Evening journal., 1915-03-15
Continues from First pacel


slowly towardssthc floor and iammed his
feet beneath the steam radiator lest he
try to stand again. That was how he
died slowly strangled by his own
weight. and when he was found his
knees were bent so that he was almost
knecling.
tn body was found at 1890 o'clock
a. m. after chambernaid had Nainly
tried to get in to the room. 4 bellboy
climbed on a chair. looked through the
transom and saw the dead form out
lined against the window shade.
The boy topplcd OIL the chair IN
fright and ran TO the manager, who noti-
fed Deputy Coroner Nckcever. Nc
Kcever cut the iuan down and sent the
body to the morguc. lhcn he went o,r
the papers and found the directions
which the man had left concerning his
disposal. Here they are;
Orders of the Suicide.
NOTICE.
The following notes are not for
publication. They are personal to
the coroner TO prove that it is a
clear suicide case. You can give
them to a minister to prepare ser
mon.
When you cut me down
J. Do not remove the rope from
the neck
?. Cut the rope as high as posi-
bic to allow several feet TO remain
at the neck.
2. Do not unfasten the feet.
4. Do not remove my clothing.
D. DO not remove my body TO the
morgue.
6. Bring a plain coffin.
7. Place me I'm the coffin as !
am dressed. rope at neck and feet
You can release the hands and
place them alongside the body.
s. When the coroner has view .
cd my body bury me at once.
On another page the man had writ
ten
My execution at midnight
March 10. is inevitable You can
sec that ! am calm My hand
does not trcmble. II Is better 10
die than TO live and suffer n
pauper.
Again he had written:
Some years ago when | made
my first attempt | made a failure.
could not resist the temptation
70 seize the rope with my hands
and keep my feet on the ground.
This time I will make sure.
Tn commenting on his burial, tho
man wrote:
In my burial i'm Potters Field
will be violating at the last
tho teachings Of my youth against
association With the common peo-
pie I will be there where every
one is alike. where there are no
headstones, none to trample my
grace True | may be with all
sorts of men but there are plenty
Of crooks buried in the fashion
able cemeteries under imposing
headstones. and others under big
headstones whose graves are
neglected and trampled by every
one.
But by the turn Of circumstances
II looks as II none of the mans re-
quests will be carried out. His no.
tice was given to the newspapers, the
rope was taken from his neck at the
morgue. his clothing was removed
and the law provides that such bodies
as his shall bo turned over to the
anatomical board for medical dissec-
tion.
Bradlett's. or Cottman's. confession
Us regarded as a most remarkable hui
man document full OF vivid pictures
from an extraordinary life and in
tensified by a vivid description of his
sensations as he was lashed publicly
at New Castle for burglary. II
was entitled "A Confession" and In
parenthesis was:
CAS- a self-made confession is not
accepted, I give many details TO prove
my statement
His Confession.
Then Il read:
"I was born In New York in 1865.
Shortly after my birth my mother re-
turned to her home in Belgium. while
my father went west to prepare new
home. AS we never heard from my
father again, we remained in Belgium.
My mother had no money, but | be-
lieve that her father was a well-to-do
business man, so she raised me TO be
q gentleman OF leisure.
"As have been taught not to asso-
ciate with plain worlmen and found
il hard TO support myself after the
death Of my mother and the bank
ruptcy of my grandfather, | then re-
turned TO the States. / engaged a
room in hotel near Courtland street
without knowing the character of the
house. I found myself in nest OF
crooks. When my money gave out the
landlady urged me to help her in heI
crooked work for the sake of my
board. 1 was TO find out from the
newcomers. mostly immigrants, if they
had any money and when ! was sat
isfied that they were fairly well pro
vided with cash I was 10 get them Il
drink until they would be so helpless
as to be carried to their beds. where
the landlady would relieve them ol
their valuables. To try to raise
enough money to leave this place
engaged in petty thieving and wher
the holidays approached l started tho
shop-lifting game. On Christmas
Eve. 1856. was arrested in a store
at Fifty-ninth street and Third ave
nue.. New York, on the charge o.
stealing a gold scarf pin. was sen
fenced to two months on the Island
Both the New York police and thi
store people will confirm this state
ment.
AT my release I started for th'
west and engaged in the typewrite
repair business. This could have don
for some years if the desire TO MAX
more money had not prompted me &
steal a typewriting machine IN Chi
cago. At this Tins il was easy I
dispose Of stolen typewriter, as n
bill of sale was required, and second
hand machines landed a good pric
! got sentence of eighteen montl
in the Illinois penitentiary.