Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-11-26

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FROM the murder, Richar rode I'M will,
Fratk to the Farm, s,a,d a little while
aud defendant paid him hundred live
franc pieces which Capt. JOS. Dewinu
had lately brought home for him from,
GadGaloupe. Richard detailed the ci,-
cumstances Of the murder, in manner
ag-ee,ng with Franks statement Said
he was pretty short of cash aud should
want more money soon. SAID it was
ply defendant had got the wrono will.
Ifhe had known that fact in season. he
would not have left the house without
the right one. SAID he had hidden the
clap with which he killed the old man,
under the steps of the Howard street
Westinghouse. Prisoner told Frank
where the club was, aud sent him to
get and destroy it, but he said he could
not find it.
The confession goes on TO state that
the prisoner was the writer oftwo anon
ymous letters, one addressed to Hon.
G'deon Barstow, as chairman of the
committee of Vigilance, the other to
Hon, Stephen White. These letters
! VIM. ii. Allen put into the Post office.
he knows nothing about Selman, in
connection with this murder nothing
about Palmer or Carr.
This confession is in the hand-wri-
ting OF Mr.. Goldman, and sgne;! at the
bottom of-every page, by Joseph Jen-
knis Knapp, jr. with solemn declara-
ton at the end, that it is done without
compuls'on, solicitation, or bride, with
no other promise from Mr.. Colman or
others, than the Government pledge.
lie declares that no other proposition
was made him by said Colman, and
promises that if any thing is omitted in
mus confession, he will truely and free
" answer every question that may be
addressed TO him.
"A subsequent confession, written at
the Jail, in presence of the prisoner,
ana signed by him, was then read 1t
vas made on the 3lst of May, two days
liter the other, and was in reply to ques-
ions addressed to him.
SECOND CONFESSION.
/ Que afternoon in Janv. y. ..,neh be was
visiting a. the .,ouse OF Capt. White,
ne went up iuto his chamber, opened
ne IRON chest where he knew it was.
ana took out the will. He found that
Fnt Si6,00O was there beqeueathed to
lis mothef-in-law, Capt WIS niece
and observed names Of witnesses. &c.
Alter examining the will he replaced il
as nearly as possible in its former con-
dition. 1t was about a fortnight after
TINS, that he bought some Prussic Acid
ana Unguentum, because his brother
ln-iaw had told him they would xii
Icanker worms He had no other in
tention purchasing them, and thew
were never used at all Richard Crown
Hsaiel'i, jr. said that when he wen, in.
p the house TO commit the murder he
carried no light with him. The plank
~ which he got into the back win
DOW, ne found i'll the yard. He was
90, more than ten minutes in the honse
fnd lett it at half past ten O'Clock
Noibirg occurred there to alarm hmi
ir hasten his departure. He was alone
Next morning he melted his Dirk at
he factory in Danvers. He said. Cant.
White never moved after the first blow
vas struck. To assure himself that
20 life remained in him, he felt his
aulse before he left him. Richard car
fed the dirk in his bosom, the club in
Ills sleeve.
i Defendant never visited the Gam.
gling house in South Salem, and does
Not believe Frank ever did. Deien-
can't took the key from the chamber
door of the victim, and hid it under the
spia covering, that the door mi ght not
be fastened. Notwithstanding ali that
had passed, defendant hardly expected
the murder would take place.
The inst proposition was made to
George Crowninshield George said
ne wouldn't mind s.abbing the old man
on the road To his farm, or in the
street, but he would not do it in the
house. When defendant went upon
the common with Frank to meet Dick,
they waited half an hour for him
before he came.-Never had bu, one
interview with Dick after the murder.
An appointment was made TO commit
the murder on Sunduy, theJG of April,
In the street. Defendant has had COM
municatIon with both Richard and
George'since he has been in prison.
about ihe murder. Correspondence
was carried OH through crevice in the
ceiling. They were anxious to know
about Palmer; whether he was going
to confess it, &c. Both thought il
would be likely to go hard if he did
George said that at the time ofthe muir
der, he had Palmer concealed week
in his room, hiding from Justice in con-
sequence OF some difficulty he had
about counterleItIDg or ultering base
coin FRANK several times attempted
10 dissuade the prisoner from engaging
IN this crime; he represented that il
was attended with o,xoo, Ia. -