The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-07

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Of altogether, and Mr.. Patrick was
to be convicted Of murder. And then
what fat fee those lawyers to whom
Poor Jim had referred Capt.
Baker would receive, And "Poor
jim - would see that they got it.
Well, "Poor JIM managed nan it
all right. He did Just what he started
out to do. But he is too modest,
He never told how it was done, but I
think the, public ought to know what
great lawyer "Poor JIM is, so
], will set it all down here, knowing
that he will become the idol of the
public, and that some day those dear
little colored children of Texas may
read about their noble benefactor,
| for Poor Jim never lost sight of
those dear little colored children, and
he never confused his official duties
with his private practice-that is, he
never forgot one while he attended to
the other.
In an Inferno.
When we were indicted for murder
Mr.. Patrick laughed. / did not see
aanything to laugh att. I was
Poor Jim" wanted. In the middle
of the night they came and woke me
up and took me down stairs At the
foot OF the stairs stood a good priest,
at least ne was dressed as priest
i,, had never seen him before.
You are in trouble, my son. he
said, kindly, as he took my hand.
you He. drew me into the little
cell which is fixed up as a chapel IT
was there that the real priest holds
confessions. a lifesize crucifx was
on the wall, and this man knelt be.
fore 1T and began to pray All Of a
sudden the figure on the cross began
were driven began to bleed, Then it
and save your soul. II didn i fool
me. l suspected from the first that
1T wasn't real priest, and now I
knew 1t was ventrileauist that was
doing the praying for me. And then
the, lights went out, until 1t was as
dark as hell.
Suddenly I heard loud noise, the
lights flashed up again and before me
was a coffin containing the corpse OF
Mr., Rice, that is. thought is was at
first, but 1t was only waxen image
1t was so horribly hot in there that
tainted and it took them half an hour
to bring me to, They gave me lots Of
confessed.
Then "Poor Jim" put me through
the third degree, but ho used no vio-
| lence. He only talked to me very earn
estly. L did not think a man with a
face like that could speak so sweetly.
He was very frank. He told me just
what he wanted me to do. l was to help
him convict Mr.. Patrick of murder, He
also told me what would happen to me
if did not do what he asked. He ex-
panied that his generous offer Of free"
! dom was made to me first. II ] de-
clined, it would be made to Mr.; Pat,
urged "Poor Jim elf you refuse,
within an hour shall offer Mr.. Patrick
his liberty If he will help me convict
you.'
"Yes,H with a capital "Y," "Poor
Jim'' was delighted. ] didn't like the
idea very much, but ! only weakened
once; that was when | went back to
the Tombs and saw Mr.. Patrick and
realized what was going to happen 10
HIM In my cell that night | tried to
cut my throat, but "Poor Jim fixed
that up all right by saying that Mr.;
Patrick urged me to do II and loaned
me the knife
Made Six Confessions.
After that I did whatever ''Poor
jim" told me to do. For one thing, l
Hconfessed. - I certainly did make a
confession. had to make six of them,
all different, because Mr.. Patrick kept
proving me to be a liar. So Poor
Jim" and l were kept busy inventlDg
new confessions for me TO make; that's
how l became an 'expert confessor,
I "confessed that Mr., Patrick
killed Mr.. Rice with morphine and mer-
curry, with powdered glass, Then came
a chemist who testified that MI; n.os
did not die from polson,, 30 c3nie5seo
that Mr., Patrick smothercd MI hice
with a pillow, but Mr.. Patrick proved
an ahbi. Afterward / confessed that
Mr. Rice had been cholcrformed, Wnlch
7 will tell about later on. 1t was AT
This time that "Poor Jim took me
before the grand jury and had Mt
Patrick indicted for murder. a.,
I need not saw what | - confessed
70 before the grand Jury But it struck
me afterward as very funny that. a.
tbonph there were a dozen other VIII.
nesscs called and heard there. none OF
them testified aftcrward at Mr. Fat
rick's trial l know the reason now
s.Poor Jim did not dare to call them
ut the trial. they could not have, stood
the cross examination, They told the
erond oro iurv pack of lies. Just as | did,
and were cot there with fake John
Doe subpoenas. That is how Poor
Jim" secured indictments, After that
and before the trial l had the time or
my life. ! never went back TO the
Tomhs, and as I did not like the house
of detention either, they took me to
a private clearinghouse, 1t was NICE
place. The detective, who. lived there
with me. and I, had splendid time
The detective had many friends, and ne
introduced me to all of them The la
dies were charming,
Every night he took me around the
town. People criticised this, although
/ don t see that it was any OF their
business. But Poor Jim explained
to the inquisitiye newspaper reporters
that since | was dying of consumption
l needed air and advertisement, and,
besides that, the detective and | were
looking for man. So we were, the
same man you go out to see between |
the acts of the play; We, found him
all right. During these days Poor
Jim talked beautifully TO me about
the dignity and Importance of the
press. He explained that 1T was the
bulwark Of society, and must be up
held at any cost.