Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-03-21

A'NtShSHt VIC lCiiioiiiNd bOHlllu9 III bOIidlN
t sonvllle, about week after Lovett left
This time we occupied by picking pockets,
but were very unsuccessful, for when we
divided the money on Saturday night we
had not more than 800 each We
.Ipext went on board fat boat that was
going to New Orleans, and when about
: half way between DonaldsonviIe and New
Orleans, we tied two grinding stones to
! the feet Of the master Of the boat, whilst
, he was sleeping, and threw him overheard
He said to us, whilst in the act Of lifting
HIM to throw him overheard, that he would
give us all the money that he was worth
if we would spare his life. was for spar
ing his life; Carter said it would not be safe
to do sac. The poor man was then thrown
overheard and was drowned. HIS name
was William Crawford. We then robbed
the boat Of $500 in specie, bored holes
IN her bottom and sunk her. We took
his trunk, put it into skill, and went down
to New Orleans. This last murder was
committed in the winter Of 1928.
son our arrival at New Orleans, we
went to a house Of il-iane, in the swamp,
kept by woman of the name Of Sedgwick,
who soon introduced tive ladies to u.s.
We remained at this house, living dread
iul disSIpated life, for three months. On
the night after our arrival at New Or
leans, Carter stabbed a man, who died in
stantly He stole his book, which contain
led $1,000. | was not concerned in this
murder and robbery, but he gave me
part ofthe money. On the following night
we went to the roulette table, and there
lost $1,000; but on our return home we
met man and robbed him of $1,000
, The next night we broke into jewelers.
store on Broadway, and stole watches and
jewelry to the amount of $4,000. This
property we entrusted to a man, of the
name of Henry Wright; he took good
care Of it, for he cleared out with the lot,
and have never seen him since. On the
following night we again visited the rou-
lette, and lost $500. On the following
night we again visited the faro bank, and
won $500. The next night we commit
ted several robberies, picking pockets, al
auctions; we raised abou 800.
''For a length Of time after this, we did
nothing but carouse about, and led most
| dreadful life in drunkenness and debauch-
cry. The next robbery of any import
ance that we committed was at jewelers.
store near the basin, from which we stole
watches 81 jewelry to the amount of $4,000.
This robbery happened in the year 1899.
About a week after this we committed
cruel robbery at the house of widow la
Idy. We knocked at her door, she opened
it; we went in, and told her if she did not
show US where her money was we would |
take her life. She accordingly gave US
the keys OF her drawers, from which we
took $1,000. After this we took steam
boat and returned TO Natchez. On our
passage we committed a robbery to the
amount of $1,000, on one Of the pasSen-
gers. A great noise was made about it;
and every person was searched; but
concealed the book in the biacksmith's
shop until the night we arrived in
Natchez. As we were. gong ashore
from the boat we stole box belonging
to Dutchman, which contained $500
in gold. We went to Lovetl's house, and
found that he and Jones were doing
first rate business. They informed us
that they had committed several robberies
during our absence, which principally con-
sisted OF burgaries. They said that they
had been watching man belonging to a
flat boat, & put us on the track he had gone.
Carter and myself went in search Of him,
and overlook him about thlrty-five miles
below Natchez.
eve went on board the boat and callel
for some liquor; Carter pulled pistol
from his pocket and shot The owner OF the {
boat in the left breast, as he was drawing {
the liquor for US. A boy about twelve {
years OF aye came running TO assist his
master; caught hold of him by the nap
Of the neck and the back OF his panta- Q
looms and threw him overheard. lie en- t
to catch hold Of the gunwae Of i
the boat, but | struck him on the head +
with billet Of wood-he sunk to rise no (
more. We landed the boat, and plumber |
ID it Of $4,000 in money. We then re- 0
turned to Natchez, where we renamed c
for three months. During that time we j
some heavy burglares; one in
particular, store on the hill, which we 7
broke into. Lovett killed the servant girl |
" knocking her on the head with large $
hammer, after which we robbed the store h
II $500 in money, and goods to the amount !
II $4,000. We then took the body of the h
Unfortunate girl and threw it down well a
il the back of the house il
''No doubt the public will feel anxious to G
nov in what manner we disposed Of the p
toen goods | let them know this by stating t
hat at the time refer to, there were 81
number Of persons at Natchez termed c
eaccS, that is, receivers Of stolen goods. h