Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-05-19
A "Reminiscences of War Time.
The Chicago Conspiracy.


At the appointed time next morning
| went with my men to the peniten-
tiary and informed the warden that |
was ready to receive the prisoner, lie
said he hoped l would have good luck
on my long journey and if | happened
to think of him, not TO imagine that he
was shedding any tears on account of
losing Grenfel, for he was a powerful
man and difficult to control. He then
proceeded to the cell where the prisoner
was confined, unlocked and opened the
cell door, bidding the prisoner come
out into the corridor, AS they came
along toward the main entrance where
we were standing, the warden said to
him, "Now you must keep up good
courage and stand it as we'll as you
can. The prisoner stopped and
Strengthening himself up to his full
height said, "You will see that | can
die like an",-he supposing that he
was being taken out to be hanged He
knew that the court sentenced him TO
be hanged and he had not been ill.,
formed of the change that the Presi.
dent had made. The warden now ad-
vanced with him to where we were sta.
toned, and introduced him to me. !
thought it best to tell him what his
destination was and when | had told
him he said, "My God, | had rather be
hanged. l told him to never mind
little trjfes, for one could not always
have things just as they wanted them.
AS he stood before me, saw that he
was an uncommon man, being almost a
giant in size, standing six feet, four
inches in height and finely proportional
He seemed to be made up of bone and
muscle, there being no superiority Of
flesh, and a look at his face would con
vince one that his was will hard tc
control, and look at his eye warned
one that it would not do TO trust him
but that one must be constantly on thu
alert for treachery. took the hand
cuffs from my pocket and told him tC
hold out his hands. He did as ordered
looking me steadily in the eye. | knew
that test had come, and that that on,
piercing stare would determine Who wa
, master. l tried to look deeper into hi
eyes than he did into mine and | thiul
| succeeded for he was the first to turf
his gaze in another direction. | thel
snapped on the handouts, stepped int
, the Office and signed receipt, bade tn
warden goodbye and we started on on
way to the railroad station. On arriv
ing there the station agent provided Ii
{ room, in which to keep our prisone
: until the train came, which was il
, about twenty minutes, when we 60
q aboard and were soon on our way t.
: Cleveland, arriving there in due time
8 but had to wait three hours for our trai
}. for New York. While waiting a
e Cleveland, we got room in the deLo
q for prison room in which to keep tn
/ prisoner, aud spent the time as best W
D could, eating our dinner of hardtac
: and coffee in the mean time. The en-
. of the three hours came a. last, also tn
train that was to take us on our journe
I to the sea. We boarded it and at tn
r expiration of schedule time, 10 P. NJ
! Saturday we arrived in Jersey City
4 As soon as the train came to stop,
< stepped on to the station platform an
9 almost the first person | saw was
}. policeman (the article | was lookin
{ for.) | asked him where his station wa
s and he said about three.fourths of
mile down this way (pointing) 0
d making known my desire he told II
6 that the street cars ran past the station
# and that he would procure car for o,
!. accommodation and accompany
70 down If [ wished him to. OF course
D. thanked him, for l was very glad to +
B. ceive his assistance. He halted Il
8, next car, and by that time my sergea
le and men had taken the prisoner fro
ut the train. We got aboard the street C