The Cairo bulletin., 1912-10-21
By DAVID cCR.t.LL
Copyright b. the International Press BuIeauJ

2io,uVu+ NtH n@ comes DQt ana sues
them. He's got q ciach case. see, and
the best they can hope Tor is 10 pack
the Jury and ees q disagreement
Old 5mytha sass, Donlin, You're
draws on the venilc for the Jury tAl
is going to try this case. We wan
you On there, you understand, wt
want 10 have one Of our fliendj on
thai jury. We're glad Of the chance
to have You on because we knoa
ioure one Of us nd We au went tt
stick together. We will sec that yy>
get on tnat jurv~-Gont worry abcu,
that and thereli b. little envelope
slipped into your pocket as You leave
here, and-;ho worst we want Is a
disagreement. Underestimate
How long ago ,.;8 ynl8y"
Only u little more than month
ago, he said Just 'hrce days be-
fore the triat-rho Night Of May 23rd.
Well as was saying, went cut, and
when / sut home ! let, =. c,~ pcckct
and there Was tie envelope i'll
9250o N IT,"
Didn't you see -4am slip the en-
velope TO you" asked
Sure he said "brnlev slipped 1t
into my pocket and winlIed and slap
ped me on The shoulder when ne did
IL, Well, they got me accepted Tor
the jury all right, Then Bruley comes
to me and says: Say Doulln. dol /
forget you're one Of us now You've
got to deliver the goods
We'll, ! delivered tlie goods. MI
right The other eleven m4n wanted
to kill me, bat / inng out. No iudg-
ment,' I sud, or I'll stay out until
Christmas | earned shat $1,000 all
right-~we disagreed and the other
day Mrs Snsythe gives lawn party
and neye. a word abcut inviting Mrs
Donlin. Oh. yes, was one of them
all .right--when they needed me-"
1Pshawn / said. You hung a
jury for EN- fos twenty-five hundred
and now they're turni & cold to youf"
Yes. That's the kind they ere
"Pshaw" / said. Now let's 30
and get something to eat. I'm desper.
ately hungry"
| haven't given Donlin's complete
conversation here, but only the gist
Of his confession. But Donlin himself
had a complete typewriter report OF
his 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
his room and, handing him a carbon
copy OF his conversation, asked him If
there were any inaccuracies to be cor
rected in it,
Il guess that's about right" said
the ChiCf casually. I'VE 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 MS all about it yourself, SO
we got it when you were talking to
your friend on the boat the other
night. Now, Donllu, we've got the
goods ON you," said Burns You've gof
two chances. One IL to make us put
you in prison for act epting a brjbe
the other Is TO 80 with us and HELM us
to make those crooks, who paid Won
pay our cItenL his 1lo, 300 without anv
more lawsuits. What are you going
10 do; go to jail. or come on our
side?"
ponlin was staring at the report In
daaed fashion. There it was, every
word that he had said, every question
that had asked, down in carbon;
ind We had been in a locked state |
room while we were talking, and he
had been with me ever since He was
for a while. Then he
expressed the universal curiosity over
detective work, lie looked up in
at the Chief and said a
We'll! How in the devil did you
ever do TT"
But il was not the Chiefs DISPOSE
tioa to give away the tricks of the
trade 1t was not until several DAVIS
later, when Doniin's confession had
the politicians at Peeks.
vile into acknowledging Contractor
ilellner's bill in full, that knew that
IN each o. the stcterooms adjoining
ours there had been stenoerapher
with Ills ear to. dictaeraph all the
way UP the river, and that nonlin lit
orally had made his confession In
he hearing of three people
That was Just piece of bull.
headed luck. wasn't itg' asked Chief