Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-26


binary burglary. So we took some of
your plate and money. But your prop
erty is safe and will be returned to
you in day or two The only thing
you will lose will be the little bottle,
for its contents are working their own
mischief, also their salvation, in the
body of my child. I had learned
enough from your manuscript what
to do. took the bottle to my child,
and when the keepers back was turn
ed, told her by means of the deaf
and dumb alphabet exactly what to
do. She followed my directions implic-
itly. In very few days my girl got
i'll. She became delirious, was re-
moved to the prison hospital and plac-
ed in a ward alone. DR.. Hudson, the
prison doctor, pronounced her case
enteric of severe type. Tomorrow
| is the day fixed for the execution, and
| up to the present I have heard no
word Of its postponement. Something
must be done, and you must do it. A
| girl, delirious, almost unconscious,
cannot be dragged to the electric
chair. It would not be decent All
America would rise up and cry out at
such an outrage. You must come
with me to the Tombs, see the appar-
emily dying girl. and interview the
prison doctor. You won't refuse?"
No. I said, 81 will come"
Half an hour later we were within
the gloomy precincts of the Tombs.
| Mrs Tankerville was admitted to the
hospital to see her daughter, and a
warder, having taken my card to the
| prison doctor, showed me into the
latter's private apartment. DR.. Hud-
son was a tall, slight man, quite
i young, with an eager face and kindly
eyes.
"How do you do, DR.. Halifax" he
said, coming toward me and extending
his hand. "Of course, know you by
reputation, and am pleased to meet
you. Is there anything can do for
you?''
eyes," I replied. my object in
coming here is to see prisoner
| named Susanna Tankerville. am
the mothers friend in this terrible
business. Is it possible for me to sec
her?''
nne girl is practically dying" an
/ swered Hudson. Not that it makes
much difference, for she is to be exc
cuted at eight in the morning"
| "But surely such a sentence cannot
be carried out on dying girl?"
"As far as that goes, all those I'M
| fortunates condemned to death are
dying" he responded. "But l admit
that I have been much troubled over
this affair. More than week age
the disease declared itself as enteric
She is very i'll indeed tonight"
In that case wire to the COVER
nor would surely insure postpone
| ment of the execution
1T would only be postponement, re
member said Hudson. "As soon as
the unfortunate girl is well enough
she will be taken to the place Of exc
/ cution and the extreme penalty of the
law will take effect"
MAY I see herr" asked.
1T is unusual, but / cannot object
He led the way at once, and in a
| few moments stood at the bedside OF
/ the dying girl. Mrs. Tankerville was
| kneeling beside her. The face of the
unconscious patient was white, the
! cheeks were sunken, the temples hol
low, but the long lashes, black as jet
the thick black hair, pushed away from
the delicate forehead, the contour OF
the lips, told me that in her hour OF
health her beauty must have been
considerable. / took her hand and
felt her pulse. 1 noted the tempera
ture chart which hung on the wall
above her head. Hudson's eyes fol
lowed the direction Of nine; s
"She has been in c6matose con.
dit1on for the past two hours" he
whispered.
We were both about to leave the
room when movement in the bed
caused us to turn back. The girl
had opened her eyes. She looked
full at Mrs. Tankerville, and spoke
! distinctly:
| MOLAer, remember. AL IdSt.
mother, I remember That man ]
dreamed about, I know who he is
now. Look in the album-his photo
graph is there-the man from the
| West
The last words were almost inaudi-
bic. The brief period of unconscious
ness was merged into deeper leth-
argy. / took Hudson's arm and led
| him from the room.
"You must wire at once I said.
"You cannot by any possibility allow
that execution to take place in the
morning. That girl has found mem
DRY which she had lost. This may
mean nothing or everything. But de-
lay is of consequence. Her illness has
earned it for her; let her have it."
st will telegraph the governor at
once through the warden" he an
swered.
He left me for few minutes, and
then returned to say that the message
bad been forwarded to Albany, and
that an answer could be looked for