Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-03-29


Confession Of HaH.-The New Haven Palladium
publishes the confession Of Hall, convicted of the
murder of Mrs. Bacon, at Mddletown CT last
summer. lie left Merden ON Sunday, the path of
September and proceeded to Middetown in order
to rob the house of Eben. Bacon whom he knew to
be man Of property, while the family at
Church. Having, unobserved, effected an entrance
into the house through open window, he went in.
TO the front room, and was occupied in removing
money from the DESK when he was interrupted by
the entrance of Mrs Bacon.
"She said, "ls this you, Mr.. Hall ," l think
said 81 will kill you" and caught up chair. She
said "You're not going to kill me, are you ''-and
she took up rocking chair to defend herself. She
screamed loud two or three times. think she said
"Don't kill me-" She retreated towards the kitch-
en- door | struck her with a chair held, and Ell
Their knocked the rocking chair out of her hand or
she let it fall. She then turned to run into the
kitchen. | should think then hit her with the
chair the back Of her head, and that knocked her
down she got part way up and | knocked her
down again-this blow on the side OF her head,
/ think. She did not get up again, but continued
to groan | should think she rolled over on to her
back the spot Of blood nearest the door must be
where she first fell.
"The next blow | gave her was on the forehead ;
! should think this blow split the bottom of the
chair | then took another chair nd struck her n
number of times her head, il might be three or
! four-l thought still signs of life, and went
into the butery and got the butcher knife that
| found ON the hoor--l did this to make she was
| dead ] came back and stabbed her several times
in the breast and stomach--I thought she breathed
her last after the first stab | then went back TO
the desk, and finished getting the money. 1t was
during the struggle that cut my hand-it was
with my own knife, which had opened when
came into the house had been using it to cut and
white the cane. My knife | recollect fell on the
floor, and picked it up before | went away, think
! ing it might be found and betTay me. Alter the
murder, and efore went back to the desk, | went
to the front door TO see If any body was coming
When first went into the house laid the on
the chair in the kitchen, near the door into the
front room, and forgot TO take il when went u
way. | went out through the front door OF the l.
part had gone some ways before remembered
the cane, and then afraid TO 60 back after it.
IL went TO Meriden as fast as | could. took oil
my coat and carried it on my arm part of the way
i stopped at Fall brook and washed some OF the
blood off my coat and pantaoons; j did not wash
my bosom; there no blood on It. returned
by the same route came, till was opposite Mr..
Baldwin $, and then went through the lots north OF
the road 10 the woods east of Mr.. Thrall's barn.
should think got back 10 or Is minutes past one.
j hid the money in the barn all except So, which
| hid in the garrett of Mr. Thralrs house. went
to church in the afternoon. stopped at the Con-
gregational church because it the nearest, and
| was afraid should be too late at the other
al never told my wife of this transaction, gave
her the slightest reason to suspect anything about
it, but have always declared myself innocent to
her-nor did ever communicate TO any person un-
til yesterday when first mentioned it to my coun-
sel-no person participated in the crime except my
self Bell and Roberts are perfectly innocent-I
did not either of them that day-my acquaint-
ance with Bell very slight, and had not spok-
en- to Roberts, as recollect but once in years |
have nothing more to say, except that most SOL
EMMY declare that never intended to do any thing
more than to get some money when first went in
to the house of Mr.. Bacon, and that the only mo-
tive had to do the murder to escape detection,
because knew that was recognized by Mrs. Ba-
con-"