Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
W~ICHITAFALLS DIR. DREHER
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sick to be able to say anything.
That j. why : am writing this.
Eve do not fear death because
We have made cur peace with God
and wa will soon be where suffer
ing and punishment arc no more,
safe at home with Jesus. Thou
sands know. As we'll as Mrs. Leboucf
and | know that we are innocent.
"Bcadle Cthe r serving 4
life sentence for his part III the
crimeA killed Lcbouef and mutilat-
"a and disposed of hia body owe
my protest and against my wishes,
saying he had done the same thing
70 q man years ago and nothing
ever came Of u.
yet Mrs. Lebouef and I have
been led 10 the slaughter like shec9.
For 4 year and a half MI, have been
fighting FOR our lives. We have
fought with truth for our weapon
ever since We we're put on trial. We
have lost. We will die game.
1T has been an uphill fight All
the way against those who have
been against us.
'If our lives are sacrifircd. 7 hope
II will not Be an IN vain. 7 hope
that with our deaths a movement
will be started to abolish capital
punishment, a relic Of the barbaric
ages.
-lf any movement like that grows
out NJ the legal murder ~ Mrs.
Lebouef and myself. then a. Jesus
died Or the cross that others might
live. ~ we too shall not have died
in vaiu.
SAYS Stories Untrue
"All this story that Mrs. Lebouef
and ! were lovers is untrue. | had
been the Leboucfs' family physician
for twenty years and Jim Lebouef
wa MY best friend until Tint lying
anonymous letter camc ~ light.
~ had always prized the friend
hip Of tho Lebouefs.
a kinder hearted cr more synpa-
thetic woman never lived than Ms.
Lebouef.
"It is ! bitter rup cs have M
drInb, but - are going NJ face cur
God pith y hearts washed clean
of hatred.
we were overruled on everything
that might work IN our favor. We
were overruled when We fought 70
keep out of the record much that
hurts us.
God knows ana I know VIC both
are innocent and vet VI never have
had the benefit of the faintcst
shadow OF doubt.
ut is hard not to grow bitter
when YOU stand face to face with
a shameful death YOU have not de-
served. r. ] do tonight.
III will try not to W. bitter. /
have forgiven those who have lied
about me and ! have prayed 10 God
to forgive them. Mrs. Lebouef has
done the same. We can face our
God with clear consciences.
The hearts Of Mrs. Lebousf and
myself are warm with gratitude for
those who have bcfriendod us IN
these long months of our bitter
troubles. We forgive AM who have
misjudGed US and who have been
hard on Us. W. thank our friends
and all Of those Who have assisted
US.
TO them this is our last message
on this earth. We are going home
and re will ~ waiting ~ welcome
YOU where there iz NJ more sor-
row
Through a drilling rain a small
group followed tho body Of Mrs.
Lehouef 20 the cemetery at Morgan
City where she was buried beside
the body of her husband. James j..
Lebouef, slain 10 months a1o.
At about the same time the body
Of Or. Dreher was being buried at
Clinton.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lebouof
were held yesterday At Franklin and
then the body was brought here to
the home OF her brother, Emory
Bonner.
There * an innocent girl" Mrs.
Virginia Bonner. her aged mother,
nurmured az friends passed by the
casket.
The house at Morgan City in
which Or. Dreher lived still bears
his gold lettered name on the door.
His widow and two daughters went
to Clinton for the funeral. Ser
vices we're conducted ~ the Rev.
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