The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-07-06


worthy men who would not Coasciously
r..slesd you. WhencyeT one Of them
advises you TO take loose grocery store
When ! aWoke I vas horriGed u and
myself IN a prison cell. Tie jai.er
stood AZ the door and cauti0nsl. Re.
member anything you say Liay ue used
against you A great dread sat iNs
a lump OF ice. on ny heart. l ivsss!
him 10 explain. Anything ta' taar
awful suspense. Then he tod ne
bad murdered Miss''., tie old lgudiily.
My trial vas ST down for q dale
about q month OF aa4 my angel Ey-4.
er secured the Iost and ab.,st 1olo
sci 10 defend me. bat. beet OF al, she
came 70 lie In my agony an! pat her
hand on my forehead. and then si-scd
me and told NE that she believed tie
innOcent How she could lOgi lly 20
II. with evidence enough aca.ust n
20 damn an augel. don't kuoN, lu,
she dii u With her WOmans heart. an
her wOman's heart broke v ca. a.
length. the jury told her she H.! been
mistaken"
Gentlemen" resumed Barely. are:
q pause. i used % believe al llWg,-5
rascals until that tina. But III va.
that man worked for me VAS nothing
short Of sublime. he lahorel with ne
day IN aad day ont. morning. noon
and night. striving ~ al means
known 20 philosophy. science and prac-
tice. to recover from the sensitive
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ed on thea by a rum-oufeylied spl.l'
between the hours Of eleven z. ". an!
Two A. ~ on the ni-Lt Of the murder
But II vas Of no u-e. Evidently tie
flms Of memory had been teupoTaTi y
desensitizcd by the Supplying iulg
ence Of the alcohol. Anyway. nothing
could bring the dreaded nj lures CT
that awful period 10 the surface.
y shall not lore yOu with tie bar
raising details 81 the trial. IL vas
shown. however. that ! had been dis
covered In Miss C's room. I was on
the floor In a drunken sleep when the
offers arrived. and vas com iC'ely
dressed. even 20 my OyeTcoat aai bat.
Near my TigLt hall. a. u 7 Lai hut
Recently relaxed nv hold uucn a. las
my pistol. One Of the cartridges hal
hsen discharged and the bullet found
In Miss Cs body fitted the empty
she'll.
Ny lawyer used 10 come 10 my cell
and implore me 20 use every trick and
device that ! knew 90 bring hack the
chain Of events Of that faiefli nirht.
but ] could only Eaze az him stupid
~. So far I could so. but no further
AZ a certain point the cloud % Obliv
Ton would drop before my mind. and
Z could not penetrate o. thought
that by thinking with great rapiiiiy.
ana running with exact Sequence
along the chain Of Occurrences leading
up 20 a certain hour. the mental nom
entum thus acquired miEht carry me
through into the realms of my mental
You can drive q horse at q furious
rate right up % the brink Of lake.
but there he win s,op. and not bulge
an inch further: and the blackness Of
the lake IN front Of him Is no blacker
than the blackness Of that hell-horn
period Of Eve or six hours % Oblivion
that confronted me. q. the helTlrsSnsss
% Il al. I used % sit and watch my
lawyer hght AGAINST such oycTWheim-
Ing odds that the admiration felt Tor
his skIil would. q times. 80 absorb
ne that felt the part Vas taking 10
the awful tragedy.
TO make a long story Snort. the
case hnally vent to the irry. You
have seen the newspaper clippings
The verdict killed my mother who had
never once ieft my side during the
trial. excerpt az night. and then only 90
resume her place the fFst thing IN
the morning. She had bcen hoping
against hope. When mother droppet
dead. I offered q silent prayer %
gratitude that she had not lived 90
witness tire tAst art.
On the morning ~ the twenty first.
a. the clipping eays. ] was brought
before The judee. an old friend % my
father. and sentenced 90 D. hanEed ~
che aeck until dad Grntlcmen.
there's an expeTieace not many ever
had and lived % ten % u. wor,is are
hut feeble when one tries 10 desrriho
o.
Talk shout timely rcseues IN the
dramas-all nicely planned "a orrur
with the regularity % ciork work why
they actually had that awful black zap
drawn over my fare. and tho noose al
lusted before the governors stay NJ
rived. 7 heard a rommotl0n On the
crowd ana wondered rather impatient
" what the DELAY WAS about Then
hands removed the rap and boo-e. and
7 vas Id hark 10 my ell When Z
rcaehed my oeIl and sat ugoa my led.
. oouiint realize What had oerurcd
and pl1ehed myself 10 sne whsther .