The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-19

Nam tbere's one aatisfaction:
1 ~, -. sonoe Of EN- with me when
60 down. !, I'LL ge+ ,.
demanded DonIn suddenly
looked at him and knew he had
read the letter ,.A
an come through with about $16,-
oooa sa;d "But wouldn't go
t VUS, this worry again for ten times
that mueir" ~ a..
kicking! What would you say to TAX
ino measly little twenty-five hun
t arod : from . dirty bunch Of rich crooks
ana Going around with everybody sus-
az nv Won of having done it?"
acay Cornell" he said. striking the
side of his chair. You link you've
been steered up against It and thrown
down but let me tell you that you
don,t know what raw deal is. Here
now listen to me. want to tell you
this. vou'ye got to listen. Why,
darn it. man, you've got 70 listen
ri 20 crazy if don't tell somebody"
He loosened his collar ana went on.
oHere a little over a month ago
old man Smythe, our mayor, and
Rr,lev fine commissioner OF public
works and the rest of that bunch of
bicb.hinders that runs things in Peeks-
vile. got into a mess. They'd tried
to get contractor named Kellner to
helm them sting the city for $4,000.
He turned on EN- and wouldn't give
'em a chance, and to get even with
him they cut down his charge for
work on the waterworks contract
S15. 900. Well, he comes out and sues
them He's got cinch case, see, and
the best they can hope for is to pack
the iu,y and get disagreement.
"Old Smythe says, 'Donlin, you're
drawn on the venire for the jury that
is going to try this case. We want
YOU 5n there, you understand; we
want to have one of our friends on
that iury. We're glad Of the chance
to have you on because we know
you're one of us end we ali want to
stick together. We will see that you
get on that Jury-don't worry about
that-and therein he a little envelope
slipped into your pocket as you leave
here. and-the worst We want is a.
disagreement. Understand?
"How long ago was this y
"Only little more than month
ago" he said. Just three days be-
fore the trial-the night Of May 23rd.
Well, as I was saying,,I went out, and
when / got home felt in my pocket
and there was the envelope
$500 in it."
Didn't you see them slip the en-.
Velope to you?" | asked.
Sure" he said. "Bruley slipped it
INTO my pocket and winked and slap
bed me on the shoulder when he did
It. Well, they got me accepted for
The jury all right. Then Bruley comes
70 me and says: Say. Donlin, don't
forget you're one of US now. You've
got to deliver the goods
"Well,. l delivered the goods, all
light. Tho other eleven men wanted
% kill me, but hung out No judg-
nent,' l said or I'll stay out until
Christmas l earned that $1,000 all
right-we disagreed And the other
lay Mrs. Smythe gives a lawn party
and never a word about inviting Mrs.
Donlin Oh, yes, was one of them
all right-when they needed me"
'Pshaw!" / said. You hung
Jury for 'em for twenty-five hundred
md now they're turin g cold to your"
yes. That's the kind they are"
"Pshaw!" I said. Nov let's go
md get something to eat. I'm desper-
itely hungry"
haven't given Donlin's complete
conversation here, but only the gist
Of his confession. But Donlin himself
nad a complete typewriter report of
ais talk in. the stateroom handed to
him in the hotel in Albany two days
later. The Chief and the office man
ager called on him Unexpectedly in
ais room and, handing him a carbon
copy of his conversation, asked him if
here were any inaccuracies to be cor
rected in it.
II guess that's about right" said
The Chief casually. 1--WE knew all the.
time that the reason you hung that
jury was to save those fellows, and
we knew you weren't doing it for
your health; but we wanted to get
You to tell us al about it yourself, so
we got it when you were talking to
your friend on the boat the other
night. Now, Donlin, we've got the
goods on you," said Burns you've got
two chances. One is to make us put
you in prison for acc epting a bribe;
The other is to go with us and help us
to make those crooks, who paid you.
pay our client his $4,000 without any
more lawsuits. What are you going
70 do; go to Jail, or come on our
slider"
Donlin was staring at the report in
1azed- fashion. There it was, every
word that he had said, every Question
hat I had asked, down in carbon;
and we had been in a locked state.
'oom while we were talking and he
had been with me ever since. He was
1umbfounded for while. Then ne
expressed the universal curiosity over
detective work. He looked up in
amazement at the Chief and said:
We'll! How in the davil di5 ~,