Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-09-11

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c~ai1nness. ~ walked 10 the scafold with
9 firm step surveyed the instrument Of
death Deliberately. and seemed 10 b.. as
us ~ interested III it as were those who
were assembled around him as SPECTATORS
While the sheriff was adjusting the rops
nfolibd hiS meek M spoke In tones Of cslin-
Iiess and Just before The fatal fall was eiv.
sn,xhis Int wosds were. "(sod bless YOU.
and God bless ej'--addrrssing himself
10 the Sheriff.
Rk1 execution was managed skiIfully
aHd The prisoner disd evident
x6osit INCH pain.
BeloW w publish ! copy of the coofsss
sion which III. made 10 his spiritual "a.
wiser. Htv Mr.. Massey.
In addition TO this confession. Criss &C.
knowtsdgsd htnssslfgdiiiy Of The crime Of.
forgery, which WINS IAid to his account III
Ohio, before he was affsssed for the rnur.
der Of Nye. He also confessed to other
crimes, the naturs Of which w havs not
been able To ascertain"
fifE~ corrEssfoN.
Having no longer any hopestof escap-
ing the just sentence of the law, aud trust.
ing, through Gods mercy, 70 securs tho
salvation Of my soul during the short time
/ have yet TO live, / hereby make q full
confession Of my guilt in the awful n,ns-
der Of Theodore Nysa
The Idea " committing the murder
FIRST entered my mind on the morning OF
the day we Ieh New Orleans Tor Mobile.
Nye told ms TINT had i large sum ofmon-
ey, and wal on his way To- California
and this tempted me 10 commit the deed.
Having heard him say that he had soma
friends In Mobile, I told him that / was
coming here, and If he would come along,
would pay bis passage. i was, then
my intention to kill him on the way here.
but my heart failed me, and ] abandoned
the idea entirely. ! then determined ii
go to Montgomery on the day Of our arri-
val here-but when / went to the New
Orleans boat for my baggage, the servant
who had charge Of II was away. and I
could not get IT, ! returned TO the Hotel
that time, and the Devil again put it into
my head to kill Nye.
/ went and bought me q hammer resoly-
ing to execute my purpose during the. night
but my heart failed me, and on the morn
ing Of the twenty-sixsh ! arose, again de-.
termined to give Il up altogetheT, ! left
my room early. Nye being asleep, having
been ont the night before. Two or three
times before breakfast, / went otIie room
TO kill him, but ! could not dot! / ate
breakfast and went again up 10 nj room
and told him 10 .get up and cone and get
his breakfast" and left the DOM.
After awhile | started up stairs again,
without any idea Of murder, but when ]
entered the room. Nye being still in bed.
the FIRST object that met my eye was the
accursed hammer which ! had purchased.
In a momentum what seems now q
whirl of arrangements seized the ham,
mer and strovs to hurry il in his temple.
He said nothing afterwards. and made no
noise, but seemed struggling TO move him.
sell. took q towel and tied II tightly
Ilabont his throat, and then searched for his
money, under the pillow and Id Bis peck.
cts. Being. disappointed, / went down
stairs, paid our bills. and asked for he
package Nye had deposited. Failing to
get that, I wsnt directly to the New Or.
leans boat. got my baggage and went on
board the Lowndes. I never was On
board the ST. Charles, AZ one Of the wit
nesses on trial asserted. Shortly after
getting on board the Lowndes, Curl and
Terrell came aboard from The. Oregon. I
was sitting on the forward part ofths boss.
Curl came and took his seat near by mo
and remarked, 1--WE had = pleasant Tins
coming over.p / sid, Every pleasant
He said, "ths Oregon Is ! very fine boat
! replied, ..yes, very fne"-and 90 on, not
correcting fis impression that I had come
oyer with him On our way to Mont.
gomery, many little incidents were spo-
ken of by Curl and others ~ having oc-
Cured on the Oregon-of ail Of which !
spoke AZ though I was familiar with them.
And when these were brought again TO
his mind by Gen. Andrews, to whom Il
related them, they confirmed his impres-
sion that ! had cone with him from New
Orleans. do not doubt that Curl il an
honest man. and that he fully believed ".
cry word he said At my trial. I had man
aged TO deceive him.
We remained on board the Lowndes
all the day before she left, except shout
two hours, during which, o. Curl stased.
we were wandering about the city. On
our way back to the boat, when we got in
the neighborhood Of the post Office, We
parfed-he going TO see "the wild horse''
and Ito the boat. Curl came down Just
after dinner, and the captain asked him, /
think, 20 90 70 tho pantry and gst some