Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-01

| fered, which, after a moments silence,
| Harold told him that providing he could
| come to an agreement with him on a
scheme which he had in view he would
| see that he got in there Which was
| agreed, and that keys were tried more
| than once before they succeeded in fitting
/ the door. After Harold left here. either
| through Jacobs Or Craven, those KEYS
were delivered up to Harold, as request
| ed.
| After that the one who took them to
| Harpin got them back again to get the
| impression Of then for to make two like
| them, which was done, and others re-
| turned Then, as the smaller part of the
| lock and the inside door was somewhat
| loose he put in larger screws so as to
make 1t more firm, using a pair of small
| scissors of mine 10 do so. And where It
/ made the screws shiny from turning
| them, he suggested / put some ink on
| them. / did so, and on the floor are two
| spots of same for evidence.
l exchanged notes with him during all
| of this time, which he said he took to
| the engine room and burned in the fur
| mace. In this connection, he said that
| Craven told him he need not fear bring
| ing them to the cook room to be burned
| for he was no ''ttll-tale," and when we
conversed at the door opposite the guard
room, when any one would come near
| the windows he would move on, but,
sometimes would return Immediately and
| say mo one but Craven" / can assure
you that Craven knew all about it and
that Jacobs gave TO the principal charac-
ter of this affair whiskey and did right
along and said that he did not care about
| his job here, anyhow, therefore didn't care
what he did.
Mrs. Rogers then goes on to say that
her relations with Rogers began March 1.
| He told her i'm noEise Intentionally would
i -. IL = l.
only made ii to obtain means of getting I'm
there Harolds phn she learned, was to
have him make her condition such as to
preclude the possibility of any community
| executing her at such time.
He made me thu promise, she contin-
| ued. that If such should be, or 1t should
be known at all. he would say it was he,
provided l would make the promise that
l would say nothing about the guards,
and that he would lose the last drop of
blood that was in his body before he would
let them down.
And in connection claim l opened the
| inside door every line by taking out the
screws and he would never admit but
| about one key. l made the last promise,
| but l made no promise as to the guards.
| But as l reason with myself l can see
no object in stating other than as l sup
pose them to be. and my indignation to-
ward him for some false statements which
| ne MADE 10 me VIII not dllOW me 10 make
any false statements to benefit either him
or the guards
l am to blame for enough about il and
am willing to admit that l was re-
quested to state as l know it. SO have
l done. 1t is the dearest lesson l ever
| learned and has caused more suffering
and anguish than all of my other trouble
put together. 1t does not seem to me he
was as much for my interest at all as
for the guards
p. $. The last time he came to see me
was on March 10.
was told too that Jacobs didn't lock
his cell half the time and as soon as
Jacobs got a key TO fit the iron door TO
my ce.. he was going to let him come
| in there to see me. And that Jacobs
slept some nights and he did his work.
| This may not be true, but IL is as l was
told II about Jacobs.
Not anyone but Nern Rogers came into
my room.
(Signed) MABEL. ROGERS.