Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-26

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After he had said
Good night, honey"
and SO on. in that calm,
assured fashion, and John Edward
had taken his, to her, ..rI 'aSH'on'
surprising departure, Burglar.
little newly made Mrs. Who Celebrate
Jackson began to cry. his Wedding Nj
What could possibly Rohh.r;o, isIw
be the "jobs" that could Now Begun n
tear him away from her Fifteen-Year
on this night OF all imprisonment
nights If ho really loved Penitent;arv.
her, as he said he
did? This was devotion to work, indeed.
II never heard Of such thing!" she said
to herself.
But perhaps he would be back soon.
Minute after minute licked slowly by,
washed away into the irrecoverable past
on the wake of her tears.
Yearly she kept looking at the clock,
and like the famous Mariana of the
Moated Grange, "He cometh not" sho said
Doubt began to creep into her heart.
After all. what did She actually know OF
this bridegroom who had swept her away
from her mornings? Slowly, and even
more slowly. the night wore on, Dawn
came and she was still awake.
And In the meantime, what of tho van
ished bridegroom?
The vanished bridegroom was busy at
his work. Shortly after he had left her,
ne and two others. ono of whom it la
claimed, wac Keithley, were speeding in
the racer from edge to edge OF the city.
laundering motorists and oil-flllng sta
tons. Toward midnight they had motored
into st. Louis County. At that hour the
wealthy night tourists begin to return to
the city from the roadhouses and various
gay resorts Certain roads there have for
years been the stamping ground for high.
waymen. And part Of the county long bore
the name of "Hell's Half Acre" because of
the many crimes committed within its
boundaries. In the latter part of August
the Clayton night sheriff and the city mar.
Shal were murdered there by three bandits
In Jackson's last hold-up he had been
recognized by one of his victims, the police
nad traced him to certain hotel, and
there they lay in wait for him. Now If
Mr.. jackson had gone hack to his bride
when ne had finished his financial opera
tions OF tho night" he certainly would not
have been arrested quite so promptly. But
he did not. And 10! and behold. when he
entered his room there tho police were
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and 1t may be that the bridegroom had
simply gone back to remove some OF the
traces or his occupation so that he could
appear to his waiting bride spck and span.
He submitted to arrest without q struggle.
although revolver. strapped at his waist.
band. could quickly have been used by him.
All that morning the little bride waited.
weeping. That afternoon Keithley and
another man drove up to the station house
where jackson was. They tried to arrange
bonds for the prisoner but while they were
talking the police searched their cab and
found revolver concealed beneath the
carpet OF the floor. Victims OF five hold
ups. tho police say. identified both Jack
son and Keithley.
And soon after this tho police came to
the sorrowful bride. Woebegone and MALE.
she faced them.
Have you brought me bad news about
my husband?" she asked "IIas he been
hurt 2"
The police were gentle. Without telling
her what had happened they took her to
the station house And there sho met her
husband. All the rest Of that dav the two
sat there-the little Sunday school girl and
the burglar, whose lifo memoirs oro Writ.
Ten IN the police blotters from end to end
OF the Middle West. And there her dreams
of her hero were turned into realization
that he was criminal
Not long did she lnger in the Jail after
that first day Of her honeymoon. It was
readily seen how innocent she was OF all
knowledge or completely in Jackson's do.
inss. There was none who did not feel
sincerely sorry for her
During the day in the cell Jackson con-
icssed to her. He did not seem to be par.
tcniarly sorry for what he had done. He
nld seem TO be sorry for her and tried to
sootne her sorrow. But there was cal
iousness about him that shocked her.
Dr Arthur Deppe. of tho Alexian Broth
ers Hospital; DIR. r. +. Keany, formerly
superintendent OF the Hospital for the In
sane at Pennington, Mo-. and Jacksons
nl6,her were witnesses for the defense.
DIR. Deppe described the bridegroom "a
a moron He asserted that five years ago
ne had examined the hoy at tho request
OF his father and found him to be mentally
defective.