The officer in speaking of it afterward said: "I tell you, boys I never felt quite the same, except once, when the old Catholic priest stepped up on the platform with old man Gower time he was hanged at Millville.

Somehow then I felt as if, when the priest raised his hand and began to pray, maybe we might all be glad to have some one pray for us if we get into a tight place." Philip spoke directly to the man, whose look fell beneath that of the minister.
"You know well enough that you are the man who shot me Tuesday night.

I know you are the man, for I saw your face very plainly by the light of the street-lamp.

Now, all that I wanted to see you here for before you were taken to jail was to let you know that I do not bear any hatred toward you.

The thing you have done is against the law of God and man.
The injury you have inflicted upon me is very slight compared with that against your own soul.