have much to do with him, but he noticed me and I became
interested in him, and he spoke to me about matters, and the
millionaire's boy being abducted, and the ransom that he received,
and his escape to Africa.

"He remarked that I would realize from his name that he was an Irish
Catholic, and stated that he had gone through the Catholic schools
and was a 'brother' in the cloisters, and stated that this was his
strong point in never being caught in his daring undertakings.

"He stated that when they received their $25,000 ransom from Cudahy
that it was divided at the cottage where the crime was committed. He
stated that it cost him quite a sum of money to stay with friends a
few days in Omaha, but that he soon disguised himself as an inmate of
the Jesuit College, a school for Catholic boys.

"He stated that he traveled on a 'permit' as Father O'Connor to
Kansas City, and stated that from there he went to St. Louis,
disguised as a Catholic priest, and that the conductors on the train
spoke to him as 'How do you do, Father?'

"When I arrived in St. Louis I went to St. Anthony's Church, where
you can obtain most anything from that saint. I rang the bell for
confession. I confessed all kinds of things. I confessed to murder,
robbery, kidnapping, and the Father Confessor was impressed with me
because I was a 'big fish' in my line, and because I had done no harm
to the millionaire's boy. I told the inmates of St. Anthony's Church
that I wanted to make confession and do penance the remainder of my
life.

"A brother came with the scissors and I received the 'tonsure' for
the third time, which left only a circle of hair around my head, and
no Pinkerton detective, or even Bertillion himself could have
identified me.

"In a short time I left this St. Anthony Church in a 'Catholic
Habit,' which disguised me as a Catholic official, and I went to
Omaha and passed myself off as 'Brother Clement from St. Louis.'

"When I reached Omaha I had no trouble in passing myself off as
'Brother Clement.'

"After I had remained there awhile I excused myself and in my
priestly robes I walked to the banks of the Missouri River and raised
my buried treasure, as I had left a part of the money that I received
from Cudahy buried near the river, and I took the train to St. Louis,
and from there to New York, and from New York I took a German steamer
to Southampton.

"I stayed in London two weeks and read in the papers all about Pat
Crow. Lo