from Mr..
johnson of my being here. # you per-
nit me to write to you again ! will
send my letters through the regular
| channel. If you, my dear Miss Larson.
| grant me my earnest prayer, If you
| VIII extend TO me your hand In friend
ship, you viii tighten the burden |
| perforce must bear, you viii make me
happy. Perhaps you WIZ nave desire
to see mel fervently hope you will
and If you DO. ] suggest that you visit
me some Sunday when YOU are visiting
! Mr., Johnson, but not, OF course. un-
| I'll we have exchanged few letters. |
Know you would be embarrassed TO
talk to an entire stranger. But | will
! no longer be stranger to you. / be-
lieye, when I have written to YOU a
| few times. Believe me, my dear friend.
| beg for the honor to be your most
obedient servant
HARRY wADDELL.."