The daily Alaskan., 1910-11-22

. il iIli accused at murder. ll.s may not te aslousHias lpr many au muo cent uan lgs aat uJiy beeu accused ot : but has been a4aael lar murder. but what ls remarkable lH ay ease s that . 2 au accused st uGriegGs myself
 Perhaps tl.s .sa- quite clear lt lt
 sar. t Is either bagaa-e the ease is @ yey up.laJeI oue og am ugJ m a . at cold..uu ot mind go make ir clear, Iha oa,g Way Go uuuveI Che matter SD . that tit cau be understood Is to tell che story trvm ghe beginning
 . Twelve years a-al came to MoyttorG ayguaz uaa al twenty dye Co look for a iah bad al tuuls and noJ get tus pas.t.au ag once rlu m debt Co ms luIaJg A month passei, aud ! bad tuand nothing l1la, Ny aQlady told ue ,lat .f a.lu.I pay up by tae next Saturday El-ll she would have . ue arrested for common vasyaul and sW.rIrr
 Tla- same day W-l- walking about . aasIae far a iab ] uet mau ou tue street uaa lgased su uucd like me th3t ssred aJ Eu as We passed Re ruflel and sa.-.
 -lua must le slu ot mine. You Iogs egaugG HEe ug Co be my own brother
 ~Wmrs your lameg' asked
 -WUau U,-gias.
 -I am Nicholas Van WuAle.7
 We couldn't trace auy relationship but le lsssJ Ea into a beer saloon. where we pursued t1aJ and other subjects He vas au asluua-ms fet low and saa ug confidence SD far lhat ! JuId l.m ut uy financial Jryu- l.- Nbal a.I ae ll aug whip out a l... us aee crisp bills and invite me t1 help myself J-uu-reJ ar incur ring obligations co stranger bu, he Insisted and GlaHy literally forced upon us four tglaa..rr lI.s, saving rhat Er Was sure from the likeness between us we had sprung from @ common stuck and be didn't propose tGat aag E..s-au ul his should sller s1 Eu- as ae -rl ..ag.E gt money. ] asked him HT his address laat ! might reru-a g1- ham after setting a posi- lla Re ul- lis hand uu my sh1ut Ger and -HL I won't Jea ggu, lest you rob yourself 5a naE ue before you are ready. Wul .sgt be went out somewhat suddenly and .gtl ue very much surprised aJ au that had oe- eugrsl
 The only rllg r1 l1 was Go consider tle ealsaae a piece lt sygd luck and going tg uy aljaIy. ] gave her three gf th- lls keeping the other for eure.l a-egssl-.es, which l pur- chased el..taF
 The next day l policeman came co tle house and r LureL warrant for Eg arrcs- The .llg-- was passing cHga.erEel money. and tha accUser was d drugs ,r ei wIau ! bad bought toothbrush and from whom ] had received change fur a ten dollar blL
 OI course fle generosity Jf uy new found fr.a1L was now perfectly plain Co ue Idiln-t Earw and don't know u5W what La expected Co gain by Jhe transaction unless la hoped Co use me later My laty on seeing me marched away hy policeman under a ylar-e gE passing egus ,erta.r money t1oa lae us bad given her Co Der bank. where they were pronounced spurious When was brought up for examination both she and the drug e.st appeared against me- told straIzlt s.1rg 1u- without eEect Counterfeit bills had been showed into circulation. and Ihe police had been looking for the shower was held for trial and spent six weeks In iliL Then was tried AS there was no evidence connecting me with a g1ng 0I e0ulrarttitsrs. ! was acquitted and released
 But one thought absorbed me-to get even u--l -le man who had played the trick aE ue thlg had kept me six weeks .l horrible cell and ruined me il rle place where ! hld intended t5 settle ] walked the streets hoping Go meet hiu tU was SD weak from hunger tlat couldn't walk any longer. then gave ir u7. But an the while ] WIS thinking lf a plan for revenge AI last ! cooelctad one that uIslt catch the cauuterreIter and pun isL him fir something more than breaking rhe government money laws
 ! went Co a wood iu the outskirts of the town and to a tree pinned a piece Of paper r1 which ] hal written in a trembling band ttat , was about to be murdered tr man who had forced me Go pass counterfeit money, ] hay ing threatened to put lhe police on Co him and h-s gang described the man who hrd given me the spurious bUls. In doing 50 0f course de scrited uv own personal appearance. but I didn't care for that. for ! pro posed t1 disappear from the place and play def Having taken this the only n-aus ! could rhInk ot Co gain my revenge, 2 converted myself Into a tramp and liI not stop moving untn I had gone some I.200 miles from the town where had had SD much trou- be. At tbe end 0f my tramp I found 4 ---- --Ea s----a rra O. s-h and rz-