The Washington herald., 1922-12-12
|CDRLSs Protested
| Love E0R CONVICT
Richard Middleton Says He
Tried to Spare Her'Any
Humiliation.
HER BEAUTY .DAzzLED HIM
1Loye You with All Ny Heart"
Ne Wrote Brewster's
soul-mate.
HER BEAUTY DAzzLED HIM
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NEW YORK, Dec. ii.-when
Richard Middleton began a term In
the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta
he tried to spare Corliss Palmer
any humiliation. he said today.
He had been ssntenced to one
year and . day on q charge Of
conspiracy to defraud when en-
ployed by the United States Chip
ping Board. He added:
HAD AVOIDED HER.
The girl who 10 now enjoying
the adulation of Eugene v.
Brewster followed me to prison
with her affections. i had re
hgiousiy refrained from writing
to her, but she found out where
I was and renewed her protesta-
tions Of undying affection.
Her beauty dazzled me; her
words comfotred me. Knowing
that I was innocent OF charges 1
on which ] was sentenced finally
concluded that ! could not endure
) life without Corliss.
Here is the first letter. inspected
by q prison official. that Middleton
says came to him in prison from
Corliss: Their romance. lasting six
years In all. had suffered O tenn
porary break by Middleton's at
tempt to conceal his plight from her.
The letter. dated January 1, 1870.
reads In part:
Dear Richard: Guess this win be
like a person rising from the
grave. I think Of you, Oh. 70
much. until II makes my head
ache
DREAMED OF HIM.
dreamed Of you for three
nights last week and have
thought Of you 20 much Of late.
/ would just love to hear all
about you.
e. IN swear loved you once
with Rll my heart and soul. and
Ne much as any girl could ever
love any man or boy. rather.
The only reason those boys said
things like that was because
wouldn't do everything they said
You know erything. though.
because 1 explained thines to
you.
II you ever come to Macon.
would love to see you. Lst's be
good friends and write me a
long, long. letter real soon.
SENT TO HIS HOME.
The above missive was Ad.
dressed TO Middleton's Nome in
Hszlehurst, Ga. the writer pre-
sumably being unaware OF his
trouble.
Middleton says he wrote to Cor
liss, laying bare his sorrows and
confessing his love for the auburn
haired miss OF 20 years who soon
thereafter was to become winner
OF a fame and fortune" contest
engineered by wealthy Eugene V.
Brewster. of Brooklyn.
When she learned OF Middle.
tons reason for cutting short his
correspondence, Corliss wrote:
Ny dearest boy: I can't help
writing to you tonight. Ny heart
just aches for you, darling. You
know / love you with all my heart
and soul and wish I could share
your troubles with you. Il
seems ages since I have seen you.
Your visit just made me ZEE how
dear YOU were to me. I have
missed you something awful I
would tust love 10 be with you al.
ways. dear. and long for the time
to hurry and come when we viii
never be parted.
FARTHEST FROM THOUGHT.
Middleton said in an exclusive in
terview with the American:
I would never have suspected
that Corliss would some day be
the darling goddess Of q man OF
advanced years-a man who was
married and who had all that
money could buy. They VIII re
pent OF their bargain.
Brewster told me. In q tele-
phone conversation. that Il was
not his money. but his poetic
temperament that won Corliss. II
IL were merely sentiment. you can
see that her sentiment was for
4 me in a whcfe-souled way.