The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-04-20


yer. has moet excited your intesesir
~That o. Mathews. Who vas aecuss
OF murdeF.-
awas be snnoeent Or euiiyr
sInnOeent"
-pd you secure his aequitialr
mo"
~Hangedf-
YES. legally hanged"
what Do you mean b. fhatf
~rn tell you. Mathews Vas Ia Ia
employ o. Henderson. the man ~
vas murdered. don't care 70 ~ a.
the details o. the case; VIII only ~
that there was % much eiFcnmslanft
evidence against han that from ia
arst dsspaired % saving his neek
knew be was innocent. though be ee.l
no more explain The circumstances gAT
polnled 70 bis guilt ghan ! could
aIloW dld 700 know be vas h
noeeutf"
by both expeFienee and intuitioa. / +
defy any u my Cheats % deceise -
Ia this regard 1 siapiy look then h
the eye. and that tells me rhe sfogy.
~IaeFe vas everything abea
Mathews ease % Interest ms. heNn
younger sou o. q British e0ungry
gentleman aud 10 love with The danE4
Ter % another British gentieman IN
mother had 10 khaWiesige ~ his taF
Ing BEEN accused u eriaie. much iea
having been conVictcd. Zoe e0uid a
n0ghlng 10 prove bim ianoeenL IL
showed ms bis mOlher's letters. and B
was distressing % read tten, liz
betFoghed vas aiso wsifins him uilS
cut any kuQu iedse that b. VAS nadEf
senfcnes % death A Nesk befofe ha
was % b. hanged = lstter from solie.
lfOrs 10 EnEiand vas HANDED him. a.
forming hlm that q taeheior uncle haa
died and lsft him = iaFEs foFtuna~
-upon ny uosdl 4 vas al tntef'
esting easc. uasn't ttl~
4 should say ~. II eFer theFs uas
man who had everything 20 i've feF
MafhsWs had And 70 b. lndieiaiiy
executed without ever haFinE uFonsed
any Que Ia his lifs vas slnply awful
Yea have no idea how hating . ufs
on Jour hands wears o. e uaa. and
this ease aearig druFg ne lnaane.
hut I bFaeed myseif Zoe e gisangir
Effort After coafrFrins uilh Mathews
decided 10 cable the soiieil0ss In
England. givinx thea skc sltusfioa
and asking how mach funda lheT
could cablc me within = few daya
They placed c2OOo0 70 my credit. and
with this sum I Weat 10 wofk. Ihere
was 10 use ia trying 70 secure delay
Or a new trial. What ! must % vas
10 interest The sheriff. I had = loaF
secrct confrrencc with him. but roaid
not move him 10 act ZOE money.
though ! - far secured Ms ludrmauf
that b. musf % "a ofaciaf Wronr Ia
hanging Mathews that BE- consented %
wink az any game I mieht psnctiee.
provided Il could b. kept serrpt
Il got q friend % mine uho uaa =
professor 10 q medical college 10 AZ.
ply for the body q Mathews e. soon
a. 10 was dad This enahicd me 81
gain Possession o. the condemned
man the moment the hanging vas
over. Then I ''nrcd- every omriai
who was % b. present AZ the hanging
Mathews put IN q request that there
should b no spectators present. I
souid not even b. present myself.
hut there was not one % the 0f8rlaia
% whom paid less than $1,000. and
he hauRmau got $500. NJ friena
he doctor vas the only one present
Who got nothing tie had = coma
'eady Tor The corpse as soon a. u vas
aken from ne Eaiiews aud = hearsa
% carry u 10 The hospital
Well. that niEht went 10 the hoa-
,ital and found Mathews locked - ehs
loetor's room"
but how was the haneinr nan.
Eedf"
y don't know. never asked There
rere haif a dozen men paid b. TIE
tate 70 80 that Mathews was hanged.
nd paid every one q shrm-ln IN
lo0ooo-to 80 through the process
'ithout hanging him. An I know Il that
paid the money and found Mathews
I'VE IN the Doctors room. Some burnt
'rk' woolly wig and a suit Of clothes
REQUIRED from q Jew tailor nxrd him
that no one would know him. I
"a steerage ticket for him IN an
itgoing steamer. and early the next
ornlng be was on bis way 20 Eng.
He must have been very grateful
you"
Sratefuli should say 20. Before
fung with mo he made me promise
81 ! would come over rs soon az
ssible and see him. couldn't 20
year. and then I found him IN
session Of 10000 q year income
q married to the woman be loved.
met me on the steamer. and ths
y ming he did was 70 impress e
on me that neither his mother nor
wire nor any one living except his
l.iiors knew that he was fudlcially
- N America. lie had often tried
Dfing himself TO unburden his 20.
(. 20 MS wife. but had always failed.
t, ,i.''he"s entertained me royalty
legged me 10 suggest some way
nun 70 pay the debt be owed me.
y " u required every cent Of bic
.une. assured him that took
'e comfort IN bis case than IN nll
ruHnN Il NaA -. -