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London, England, 1869-04-29 00:00:00

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CRIME IN PHILADELPHIA.

TWITCHELL'S CONFESSION AND DEATH. —For those
of our readers who do not know the circumstances, we
may mention that a man named Twitchell, holding
a good position in society in Philadelphia, was COw
victed, after a fair trial, of the murder of Mrs. au!,
his mother-in-law, whose body was disscovered lying
beneath the window of her house, from which she
had been thrown. It appeared evident on investi-
gating the room that the old lady had been murdered
when asleep on the sofa, and that the perpetrator
had cast the body through the window. TW'it:,
enell ani his wife were arrested on suspicion and
tried ; the former was found Guilty and condemned
to death, tne latter being Acquitted. The atrocitY
of the ace, coupled with the social position of tIP-3
accused, excited towards this case an unusual degree
of attention. Every effort that money or interest
could exert was made to save the culprit ;
and, these failing, be was supnosed, in cull"
junction with his wife, to have made a CollieS'
ihrwNiug the guilt on her, who, as already
acquitted, could nut again be tried. Its contessi)a
is its follows :—" I went to my roma on the night
of the murder, and instead of going to bed I Isi 1
down ou the lounge in coy room and fell asieLT.
.11y wife was in bed at the Lime. I was roused pY
her repeated calls, and ran down to the dining'
rum, where I found her much excited, saying,
have had a quarrel with mother and kilted her.'
uo not kuuw whetuer she said, save ale!'
• Help me, nide me!' but at last we threw the WAY
of iurs. Hill out of the window, to wake it look a
it sue led out. I went down stairs aim wasued wY

muftis and lace at the hydrant, then went
W my
room, undressed, and went to. bed. My wile caine
up atterwartis and gut into bed, where we staid
until Sarah Uainpued rung the bell. I think W°
were in bed ttli ur twenty 1111ULIleS. I made 8
tiOIeLLIU VOW to the eternal (iota that night that
nouid never reveal it, out I CaLILIUL keep it all
longer. I fun Surly that 1 have said 1 kuew nothing
of it, but 1 did it with the vow in my mind, and tO
save my wile. 1 now make these disclosures that
may have peace with tiod. (sighed) GEonGE
wiTcliEhh, Jut,. In presence of the lieu. iieurgd
liiiuguurst and %i imam ii. Perkins." SnortlY
atter me conlessiou, but before it was published,
Mrs. 1 witchell visited her husband for the last
time, and had a COUVeI64IIOII with the Rev. 6-•
liringhurst. From him sue learned, in respohSJ
to her eager questions, that Twitchell had Confessed',
and connected her with the murder. " lheel
exclaimed Alas. Twitcuell, "he is a villain, the
greatest villain ou the face of the earth. On ask-
ing whether he iuteuded to make any statement,
uu the scaffold she was answered that he did. 'llw
kuowietige appeared to disconcert her that news"
paper reporters would be present. She did not re-
peat her visit, but lett the city shortly atter, aid
It was wen falsely rumoured that she was tie'
where to be found. 144c:hell, on learning that
Briughurst had published his coulession, de-
CliAred IC 10 have been against his desire and con-
sent, as he only wished it to become known alter
his execution. While asserting its cliscrepaucies to
be tile best proof of its truth, he was unable to
tell whether his wife was dressed or not when she
called him down, being, he declared, so stunned by
what she had told him. When questioned
more closely on the mot ves of his coulessiou, lie
said, "I did it because my wile deserted the. Be-
fore last Friday week she called to see me twice a
week, but always seemed in a hurry to get away,
and did not show any affection for me. On the ye'
casiou of her last visit theofficer of the prison told her
LII4L from that time out she might see me every day
if she des red. When leaving I said to bet,
Cainilia, there must be Some light thrown upon
this thing.' She only replied, I will come 50011
again.' She then left, and I haven't seen her
since. I think it hard that she should abandon use
now after the sacrifices' I • have made for her. It
immediately after her acquittal she had told me the
whole tenth; I believe my life would have been
`saved. I see the shameful death I am to die oa
Thursday, but I would not change places with her,
fur I will die with the consciousness of yielding till
my life for a faithless and criminal wife, while she
will live, after Thursday, with my blood added to
her soul, which is already stained with that of her
another. The truth will perhaps never be kn'Ab,
for when Thursday dawned the day on which, he
was to b 3 executed, Twitchell was found by his
keeper dead iu his bed. On the previous' night he
gave Mr. Bringhurst the key with which lie had
wound up his watch, remarking, it was the last tinic..
Ile saw Eaton, who was to be executed the wine
day, and remarked, " Jerry, you will have to go
alone, I will not be with you, but mum's the word.''
On this being told the officers of the prison, his cell
was carefully searched, even the locking-glass being
taken away. Ile suffered intense mental agony
when visited by three Catholic priests, and evinced
an overivhelinang terror at his impending fate. At
12 o'clock he was walking about his cell,'b at .2
a.in. when the keeper looked in he was in b 1)
therbianket over his head. When next the keeper
vizuied him it was 5.15, when the blanket Was
thrown down to his middle; and his face looked
deathly, though the neck was still warm the limbs

were rigid and cold, his mouth open, his hands
clenched, and discovered he was dead. There Was a
piece•of liquoricJ with the end bitten off, but 1)r•
Suapleigh discovered a bottle wrapped in paper jo
the toe of a boot half tilled with a solution .of cyanide
of potassium, the other portton having evidently
oeeti pJured into a tin cup and swallowed by the
prisoner as he lay .in bed.. Thus perished TwiEchell)

wno commenced his career of crime by a timid,
which he followed by a murder, then by a coil'
fession believed to be a lie, and lastly by suicide•
So deep was the interest in the case that thn Ledger

of Wednesday had to be repriuted,,a thing wljicb
never before occurred in Philadelphia, and we find
that most correct of journals with the Wednesday
heading still over the Thursday's paper. The Even-
ing Situ: of that city sold 95,000 copies, said to be the
largest edition ever printed by a Philadelphia chilli.
paper. Gerold Eaton 'slept comfortably while
i witehell was in the agonies of death, then got UPI
took his bath, ate his breakfast, bid his wife fart
well, and, as the DOOSJ was being adjusted, b°
turned to the person who was fixing it, and said,
"So heap use God, I did not do it." Ills body was
acted oc by a galvanic battery ; the eyes were
opened, the heart pulsated, and one arm was raised
under heavy charges.. It was -on the night of the
12th of June that he, while drunk, met limotbi
lieenau and attempted to shoot him, but was re:
strained by his companions. The party visited
other saloons, and, at a later hour, encountered,
Heenan on the street, when Eaton made a second

unsuccessful attempt to discharge his pistol at
Subsequently, however, while Heenan was ended,'

vouring to help a friend, who wad drunk, out of the
street, he came close to Eaton and his party: and
was shot, and died next morning. Eaton and one

of his associate, were arrested and put on trial for
murder, of which he was found guilty, and, after
being respited by Governor Geary, was finallf
executed.

- Births.
ASSHETON'—On the 20th inst., the wife of Ralph Asshetolit
Esq., M.T., of a daughter.
DORMER—On the 27th inst., at Shaftesbury House, gen-
siugton, the Hon. Mrs. Hubert Dormer, of a daughter.

Marriages.
BATHURST—RIBTox—On the 24th inst., at St. George'l
Hanoy6r-square Lieut.-Colonel Hervey Bathurst, Of
the Grenadier- (Lards,- to Ada, only daughter 0f..1r .
Ribton, Bart.
HACKMAN--BLIGHT— 011 the 28th inst., at St. Mary'o9
Bidt ford, William George Hackman, Esq., of Choltuie);
House' Long Ditton, Surrey, to Caroline, third dauglite
of the lute W. S. Blight, Es 1., of Bideford.

Deauis.
BECK WITH—Ou the 27th inst., Mr. Charles Beckwith, of
Milner-square, Islington, and Oat-lane, E.O.
BLANCHARD —Ou the 28th inst., at the Red House, 31tr.r
street, lia,kney, Mr. Henry Louis Blanchard, aged 1011,
MuNDAY—On the 27th inst., at 11, Sing-street, Snow-111
Dr. (Mallets Munday, aged 58.

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