The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-13

rTyrren.'' he replied, you've always
played fair with me, and 1 believe Won
Always Will L know all about it and
VIII tel You the whole story. but 7
want You to do me a favor in return
FIRST, L want you to mail nv letters
TO my mother and help me to get word
10 Emma Calvin. / haven't been able
20 write 10 her for some time and she
may think have gone back on her.
she. true girl, and 1 don't want her
10 thlnk have lost faith in her or
ceased to care for her as I did. And 7
want TO find out if she still has faith in
me- Then / want you to give me your
word that you will do all you can to
possible
So far as doing as he desired about
the correspondence, that was easy to
promise and easy to perform To in
tercede for him to the extent OF having
his term shortened-that was another
matter had never done this for any
criminal and it was contrary TO that
which L believed right. unless the
emergency were great. I at last prom
ised to look into his case and see how
tar L consistently could go in his be-
half. He then gave me a very brief
account of his connection with the
inert OF the body of A IT. Stewart. the
understanding being that he was 70
write the confession in full and mail it
20 me- Before / left the prison I ar
ranged with the warden that such COM
munlcations as No. 2S07 wished to send
10 me could be sent without their being
examined by any of the prison officials
and in this way his statement reached
me without having been seen by any
man, and at this day the written con-
feSsion Of Ne. 2S07 is in my possession
During the twenty-six years that have
elapsed no one has read it, and the
q 2 NanNa 49,
used, for reasons that will soon appear
After my interview with McCIaugh-
rey / FASTENED back to St Louis TO
pursue Investigations along other lines
Two days later I wired Chief Brooks
or the secret service, suggesting that I
be allowed TO meet him in New York
or Washington for the purpose of dis
cussing the Stewart and other mat
tiers. He evidently misconstrued the
telegram, for he wired in answer that
ne could not allow the use OF govern
ment time or money in work on the
Stewart case. I had not intended to
convey the Impression that this was
the most important matter on which
wanted conference, knowing fun
Wei that il was not a secret service
arrair, but / had intended to tell him
what / knew of it so he could give Mrs
Stewart or Henry Hilton the benefit Of
that information.
Such conference being out of the
question. 1 decided TO write to Judge
Hilton, which did on Sept. 16, 1879. I
informed him briefly who 1 was and as
sured him that there was every prob
ability, from Information in my posses
sion, OF securing the body and convict
ing all the men who had participated
in its theft. 1 explained that 1 had
tried to secure leave of absence hllt
had been unable to do so. The reward
for my services. I wrote was a Sec
ondary consideration, which I was per
fectly willing to have adjusted in ac,
cordance with the results of work on
the lines suggested by me after such
work had been done. 1 referred him to
Chief Brooks of the secret service. ex-
Chief Washburn of the same division
Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago. and
prominent officials of eastern railroads
who had known me for many wears 7
furnished these references in the
knowledge that Judge Hilton had re-
ceived hundreds of letters since Nov
Z, 1873, from irresponsible persons who
possessed no knowledge of the case
and wished TO have my communion
tion receive such consideration as
knew it to be worth. To this letter I
received no reply.
In the meantime McClaughrey' $
statement reached me. as felt. certain
IT would, and 1 was thereby put in
possession of many details Still. no
answer came from Judge Hilton to my
letter 4 thought this strange and
confess i was somewhat pfqued at
what seemed indifference to so import
ant matter Some time after writing
this letter I Was called to New York
on business connected with the Mis-
souri, land frauds, and found the men
wanted temporarily out of the city
II occurred to me that I would be do
ing an indisputably proper act if 1
were TO fcall on Mrs. Stewart and ad-
wise heIs of the. facts I had learned
touching the desecrat ton of her h,,S-
bands grave. So on a bright forenoon
i made my way UP Fifth avenue to
the Stewart residence palace judged
by the standards Of that day 1 was
prepared to witness a display OF gran
deur if / succeeded in gaining entrance
to the house, for the lavish beautA -
the interior had been heralded in news
papers far ard wide. iiverfed foot
man received me. aud asked for my
card professed to have none With
me- and the tiunkY accepted The ex-
PLANTATION. for he ushered me into A