Show IT RANG IN HIS BRAIN he was the most interesting murderer I 1 ever met the crime te lie was wai a private in my company and squad aci jul and even the iho captain him an excellent trooper durins during his cordin ement t in the posit guard house which lasted over tt a month his actions vero inose of 0 acute mania blo i that too officer of the guard cu im old ild not t enter lila his cell mid and the cookii police red fed him by means mean of 0 a chute above about the base of 0 which the food had now accumulated mu for he would go BO lor for das aaa at a time eating ho was waa respess as a hyena and paced hla his cell with a monotony of movement almost hypnotic to one watching him through the iron bars barn of 0 hla his case cage when sergeant Berg cant of the guard I 1 would lie lia on my bunk and look through the small iron latticed inlow Ina ow in ane center of 0 the tha door that opened into the prison room and n d wn see him in ills hla cell where the blaw 0 his alcya legs and reet feet were cut ore of by the aidel ti of the window dimly through iti in iron I 1 gouid v ouid watch the now n ow regular movements move r n monts ot of his body as it passed irom from e end to end of 0 hla his cape cage like a human pendulum heating beating in death strokes the time lime which elapsed until it must aing into eternity in spite ot of the i Orr nill which it suggested this vision fascinated my attention find and it wate watched ried for ten long I 1 seldom fajwel to produce sleep for ali alie prisoner kept constantly crooning croo the ine insistent measures ot of a mexican fallz all the sultry night the sentry on number one could hear tae me sharp click of his steps on the concrete loir floor of c hla his cell beating regular accompaniment to the cho accented notes 0 of this t ils re recurrent strain before trial davis cur fairal cn was ordered to examine our pr sanity and I 1 went with him ile he was hilll 1 pacing his cell and slowly sabre 1 re las ia olaa 1 it was during this very waltz played bv the mexican orchestra the night ut i the balle that lie he had brutally butchered ered corporal jenkins with a bowle knife so it struck me as appropriate th thu lt this panic came air should now be a iula in ills his madness and control ill his brain As lie he paced his cell he was beating time to the ining ing of 0 the waltz with a penell pencil ty IV way ot of baton davis dails asked the 0 ali r of 0 the guard to have the prisoner into the general prison room but the latter replied that the man was ravan mid and that it was waa roily folly to think of letting letting him irom arom his cell cel or of sending bending men to enter it davis then aked for the key quietly unlocked the cage and opened d it As he did so tile the pr looner loner wheeled in 11 hla his promenade and sprang toward him da dails via stepped quickly ngang aside and struck pic bl him m a halt aa blow w behind the ear amich felled him then the n wo we carried him into the tha general prison 11 room where davis made ex during wi which ich the prisoner wrenched for freedom with a nerv nervo oui ull weakening strength as as by a file ot of the guard I 1 tela held him pinioned to the floor the man seems in insane alne rall at si vis als speaking quietly to the of c the guard guirio does any one know tile die exact hour and minute at which the stabbing of corporal jenkins occurred it was exactly 11 31 replied the ot of the guard SerKe sergeant ont morrow stated mated in examination before the colonel abat taps was founding at the post jut just as s ho he entered the dince dance loom and that I 1 at t that moment the tabbing occurred were chev placing sabre to las olas at the time davis sake asked I 1 replied that thal sergeant morrow had bad told rne me that they were I 1 had to morrow that henderson Hende raon raved constantly const Attly in this tune ali ah then staid eladis iw in 1 low tone to the officer of the e gulard then I 1 understand his case tills this is 13 a very me peculiar torm form of monomania th the waltz Z the dominant sound during the net act or of murder will rule his waking hours day and night tor for it was then the marneas struck in still and photographed it on his brain in this form alf 0 insanity the brain pets acts uke ike tho the sensitive Benalt lve plate of a graph to receive the ruling round pound of the trio moment ent and will repeat it incessantly incessant lYun jn 1 11 I rn the he brain wears itself out cut it if the roid mold ness be com complete there will be but one break brealy that will occur at e exactly 11 when tile the prisoner oner will celso cea so humming the waltz and reenact re enact the tragedy after A few moments the impression oi of tile murder will pass fuss away when he will again resume reaume the waltz I 1 was impressed by the clear statement davis dails made on what seemed to me a most moat difficult case lieuten lieutenant nt 0 officer f of the guird was ives alo aha struck by it tor for he asked it he should send uie the prisoner into hospital no re replied lied davis keep him confined in his ceil and wt without th being ob observed arved watch lint him closely about 11 for tho completing lymp toms toma you can report to we me at riak lck call in tile the morning morn lne I 1 thon then he h replaced iten dechon in ills cell ceh nho N ho at once took up lip ills his music promenade n c dc 1 I WT det detailed tt richt to watch mill luin and did ra BO from the rhe bunk in the th gua chui rd room I 1 had the trumpeter of tho the amud elrd to warn me quietly when he oft ot the bruard house to lo blow tap all through tile the evening I 1 bitne witnessed ged the same monotonous movement and listened to attic sune same monotonous walts chanted slow na as always before at intervals I 1 would rouse myself and step outside the squad room door and stand egand in ill the cool silly port r to assure myself that I 1 was awake 1 and till vision unimpaired so dro drowsy 2 Y would I 1 1 I 1 my n become under tile the effort of 0 strained tra in e attention en tion I 1 must have binally fallen asleep bior cor the trumpeter toul touched hed me on oil the sli shoulder and startled fad me I 1 did not see him enter but could have sworn I 1 wa was a still viewing movements in the I 1 alart arg d mv face pari nat tile the coil window looking loot lna into his cage which 1111 lie nas still mechanically pa elvic then as the iho first note of tops taps sounded lie he 1 and beare reared is as quickly as a stag Is 19 startled when he hears bears a hostile shot that line has struck wide and knows not whence it earn came the waltz ceased and in a moment I 1 had all but seen peen the tabbing of 0 jenkins then as always le be 71 fore ore the waltz arain in the morning 1 reported it was clearly a case of acute madness or no one who ever performed a a tour of guard duty with lien derron had bad ever seen hut bill to our antoni aliment and horror the post surgeon thought otherwise and so BO reported the colonel was furious furlou sl ile he ila had din in sp spited eted the man the man was mad ho he called lied up lip bavis and informed him ot of t ea these ese facts davis replied firmly the man 1 safe sane colonel and I 1 so reported hes not lint san the commander retorted tor teil why influence me to stir up a 11 civil murder trial which disintegrates ft a command and disturbs discipline he be ent to au all asylum ten tell years ago davis davi wo would U ill have lave elpi explained allied patiently why he thought nender son sane hat but since these callow days he had once offered gratuitous information to a superior in command so lie ho said still ply im rot nat influencing you to anything colonel unless it is ii permitting you to to do your duty by doglii mino mine do dails vis spoke with the gentle of 0 one struggling to lia ile and showed tho the effect ot of severe staff ti in duty uty untainted by the despo despotism timm or of absolute command the word permitting hail had bren been chosen and passed telov below the colonel Colon clA e that w will ill do doctor raid eald the colonel stiffly SLIMY 1 his Is color risi rising ncr as davis left the affire ev even e n after arizona service has ha killed your re for CL a man his pre itell ph titled to it for thy they nr are th tb per perleacer lenceR that have cost the mon man yet my faith fatali in davis weakened it takes more than ive five years confidence conil dence in a human hitman being to outweigh our own fallible blo deductions oven even on subjects ot of which we are arc vailo vailous ugly ly ignorant the of being rational la Is 2 0 io o pleasingly pleasant I 1 suit still the colonel sent rent Hn derison to civil civi I 1 trial and bu ed davis in the hopes that lie would t stop slop it the t trial rial win was held near the post and many attended it before it proc proceeded alede d to the arraignment the court sumi summoned no tied davis for opi opinion alon again the tha same bame r ports he had ball made so confidently to the colonel faery one was dissatisfied and tile the court proceeded to billil title the colonel again called davis up dal said ho he bluntly this ila hail gone far enough I 1 was a atness in that mans trial today to day and the anian nifty li Is mad ond and the court and every one knows it except you who of all persons should know T it t irom front the testimony the jury must convict which means the man shall be biln hung I 1 T I 1 dont want a man of my regiment hu bung ng unless I 1 im m convinced that lie he dt deserves serves it now kow flop your professional and an re request on in n consultation before tj the ue vr ltd let would you have a crazy man hw hur 1 aho the mann mana ty rane ranc as you are arc colonel on and d even granting he 11 it riot not which j I 1 tont ohp class ot of insanity which ho he a at fe feet 4 it if rest real would be surin to th aitio acl t so 0 o he would bo be punishable when whenever ever reason or a lucid interval appeared it would be only a little too kind to being him now that iball li ill reeled the th surgeon Bure flon so bo the trial concluded and Hen hellerson lerson nas HIB sentenced to be hanged on petition ot of abr jury the ivelee bulc 9 a siv si bov v or execution cc ution until medical experts could be ls 1 from sam Franci francisco those after consultation with davis pronounced the prisoner sane during the wee week before the doy day bt apt tor for his execution henderson confessed till insanity to m me while I 1 was WR tak ink gnp him rome nome tobacco and raid that he fo felt t kindly toward every one tor for his tr aft ton ent in trini except that a post euron on who had h ii Tv tved pd it on him that he might hane it I 1 only had my liberty lone iona enough to kill davis he aalf to me on clay alny id ille die happy ile he asti mat I 1 had been rood to him I 1 had bad fetched him tome some clean lothes and that he would reward me phen he be outlined how lie he hod a mexican miner near las ija cruces three years before but that ho be had robbed him of hilt but halt half ills his buried sold and that he had bad intended to return for t the he balance and had never done so BO then hr he lave eave minute directions as to place and exact locality and amount of the burled treasure henderson I 1 asked when he hall had finished aro are you still crazy or are arc you only boniv ivans neither lie be sald bald simply As I 1 mount th the scaffold ill incline my head toward you which Is to affirm in the irre ponce of eternity that I 1 speak the truth the lay day before his execution execution he be told me that he had bad forgiven for eIvan every one even davis who had bad only done hll hii duty and to tell tall him that now he invited him to come and see him hanged after my discharge factually I 1 actually went from deming up to lax las cruces and followed the rascals directions but found no burled buried money though old perez perc had been murdered HS as stated shortly afterward I 1 met dr davis and tot toti told I him of my chase ne he laughed pleasantly and then I 1 arced him doctor would you mind telling me m how bow you could be to ro certain that henderson was not really insane e why you should know that he said with a slight allt ht twinkle you helped trip me establish the fact do you recall that I 1 gave cave you a illy of hla his case before his cell and aid had bad you you placed on guard to observe the completing SYM symptoms t MS tea acs hot but he rev really ily showed them so would you lied had lou been feigning insanity es as he be was doing and overheard me and believed as until now you evl dently did believe that I 1 spoke the truth I 1 now under understand estand Tren dersons extreme bitterness toward davis who had ball dipped him into self conviction ladelphia times time |