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

loyalty was rewarded with disloyalty
My friends. as | believed them, lett
me - suher IN their stead for their
misdeed, IL they were really my friends
] would BlJdly suffer the 10 years im-
rfisonmen imposed upon me by the
court InLetd. ! yoJld sIffer more. l
would give my He
Although | feel lrlend'ess, | feel as
though | stood alone on a barren rock
with the angry seas OF injustice and
vengeance dHshing agaius. ne IN re-
atty, | have many friends, but they
are a thousand miles away as is my
home. a thousand miles Is not n
great distance, yet In this case Il Is
as great as though it were a million.
This IL true, because my rarents and
friends do not know Of my predlctment
here ana, please God, they avll never
know. | would remain here a hum
dred years--dd 7 live that long. ra,h-
or than have my fother, mother and
friends know that am incarceratel IN
a prison and branded felon ! would
die of shame did these dear ones learn
of my ignominous fac regardless
that | an absolutely innocent of the
crime for which | suffer
Suffer! Great God did you know
what agony ] have suffered during the
You would az 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 SEN
tence expired, | would 30 mad, ! am
sure. But | viii not have to remain
so long. | am convinced that ere long
my innocence VIII be established and
that my freedom viii be restored to
me. 1t Is this belief that buoys me up
and prevents me sinking into the eX-
IRENE depths of despair, ! sometimes
condemn myself as a fool TOR suffering
here In this verltable he'll, more ter
rible, II 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 nflu-
| ence can accomplish; and he would
| spare neither in effecting my release.
| AS | said before, however. | would
remain here a hundred years rather
| than bring disgrace upon those loved
| ones
For fear | win weary you | will
| bring this already too lengthy letter
to an end, But before doing 80 | must
| explain ! will send this letter to you
| contdentially. 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 IT,
Let it appear from your letter that
| we were formerly, before my arrest, ac-
| quainted and that YOU learned from MIR.
| Johnson Of my being here If you per-
| init me to write to you again | viii
| send my letters through the regular
| channel. IL you my dear Mise Larson,
| grant me my earnest prayer, IL You
Will extend to me your hand In friend
ship, YOU viii tighten the burden /
| perforce must bear, you will make me
happy. Perhaps you wal nave a 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, or course UNI
| I'll we have exchanged a few letters I
| know you would be embarrassed TO
talk 10 an entire stranger But | will
| no longer be stranger to YOU ! be-
| lieve. when | have written to you "A
few times. Believe me, my dear friend
beg for the honor to be your most
obedient servant
HARRY WADDELL."