The Washington herald., 1912-04-21

And still he de6ed US
But after forty-eight hours of this
terrible torture nature would be put of
no longer. She demanded rest Young
had sunk into a troubled, uneasy sleep
about seven in the morning Davis and
|, having spelled each other as guards
during the night, sat talking about our
prisoner. Unopened to remark that it
was a pity that capital punishment could
not remove such criminals as Young
from the earth. The inspector, in spite
of the rigorous way he had kept up the
toture, seemed TO have strong sympathy
for Young
Il don't believe in capital punishment
at all, he said explosively Our whole
system is wrong. II took as a good
many centuries TO discover that insane
persons didn't need prisons, but doctor
ing. They just can't help being GRIM
inais Stand behind line of prisoners
as they march in to breakfast in the
penitentiary Not one of them will
have normal head. Is that their fault
Il is the fault of society. It's our fault
This poor devil here, his father a drug
fiend and his mother drinking herself
into insanity, what chance did he have?
Yet who knows, some day this marvel
Gus new surgery may be able to take
the children of even such parents as
his were, reshape their skulls and make
them honest, useful citizens"
There was a stir on the couch and
Young opened his eyes. The fire of the
drug madness and the look of hate
seemed to have vanished.
Il give up" he said. Il can't stand
the strain any longer III tell you any
thing you want to know"
He spoke quietly and calmly. Yet
there was something in his voice that
rang true / felt that this time he
meant what he said. Apparently Davis,
too, realized that at last Young's spirit
was broken. Without hesitation, he
seized the hypodermic syringe and
plunged il into Young's arm. The pris-
oned breathed long sigh of relief The
color came back into his face and
strength to his voice. His muscles
stopped twitching.
Now" said Davis gently, where are
the yellow letters hid?"
"ln a tin box under a fiat stone near
the spring." Young replied.
Which stone%
II SpAllk
ing this way"
Davis was up like shot and out the
door, reappearing quickly with an ordi-
nary document box.
And the Parrish papers-where are
they?" he asked sharply.
They are in the box, too" said
Young wearily. May l have another
shot?"
Davis studied his face and felt his
pulse and then reached for the syringe.
Where's the key?" he asked as he
finished administering the morphine.
In my left trousers pocket" Young
alphabetically.
Quickly Davis possessed himself of
the key and opened the box In the
top tray were perhaps fifty letters,
on yellow paper, with a
blank left for the name to be filed in.
stopping to read the letters,
which seemed to be all after the same
form, Davis lifted the tray. In the bot
tom of the box was a typewriter list
Of names and bulky sealed legal en-
velope, marked on the outside Papers
in the Parrish case"
Here, Kent" said Davis, handing me
the envelope, take charge of these and
give them to Miss Louise or Miss
Katharine. You're entitled to that"
Joyfully l slowed the envelope in my
breast pocket, my heart bounding at
the thought of the relief the sight of
the package would bring TO the Far
rish family But as yet the whole af-
fair was a blind puzzle to me and
waited eagerly for further develop
nents.
Now, Young" said the inspector,
tell me all about your scheme"
''If the damn thieves hadn't been such
towards as TO go and kill themselves"
aid Young with glow of enthusiasm,
4 would have been a millionaire with
IN a year Read one of the letters and
you can see for yourself just how good
The scheme was"
Lifting the topmost sheet the in
'pector read the yellow letter aloud:
Lock Box IL.
Ardway, N. J., Feb. 8. 1910.
Dear Sir:
l am writing to you in pursuance of
ny duty as executor of the late Edwin
Green, who died here recently, leaving
MS entire estate, amounting TO some
$4,000, in my hands for what he was
pleased to term a 'Defaulters' Fund"
! can best explain its purpose by
,rie1y summarizing the founders life. |
IN his early youth Mr.. Green was en-
,loyed for short time in bank in a |
'nall city in another State. Becoming |
involved in speculation he used several |
hundred dollars of the banks funds He |
lad no relatives but sister, to whom |
le knew it was useless to apply for aid |
As discovery seemed inevitable he was |
suicide, seeing nothing |
,ut prison and disgrace ahead of him. |
But an old friend of his father, who
ntirely by accident learned of his plight, |
Idvanced his the money he needed to /
make good his defalcation, exacting |
rom him a promise that he would help |
,thers IN similar plight whenever he
Iad opportunity.
His subsequent life was of the highest
ectitude. Though he amasSed a for
une he never found opportunity to aid
ny one in a plight similar to the one
D which he once found himself. It be-
anne almost a mania with him and re-
ulted in hrs leaving his entire fortune
o aid first offenders IN turning back
1to the right path
l know of no way Of reaching the
ersons he intended to aid. | am send
lg out this letter to persons employed
1 banks and positions of trust, hoping
rat you or others who receive il may
now of some man, young or old, who
as made the FIRST misstep and is
rrongfully using funds belonging to
theirs, but is desirous of making good
is peculations. If you should know of