Evening star., 1908-01-16
STRICKEN WITH REMORSE
ARTHUR KEMP LONG CoNTEM-
PLATED SURRENDER.
Story Of His Wanderings Printed in
Recent Issue Of New Or
leans Paper.

A message has been received by friend
or Arthur Kemp. former chief clerk OF
| the police department, who is under ar
rest In New Orleans. saying the latter
VIII make certain explanations upon his
return to this city. 1t is expected he
Will leave New Orleans in time to reacf
Washington late Saturday afternoon. II
an interview printed in the New Orleans
Picayune the day after his arrest he Is
quoted as having said:
THE only thing 1 feel sorry for is t1
face my family and my friends. They
esteemed me and 1 forfeited their esteem
and friendship. I thought 1 would be
able to make good the shortages in my
accounts long before this. and since ]
left Washington 1 have been employed
and saved little money which I placed
in bank. / was on the point of sur
rendering myself several times, and ]
believe that In a day or two more
would have written to Maj. Sylvester and
told him where 1 was While in New
York l had some business with a promi-
nent New York detective under an as
sumed name. / saw him almost every
day and at that time the city was flooded
with circulars giving my description and
my picture, but he didn't recognize me-
One day while 1 was standing on the
street in New York / heard a man behind
me exclaim: Have you got a Washing
ton paper% The reply was No 1 turned
and saw Washington detective in the
act of turning away from me. OF course
| did not make myself known, and after
thinking a while l concluded that Ire
had not recognized me because / had
my back turned to him when he spoke
and he had turned away when l turned
toward him, but it was certainly a mar
row escape.
Employed in Pennsylvania Town.
After leaving New York 1 went to
Pennsylvania and obtained employment
in country town. / won't tell the name
of the town. for while there I was pro-
moted and intrusted with funds of the
concern l was working for. l didn't take
anything from them. On the contrary
the firm owes me $50 now. / worked hard.
determined to retrieve my false STEP If
earned enough money to pay back
what / had taken. / thought 1 could turn
my attention to getting money, and buy
a little business in some country town,
send for my wife and son and commence
life anew. / have never heard a word
from my wife or family since / left Wash
ington, and rarely read any of the Wash
ngton papers. 1 know just what will
happen to me when l return to Washing
ton. and am ready to face it,
The newspaper account of the arrest
out and identified by l.. ]. Brennan, a
former member of the local police force,
and concludes:
Kemp said that remorse first struck
him on Christmas day He was eating
dinner in Cincinnati that day, the first
time in forty-six years he had ever eaten
his Christmas dinner away from home.
1t was then he thought of giving himself
up. He only had hundred dollars with
him at the time. the savings of his work
In Pennsylvania. He said he would have
remained in Pennsylvania, but an anna
teur detective suspected him. The latter
gave himself away by too close a cross
ing that the fellow might discover his
identity at last determined to sleave, and
without waiting to collect the $50 due
him he came south. He intended to 10
cate in the south, perhaps in some coun-
try town, but his money was nearly all
gone. though he still had hopes of re-
trieving his losses