The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-23
Strange Thoughts Arc
Recorded by Bluebeard
in His Last Hours
ACCUSES PROSECUTOR
Il Watched You Hour by
Hour" Man Accused Of
Murders Writes


day OF lls execution nr tHH murder
pT l. women have M.i ar"u re-
N,ai,d ON, ul tu. Iul und0uht-
edly the most cI'rt..lu1IE was
wuNgu tA, ',,ulut u,.rc Blue
h.ard Nlt HuHiNI.. i H' 70 lime
whom I.ulrH bu.V Irt uD hIt but
"a few uuIrs .i,. ~ WIS adj
dressed tu No 700 iudotroy pub
'D prosecute. uU..u. iuudruH trial
and WHO asked flat sentence OF
death 3boull uo I. .Du 1u him. Tho
doeum,ul be- NI'.u '. q clear ana
cm hand. 10 GO. .r7 s'NUu pages ut
f1oI-cap paper and I7 hero Eiyon in
part.
at is now thrro months aimee we
first met In "a few hours ! shall be
no more. ] can now surely ask you
20 look back on that trial wherein l
met death.
"You camo There marvellously
prepared, armed with the most for
midabie documents over constituted
against one man. You knew tho lat
ter perfectly. YOU had most detailed
and secret notes about me, | did not
know you. ] WAS alone, shut away
In a cell | had no documents. a
study Of the document drawn up
against mo revealed to you the In
dictment against me. II did not re-
veal the accused to you Your first
duty was "a study of the prisoner.
Used sIl Your Powers"
You used all your powers against
me. You tried persuasion, you
threatened penal law, you tried emo
tion, fear You watched my every
movement, the slightest sign of fonr.
l did the same regarding you. EN-
1 .I
some sort of right TO do SO. /
watched you not day by day, but
hour by hour.
"Astonishcd at first "a rare thing
usually for public prosecutor) on
account OF my precise replies. a
doubt camo into your mind. a tcr-
rible doubt for you whose duties
obliged you L. support the aCcusa-
tlon. noticed this doubt creep into
your mind and you forever watching
me knew that had Understood.
"As you, at that time, were trying
10 obtain an avownl you becamo
troubled seeking In those internlna-
BILE dopoIltions of witnesses, Nf
which beforehand you knew the In
Significance, something which would
reassure you.
The more this somi certitude de-
layod the more the distress In your
mind became apparent. With your
Zine observant talents you realized
that the prisoner, although subducd
but easy and calm. could only be 20
because innocent.
.'Followcd Your Thoughts"
The trial dragged on. / followed
your thoughts and / was not the
only object OF your prcoccupailon.
Witnesses, poor and valueless OBJ
xtth lob Ial.
alleged crimes, called your attention.
You were waiting for the second
part OF the trial. Your hopes were
based on the famous cooking range.
You expected some feverish gesture.
IA faltering. You had prepared
strong and terrible phrases. But
when you saw II, small and more
adaptable to children's fun of cook =
ing. then you realized that there
could not have been and had not
. been perpetratod In It those abom-
Unable atrocities of which you ac-
cused me. Isn't IL true that my
cooking range frightened your
You reproached me for being Sc
we're. Was 1 severe that day?
could have asked that the grato be
taken out and shown that 1t was
barely as big as poilu's dixie can,
Everyone would have smiled 10
think that bodies could have been
burned In II. You telt this clearly
enough and how those strings loose.
ly strung around the range and held
you.
"Do you remember the emotion
created when woman witnos;
came forward to state that never
had she seen anything Of a sus
plcious character in that gratc?
"Thosc Seals lie Broken"
To-day / can now state that a
the time | almost had the incon
ceivable idea OF demanding that al
those seals be broken and that ever.
one see that CRATE. | had under
stood you, however, and | did no
want 10 increase your anxiet,
against which your honesty wa
struggling.
in your turn tell me why you =
carefully and apparently hastil
ordered the verificatlon of certai
indications which reached you. /
you were so absolutely convinoe
and were sure that those wome
who had disappeared had bee
burned in that range why did 20
look for them elsewhere?
THE next day the range had dis
appeared. Experts had come for
ward to tuy one that he had slfte
cinders therefrom, another that h
had burned sleeps head. But tn
crate which could have been use
to demonstrate their sayings ha
gone. on it's stead n big kboar
had been produced on which a seri
ous-looking individual chalked fig
ures. What a relief that was 70
you! with what precipitation yo
came closer TO him, you encourage,
him with your gesticulatlon, witt
your eyes, and he continued L
demonstrate his curious science. II
showed YOU how with figure
barred ana replaced, one could max
head fall, You wanted that sor
OF thing to support your address [,
the jury.
Encouraged by Nou.'
Encouraged by you. the eXper
continued. 1 continued to observ
you not anxious to follow the de
bates of Tho trial but those far NOR
Interesting OF Il sincere magistrate
at grips with his conscience and hi
duties. From timo to time yol
threw a glance In my direction. TO
you also felt the silent drama playe
between ourselves which / believ
was known only by ourselves,
why did you mark time wher
the, evening before. that range ha
stood? 1t was not because yo
wanted TO wander around that @,
pert. You had understood n
ranges language. You had draw
your deductions. But did you n,
feel It shouting to you. NO. I'm d