The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-02
You engaged drop line. Trusting you quite
well, am deai OConnor, yours ever truly, -
WILLIAM MASSEY.

convict assured him that this letter was written BY
HAS, sy at Mrs. Mapniugs solicitation but that ther.
having been In town ut this period O'Conuor came
on Thursday tbs aeth instant the time specified 10
for Mrs Massey aud her brother My wife said they
bad just gone out but that shs expected them to
with 'Conpor relating my Intention of bringing al
aotion against two Taunton for defamation If
character. During this time my wife called mo out
room for she wanted to get him into the kitchen to
cook bic goose," on which said will not any
such thing done During this conversation zen
ur OF rose, put his hat, left the house
She immt distey up stairs put on her bonnet aud
overlook O',onn about three hundred yards from
the houte and afterwards informed me- that she had
said to him, Patrick, what makes you leave la suoh
mean wsy?' He answered, =" he did NOT like my OBJ
and II WAS his firm opinion that meant snerHp him
In the ksme msnnsr He therefore declined
to The heuse She repeatedly urged him to do but
he did not return She came into the house In very
excited state and said to me You COW hearted vii
lain you have prevented my carrying out my pan"
aud sb1 cried bitterly She raid You will stand tor
It for IL will be found out. quite certain
he will never come here again then asksd her what
would become Of her toul II shs committed an act Of
murder, to which she answered, We have no soul ;
after sead ks Jumps OF clay and there ia
more thought Of and shall have TO suffer
hereafter tor numbering that man" The next morning
early the tsld to Massey, Conner here last
Ing and informed him you out with sister.
l with you to write me note to OConnor" lie ssid,
Certainly but you dictate It" Massey then rat
down ana raid, " Now, Mrs Manning. let me know
what you wish me to say" upon which he wrote, from
her dicts'ton, rs follows
being informed that you haa been at house truly
soT that slater and myself we're NOT able be at
drIns III. time were there he was sshea ~
but We shall Ss happy soeetS some ssy n.xi
i"I''H' dear oc'Ah''' yours ever WV wsr%y'xAssrr.
3Mnver Place. New Weston street. Iermondsey.
On Wednesday, about ten days afterwards my wife
wrote him to come and dine lie never osms until
ten O'Clock Ill the he did not receive the
before seven the night. tie accom- pa oisd
BY . person Lansd wsi-h, aud appeared quite drunk
He lay the sofs and ed to be In aintiog
Ny wife get bottle Of eau Dc Coiosns and applied is
his and washed his face, and imporcd Mr.
Wsbh To GO straight home with him We all shook
ban ds and parted the beet Of friends Thsnex day
OLoI and took It to the post office herself telling
me there Vas certainty Of bis getting 1t. The nots
waA rs follows -
DrAn Ocossos-I shall be Apply to you to dine with
TO- Your. ~: 1uy 2 ysI s s;N
He came at ten min utss past i've, on the Thursday
the 9Th Il August previous to which she had laid
table for Eve with the dh and thing down
NobDg had been prepared in the way offood When he
Nasssy!n Ny wife answered, Up stairs dreseisg Tor
dinner" He then pquii Cd how long they had been up
stairs. My wife replied hey wsr. only just gone up
they saw you come the door ~ At this time Massey
not In the house, his sister in Loudon
the present hour 1t my belief shs has
London at all. My wifs then asked OConnor to 10
down s'aIs TO wash hts hands which he declined. She
raid Patrick, Mics massey 10 very particular young
lady the had then been In tbs house about twenty mi
nutes) do down, Patrick and wash your hands !"
heard him 60 down STAIRS being ct the time In my
bed room. Walking About minute afterwards heard
the report the pistol he Descending the stairs
Ny wife then came up stairs me, and SAID Thank
God have him all right NJ last iJ never will be
found out on such extraordinary good terms,
will have The least suspicion ct my muir
dsriDg himn TO which replied, I" Am quite certain
you will be hung for this set She ssid, 10 will nos
be you. but myself that will have TO suffer- After
shooting him, fhs said, 4" think more Of what
have than ~ had shot the cat the wall " On
her coming 20 ms up stairs che insisted on my coming
down i'm Dsdatsly and upon my reaching tue aitohsn,
! found o., onDor rvetDg on the grave he mosned .
good deal and % never liked him very vsl', bat
his trousers pocket keys his trunk and box
and, within tes minutes after he murder, vz twenty
minutes to sly .hs put on her bonnet aud nsots And
BE- impossible TOR TO stay in this house., and vent
into the garden and smoked q pipe on the VAIL and
convsrsed with the landlord Of the next house. The
Ok plain here produced . tolerably we'll executed
sketch Of the bach Kitchen drawn from recollection BY
Manning and showing the exact spot "hsrs the BODY
fell ans having these orib.d upon Shot ~
THU spot He then proceeded with Msnning's state
psnt ms foiows:-Aftsr had eat upon the vail
&C quantity OF rice had there Ny vile returned
from OConpsr and let herself In with the street dopr
hey se1". s.s1 %,n na ,., % s'fh Sv, IN. .SS.
the shares and bonds With me. knocked 81 the door
when went to 0Joupors house, and Miss Armes let
me In | then asked II OCopnor was ut home. She
rsid "No, he IN not home from the docks YETI Upon
which my wife raid win you let 40 up stairs, ~
have coms ca ses him ON businsss!" The snswer was
srtainIyD After she had been up ab nut If
teen npinutes, rbs walked quietly from his drs~ios-
to his bed room unlocked his tunk aud took all
the shares she esuld see two gold watches and two
geld chains She fsid she saw tho bankers book, BY
vbieh 1t appeared there were f3co0 In the bsnkers'
bands. Regarding the book ~ usssss shs did not
take It, she remained Ut Miss Armssi about hour
and minutes. and then returned home aud sorted
the ,bsrre, and In doing so. exclaimed, hsv. not
got the foreign bond. which u worth between $4,000
and "a co., She taid che was dst.rmined to 60
again the folowna day to get the bond, ~ she was
quite cure he had IL fer she had IL before she
Sp.v me She did 20 repeat her visit to Miss Armes
the following day and returned greatly excited not
having founo the object o. her search She said she
went into Miss hrrnss' shop, and purchased cake,
rem arhins, III is very strange Mr. O'Connor has
not bsep at bome;n to which Misc Armss accented
wife dssripg her 10 b. hind enough to tell him that
hs had been there two evenings to him. and that
the desired to do so on important business Ny wife
remained at Mss Armss the same time ~ on the pre-
yiops day. ON the saturday she said to me. want
to the Shareholder With these eastern
iiss sbsiss" 1 ssksd the uss Of my doing 90, ~
should have 70 commit forgery. She said. The man
js d, sd ard there can be no witness aganst you -
Upon which rsmsrtsdi 10 would be Impossible TO sell
tboss shsrespow, az nhssn dsys notice required be-
for y q ale can be effected. She then said. You
borrow money upon them" and at length vent 10
Mestrs Kiilicks and Company's, Of Bank chambers,
tho.e shsr.s they asked me BY whom had been
for.d Z. them; spon Which replied by gentleman
Who had been In the habit Of doing buiuess With them
The party addressed ssksa me my name and address,
TO Which replkd, Patrick o'Coppor, "a Greenwood
stree. road wac told that 4 10 could NOE
be advanced on the shares but that might have clio
and that their rate Of ntsres YES i've cent for six
uonths. replied that should NOT want the money
for more than two months. They said the charge
woVla DO the zane IL had II only for . week. said,
very we'll" TbsJ produced . document, which
signed rstrich oCoppor, a Greenwood street, Mile
spd. road They gave q IlO0 note and ten sove-
r.igns I Wished them good morning aud then went
TO The Bank IL England, bsd the note changed fog
aty so,er'sss and ten Is notes; returned hems and
gave money my wife There other shares nth
O'Conpors name upon them. My wife said had bet
ter take thss~ shares go to another boher and turn
ttsp into money The lat named shares believe to
have been sin ~ the Leicester and Birmingham In
ssp Bond for GO about sir seps Of the bordeaux
Railway. dscinso to comply With this last request
She declared there nos the least danger. as the
usn dead. She became much excited aud insisted
On my going ! put ON my hat and vent out, a. N
going TO broker and returned In about tee hours
,sid ! had been 70 . broh.r-though had not-vhc
would advance money the shares on Thursday.
sb. remarked u vas very strange he wovd not do 40
then and that abe bad her doubts rs to 10y having
been 10 broker. ON Monday, the lsth OF August
left home at nine o'clock In ~. morning, sndreturnsd
half hour sftsr noon, vber my wife tod me that
two persons had been there inqvtng both for OCop-
nor and mys.u that she had no knovledge u those
r.r,obs hut believed them to have been custom houe
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