- Joined
- Aug 27, 2011
- Location
- Central Massachusetts
Among the files of the War Department Solicitor General, was found the following copy of a letter from an inmate, known only as "Will," of Washington's Old Capitol Carroll Prison. It is addressed to Miss Emma O. Garrison, NYC. Just the one letter in the file, with no notes or explanations.
A mysterious appeal, full of emphatic, underlined warnings of urgent secrecy, "answer no questions," trust no one but "Mr. Wood, Superint't. of the Prison."
What's it all about? One line perhaps offers a hint: "You alone can satisfy them that ther has been no improper intimacy between us." But the insistence "Answer no questions to any one, till you get that interview with me," sounds a bit suspicious -- like he's afraid of what she might say before he's had the chance to coach her.
A mysterious appeal, full of emphatic, underlined warnings of urgent secrecy, "answer no questions," trust no one but "Mr. Wood, Superint't. of the Prison."
What's it all about? One line perhaps offers a hint: "You alone can satisfy them that ther has been no improper intimacy between us." But the insistence "Answer no questions to any one, till you get that interview with me," sounds a bit suspicious -- like he's afraid of what she might say before he's had the chance to coach her.
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