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The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries by John N. Reynolds
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In order to prove conclusively to the reader that this was a piece of
spite work, I have only to state that I was the only one of all the
officers of that company that was ever tried for running a bogus
insurance company. Why was it that I was the only one sent to the
penitentiary when there was the secretary, treasurer, and six
directors equally as guilty as myself?

To prove more conclusively that it was political spite work that sent
me to prison, let me inform the readers that about the time the
insurance company at Atchison was organized, a similar one was
organized in Topeka. They were similar in EVERY RESPECT. I was
president of the one at Atchison, while a distinguished gentleman by
the name of Gen. J. C. Caldwell was president of the one at Topeka.
Both of these companies failed. The president of the Atchison company
was sent to the penitentiary, while the president of the Topeka
company was appointed by the governor of the State to the responsible
position of chairman of the State Board of Pardons. Many persons have
asked why this difference in the treatment of the presidents of these
two companies. The only answer that can be given is that General
Caldwell stood in with the Kansas political ring, while I did not.
Every sensible man must admit that if it was just for me to serve a
term in prison for the offense charged against me, General Caldwell
should have been prescribed for in the same manner. I have no fight to
make upon Mr. Caldwell. He is an excellent gentlemen. He was in luck.
The fates were against me. Had I been a State instead of a United
States prisoner, no doubt Mr. Caldwell, as chairman of the Board of
Pardons, would have used his influence to secure for me my liberty.
That I was sent to prison is wholly due to politics. It is
unnecessary, therefore, for me to inform the reader that I am now "out
of politics." Having served out my term I returned to my home in
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