Year: 1879

into life once, why is than half of Bridgeport
let TO run Ut large and only poor me SHUT up IN
word, thought or deed. am imprisoned on merely
bare supposition What credit can there be at
tached to such a law? harmless, inoffensiye
woman is cast into prison for saving her own iifa
and exposing crime while housebreakers are Let to
go at large and enjoy his or her i'll got gains.


UsKIND REPORTERS


wish to speak of the unkind, cruel reporters of
the New York papers. My own countrymen, of my
birthplace. unjustly use insulting phrases against
without knowing if l really deserve SUCH without
first finding out truth before adding to my already
crushed heart The stone that is thrown at another
VIII rebound on the that throws it, God is good.
His word has been my only comfort all through my
prosecutions. have told the truth and fear moth
ing, for my conscience is clear in the sight OF God.
our true judge and He Is the one am trying not to
offend. am now and have been all along ridiculed
because pray ] sometimes wonder if this part
heartfelt sympathy The brute creation sympathises
with one another Not accuse me OF any
wronsdoing il the truth is told about me. defy
them. Why am so abused in the land OF my fore
fathers? Is this the reward of revolutionary hero?
Flesh and Blood to be unjnstly punished for what
another done? i am ruthlessly torn from support
ing my aged mother, kept from helping my invalid
sister and from giving motnerly counsel to my tw?
fatheress daughters that are poorly married. "God
help ALL is my daily prayer


PRESS


have had false witnesses brought against me-
All the Bassett family swore falsely against me- and
I here for the last time try to make my unhappy
situation known in its true light. The Most High
Power over all and the daily Press is all that is left





wish to be done by! Justice is all l ask.


AN APPEAL FOR SYMPATHY.


/ here appeal to the Christian public for their
prayers and influence. respectfully ask the Chris
tian Association to pray for Inc and my loved ones.
know helpless and my two dear children, that need
sadly l have faith in prayer; it is all
the comfort I get; l appeal to the true
justice to restored to my loved ones while
can yet help them, Tor my health is failing and un-
less get my freedom soon shall be past helping
m L others. Oh. Christian mothers feel for
me, pray for and visit when you can. I
an innocent woman and am not afraid to call
witness what / say. My statement is true.
Frank Bassett alone done that murder. Those three
fear of losing my life all the hand had in it,
One may well submit to be murdered as to save
their life and be cast into prison as long as life
nature-self- preservation. 1 not the heartless,
degraded creature my enemies try to make me. but
i have faith that in time shall have my rights. I
truly think / am not used AZ the means of reform
to certain extent by all wise, all seeing ruler and
to better do my work must suffer as our Saviour
did to arrive at true reform based on Christian
foundation. More than this am not at liberty
to tell now but in Gods own na..an time he ;s
1 had been guilty of any crime whatever
barring adultery with Frank Bassett) could not
complain at my lott but am not guilty. and on
that build my hopes Here l wish to say that my
heart and mind condemned me for living unmarried
with Frank Bassett. so that asked Frank to allow
me to have my own way and keep separate bed, SO
he had bed made by the side of mine in my room.
He jealous of me he would not
sleep in another My modesty will be
rudey ested over, am well aware Of but this awful
false position in which am placed compels me to
tell the unvarnshed truth so that may be as
am and not as am represented Iwould not change
places witMmy enemies the false witnesses although
now suffer cruelty from unjust Imprisonment.
My mind is free from sef-condemnation, tor
ture they must suffer night and day for
raising their voices against an innocent woman.
They know nothing about only heresay. The day is
coming when will not onely stand in my true light.
but VIII help those unable to nelp themselves.
again ask interest in the prayers of the Christian
public tor my self and my family. With respect,
submit this true fealing to the public press Of
the United States. This is my onely means of vim
dicating myself in the eyes of the world. Retrbu-
ton will overtake my Enemys in time. "Vengence
is mine sayth the Lord, l will repay