The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-21
THE WAGES OF SIN
PATOROWE CoNEEssE5 ALE :
TER TO 4 PRIEST.
The Farmers Kid1appsr Gives His.
tory Of the uisere bls Life He
spsnt After Els Crime

a dispasch from Omshs, Nsb., ssy'
Pat Cfows's last c;,a:cs to escape
from tee peolien tisry for kidnapping
Eddie Cudahy and robS.ng his fathe'
Of s25, 900 in gold, has failed. HI
confession to the crime as written Il
Farher Murphy, Of the Catholic church
Y IL, I va. was F.iday mo:nins
rsaG to the jury before which he Is
aow beilg tried.
During the reading Of the letter
which it is believed will send him to
prison for term OF years. Grove
sat with bowed head, nsvar once look.
ing up, bis hands tWitching nervous.
ly. His old smile bad disappeared
ard there are drawn lines around his
eyes and mouth. Ee whispered to bis
brother, woo sits with him, and each
wore q look Of care.
There was an air Of surprised ex
citement in the room, which was
GRO vded Al hour before court COL
vened. when Judge Sutton sock bis
seat. IL was Known that the decision
in regard to she leaser, which, II is
believed, would practically setsle the
case, would be handed down and the
etter read in open court II admitted.
Judge Sutton admitted the. letter,
laying In bis ruling.
THERE'S nothing in she commun:-
cation which could not have been
srantedsby any pefson other ahan .
priest. he does not ask for any spir
itual relief Whatsoever. The sole rea-
son for writing this Lester was to SO.
cure relief from secular law, not from
che spiritual law. He authorized q
disclosure OF this letter to both Mr.
and Ma. Cudahy, thus showing 1t Is
aot spiritual communication. The
setter was to secure earthly, not spiI-
l:ual relief
CONFESSION TO PRIEST.
The lotser which VAS then read to
me 1urT, Il D3Ib q 1DllvHZ.
Omaha, April %. 1904.
'sRsy Father Murphy, Vail, Ia:
Dear Friend-I wrobe you letter
from Chicago . few months ago, and
7our answer vas very encouraging to
ms, as / havs for several years
thought ct reforming and starting life
anaw. For the past fifseen years my
suff sring has bsen intense. Ny chill
aren are dead and my wife is . sea-
7snt for others. I sm 90 tu5cast and
8 Disgrace to the mother that gave
me birth, and to add to my sufsring
T have wronged q man that has bsen
friend to me.
II am guilty Of the Cudshy affair.
I am to blame for the whole crime.
After it was over regretted my, Uis
and I offered to return s2l, 90 70 Mr..
Cudaby, but he refossd TO tsSe it and
hen I went to South Africa, where I
lined the rebel army and was badly
sounded, being shot swice. Then l
-s.usnsd to America and cave repeat
IDLY tried to make peace with the
man wrooged. Now | am going to
give myself up and take whatever
comes, and II Mr.. Cudshy would show
ne mercy I would cone out all right
and could start life anew.
''Cudahy Is q II msrkaoly good man
and I haYe known him many years and
must say that he is generous and fo1'
giving, and it would be hard fad a
oetter man. But he feels be owes 1t
IS his duty to tne public to prosecute
me. could stand trial ard baat tee
case but that would not rel!evetf tie
5u,dsn that is crushing ont the last
ray Of happiness in my Wasted lie. 1
would rather plead guilty and have
ene sentence tu:pended, giving me- q
oaance to start life anew My plead
ing guity would harm no ole but N. :
self, and II G ;uld induos Mr. Cudsny
20 show me mercy, it would stimu-
late the harsh Judgment that Is prac-
&c ID In courts With feeling OF nef-
~ that .G5d intended should be shown
90 sinners.
i visa you would write to Mr..
Cudany snd Mrs. CodAhy and p>.y
for marcy. Remember this: And
MI. Cudahy knows, as do hundreds OF
5thees In this cisy, that l fed the
hungry and / myself was POOR and
that I showed mercy to the rich and
mighty when they were IN my pow.
er, and that II I cared to surround
myself with stolsn gold I could have
ten millions inside OF thirty days. But
I have found no happiness in evil, and
am going to retu1n,to the teachings
Of nv childhood. II I must suffer i
1iu not repine. Wdsa to Mr.. and
Mrs Cudahy and ask them to show ne
some mercy. This Is all, and I will
say gooc-by. PAT CBoWE.
Foot Pad Caught.