The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-12-29

Gormly sharply - the man stp1bsA
forward, his face adame. II can deal
with the man. Connell," he csntia-
ued. you are going 10 sit right there
until rye finished With you. Now.
somes," he said. you stand r1gAt b.
hind him. and II he attempts 70 get
out OF his chair keep him down."
You're assaulttng an ofaoe9 Of the
law" roared the chief, s1appins his
fingers.
You ought to - man enoueh to
know that the games against y0u 80
far" said 0ormly. and keep qu8St un.
til l Get through. Then III givs you
\ chance to talk. Are ysu ready nv.
M. Chaloner?'
quite ready. air." was the impss.
.urbable answer of that most excel
lent young man.
I'm begin again:
Tonight at half after eleven o'c,cck
Ben Connell, the chief q police OF the
city OF New York. called at my apart.
nent. He came unaccomp4nied ana
wearing plain clothes. The object Of
his visit was to demand OF me that I
should withdraw az q candidate foy
the mayor of New York; that 1 shpulA
request the people who had hopered
me with their support TO vote for
Warren: that I should declare my be.
lief in the integrity Of the Gotham
Freight Traction company and the
purity 1t the Sachem society. a Which
no Is an honored member. The .
BY which he sought to induce me To
TAX this course were a promise ol
silence as to certain episodes In my
past career, and a threat of instant
publicity. including a possible arrest
II l refused. In tho presence of my
private secretary. Philip Chaloner, Of
my friend and servant, William Somea,
and OF the chief Of police. CnneA
himself. l am debating this state
ment,
twenty-five years ago I came to
New York. Since that time my ca
reer has been thoroughly exploited
The detective force Of the city, sup
plemented by whatever talent could
be procured or suborned, has had me
IL uOk Oue dCS
have they been able to point Of which
am ashamed, or upon which they
could fix an attack
When I came to New York / was
nineteen years Of age. l was born in
vermont l received a common school
education, graduating from the high
school when l was sixteen. NY father
oled before ! was born, my mother at
my birth. Some small property &C.
crulnS 70 me was turned over to me
by my guardian on my graduation
from the high school. l spent two
years at 9 as a cabin boy, and Their
drlfted west, finally bringing up at
All Devil Camp in Wyoming.
There l came under the influence
OF a woman older than |, who thought
IL net unbecoming to her to beguile
ana entrap the young eastern tender.
1901 VINO was just entering upon hia
nineteenth year. | was young. mex.
~perienced. inpressionable; fell COM
pletely under her influence. There in
something TO be said for her. poor
woman. Che a married to d drunk.
en- brute OF a husband, a miner, a
gambler, who was not only unfaithful
TO her, but who abused her fright.
ialiy. l think my sympathies more
tnan my affections were engaged. I
had q chivalric desire to help her. a
boys reverence for womankind
abused and suffering. a quixotic spiri,
or knight erranry, of which even now
am not ashamed.
I had still some little money left,
and resolved to take her away from
her intolerable life. l do not wish 20
shelter myself behind a woman: but
have always told the people OF New
York the exact truth, and | 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 Bills.
card Of 1882. which Is still remem.
bered In the west, 1t was very late
whom l reached her cabin with the
horses. The woman was ready fos
me. waiting eagerly in fact. Her hus.
band had recently won a small rum Of
money by gambling. That money she
o with her.
We had turned to the door to "a
out. although It 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 . going to do. l caaAol
say. At any rate. he was there. He
covered me with a gun; I was eltiso
~ helpless.
y worked IA a desperate hurry. and
at last got my hand on the buts al
my pistol. say from the look a Aia
eye that l would have little time to
draw it. realized that unless / coald
was a doomed man. At that Ia
slant there was a fash and a report
In the room. Immediately after the
ma pulled the trigger Of his owl
pistol. but tho bullet went wild. HI
sank down on bis knees, and fell baou
dying. I dropYed my own weapon and
bent over hm. There was q holo h
bis breast through which the blooi
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