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A weary-looking man with dejected auburn whiskers, walked into the police station yesterday afternoon and said to the officer in charge:
"I want to give myself up. I expect you had better handcuff me and put me into a real dark cell where there are plenty of spiders and mice. I'm one of the worst men you ever saw, and I waive trial. Please tell the jailer to give me moldy bread to eat, and hydrant water with plenty of sulphur in it."