watch fobs he was writing poetry which he sent to his
correspondents. Off and on he also sent small sums of money to a
former prison official who had "resigned" and who lived
in Tecumseh. Soon his stepbrother arrived and found work in a hotel.
He looked more like a twin brother to the murderer than a stepbrother.
They were permitted to visit each other, but a guard stood by and
heard their conversation. The brother usually brought a bag of fruit.
This was always given a most careful examination. After Prince had
been in the hole for a few days he sent for and was given a Bible
and became a most ardent Bible student. What a pity that he did not
commence long ago!
At his trial, held in June, his attorneys fought hard to save his
life from the gallows but the odds were against them. He was found
guilty and Judge Cornish sentenced him to hang on August the thirteenth.
Mr. Howard immediately appealed to the su-
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preme court. It was during his trial that Prince,
upon seeing Mrs. Davis enter the court room, turned to Warden Melick
and said: "If I had stopped to think of the grief and sorrow
that my crime would cause that woman, I would never have done it.
As I look upon her and see how she suffers I feel sorry for what
I did." This was the only time that he ever expressed any
regret over his crime. When going to and from the courthouse he
had walked erect, with an air of bravado, and seemed to enjoy the
notoriety that he was getting. He had expected a life sentence,
and now he was much disappointed, became sullen and gloomy, and
seemed to realize that he was up against it. He studied the Bible
more and more, and wrote many letters to religious people, also
to the former prison chaplain at Tecumseh who had come to his trial
at his request as a witness, but whose testimony did him neither
good nor harm. Warden Melick treated him as he treated
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