Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-02-23
From The London Morning Herald, Dec 6
HE BURhIIES. shs

CONFESSION OF Tiis. MURDERERs
by the great kindness oi MIR Sheriff Pine,
MIR Under Sheriff Ellis. and Mr.. Woniner,
we are enabled 10 give the following exact
copies froa the original conf. ssions OF The
prisoners, Bishop and ,Yilliams:-
"NEweATE, Dec. a, 1885,
al, John Bishop, DO Aeres,, declare and
confess that the boy supposed to be the tia
han boy was Liecoinshne boy. | and VII
liams took nim 90 my house obout half past
ten O'Clock on Thursday night. the Sd Of No
vember from the Bell, ia Smithfield He
walked home with us Williams promised
to give him some work Williams went with
him from the Bell to the Old Bailey watering
house whilst went to the Fortune OF War,
Y, illams came from the Old Bailey water
ing house 10 the Fortune of v ar icr me.
leaving the boy standing at the corner Of the
court by the watering house 10 the Old Hal
ley. went directly with Williams to the
boy, and we walked then all three 10 Nova
Scotia gardens, taking pint OF stou, at a
public house nea. Holloway, Shoreditch. on
our way, OF which we gave the boy part
We only staid to drink il, and walked on to
| nov house, where we arrived at about eleven
o'clock.
| 4y wife and children, and Mrs Williams
were not gone TO bed, So we pgt him in the
prisy, and told him to sa.t there for u.s.
Williams went ia and ,old them 20 20 TO heu,
ana staid in the garden. Williams came
out directly and we both walked out OF the
galden to give time for the family getting 10
bed, and we returned in about ten minutes
or Il quarter Of an hour. and listened outside
at the window to ascertain whether the FAINT
ly were gone to bed All was quiet. ana we
then went to the hoy in the pri,y and took
him in the house; we lighted candle, and
gave the hoy some bread and cheese, and,
after he mad eaten. we gave bin cup full
| OF tum, with about bali small phial of iaud
anum in H. Il had bought the rum the same
/ evening at the Three rens, IN Smithheld, x
| the laudaDum also, in small quantities al
| different shops There was 20 water or
! Their liquid put in the cup with the rum and
| laudanum The boy drank the contents OF
| the cup directly IN two draughts and after
I wards little beer. Ia about ten minutes he
| fell asleep on the chair on which he sat and
| I removed him from the chair to the floor,
| and laid him on his side We then went out
| and Jeff hn here We had a quartern OF
! gin aud a pms Of beer al the Feathers, near
| Shoredit5h church. and then went home
| gam, having been away from the boy about
| 90 minutes.
! We FOUND him asleep as .e had left him
| We took him secretly asleep and insensibe
into the garden, and tied cord to his feet,
70 enable US 10 pull him up by, and then
! look him IN my arms, and let hlfn slide ironi
| them headlons into the well IN the garden.
| whilst Williams neid the cord to prevent the
| body going altogether too low 10 the well :
| his feet Just above the surface. Williams fas
! tened the other end Of The cord round the
palns, to prevent the body getting beyond
( our reach. The boy struggled little with
{, his arms and legs in the water, and the wa
i ter dubbed for a minute. We waited till
| these symptoms were past, and then went ia
| doors, and afterwards think we walked out,
| and walked down Shoredi.ca TO occupy the
/ lime. AMI In about three quarters OF an hour
| we returned and took him out Oh the vel, by
pulling hin by the cord attached to his feet;
! we addressed hiu, in the paved yard, rolled
bis c.othes up, and buried them where they
were found by the witness who produced
them We carried the boy into the wash
house. lad him on the floor, and covered him
over with bag We left him theie and went
aut and had some coffee in the Old street
,ad, and then "a htle before two IN tn
| morning Of FRIDAY went back 10 my boust
We immediately doubled the body up, and
| put il into a box which we corded SO that