Американская трагедия

Chapter 28

           Andthisfaith,mistakenornot,wasnowsosustainingsoneeded.Whathehadjustsaidwastrueashenowsawit.HehadnotstruckRoberta.ThatWAStrue.Andthereforehewasnotguilty.YetKrautandSlackwereoncemoreseizinghimandescortinghimtothecell.

           Immediatelythereafterhismotherseatingherselfatapresstableproceededtoexplaintocontiguouspressrepresentativesnowcuriouslygatheringabouther:"Youmustn’tthinktoobadlyofme,yougentlemenofthepapers.Idon’tknowmuchaboutthisbutitistheonlywayIcouldthinkoftobewithmyboy.Icouldn’thavecomeotherwise."Andthenonelankycorrespondentsteppinguptosay:"Don’tworry,mother.IsthereanywayIcanhelpyou?Wantmetostraightenoutwhatyouwanttosay?I’llbegladto."AndthensittingdownbesideherandproceedingtohelpherarrangeherimpressionsintheforminwhichheassumedherDenverpapermightlikethem.Andothersaswellofferingtodoanythingtheycouldandallgreatlymoved.

           Twodayslater,thepropercommitmentpapershavingbeenpreparedandhismothernotifiedofthechangebutnotpermittedtoaccompanyhim,ClydewasremovedtoAuburn,theWesternpenitentiaryoftheStateofNewYork,whereinthe"deathhouse"or"Murderers’Row,"asitwascalledasgloomyandtorturesomeaninfernoasonecouldimagineanyhumancompelledtoendureacombinationofsometwenty-twocellsontwoseparatelevelshewastoberestraineduntilorderedretriedorexecuted.

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