The daily Alaskan., 1910-11-22

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 uoglcel one day on looking up sud, denly at ny employer that be was scrutinzlng me. It had occurred 70 me before thls that my giving de scrlptlon of my murderer that would answer as wel for me as for him might lead to serious complications. Indeed, after seeing the description of I the supposed murderer in the uewspS- per ! had become very anxious The result was that when ! saw my em- ployer booking at me as if comparing me Witb the description ! turned pale, He looked away. and that euded Ihe matter. at least for the time,
 Several days later mau came into the store where | worked, had some words with my employer and then, ad- vauclug toward me, eyed me sharply; then be took a printed slip from his pocket and referred Co it, evidently computing me w,.h lt, At last he took out a pair of hsDdcu6s, put them on ms wrists and led me out of the store lt didn't occur 70 me to pro test oC Co ask any questions. knew ! vas Co be taken bacS to Jhe scene of my former troubles Go answer yo the charge Of having murdered myself.
 It didn't appear Co me then that should have any trouble In identifying myself. ! resolved to say that ] had succeeded in getting away from the man who had intended to murder me and had left that part or the country altogether It didn't occur Co me that such a story In the face of a charge of murder would appear pretty thin. The first realization of my danger that came Co me was in talking with the Omcial who was taking me back to Nertt0rd | told him the story just as ! have thus far told it here. And what was hIs cOmmeUtg It was this;
 Young man. It you can't make up a better yarn than that you'd better De prepared iog the worst"
 This startled me. I had deemed it a misfortune Co be taken back Co MerJford 0u a case of mistaken iden- ity and to be put to the trouble of an explanation. but that l would be liable Co conviction for numbering my own self had appeared So mousCroUS that tt had noy even entered my head
 -Ii you cant prove an ahbL" added my Keeper. you're gone"
 What's aR alibig' l asked
 Being somewhere else at the time the murder was committed
 ~Bur I shall prove that am Che man l am accused Ot numbering.
 He turned and regarded me with cynical smile,
 See here, be said, i've been mixed up with eases like yours for twenty years Jurles are ready to believe a Joe og rot from a prisoner with whom they symPayhlze, but my advice Co you Is not to ende8vor to work or on them any such rubbish as that"
 This frightened me, leaned back on the cushion of the seat as well as my haudcuEs would permit and gave myself over to the most gloomy re- decJious,
 When We reached MeEtford and l had been examined, not having any means with which to employ counsel was assigned one. He came to the jau and heard my explanation. When it was finished he said that he would not think or conducting a case on any such improbable line as that and if ] Insisted on his doing 50 l must ind another defender,
 What was I to do? All these people who were used to such cases agreed that I must not claim that was my self asked my lawyer whom he thought I'd better claim tO be. He said that it didn't make any difference what my name was. Criminals usual y had plenty of names and used such as were convenient under different cir Cumstances, The only point in my fa- vor. he added. was that the body Of the man l had murdered had not been found He would make as much of this as possible aud expected that he would be would be able to get me o6 with a sentence of life imprisonment instead of death.
 He seemed to consider this quite comforting assurance. For myself ! thought that even imprisonment for life in the case of one who had com mlIted murder on himself or suicide, if lt can be so construed. Is rather hard lines. However. l told my law yer that | wouldn't venture to suggest a line of defense to one who knew the law perfectly. and he might consider me either dead or alive, innocent or a murderer. as be saw it. To this he re- piled that there had undoubtedly been cases where a lawyer knew his client 60 be innocent. but the evidence had been so strong against him that he has advised him to plead guilty and throw himself on the mercy of the court
 won't go into the details of the trial My lawyer was eOngratulatiDg himself that he would get me or with a life sentence when the police, who had long suffered before the public