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of deeds at New Haven to find out if
I had that real estate, or to spend the
same sum to have found out the self
same thing as to the General Motor
stock. With my experience and
knowing about such matters, it seems
quite ridiculous that / should obtain
a loan of $4,000 with my statement all
shot full of holes, when / might
naturally expect them to call up those
places and verify my statements.
did not negotiate that loan with
the bank; that loan was negotiated
with Mr.. Bigelow at his store in his
office, with him personally and / did
not go near the bank. Mr.. Bigelow
was interested In the Camp, he had
subscribed for $500 worth of stock,
several of his friends had also sub
scribed, and there was money to have
been paid on the day that note was
given, and Mr.. Bigelow kept out of
my way until ten minutes of three.
AT two O'Clock / went to his store
and he did not arrive until 10 min
utes of three, and he said at am I'M
able to make that payment that /
was going to make today on my stock
he says, 81 can't do it." I says, "You
know the fix we are IN, that we need
the money" He was getting a COM
mission for doing this transaction. He
said How much money do you need.
] said, in the neighborhood of $4,000"
He says, "You make a note and en-
dorse it and / will see what I can
do" I says, at is pretty late, it is
too late to do anything today" But
he reached in his desk and took out
note and made it out with his own
handwriting and asked me to endorse
y he h~n 70,
the bank and came back and told me
he had cashed it. The next day
telephoned him to make certain that
the thing had gone through all right
and he told me that the directors did
not know anything about the trans
action and he would be careful to look
after the note when it became due
In view of those facts it may seem
strange TO some that / didn't 60 on
the stand and defend myself. Some
fifteen years ago i had to defend my
self, they spent a great sum of money
to run their steam roller over me;
they pretty nearly took my life. AT
any rate, in the mix-up it placed me
in a very awkward position about
going on the stand to defend myself
and so / chose the least of two evils
as thought and changed my plea on
that account.
Now, during that time when / had
that experience l was very i'll follow
ing it and / am going to make a con-
fession today that / guess / haven't
told more than one or two people
since l have been here and / do that
for my family and not for myself
have had seventeen hemorrhages,
three of those hemorrhages were suf-
hclent to cause most any ordinary
man to lose his life. / have had ply
sicians standing over me with a hypo-
dermic needle to stop on two or three
occasions the heart blood coming from
my mouth, and after it was stopped
and after all the things were over
experts were called In and said / had
about month to live. i discharged |
the physicians as they thought they
couldn't do anything for me and
changed my mode of living; tried
to forget everything; / changed nv
name; tried to shed my skin; / tried
to live right, eat the right foods and
live In the open but / still have, as
the X-ray will show, spot in the left |
lung. have been confined very closely !
for four months and / feel l would |
like to save my life if / could. Close |
confinement would be injurious to me.
And for that reason / am asking
clemency on your part and throwing |
myself at your mercy. / have reim- |
bursed the bank, or In other words. |
L turned over the money with which |
to pay the bank. / have never had |
a thought other than paying the banI |
as soon as | could. And as showing |
that | have no feeling against the |
states attorney, | have the kindliest |
feeling toward hin-he was once nv
attorney-and this may be something /
that he doesn't know When we were |
through doing business / owed him |
$3.50. | thought it wasn't proper to |
pay him during litigation but I have |
placed In the hands of my attorney /
$500, with which to pay him and ] /
want my friends to know it and / do |
1T simply because it is an honest bill. |
l might shed lots of tears but / I
am too strong for that; have strong
emotions in my family and 1 have
suffered very greatly for them and
they have suffered more for me.
Following this plea Judge Fish
sentenced Bancroft to STATE prison for for
not less than one year nor more than
hve years and pay costs of prosecu-
ton.
William Philips plead. guilty to lar
ceny and was sentenced to not less
than one year, nor more than two
years at State prison. Attorney HUI
bert Pierce appeared for defendant
and made strong plea for clemency
on account of the good record of
Philip while in the hands of the pro
baton officer, and for the wife and two
small children
Joseph Rousseau, the lad II
years old, who plead guilty to
assault with intent to rob
Anna Rowen, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Rowen of Albany. was
sentenced to State prison for not less