The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-12-21


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~foaight st half aftsr eleven s'eloek
Ben coaisal. he chisf ol police q The
city of New York. called q NJ apart.
rent He cane uaaoco0pasSeA saA
wearing paaiA clothes. The oSSoet al
his visit vas 10 demand a me that I
should withdraw - Q candidate foe
the mayor of New York; that I shoull
request tie people Who had honoreA
ne With their support 70 vote for
Wssrsa: that I should declare NJ Be-.
lief in tie integrity Of the oothan
Freight Tractioa company and the
turity At ths saehsm society, oe which
he II an honorod member. The means
By which he sought to induce me to
take this course were Q promise oe
silence - to certain episodes In my
past career. and Q threat of Instant
publicity. including . possible arrest
II ] refused. In the presence Of my
private secretary. Philip Chaloass, Of
ny friend and servant. william Somsa.
and OF the chief Of police, Connsll
himself. I am debating this STATE.
msnt.
wenty-dve years aSo l came to
New York. Since that time my ca.
resf has bssn thoroughly exploited.
the detective force Of the city, sup
pismsoted ey whatever talent could
b procured or suborned. has had me
under Investigation. To not one act
have they been able to point Of which
l an ashamed, or upon which they
could az an attack.
When came to New York 1 was
nineteen years Of age. was born In
Vermont. l received q common school
education. graduating from the high
school whom l was sixteen. MY father
died before I was born. my motker at
my birth. Some small properly &C
cruing to me was turned over to me
oy my guardian on my graduation
from the high school. l spent two
years at sea az cabin boy, and then
driited west. finally bringing up at
XIII Devil Camp in Wyoming.
There l came under the influence
OF woman older than l. who thought
II not unbecoming to her to beguils
and entrap the young eastern tender.
root who was Just entering upon his
nineteenth year. l was young. inex.
perieneed. impressionabls; / fell com.
pletsly under her influence. There Is
somstning to be said for her. poor
woman. She was married to . drunk
en- brute of husband, q miner, =
gambler. who was not only unfaithful
70 her. but who abused her fright.
fully. l think my sympathies more
than my affections were engaged. I!
had . chtvalric desire to help her,
boys reverence for womankind
abused and suffering. quixotic spirit
OF knight errantry. Of which even now
l am not ashamed.
1 had still some little money left,
and resolved to take her away from
her intolerable life. l do not wish to
shelter myself behind a woman; but
l have always told the people of New
York the exact truth. and l am do
ing 1t now. We had planned to leave
the camp on a certain night and ride
south to the Union Pacific. That
night was the night of the great bliz.
zard of 1882. which is still remem.
bered In the west. 1t was very late
when l reached her cabin with the
horses. The woman was ready for
me, waiting eagerly in fact. Her hus.
band had recently won a small sum of
money by gambling. That money she
took with her.
We had turned to the door to 20
out. although 1t was almost certain
death to be abroad in such a storm,
when her husband entered the room.
How he knew. or whether he knew.
what we were going to do, 1 cannot
say. At any rate, he was there He
covered me with a gun: l was entire
ly helpless.
Il worked in desperate hurry, and
at last got my hand on the butt of
my pistol. saw from the look of his
eye that l would have little time to
draw 1t. realized that unless I could
l was doomed man. At that In.
Rtapt there waa n Hash and n roport