Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-07-26
From the Richmond Dispatch.
The ME hnmo00 Murder.

Sssuu " tCCoiie-o- AtStC'ouys WUeO
was exa9ineJ. did not explain my self fully
as Wished to do. My vii. has had the car.
IF Mr.. Wls,on's key ofihe house ever since
have been there Last week my wifi, ceased
to sleep ,cith NE. She slept with her ,laugh..
cr an a bed about four feet long. and |, on las,
Friday night, objected, 10 her sleeping with the
child She persisted in doing 20. and told
her il she did not stop it. would cut the he'd
up. so that we could sleep together. Wa.
awakened one night. "Wednesday night. |
then asked particularly whut induced her To
go into the house so ea,ly. She told M sh
would go in the house and be prepared To TAX.
the child. then told her il the child shnuli
awake they would ring the bell for her AMI -h'.
would have time enough to go in. On Fri
day night. when told her to sleep with me.
I 60, up and locked the door. did not feel
satisfied with her conduct in getting up. On
S n.lay hight last, Jane Came out ci ih,. house
pretty early ard went right to bed. She gof
up N"nday mor~;sg b.torc kne~ anything
abom IL. Jane. until within the last eight Or
ten days. va. in the habit of waking me hn
she first arose. On Sunday nigh Ne ~ had
her he'd carried into the kitchen t. sheep
which was contrary To her usual habit -np-
pose She wanted To- yr, breakfast early. Nvl-
ly is very wak-iul woman and slept right AZ
The door Of he kitchen. VIII IL went dawn
IN the kitchen there was good fire, and il
looked though SIZE had been up for an hour
or two had Just received the alarm Of muir.
der. and rs Was going to run out, met Mel
US husband " no said To me- the women are
making grea' fuss, don't kuow for what
said he thought the gas had go, loose. Then
| returned and put on my pantal""ns. went
up 10 my room about o'clock Sunday night.
| aud wen, to bed alou 10 o'clock. Ii | said
s o'clock on yesterday, VAS misfak,a. She
slept Nth me Sunday night.
By a juror-I never did say that nv wife
committed the murder. | believe that ,h.
Ought TO know ofr. She goes into The house
early and must have known something Of it
if any one on the lot committed tie MURDER
can't say tina, she did il. or that any one as
with her TO help her do it, III, or my wife,
had committed III, murder, and knew it.
would tell y"n Ii you would Kill! me could
not say anything else. Yesterday said size
did H." because heard some one say that I
did it,
Jane Will Ms recal!s+l-'Tiere was one
thing about Annn that forgot. She told Inc
one day last week. that one night when it was
raining, there VAS gentleman talking to her
through the winJnw. She ctud not come gu,
and 'h'' geniltncn was very angry. and sail.
that II j, happened 50 again h. would knock
Winston IN the head some of iht.s,. times: this
Anna told me. She appeared a'trrw ards yer,
much put ont because she did mt know be-
fore that the parlor key would unlock the trout
door. have M staicinci t 10 make. Ii m.
| husband has mHtie any statement against me,
| he has said taat which was not true. have
no Confession to make, as have told the truth.
Whatever punishment Is inflicted nrs me- i'll
he wrong. did not go INFO The hchrn Sun
day night after Q O'Clock. or in TIE morning
beinre ] gave the alarm. Dad rot See any
bed in tie kitchen NJ 9 "'cIock. Snrn.rin,s
would not sleep With him for u week. He
| was dissatisfied once or twi ice about il. | d.
not know that he was la bed all of Sunday
night. | did not with the liaiche' Il" K il "ui
Of the bucket Sunday night. This Vas m,
| hucke, in my rom. J have three buckets /
don't know how the hair came int" tie bucket
That ia the truth if ever spoke il. SOM
hair was hire taken from JAMES head and
compnrrI with the hair f"lnJ ii. the bucket.
1t did net respond.
Anna, slave To Mrs Austin, Of Buckingham
was next exaninrd. know nothing nfth,
murder DIAL 'rd"y morning l hf' MT "'"s1"ns
mouse. al hitht went To "'iic woman $
on Gary street. Dbl moi go any whtrr dur
ing the Day ! ran away hecahs' OF being
whlPP"o ny MIR w. was sorry aft r""rds-
\ few n'sh's '''i"re 'it' there MAS ,nrn al
inc P''iih1s whi'e Mas AT thr g'frc' "ih'i"".
dld not hear hrn max" any threats against
Mr winston. D'd not ten Jane iiiams thaI
this man would knock Mr. Wn'ion III th'' head
some OF mes. times. Did not III. any threats
,sais, hr "ihsf"n. John d'd not IKE n e.
'""- an NOT '1'her. heard "f the murder
yesterday m"ruing. | was at Ann -. "n Cary
street. on Saturday nIg't The h"nse is kept
n.y a Int woman. | slept IN Mr. Br,nch'-
factory Saturday n:eh' witha " bite man.
lei' tf"rr III the morning b fprr sunri+e. then
walked a'"u' Did NOT 90 near Mr. Wins'ons
MONDAY morning, after walking about the
-trrrfs. v ext back I" Ann -honse and stay
ID there oil day. heard Jane say that she
nj no' IKE Mrs WINSTON and never " uld
II Vas not long ago hen III" SAID this. John
i"id ma he tli moi like ma ~ Joe. AMI never
would. TITS was 'arelv. He dad not like
master Joe becnus' Mr. Winston SAID INT he
""i'd "h,p iii'n II he told auy more hes ABOUT
'e. Onl. nnrscd the baby ocra.i"naiiv -
Have. had n" difficulty wnh Mr. VS. tamil.
Jane says that She never f"rsrts or forsiH's