Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-15

| MS Dig nand down on the desk "or
| I'll
Keep back there, Somes," said
{ Gormly sharply as the man stepped
forward, his face aflame. Il can deal
with the man. Connell," he contin-
ued, you are going to sit right there
until I've finished with you Now,
| Somes," he said, you stand right be-
| hind him, and if he attempts to get
out of his chair keep him down"
You're assaulting an officer of the
| law!" roared the chief, swapping his
| fingers.
| You ought to be man enough to
| know that the games against you so
FAR said Gormly, land keep quiet I'M
| til I get through. Then III give you
chance to talk. Are you ready now.
| Mr.. Chaloner?"
quite ready, sir" was the imper-
| .urbablea answer Of that most excal-
lent young man.
''Pll begin again:
Tonight at half after eleven O'clock
Ben Cornell, the chief of police of the
| city of New York, called at my apart
| ment. He came unaccompanied and
wearing plain clothes. The object of
| his visit was to demand of me that
| should withdraw as candidate for
| the mayor Of New York; that should
request the people who had honored
me with their support to vote for
Warren; that l 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 a threat of instant
publicity, including a possible arrest
II | refused. In the presence of my
private secretary, Philip Chaloner, of
my friend and servant, William Somes,
ana or the chief of police, Connell
himself, l am debating this state
ment,
twenty-five years ago | 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
uhder investigation. To not one act
nave they been able to point of which
am ashamed or upon which they
could fix an attack
When l came to New York | was
nineteen years of age. ! was born in
vermont. | received a common school
education, graduating from the high
school when l was sixteen. My father
dleo before l was born, my mother at
my birth Some small property &C.
crulng to NE was turned over to me
ny my guardian on my graduation
from the high school. | spent two
years at sea as a cabin boy, and then
orlIted west, finally bringing up at
Kill Devil Camp in Wyoming.
There I came under the influence
Oh woman older than |, who thought
IL not unbecoming to her to beguile
and entrap the young eastern tender
loot VINO was just entering upon his
nineteenth year. l was young, mex
perlenced. fmpressionable; l fell cont
pletely under her influence. There is
something to be said for her, poor
woman. She was married to a drunk
en- brute Of q husband. a miner. a
gambler, who was not only unfaitbful
TO her, but who abused her fright
FULLY l think my sympathies more
than my affections were engaged. I i
mad a cnivalric desire to help her.
Boys reverence for womankind
abused and suffering, quixotic spirit
OF knight errantry, Of which even now
l am not ashamed
I had still some little money left |
and resolved to take her away from
her 1ntolerable life. | 90 not wish to
shelter myself behind woman: bat
| have always told the people of New
YORK the exact truth, and | am do |
ing 1t now. We had planned to leave /
the camp on a certain night and ride
Sotth to the Union Pacific That |
night was the night Of the great biz. |
card of 1882, which is still remeu,
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. Ter hus.
band had recently won a small sum of |
money by gambling That money she
took with her.
We had turned to the door to go
out, although it was almost certain
death to be abroad in such storm.
when her husband entered the room.
How he knew, or whether he knew.
what we were going to DO | cannot
say. At any rate, he was there. He
covered me with gun; l was entire
ly helpless.
Il worked in a desperate hurry, and
at last got my hand on the butt Of
my pistol. ! saw from the look of his
eye that I would have little time to
draw it. I realized that unless could
was Il doomed man. At that in
slant there was flash and a report
in the room. Immediately after the
man pulled the trigger of his own
DiSt01 h11t tho hyrl1nt wont wild IL