The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-22
KID" WHITES FAREWELL LETTER
Written to His Uncle Tom King The Night Before He Net Death on
the ScaffodUrged Notorious Burglar 10 Lead Better Life
Irrespective Of What The World Says

The night before kid" White, the
young Seattle murderer, was hanged
at the penitentiary, he spent several
hours penning a letter to his uncle
Tom King, who is serving a life SEN
tence in the penitentiary under the
habitual criminal act. With only a
few hours to live. White poured out
his soul to his uncle and urged the
most notorious crook in the west to
seek salvation and lead a better life
no matter what the world thought or
said
| White gave the letter to priest
F.; just before he started to the scaffold,
and after the execution it was deliv-
cred to King. Although STEPPED in
crime and hardened to the ways Of the
world, King was greatly affected on
reading the letter and cried bitterly.
At the request of the convict, who
seems to have taken greatly to heart
| the pleadings of his nephew, the let
tCl "ilttcIl ny w ullc has DeeH given
to the world and is as follows:
Whites Last Letter.
Dear Old Toni write these last
lines, the last that will write to any,
body, for. Tom, you are the last one
I will be thinking of when I take the
drop, and Tom l will be praying for
| you in heaven, for, Tom, feel sure
am going there, and am going trusting
| in God to the uttermost, as I have
been asking Him for mercy every day
for some time now and have also been
praying for you every night and morn
ing.
Now, Tom, do not say this because
I am a coward, for 1 am not and
will show them there that 1 can die
like a man. But, dear Tom, say this
for the reason that there is nothing in
this life, and especially in this. kind of
life, and the sooner one finds it out
the better off they are.
Now, dear old Tom, do not think 1
am preaching you a sermon, for I am
not but instead am asking of you a
favor-my last wish. and, Tom, you
don't know how much 1 am suffering
while I write you these last lines
not because 1 am about to die, but be-
cause I am going to leave you here,
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1 know how it will pain you. Now
dear Tom, do not take it hard, but
| look to God and ask Him to help you.
He will not turn you away, but will
| comfort you and will help you to keep
| the promise you made me in the office.
| for, Tom, l want to meet you in
heaven, where there will be nc more
parting, and 1 will be praying to Him
! for you all the time Dear old Tom,
do not disappoint me and God, for He
is willing to help you, for He did not
give His life to save the righteous,
but He died to save the sinners like
you and me.
"Don't Mind the Cons"
You promised me you would try,
and that is all anyone can do. If you
only try, you will succeed. Do not
care for what the other cons or other
people say, for they will all ask God
to save them when it is too late, for
we never think of God until the last
minute, and then it is, lots Of times,
too late, and cons and other people
! will say this and that just to get 9TH
! err people in trouble and then be the
4! cons You know that better than me.
| So, Tom, do not care what they say,
but be a man in the sight of God and
| yourself, and then you yill come out
all right, for cons and their talk can't
save you, only God. Look to him,
| be a man and meet me in heaven,
for, dear old Tom, this life is short at
the longest; so do not be a coward
and look to Him; do not lose your
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you most dearly will be waiting there
for you; for, dear Tom, I will be wait
ing and praying there for you. So,
dear old Tom, do not disappoint me-
Now, Tom, I turn over all my things
to you. and 1 have wrote several peo-
pie asking them to write you when
am gone. Mrs. Hepler. the lady who
has got "Skits," will write to you and
send you "Skitts'" picture, and several
others. I turn over to you a picture
Of the Savior and I pray it will be
of great consolation to you, as it has
been to me, and picture of the father
"Meet Me in Heaven"
Tom, you will be out of solitary to-
morrow, 1 hope, and, Tom, try and
show them that you are a man. They
would never have put you in solitary
in the first place if they had under
stood everything at the beginning:
and also, Tom you will not be here
long, for you will be a free man before
long-I am sure of that, for I have
heard a few things in the last few