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were employed to make an investigation of the case。 They made use of a 

deception�察�and thus got the woman to confess。 They told her that they had 

found an accomplice who had confessed the crime�察�and was in jail。 They 

promised the wife that if she would tell the truth they would not prosecute 



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her。   She   consented。   She   narrated   the   sickening   events   as   they   had   been 

plotted in her presence and under her roof。 Officers were now despatched 

to   find   the  murderers。      McNutt     was    found    in  Missouri     plowing     corn。 

Winner was found near Wichita。 They were brought to trial�察�convicted�察�and 

sent to prison for life。 Winner was unmarried at the time of his conviction。 

His father and only brother are very wealthy�察�and living in Kansas City。 I 

have been told they offer 20��000 for Winner's pardon。 McNutt is a very 

useful man in the prison。 He has charge of the painting department。 He has 

done some fine work on the walls of the prison chapel�察�covering them with 

paintings     of   the  Grecian     goddesses。     Both    of  these   prisoners     hope   to 

receive pardons。 Whether they will regain their liberty is a question which 

the future alone can answer。 

                                      THE HOG´THIEF 

     In   the   coal  mines�察   �as   before   stated�察  �the  convicts    are   permitted    to 

converse   with   each   other。   I   improved   this   opportunity   of   acquiring   the 

histories of the five   hundred   criminals with   whom  I daily  worked�察 �eight 

hundred feet below the surface。 I would talk with a fellow prisoner�察�and 

get    the   details    of  his   crime     as  we    sat   together    in   the   darkness。 

Understanding ;short´hand�察─�I would go to my cell in the evening and jot 

down what I had learned during the day。 I had no fears of any one reading 

my  notes�察 �as   I  was the  only  short´hand   writer  about   the  institution。   Day 

after day I kept this up�察�until I had material sufficient of this nature to fill a 

book of more than two thousand pages。 My readers should also know�察�that 

a   convict   will   tell   a   fellow´prisoner   the   details   of   his   crime�察  �when   he 

would not think of saying a word about it to others。 As a rule they deny 

their   crimes   to   those   who   are   not�察  �like   themselves�察  �criminals�察  �pleading 

innocence。   It   is   not   difficult   for   a   prisoner   to   get   the   confidence   of   a 

fellow´ prisoner。 In fact�察�criminals love to unburden their minds to those 

who   possess   their   confidence。   The   truth   is�察  �convicts   have   related   their 

crimes so often to me that it became tiresome。 They say it relieves them to 

communicate         their    troubles。    Pinkerton�察    �of   Chicago�察     �the   prince    of 

detectives stated at one time that a criminal could not keep his secret。 It is 

true。 I know it to be a fact。 It has been demonstrated a hundred times in my 

association with these convicts in the Kansas penitentiary。 Securing their 



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confidence�察�these men have not only told me of the crimes for which they 

have been sent to prison�察�but also of crimes that they have committed�察�and�察�

in the commission of which�察�they had not been detected�察�which�察�if I should 

make     them   known�察     �would     cause   a  number     of   them   to   remain    in  the 

penitentiary the rest of their lives。 I am not in the detective business�察�and 

will therefore keep what was confided to me。 I have met but few criminals 

in the mines that would not admit their guilt。 I have thought in many cases�察�

convicts received sentences too severe�察�and not at all commensurate with 

the    crime    committed。      I  have   met    a  few   men�察   �however�察     �who    would 

stubbornly   deny   their      guilt  and    stoutly   affirm   their  innocence。     I  have 

worked upon these men day after day�察�and never got anything out of them 

but   that   they   were   innocent。 At   times�察  �in   tears�察  �they   would   talk   of   their 

sufferings�察  �and   wonder   if   there   was   a   just   God   silently   permitting   the 

innocent to suffer for the guilty。 I am satisfied these men are innocent�察�and 

they   have   my   sympathy。   They   are   exceptions。   Others�察  �while   admitting 

their    guilt   on    general    principles�察    �and    assenting     to  the    justice   of 

imprisonment�察�yet maintain that they were innocent of the particular crime 

for    which    they   stand    convicted。     I  trust  the   reader    will  not   get   his 

sympathies wrought too high�察�as comparatively few angels find their way 

into   modern   prisons。   I   will   give   you   a   few   illustrations。   These   are   just 

samples of scores of histories in my possession。 

     A hog´thief worked in the mines with me for a few days。 His dose was 

five years at hard labor。 He had stolen an old sandy female swine with six 

pigs。 I asked him if he was really guilty of carrying on the pork business。 

;Yes�察─�said he�察�with a low chuckle�察 �I have stolen pigs all my life�察�and my 

daddy   and   mammy   before   me   were   in   the   same   business。   I   got   caught。 

They  never   did。;   He   then   related   the   details   of   many  thefts。   He   made   a 

considerable       amount     of   money     in  his   wicked     traffic�察 �which    he   had 

squandered�察�and was now penniless。 Money secured in a criminal manner 

never does the possessor any good。 I asked him if he had enough of the 

hog business�察�and if it was his intention to quit it�察�and when he got out of 

the pen to earn an honest living。 ;No�察─�he replied�察 �as long as there is a 

hog to steal and I am a free man�察�I propose to steal him。; Imprisonment 

failed   to   reform   this   convict。 Although   a   hog´thief   he   was   an   excellent 



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singer and a prominent member of the prison choir。 

     There are many murderers in the mines。 In fact�察�nearly all the life men 

are   there。   Some   of   them   speak   of   their   crimes   with   a   bravado   simply 

astonishing�察  �showing   their   utter   depravity。   Others�察  �admitting   their   guilt�察�

say but little of details。 The following will give the reader some idea of the 

stories that greeted my ears almost daily�察�and led me to conclude that the 

coal   mines   of   the   penitentiary   are   not   inhabited   exclusively   by   Sunday´ 

school scholars。 This cruel and heartless wretch had murdered an old man 

and his wife。 The old people lived on a farm adjoining the one where this 

criminal�察    �who    was   then   a  hired   man�察   �worked�察    �It  was  
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