Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-06-11

WIN relative, and the assassin then determined "a
DIRK him In the street his return; but II turned ON
that he returned home before dark so that tn design
was then frustrated. Ii next arranged for Tues
day night; and in The forenoon OF that day. he saws he
made pretext to prevail his wife's mother to depart
from WIS. house and TO ride to wenham to visit her
daughters, and to spend the night with them.
lie says that all preparations being thus made, the
assassin aud his accompce met about 10 o'clock in the
evening IN Brown Street, which passes the OF Capt
W'sgarien, aud stood some time in spot from which
they could observe DC movements in the house an
perceive when the family retired bed; the assassin
went round through the street, and entered the var
OF Capt W. In trout, went round the house to the bach
window, as designated lifted it, entered the house alone
the stair case. opened the door OF the cham
ger where capt W. slept, approached the bed side,
with biodgeon previously made by himself for the
purpose gave him heavy and mortal blow on the side
oil the head while he was sleeping, then with dirl
gave him the sabs in his body-ten retired from ,hs
house, ha'ted back with the club TO Blown strert
where he met his accomplice; ran down Howard ST.
id the club under the steps OF the Howard ST. meetnp
house, and then went off
He says that several days after the murder the NJ
s'sn and accomplics went TO Wenhan TO call for $1,000
that he could not pay the whole, but gave him loo
hve franc pieces The assassin related to him particu
lars Oh the murder, told him where the Club was con-
cealec and said he sorry Knapp had not got pos
session OF the right WILL for had he known another hat
been In the room he would have had il. Knapp SEM
the accomplish to get the club and d-sroyit but the
accomplish was unable to find it, as he after ards said
Knapp, when he made the confession desg mated In,
place where TIE assassin told him the club was con
'uc persons, 10 Wh0m the cen esson
made, went on Saturday last to Ind it-,hey went
acty according to the directions he gave at their frs
attempt, placed their hands it, and drew Il, out from
under the steps OF the Howard Street Meeting House
IL Is weapon well-adapted 10 the purpose-a heav,
hudgeon or Indian club, made Of hickory twenty two
inches aud long. with smooth surface and large
oval head loaded with lead aud Of such form as is
adapted to give mortal blow on the .cull without
breaking the sSin or drawing blood. The handI. |.
yer ngenious: conrived for taking hold Of it with
hrm grasp Tie says the assassin told him he turned
the club in a lathe.
Knapp Acknowledges himself to bs the writer Of two
anonymous letters addressed to the Chairma an OF
the COMMITTEES OF Vigilance, charging the gentleman
who Is the Executor and resduary Iegatee of Capt
White, with being the murdere-the other addressed
70 the gentleman thus charged and purportng to be
from the assassin himself demanding $4,000 as the pro.
missed reward for his services, Sc.
The wretched criminal in few days after the muir.
der found that all the designs which he expected to
ccomplish by the murder and the destruction of The
Will, were totally frustrated the paper he had Ia
ken from the iron chest turned to be an old JpiH
AID in his guilty haste he left behind the real Jill
just made. 100
Whether Palmer took part in the murder, or only
knew the particulars from information received from,
some one or other of the accompices the disclosures
as yet made by Knapp we learn, do not determine