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THE PRISON DEMON.
By Juetah Plym •nl Francm Walton.
(Copyright, 1900. by McClure, Phillip# &
Cos )
2.
Until < comparatively the offi
cial Virgil who condut t? vlelfor* through
thf
la call attention #n a woolen door tn th®
tm®®m* v nt of one of the prison buildlnfH
It aa# hb rafTwr.tMl cuxtom to wall
until the vUltors •* r® vary cioae to tha
door before explaining to wltat Inferno it
lad. When the eye# of every ore werr ll
reefed to the jxi.ik* k by whtrh the d*.or
was #rurel. h** m*ouid eay. In a voice
charg'd with myatery: “On the Mh‘r #i*t®
of tha: dx*r U<ll*a *n.t gentlemen, live#
Jlarvay Jrlfffe. tha prison demon " And
having {•aur'-d u* allow hi won I- their
full affect, he pee #*d gravely on and ar
ttailcai y htghtenad tha ourloeJty whi< h he
had arou#ad by (Whining to
"We alii n<*w pa**.'’ be said. "Into the
kiundr'v kepartmant."
It omeUOiM happen* <1 thn\ we of the
7*ow* rm That Hub* arrived at the pent*
tetitlary and expressed a vHfth to ree ih**
Inferno in all It# d* !!*. Again I •>* offi
• ial Virgil led the way to the troodsn l*wr,
but with a murk and difference of iiMt.iy-r
■A
j~ -/ \y ;i m
/
/ uSar*
When tha Doctor Return**) to Til# Office Tlnrvev Wai Found Sitting Inn Pool of FUood on the Floor.
H had iwelvwl very ik*flnlt Instruction*
to chow the "Kentleman" everythin* Ar
rtved at the door, he raid nothin* about
the prrtwn demon, he *aUI *lm|ily; "Wotild
you like to #ee him?" An afltrrontlve n
-• trer oaueed to be unlorki'd a serlen of
tjoortt. which, when < .4-*O,-1. partially re
vealed. Mill behind liar*, one of the celcb
rltle* of the Powers That Prey.
The celebrity - * willingness to talk" de
pended wholly on the mood he happened
to be In. The moot successful rusa to be
tray him Into conversation wa for tha
guard to say, "Harvey, here's a frleiel
from Catamaran county " fnlss bust id
xrt'h a "tum" at hi* iwllst henk-s or fret
ted about the darkness of the day having
diminished the light In hi* cell, which was
never sufficiently penetrating to allow a
spectator to see more thun the bare out
lines of the man when he sat on his bed.
toe generally took advantage of the Imita
tion to show himself, and walkd over to
the vialtor'* side of hte dungeon.
•‘From Catamaran county, are you?" he
would ask "Well, that a a sight bet
ter county - n thla 1 ain't kickin', though
All they can do to mo I* coop me up an'
I can aland on me head 'f I like. They
don't dare .Ornc tn here an' let me Unger
'em over. 1 can do up the whole push of
>m. I’d like to squeese that guard's
throat now Say. you old walnut head,
open up the Aon and gimme a chance
to be affectionate, will you?" At close
range be did not look strikingly like a
demon It was difficult, on account ol the
hers, to have a satisfactory view of him.
but with the exception of his extraordi
nary pterrln* brown eyes he gave the Im
pression. both in conversation and muri
ne r. of being an ordinary prisoner. A
well-built body and general muscular ap
pearance suggested gcssl health, und his
oomph xlon was not much worn l than that
of his less closely ctonllned fellow con
vict*. At the time of hi* Imprisonment
In the underground cell he was about St
year* old.
On aH occasions, when n privileged
visitor was taken to #*e Jetlffe. the ofh
cjal explained a Hill* how Jellffe lived.
gl* spends hours every day In gym
nastic*.'' he would say. "lie be one pf
the strongest men 1 ever had to guard
If you hfK him why he takes so much
emercl*e. h** says: Tm tryln' fo keep my
mlmi above my bo-ly.' He mean* that
ho Is trying to keep strong Although
hr ha si brvn In that <ll for over t*f
vnonthfl tit a stretch. he cm still do up
any ordinary three men. O. he‘ a ph
nonviun, all right. No doubt about
that.*'
Harvey Jellffe had no’ upon his first
entrance Into prison been the demon of
the place; he had b*en a most exemplary
penitent. laltr he hud committed a mur
der In the prison Itself, and had escaped
the death penalty only by a surmise. to
which he himself refused In the least to
assent, of Insanity. It h.id been plain l*oth
to Judge and Jury that a man with but
a short term still to serve, who comm tied
n murder that must be brought home to
him. could not he wholly of sound mind.
When be got a Mf* sentence he promis'd
openly "to do for" th# Harden, and that
f lesa miijMtlA and treason and half a
dozen other things, besides being fool
ish In the meantime, while the warden
ahowed respect for his own skin by keep
ing out of the way. Harvey kept himself
In practice by knocking the •‘screws*
heads together ami miscellaneously spoil
lag them for weeks after they had passed
through his hands, for a visit to their
eweerhearts Therefore, as was but reas
onable, he had be* n scientifically paddtod.
and subjected to hot wafer In Immigra
tion. and to electricity, and had been
*trung up by the wrists for thirty-six
hours, a# a modest minimum, at a stretch.
\\ hen he had proved after these delicate
attention* that he really did not under
stand klnk exw. he was pronounced b> ih#
wurden arvl bo urne the prison d< mob,
and %va# dealt with a# such.
• ••••••••
In connecilon with the "Harvey J* llffe
Case." o# It I# tomellnpi ralll. there
i oiu***rel not long r*go In the |nitil<* print#
| a t>aragraph entltl*l. An Kxp* rim* nt In
j Penology," whk h read thus; “The warden
€f the • • • • • |m nib rtiry hi* h®l
lailll a very nmarkabi* < **• in whl<h
I are to I** confined two |.n*on*r* who
I hove heretofore m * xp* t •*-■ to the
j slate which It l- hop**! th* i nov-itiofi
i will very considerably reduce. One of th**
I prteoner# Is the < *1)-known |*rof* siorml
Harvey Jallffr, gfckptilari) •#!!.! the
! Prison Demon. #r>l the other I * mur
; drrrr who. If not ►< Inli*T**ntly irr•** l.ilm
-1 tilde (h J llffi, ha> * l>- *oi;fl ♦ I in a
separata cell guerdcd by *x* • pri-*n *>fb
crr*. *i tie plan K to i*i? r two m- n
Into the cage nnd. If p> .* * make
them work. Whether fh v work or not.
however It is belteved that imp.'l nrmnt
In the rage is the most Jit fir r punishment
to !>#• im liit out to each fP nd* It *
suggested to the warden that th* ' rw#
men might turn upon each other and do
grave harm, but *hl# j*o.-s;fUif jr and % rot j
*ern to glia t *• warden gnat * n *-i .
lb M*id in • *. aid to It If th* n :i a tu.iily
killed each other he was rot sure that
that would rail t> the tie si *.utinn of the
problem, TV) the Invm in hls form of ex
ecution <an but scm Irregular, to say
the leiost, but It Is a nuns!km dc-ervtng of
very serious consldcr.itlon by tmlh *|**r
lalfsta and lav men whether It would not
be wise to ptit such wretches out of the
world by process of l.w *
Rlnee the publication of this paragraph
there have been a number of public Htote
menta by professional criminologist* who
have examined Jellffe in regard to his de
gree of Urgent racy, ami the consensus of
opinion among them Is that physically ns
well as mentally he |s a pronounce I type
of criminal abnormality. They const.ter
him the kind of criminal that Prof lom
bard suggests might fitly t* put ou of
the world. They see no hope what* ver
of reforming him. ami do not he-itntc
to offer his case as proof of the need of
legislation which will permanently ild a
community of men of hi# stamp The pri
soners in the | ten lien Ha ry where llarvev
Jellff* is confined also hive comments o
make on his case, but there If a very de
cided difference between their remarks
<nd thase of the crlminologUt* They do
not accept the notion that Jellffe is a de
generate; the majority of them believe
that from the time he was first s* at to th
underground cell until the |r e*nt mo
men! h* has acted exactly as they should
have acted under similar provocation
That the world calls him n "demon" 1*
evidence of Ignorance on the pirt >f th**
world which they can only laugh at Hut
what can Is- expect*<l of men publicly
con vie list ot crime? Thtaqucstlon is rtietoi
rl 1. which U to say It Is not to he t k*n
seriously.
At the time that a professor of c Im
tnoloiry was conducting hte university
seminar through the prison lit order that
his student* might see In the flesh som*
of th** monsters-he hod described t th*n
in the lecture ro*>m a convict by the
namisl of Jervis ■ Ilarpaon made a eiate
m nt to a group of fallow-prisoner* in re
gard to Jellffe which Is represent*itva
of the opinion concerning him among the
more enlightened |>ow#ra thai prey
"Tours*. these college bloke* think Har
vey's bughouse.** he *tld; "’cause they
ain’t next. I’ve known Harvey ever since
he struck the turf. I knew him who,, he
was only a kid travelln* with that West
ern mot> of grafter* The fellow's awl e
one dead wise But tie s go? a grouch o.
I dog’i know the whol* o’ the details, but
I know enough of 'em to undctstai and that
it s a a*e o' grouch an’ not bughou-e"
11.
In the life lh.it preceded his tittle of
bondage Haney Jellffe was not a man
who coveted, or iiwPco who gave great
u ( a-iiii for com mb** ration. He did that
whlcn ae* md pleasant in his own eye .
and what his heart lusted for In* took
und k*pt with a string hand In particu
lar his heart hid lusted for Nettle llx.
and he had taken her from her fath- >
and her brothers by dint of Ids strong
hand in their fae< In w hat the neigh
borhood called u "mix-up, * which oc
* urred when he pro|Hx<nl for her hand
To be sure, hi preposition was somewhat
sudden and was not cou tud In t cen.?
that could In the hast t>* called typh
of the lovers whining, wheedling defer
ence toward the guardian dragons of his
beloved. He had t ikl wTh Homeric sim
plicity, after having listened to the fam
ily protect against h* main wage-earner
In their midst lli t ramovad "You can
stow that gns for all m Nett an’ ne
ts goln* to flit right now If y* ain’t lod
set on belt* sorry to part with bet \
can git away from that U**r If y’ and n’t
git away JTI walk ’trough y*. ami It might
itlsr emulate y’r in slues ' It was then tha?
the ’’mlx-up” hud occurred; iiarvey had
THE MORNING NEWS: SCNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1900.
| "walked Trough" Nettle’s male kinsmen,
at Mil events, greatly to the die<adoration
< f their outside!*, and quite literally ha l
brought away hi. bri l*. He hal not be
en bar wince more nor oftener than eh®
meded; ?-h® harsel/ stood ready to tes*
Ufy to this pith every outward accom
paniment of rag* the inrtant she bra' 1
him •reused; and she surety ought to
know how oft* n and to what extent she
i *.•* In need Nettle wm* more than a Ut
ile g'.od to look upon, mid It Is possible
t that h*r tolerai • w * great because. no
matter how heavily he struck her. liar
‘cry was careful never to disfigure her
fa e They had on* i hlid-Hlan. h-of
> hum they were both devotedly fond.
Detective A kerav wa* not given *>
What the voting lady novelists would call
assorted sentiment He ha*l heard mem
ht n *f t*• *'tii -il 1 g<stiff mw cry Mil
insults to which not M r but a good drub
(i n |
flcient one. and hail s. * n w*men tantallae
. man to deal tin Mow which would dis
honor him. uni f**m the p int of view
| of a member of h f*r<*\ h* thotight th®
l low had been ♦ anted, anti ought to be
delivered, "A ludy that ain't n lady, and
can't net like a lady, don’t *b erve to be
* rested like a lady." be had once been
heard to declare between Hl# teeth, a* he
bundled a bonnet nd skirt, etcetera,
roughly into a patrol wagon. To l*c sure,
the exasperation ho Il* -n extreme. Th *
bonnet and skirt had behaved more os if
they contained a larg member of the cat
species than a woman, and one side of
Detective Ackeray'e face bad been laid
opn In broad bands from eye to chin
The point Is. however, that Nettle J* fiff*'
old act like a lady, according to Detective
A kera> s standard ot I* ast. and he once
happened to be pn <nt when llarvey Je
llff* was executing a bit of matrimonial i
and • iplifp. and threaten! to "run Him in’ j
The discipline wit being given In the
street, and Ackeray would not have be*n
I n "fly cof>" had he not be'.ieved it to he
hi- right to nk' . hand in all street
Impp nlne llarvev believed it to \x hi#
right to administer any chasdaenent
he * his w ife ii < 'ld wherever it
pr*vl moat convenient
•This’- my circus." he said, defiantly,
when \ keray threaten* ! t* * pln< h" bltn
"You rublrer too much with y’r neck,
vou k If you can’t do anythin* better
than mix yourself In family affairs. Why
I’ll help you to get over the habit."
"I tell you those, too," Nettie declared,
boldly championing her husband’s right
to bring her up < cording to his best
light. "If you fly cop* *ud fake care o*
your own fam lb“ the way you try to
take care of other people’s, you’d save
morn money. You're nn ol*l w man
thut's what you ore. I wouldn't be
found decs! livin’ with you." Sock it
to him,” "Hit him where he lives."
Ki*k him out o' the streets.' ’bystand
ers suggested, and Not tie was embold
ened t* continue her "roaating.*’
"You Jus’ try to pinch my Harvey,"
she went on. "W’y. you tong-fogged.
I**ather-hcaded front office stiff I'd rather
hove my Harvey ki< k me rcg'Nr cv’ry
mornln* than drink n bottle of sham with
you cv’ry night. You go home an’ see
f your own wife don't need n little
t round n.' **
Detective Ackergy was not hurt by the
frankness of Nettle Jellflfe’s s|>eoeh;
neither did ho find It diminished her
"ladyship.” On th* contrary, he wiis
old-fashioned enough to think a genar
*us lie a grace m womanhood, an l that
a family qtixrrd Is n snered function no
long is the family sin 1 ready to pre
sent a united front against the in erven
tlon or an outsider
"I swig-legged, leather-headed front
ofll<*o stiff is not *t ii., kneyc| term nf
*-iwVarment, an*! if Nettie Jellff.* ha I
iw*en arching for a phrase by which
to recommend herself to detective Acg
• ray’s esteem, *he might not have hit
upon It. Ills taste, however, was mature
and sound; he Ud not mind hard word ;
they k not kirerate the flesh; he mind
'd onl) boon* ts md skirts with i* .me
fiendUh contents; and It stands record
•?*) that whereat* before Nettie Jellffe
hud rldlcub-d him h<* hud pronounced
tier a "cllpjur," after she had ridicule!
him he pr i>*mn and her emphatically a
"corker." No very definite ideas are at*
racked to either of these words, but they
tioth *x preas n I miration, inl "corker" I*
more nearly xtr rn* than "clipper."
IsAter he was heard to say that "that
little woman l oo for Jellffe," an l
hat h* would k> her a g<>od turn s*>me
time If he saw Ids way. He wu* not a
man to split hit> about %vhat he thought
. good turn, and what she woual think
i good turn; If she did not know what
wa> g* od for h* r. h • did. wan not good
for her to .a* beaten When he arrested
Harvey "oti suspicion" In *.xnnection w|?h
•he house-breaking in Hlshworthlple. *he
crl**l more bitterly than at the time when
she had received a hunting she n*k her
l*e.tings for the most |ari In h lughty
* ll* li t- When he succeedeil In convicting
Harvey, altogether on circumstantial ev
idence. nnd In obtaining n sentence rf
four year?, cho cried stri more ' | jtl\
That wn* a> It should be he liked h* -
the be ter liecausc sh' stuck to he min
The farewell between husband and wife
was neither hartbreaking nor prolonged
but It was "on the level,"
"Take care o* the kid. old girl," Har
vey said. ’Tin Innocent, all tight ‘nougn
but there nln’t n need for the kid to
know where Ia in."
"I’ll vis*!! you ng’lar evTy visiting
lav." promised Nettle, at the time really
intend.ng to keep her promise. "Hcmem
•i ur.’ mak* good tim**, an’ don’t get into
my rows. I*ll take care o’ Blanche, so you
lon’t need to worry. You'll write me,
won’t you?"
"Bure."
• Kbs me goodhy: y* ain’t kissed m.
since Blanche’s last birthday. Bolong Mar
Yc v." and the train and 11 rVey started
tor the "stir’*
• •••••
If I>e tec tire Ackeray laid been a mere
~ .vnte cdlgen. and not a prince, r*
|>rirtceling. he must in mre cency
have forborno for some tim* to express
his admiration for Nettie Jcllfle. Tiie cue-
LIEBIG
COMPANY’S EXTRACT
of Beef makes the difference
between a flat, flavorless dish
and a tidbit that would tempt
the most jaded appetite in the
world, v# *# iM iM v# v#
tom* of an aristocracy arc more direct;
the hui-lnrr* of a prince, an.l even of a
princeling require haete, arul their eqb*
■tantlal power make* lle poealhle
Courtehlp In the riven rtreum-'. •• war
did! olt. I>ut rourtohlp In the riven clr
rixnxlUlCl-. I, ala aye difficult, and there
are no clrcumefancea whatever in which
women have not been wooed and won r>e
tecilvo Ackeray beran hi* court*hlp on ■
etreet * orn.T und rontlntied It In a elation
hou * He had deprived her of * |riitector
who did not protect; he wished lo pro
vide her with .inoiher who would; he had
not hunted down Harvey out of mallre.
It had been hi* buslnes* to work up *uch
avldem a, there was, and ha had done
his business and rot hi* reward, and the
prosecutlnr nttomey had done the r-*t.
Th.-. thtiiK* he toUl her roundly, with
a manly stralrhtforwardne** that *hould
have won the heart or the tmarinatlon or
fancy of any woman. When, lnetead of
listening to him. *h* rwvtted liln| with
f. nilnine finish, point and fluency, hrfore
a uatherti.r crowd of ohafflttr nudMora,
he proved him*eif a man to he depended
up n in an < meregency, one of the stronr
dumb-aoul* t'arlyle and Mr. Ruektn used
to iclnbrate as natural leader* and ifov
rnoi at an n. he promptly placed her
under arrest as drunk and dlaordyrly. The
next mornlnx In court ahe sufficiently
demonstrated her dl*poeitton to dlaorder
hy treatlnc his Itonor with an alternate
haurhtlntws and eloquence which made
the tudtenro behind the rail litter and the
double bench of the blum-oata shake with
Involuntary mirth. The bailiff cried
“silent e," and to clear the
court; hi* honor passed sentence of 110 or
10 days. Detective Ackeray |takl the tine
In the corridor of the magistrate's
court, he gave Nettle what he would
have been pleased to call ‘'professloatal"
advice. "See here. Net, the next time ‘t I
Chew the rag with you about cuttln' up
in the streets an' boolin', you want to lis
ten—sea?”
flhr del not listen the next time, nor
the time after, though It need not be
doubted that she was impressed—yes! and
subdued and attracted—ly the might and
decision of the prince. Hhr had loved
Harvey mainly because he had vanquish
cd her kinsmen, nnd a little because he
had beaten her as often tta she needed
it and not oftener. In equal logic she
ought to have loved the prince, mainly
because he had vanquished Harvey, and a
llllle because. If he did not beat her to
silence her tongue he had discovered a
method of procedure which much mor
nearly silenced It than any
thing thot Hanrey had ever
done; and the strong point of everv
woman Is logic—the women In their con
ventions and clubs say so. But the second
-tmne point of every woman Is her g'ft
tor i once.ding her logic. Nettle .f'dlffe
concealed her* Po for at least as detec
tive Ackersy was concerned, as I'tig a
In all human cuduranen a woman could.
She became an old offender In the sev
eral magistrates' courts In the et strict
throughout which detective Ackeray had
authority The rhnrge was always drunk
nnd disorderly, and the complainant al
ways Detective Ackeray; mvl sometimes
as the months luisscvt she had been .trunk,
and she h.*d alwavs been disorderly. She
could not go bat k I > her kinsmen h- r
mere presence reminded them too vividly
of an unph i-ant Incident or ••orua nth n
of Incidents, which had taken place t the
moment of her departure. Bhe coul 1 rot
retain a imelilon even when sh - got one.
because of the frequency with which she
was under arrest; and heel.tee the fact
that -he w as Harvey Jollffe's wife was not
commonly regarded as a recommendation.
Ackeray paid her fine, or let her pay It
herself or work It out. as a Jockey might
gentle or punish a spirited horse which ho
i training Whether he paid
her fine or not. he always rrpeited to
her that the next time he tried to chew
th- rag with her. she had Iwtter listen—
see 1 Her absence from home and her
proved intemperance made her an Im
prop r guardian for little Blanche. When
the child as taken away from her. also
it the Instigation of Deiecilve Ackeray.
Nettle Jellffe listened.
Three month* afterward she wa le
gacy and absolutely separated from Har
vev and was married to a man whom she
oildreaaed sometimes aa “George.” some
times as 'dear " ami Rule Blanche, who
was restored to her home, was outspoken
in her approval of her new papa. Detec
tive Ackeray was "George." He was al-o
"dear.”
11l
It has been remarked In the ffret part
of this tale ,ht Harvey Jellffe on be
omlng a penitent tn the great pent*
tentlary had no notion or Intention of ever
bidding fr the notoriety that ha* come
to him In lat. r years us the prison de
mon He went to the "stir" originally
with the Idea of getting all the “good
time" that the low allow* a man who
lm- been sentenced to four years, and
of keeping out of all rows os his wife
„l advised He did that which all wise
men who are aeiit to prison do; In the
language of the pugilist he gathered him
self together. Men who go lo prison for
the first lime have more difficulty In
eying feat ebon those wh* h.\
heaei there bvtore. but to live at all
•ucreggfully—and oven prisoners have
their standard of success all mu-t soon
, t or later hit upon a plan by which they
are to deal wllh their guards and fellow
pc nil ants with us little friction aa poe-
Mhl. Even with the most oureful there
„re moments when they entirely forget
their philosophy and do things which In
the open day they would never have been
guilts of; long confinement will disturb
the mental equilibrium of any man. but all
must struggle to live as unobtrusive lives
.is umler the circumstances are possible.
Harvev Jellffe. on arriving al the great
penitentiary, knew with a certainty
which would have made some men com
mit aotetde. that he wa'< Innocent of the
crime' for which he had been convicted;
hut he knew. also, that It was no use to
let this fact govern his policy as a |wl
on. r It was not for him lo ask the prl*.
on world how r why his copy lesion hud
con.c about; II was tor him to he .in ex
■ mpktry convict And so, wondering all
the while how things were going "on the
• >it t ie " and continually struggling with
m Impatience nt Ike way the world la
made re worked hard for ’wo years and
ter ■ month“ to get a "gotsi rotsktii'' re
• lui in “f htw eentSms Th're remaimet
nt a lew niuntha mor. of confinement,
if.d they were to be the least Irksome
. f ii | b. iuse Harvey ha climbed the
nights which led to the eminence of a
“truaty;" he had become the errand hoy
of the prison doctor, and was sent on G>m
mlrslon* to all the different departments.
One day. whfte on an errand to the glove
bpartment. ho met au old acquaintance
who had recently been committed to th
institution, and he asked him for news
of the "outside."
"How I* the push enroll)' on?" he quer
ied. referring lo hhl okl 'pahs." Home wer,
"nettled" (Ui prison like himself) h* learn
ed, others were .had, and still others were
upeintlng Ln new held*
"What's the mglter with Not? 1 ain't
heard anythin' from her for two year*."
"Ain't re on* put you next?" the new
.“msr counter queltkmed him
"N-xt to what? She ain't dr-.id, la ahe?"
"No. site's live an' kickin’ yet. but thg
fly cop Ackeray twig btd up with hr
They're married."
"Where* the kid?"
"She's Itvln with Ackeray, too. Calls
him paps
A guard appearsd Just then, and the
conversation was broktm off. It had been
successful, however; Harvey had wanted
"news" and he had got It. There were
other trip, to th* glove department to se
cure the details of the story by wont of
moutb. but hie own imagination had
patched them hktether for him and he
had teamed the main fact, which was that
Ackeray "had done him dirt." The un
merited conviction and Imprisonment be
came to him now part of a general scheme
to "ditch" him. The Injustice of the pun
tehment had troubled him and roa*.e It
hard to obey the rules, but he had con
quered the temjwatlon to be unruly. He
had been punled by Nettie's refusal to
write, but he had no! connected Ackeray
wrtth her neglect of him In an indefinite
way he had planned some day to settle ac
count* with A- keray for the pari he had
played In his (Harvey 1 #) misfortune*, bu!
the thought of w-ay* and means hid not
captured his mind, that could be attended
to after he had secured hts reduction of
sentence. Had he been "outside" even the
news of Ackeray"# theft of hts wife and
chtkt might possibly have been aa rcas at
ably considered as had the conviction that
tie was unjustly a prisoner Men <J Har
vey's stamp are much ■ aimer In the open
than In the "stir." and marriage .nd
divorce take on no such final proportions
It had taken all of Harvey's good sense,
however, to be a model penitent, an t th
complete revelation of Ackeray'* dupll I
ty tired him with a desire for revenge
Henceforth hi* one pas-ton was t" m et
Ackeray He still remained a "trusty."
good behavior had become automatic wl'h
him, but hi, ambition was no longer simp
ly to be released. He apoke to the war
den and the guards of hie wish to have a
talk with Ackeray. He said that there
was a suspended sentence hanging ov* r
him in another court, sift bo wanted to
know If Ackeray would! be willing "to
fix things up for him."
"He's the only fellow that can
straighten the matter out." he explained
to the warden, "and I want to have a
talk wMh him "
"You're afraid you'll be arrested on
being turned loose from here, ta that It 1
asked the warden.
"That's exactly It," said Harvey, "and
I think If Ackeray 'll go to the front
for me I won't he bothered."
"All right Ackeray * goln' to bring
some prisoners here In a day or so, an
I’ll let him know."
Three days luter detective Ackeray ar
rived at the grout penitentiary with
a hatch of penitents, for wnosc bodies
he was given a receipt by the warden
He wa* Informed of Harvey's desire for
a talk with him. and was immediately
Impree-cd with the importance to him
self of such a talk. Foestbty ho might
And It to his advantage to arrange mat
ters so that the alleged suspended sen
tence should be carried out.
"Sure. I'll see him." he said to the
warden "Where is he?"
"You'll probably find him over In the
doctor's office. Take him Into the gar.
den If you want to be private, and tell
the doctor 1 aald It would he all right."
The meeting took place ln the doc
tor'* office. The doctor wae In another
purt of the prison, and Harvey taxi been
left In charge No one heard the con
versation between the two men. and only
two of the guard knew anything about
their being together Whether Harvey
made use of hla "suspended sentence"
story, or ehargtd Ackeray Immediately
with foul treatment of him has never
been deckled The two men were in con
ference according to the testimony of the
guards, about half an hour, and it aeeme
reasonable to suppose that Harvey could
only have Interested Ackerav this length
of time by reference to the suspended
sentence, hut In view of what happened
one |s Justified In wondering why he
should have wanted to Interest him at
all Harvey himself has perskMntly re
fusid to make any statement one way or
the other. When the doctor returned to
his office Harvey was found sitting In a
pool of b!no*t on th* floor, cutting Into
small bit* with n surgeon's kr.lfe the
heart of detective Ackeray, who lay dead
and mutilated in a comer of the room.
At the trial It wae reported that Harvey
hod mumbled himself as He cut. "So
much for so much, for that and for that."
hut no Intelligible interpretation of either
expression could be discovered, nnd they
were eventually accepted as contributory
evidence of hts Insanity.
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