The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-31

win not prosecute you"
An soon a. l could get my breath /
denied the charge. OF course my de-
niai had no effect asked that the
cashier be called. and my request was
granted. He came In. showing no es-
/ pecial concern to one who did not sus-
/ pect him as | did. l saw evidences.
| especially In his eye. that he was car
rying big load.
l. "Mr. Wilcox" said. did | not call
your attention yesterday before closing
to an irregularity had discovered in
my books?''
You did. but | had not time to in
vesugate it."
| why" said. turning to the presi-
dent. should | call attention to a
deficit l was attempting to cover up?"
Il know nothing about what Mr..
| Twining wished to call my attention
to- the cashier put in. For week
past / have been at work on my books
nights with view to discover this
deficiency. He might have wished to
speak Of some other matter"
1
used $4,000 of the banks funds and
had been tampering with my books to
make it appear that | had been cover
ing up such deficiency. | saw at
once that | was ruined and broke
down. crying like baby. This was
considered evidence Of my guilt. |
was turned over to the man | have
| spoken of. who was constable. taken
to jail and put in cell.
l told my attorney of my suspicious
as to the guilty party: but. whether be
believed l was mistaken or that was
guilty. be made no attempt to throw
the burden on the cashier Perhaps
he thought it better to advocate an
entirely different theory. At any rate,
he made a lamentable failure of my
defense. l was convicted and sent to
state prison for ten years.
l never speak or write OF that hor-
rible period-I served seven years.
getting off three for good behavior
because do not wish to exercise the
demon it begot in my nature, Upon en-
tering the prison | formed a resolution
as to what would do as soon as l got
out would kill the man who had
ruined me. My first resolve was to
pick a quarrel with him. giving him
an equal chance with me for his life
But upon consideration | saw no jus
tice in this and resolved to kill him
OH sight. But to do this | would have
to suffer death on the gallows or i'm
prisonment for life My final plan was
to go to his house ut night. kill him
secretly and fly To some foreign couu-
try. From this determination | never
swerved.
AS soon as | was discharged | went
to the nearest ocean port. learned all
about the sailing of vessels and fixed
the date of my revenge for day and
hour to enable me to reach a ship just
as she was sailing. Then | went to
the city where | had been ruined and
where my enemy lived. He was still
cashier Of the same bank where | had
been employed and lived In the same
house. surmised that he was still
indebted to the bank. for he could not
have made restitution without ex.
onerating me.
To carry out my plan must work as
an ordinary criminal. But why not :
This man had placed me before all the
world in the position of a criminal
and my proposed act would confirm ne
in that position. | provided myself
with an auger and a circular saw with
which to gain an entrance into his
sharp knife.
When all was ready | was obliged
to wait for several days to expire be-
fore the sailing of the vessel ON which
l intended to leave. During this in
terval | kept continually brooding ON
my ruined life. those terrible years in
prison and the miserable future be-
fore me- The result was that could
scarcely wait for my revenge. But
the hands Of the worlds clock never
stop. and at last the night for my
work came round.
Having reached Wilcox's house, l
bored a hole in a rear door. sawed out
piece Of the panel large enough to
insert my arm and shot the bolts.
had been in the house when was en-
ployed In the bank and had recently
taken pains to learn that Wilcox slept
In a room by himself and what room
he occupied. Therefore. though l had
a lantern with me. | did not expect to
use 1t.
Nevertheless | found that ! must
take risks. Getting into a room with
which l was not familiar and not hear
ing any one brea thing hard as in sleep.
l flashed my light in order to get my
bearings. | turned 1t rapidly here and
there till it fell on child's crib. and
before realized what | was doing a
food of bright light fell on the face OF
baby | should say about six months
of age. and before | could turn my
lantern aside two eyes were blinking
at the dazzling rays
The next thing for that child to do
would be to cry. and that would send
me back within walls and without any
revenge. l resorted to desperate ex-
pedient. l went to the child and be-
gan to hum a tune in low voice. Still
it fretted Then. knowing that there
was no one but the child and myself