The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-11
From the CattaratGgats Republican,, july I.
THE MURDER--CONFE OF &c
SEPH BOHALL.

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THE MURDER--CONFE OF 10
SEPH BOHALL.
The grand jury, in session last week, found
bill Of indictment against Joseph Bohall, for the
murder OF Richard Brown and wife. No bill was
found against the son-in-law, Mr.. Sciples-there
did not appear to be any thing against him to
warrant his being arraigned for trial-his only
misfortune was being son-in-iaw of Bohall and
residing in the same house.
On Wednesday afternoon, after our paper had
been worked off, Bohall made some statements to
the sheriff, which induced him to arrest man by
the name of Miles, living, we believe, in the
town of New Albion. Niles was brought in
town, and underwent examination before Is
rael Day, Esq. While the wife of Mr.. Niles was
on the stand testfying, the sheriff came into the
court room and stated that the prisoner (Bohall)
was in very high state of excitement-in con-
vulsions, on account of having accused MIR. Niles
of the murders-in trying to implicate an inno-
cent man, and that Bohall acknowledged that
Niles was not, in any way, concerned in the hor-
rid transaction. Several witnesses had already
been examined, and to make the matter still more
clear, one more was called upon the stand. The
evidence went conclusively to show that MIR.
Niles was an innocent and III ured man. He was
accordingly discharged, and with feelings which
can better be imagined tn an described, returned
home with his wife, who had been during this
time, an anxious spectator of the scene
room I'M the court house. where Bohall had been
placed, during the examination, and if we ever
saw the workings Of guilty conscience, we saw
it there. He was evidently in great agony OF
mind-indeed in commissions, PROSTATE on the
floor, occasionally crying loudly for mercy. If it
be possible for the guilty upon earth to feel the
torment of the demaned, that miserable man felt
1t then.
The crowd by this time becoming SO great, he
was removed to the south west room, where, in
the presence of few individuals, he made
confession of the horrid crime. We were one of
the number, and we give the facts, as near as we
can recollect, as they fell from his own hps-
He stated that he had made up his mind on the
Sunday night previous, to kill them-that on
Monday morning he arose very early, made on
fire, and then went up to Mr.. Brown's-found
that Mr. Brown had gone down into the sugar
bush to gather some sap buckets-picked up a
round beech stick, at the door, about three feet
long, and went down into the woods, and assist
ed the deceased in getting the buckets and start
ed for the housewife on the way he struck the
deceased from behind, with club; he struck
him but twice, and he states that MIR. Brown
never spoke after the first blow. HIS then threw
the club among the brush, and started back to
BPS. house.
He described to Mr. Carpenter, deputy sheriff,
from Leon, the place where he threw the club.
MIR. Carpenter, in company with Judge Day of
Conewango, on his return home proceeded to the
spot described by the prisoner, and there found
the club coverd with blood and hair After he
had imbrued his hands in the blood Of poor
Brown, he then went to his house, where he
found Mrs Brown partly dressed, sitting in front
of the FIRE, smoking. He told her he was going
to kill her.
She made no effort to escape, supposingj him
testing, and only remarked that he would not
dare strike her. He then stepped toward the
door and took up an axe, approached her in front,
and while that poor, defenceIess woman was en-
trely alone, un conscious of her danger, he sent
her spirit to an ,tber worll by striking her pros