The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-26
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JANE, THE MURp1kk1G Earn that this
woman, on Saturday lei ~ y ! full confes-
|sion Of the murder Of Winston family fo|
the Rev. DR.. RYLASD. = eonfesses that she
alone committed The d & deed. She acquits|
her husband Of assia hef IN il. Il will bel
very hard to believe, Iii one woman, unaided,l
conld have perpetrs de- awful outrage
! Il win not be credited lhat he whole act, and
the pillaging Of the house. was the work Of
one woman. But We havs little doubt that the
whole truth will come out. before the compile
ton Of the tragedy, which must wind up with
the execution of the murderer or murderers-
THE more than demons, who committed those
murders on Monday morning last. that. siI
things considered, are hardly paralleled M
history. John Williams own statement makes
Shim at least privy to the bloody purpose o. Dis
= wife; and il will be surprising, indeed, u nus
Eguilt is no deeper. That is deep enough-to
8permit that master, who, to promote the happi
eness OF himself and wife, had bought him mi
fSouth Carolina, and brought bin back to Vir-l
eginia--to permit both that master and his nls-
ttress, whose treatment of him and his wife had
sbeen SO unyaryingly kind and indulgent, to|
Rcontinue the unsuspecting objects OF the bloody
purpose of Jane, is itself crime that deserves
"a terrible punishment. We see but little diff !
Ference between the failure to stay the uplilted|
Farm, and the striking of the blow. But wei
suppose we shall have the whole truth now
| The trial before the Hastings Court 10 morrow
may bring from Jane what she has communi-
,cated to Dr. Ryland, and perhaps little more.
AS the plot ihickens, and her fate begins tol
ldawn more clearly before her eyes, she may
grow more communicative. She begun With
1.-The most mperturbable frmnsss and self
possession to deny all knowledge of the mar
Eders. For nearly week she remained firm mi
Sher cool profession of ignorance OF the mannerl
2of their accomplishment. But time even made
IAN impression on her indurated heart; and sheI
Stands forth as the confessed murderess OF theI
Il mistress who had never been any otherwise
Ethan kind, trusting and forgiving to her, and theI
scrusher of the skull of her innocent babe. sol
1 that the physician said that when he pressed
Sits head 10 discover its injuries, he heard thel
broken pieces Of bone grating against each|
so,her BY and bye, she may go little fur-l
ither, aud we may have little more TRUTH
We pray most devoutly that the true persons
sconnecled with those most revolving and mex
lplicable murders, may be found out and pun-I
sished TO the full extent of our laws-whichI
provide indeed none that can be considered att
fall commensurate with the crime.
p. S.-Since writing the above, we havej
learned the following particulars. On Satur-I
3day evening, about 7 o'clock, the Rev. Mr.
sRYLAND, pastor Ofthe African Baptist Church,
sof which Jane Williams is member, visited
her, and exhorted her to make her peace With
God, as she would undoubtedly be hung. janet
replied that she intended doing so, and that
There was something on her mind which shel
wished 10 tell him. Thereupon, she stated
that she alone murdered Mrs. Winston and herI
daughter, and inflicted the wounds upon MIR.
Winston head. She exculpated her husband
Ientirey, stating that he was asleep at the time
(she committed the bloody deed, and knew no. /
thing of its preparation. She did not 60 into1
the particulars of the transaction then. Yes
|uoned her concerning the matter, and she alsoI
made full and prompt confession 10 him OF
the murder. She also told hims
(the particulars of the transaction. She said
that little before daybreak, and in advance OF
her usual hour of rising, she rose without dis !
.turbing her husband, procured the broad +
Eedged Ratchet, entered the house, proceeded oI
MIR. Winston's room, and commenced her fend
fish labors by knocking MIR. Winston senseless.E
He scarcely struggled. On leaving him, sheI
stepped around the bed, and commenced cut
|ting into the head of Mrs. Winston. Mrs. W.'sI
STRUGGLES were SO great, that Jane says she in
Hicted stronger and more frequent blows nponI
her head than she did upon Mr.. WIS. in order
ito silence her quickly. She then killed the
infant, washed off the blood, and laid it in theI
Ecradle. She then washed the blood off of thel
Ratchet, hid ii, and then gave the alarm. janet
further stated that she considered she had beenl
sill-treated by Mr.. and Mrs. Winston, and hada
been brooding over her bloody revenge for somel
time. The devil, she stated, had such posses y
sion OF her last Monday morning, that she be-
,lieved she could have went further than shes
did, If necessary. She denies stealing theA
watch and clothing, as our reporter unders,ood.1
|She will probably reiterate her confession in
full on Tuesday next, when brought up for8
trial.
The CASE OF THE BROTHERS RAND.-On]
Saturday Ed. w. Rand and J. w. Rand were|
drought before Judge Meridiih of the CircutI
|Superior Court, upon wri,s of habeas corpus.
land it was decided that they should have al
hearing. The only new testimony elected nI
this the second examination, was given by o. |
II. Rand, and officer Ingalls, of Boston. The
Testimony OF o. II. Rand corroborated the evil
deace of his two brothers, while Mr.. 1. stated
that hich he had not the opportunity before
of doing, that Abram w. Rand told him inI
Boston that ne received the FIVE $50 notes en-.