Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-12-01

Keep back there, Somes." al
Gormly sharply - the mau stspesd
forward. his face aname. II can isal
with the man. Connell," he centin.
ued, you are going to sit right there
until rye finished with you. Now.
Somes," he said. you stand risht be.
hind him, and II he attempts to ret
out of his chair keep him down"
You're assaulting An oficev az tn
law!" roared the chief, saappans bin
fingers.
You ought to b man enough 70
know that the games against you "a
fAr," said 0ormly. "and keep quist un.
til get through. Then IN eivs yov
chance to talk. Are you ready nov.
Mr.. ,Chaloner!"
quite ready, SIR" was the imperA
.urbable answer Of that most exnsS
lent young man.
'Tn begin again:
Tonight at half after eleven o'c,ock
Ben Cornell, the chief a police Of the
city OF New York, called at my apart,
nent. He came unaccompanied ana
wearing plain clothes The object az
his visit was to demand OF me that I
should withdraw as a candidate for
the mayor of New York: that shculd
request the people who had honCred
me with their support to vote for
Warren; that should declare my be.
lief in the integrity of the Gotham
Freight Traction company and the
purity Of the Sachem society. Of which
he is an honored member. The means
by which he sought to induce me to
take this course were a promise of
silence as to certain episodes in my
past career, and threat of instant
publicity. including possible arrest
If refused. In the presence of nv
private secretary, Philip Chaloncr, OF
my friend and servant, William Somes
and OF the chief of police, CUnneH
himself. l am debating this state.
ment,
TWENTY-FIVE years ago 1 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
under Investigation. To not one act
nave 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. was born in
vermont. ! received common school
education, graduating from the high
school when was sixteen. MY father
died before I was born, my mother at
my birth. Some small property &C.
cruing to me was turned over to me
Dy my guardian on my graduation
from the high school. / spent two
years at sea as cabin boy, and then
ariited west. finally bringing up at
Xii Devil Camp in Wyoming.
There l came under the influence
OF woman older than I. who thought
II not .unbecoming to her to beguile
and entrap the young eastern tender
foot who was just entering upon his
nineteenth year. I was young, mex.
perlenced, impressionable; fell com.
pletely under her influence. There il
something to be said for her, poor
woman. She was married to a drunk.
en- brute Of a husband, a miner.
gambler. who was not only unfaithful
to her. but who abused her fright.
FULLY. l think my sympathies more
than my affections were engaged. l.
had chivalric desire to help her, a
boys reverence for womankind
abused and suffering. quixotic spirit
OF knight errantry. Of which even now
am not ashamed.
Il had still some little money left,
and resolved to take her away from
her intolerable life. 1 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 certain night and ride
south to the Union Pacific. That
night was the night of the great Bills.
zard Of 1882, which is still remem.
bered In the west. 1t was very late
when reached her cabin with the
horses. The woman was ready for
me, waiting eagerly in fact. Her hus-
band he'd recently won a small sum Of
money by gambling. That money shs
took with her.
I'VE had turned to the door to 20
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 were going to do, l cannot
say. At any rate. he was there. He
covered me with gun; I was entire.
~ helpless.
~ worked in desperate hurry, and
at last got my hand on the butts Of
my pistol. l saw from the look d His
eye that l would have little time to
draw it. realized that unless coAld
was a doomed man. At that IN.
slant there was fash and a report
IN the room. Immediately after the
man pulled the trigger of his own
pistol, but the bullet went wild. He
sank down on his knees, and fell back
dying. l dropped my own weapon and
bent over him. There was q hols IN
hio hrnaet through which tha hlnrA