Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-05-08

with the apartment. On the victims body
being examined, it was found that she wa
stabbed in nine different parts and he
. hands and arms were also gashed in many
places, in way that showed how desper
a,ely she must have Tough. for life. o.
the bed was found very large lock O
hair. torn out by the roots.
The hair was a. first thought 10 be Ms
Fanshawe's own; but on examination, none
was torn from her head neither Cid The
lock correspond in The least with hers, Ell
their in color or length. Tas was also the
case with Eveleen and, alter most pa.
lien, investigation at the inquest. al! con-
cerned unanimously admitted The inexpIic.
abe TACT, that this lock OF wuman's hair,
was neither the murdered Iady's nor that
Of the accused. Eveleen herself gave the
following voluntary explanation Of the po-
silion in which she was found:
| was aroused from my sleep, by hear.
ing what conceived to be struggle min.
gled with smo,hered screams, going on in
the sleeping apartment Of Miss Fanshaws.
| listened, and hearing scream still more
distinctly, and also what thought TO be a
cry for help, | tesi,aled no, moment in
hurrying towards the room. As apprca-
ched the door, which was a, the end Of
long corridor, and al a considerable dis
tance from the sleeping room Of any one
else. my own chamber being the nearest to
it. | heard wha, thought 10 be voices of
individuals hurriedly conversins; but when
reached The door, which Miss Fanshawe
never locked. | found il slightly open, ard,
on entering, discovered her lieless body on
the floor, in a pool of blood. There were
no persons visible in the room. screamed
at the sight, and in dreadful ag.
ilation, sank Oh .nys knees, and then fell
across the body,by which became besmea.
red with the blood of my dear murdered
friend, whom | loved as myself. On ari-
sing, happened 10 see dagger, and lifted
ii up by the end Of the blade, hardly know.
ing what did. At this moment. the but
Ter entered the room.
The defence OF consel was unavaiing
a sentence of guilty was rendered, and Ev-
eleen-athough subsequently found TO be
executed.
Al the very next Assizes, a man, who
was surrounded by an appalling mystery.
was accused Of being the sole perpelrator
OF the dead. Circumsantial evidence bro't
the ACT home TO him, with a conviction 10
the minds Of all men, and he was also sen.
fenced, but anticipated his doom, and poi
soned himself in prison, by the aid of fe-
male accomplice, leaving the following
confession behind him:
In few moments | shall be dead, and |
low write all wish 10 say, and whatever
ny life has been, and whatever my religi-
,us notions are, all may believe every
word here write 10 be the solemn truth.
am innocent of the murder of Miss Fam
have, and have not the remotest idea
Who murdered her. The night she was
murdered | was many miles distant, and
his | would have proved on my trial, bu,
could not have done SO without confess.
ng that | was engaged that night in COM
hitting murder, but where or on whom
'ill never be known. Ny hands we're cut
4 the death grappe. and my clothes
meared with blood. As to the witnesses .
Tho asserted they saw me lurking about
he Abbey grounds. they either wiliuliy ,
led or were mistaken by my resemblance
D another. The dagger with which Miss ,
'anshawe was murdered really was mine,
Though denied it on my trial. was in .
he habit of carrying it about me. but ,
,st it week before the murder was com. 1
,itted, near the Abbey, and | have no
oubt the real murderer had picked i, up, S
nd used it as the instrument of the deed. s
What my real name, rank, or country is I
who am or wha, | have been-I will +
ever tell. That secret, and many others, ,
ersh with me. s
1t appears, then, that the latter was not b
uilty, from the death bed confession made :
y an old woman, the substance of which 4
as follows:
She said, that A years by-gone. she had c
we'd as lady's maid with Miss Fanshawe, c
- Abbey, and that lady having n
'veral times scolded and threatened 10 a
scharge her for gross neglect Of her du-
es. an awful spirit of revenge took pos.
,ssion of her, and she determined TO mur.
er her mistress. While pondering the !
'atter over, she happened to find dagger b
hat left by Roderick Madden) near &c the k
ark pailings. About week afterwards, v
,e murdered her mistress with this very q
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