few weeks' incarceration, Mrs. Raymond, in accordance with my
advice, made known the secret of her sex to the chief officer of the
prison, to whom she also communicated the great wrongs which she had
suffered at the hand of Livingston. The officer, who was a good and
humane man, was deeply affected by this narrative. He immediately placed
Mrs. Raymond in a more comfortable room and caused her to be provided
with an abundance of female garments, which she now resumed. Her story,
of course, was given in all the newspapers; and it excited the deepest
sympathy in her behalf. One editor boldly asserted that no jury could be
found to convict the fair prisoner under the circumstances. As regarded
my case, the propriety of my immediate discharge from custody was
strongly urged, an opinion in which I fully concurred.

I shall dwell upon these matters as briefly as possible. I was first
brought to trial, and the jury acquitted me without leaving their seats;
Mrs. Raymond was merely convicted of manslaughter in the fourth degree,
so great was the sympathy that existed in her behalf, and the judge
sentenced her to be imprisoned during the term of two years. Although I
considered her particularly fortunate in receiving a punishment so
comparatively light, I resolved to effect her liberation in some way or
other.

I may as well here remark that the last wife and victim of Livingston
never survived the blow. She soon died of a broken heart.

My first step was to repair to Harrisburg, the capitol city of the
State, in order to solicit Mrs. Raymond's pardon from Governor Porter,
who was renowned, and by some parties strongly condemned, for his
constant willingness to bestow executive clemency upon prisoners
convicted of the most serious offences.[K] I easily obtained an
interview with his Excellency, whom I found to be a very clever sort of
personage. Having made known my errand, and related all the particulars
of Mrs. Raymond's case, I urged her claims to mercy with all the
eloquence of which I was master.

The Governor listened to me with attention; and, when I had concluded,
he said--

"My inclination strongly prompts me to pardon this most unfortunate
lady; but I have recently pardoned so many convicted prisoners, that the
press and the people generally are down on me, and I really dare not
grant any more pardons at present. I will, however, commute the lady's
sentence from two years to one."

With this partial concession I