The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-26
.cHl DAILY DISPATCH

- r. Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Lynch in Phila-
deiphis:
IT,. sdger saws he told his story 10 an art.
,..s Kramer. and with great minuteness, fully
rnrroborating the different statements OF the
J;fsrent witnesses previously examined IN re-
farence IN circumstances with which ne was
sonrec,ed. The whole statement OF the oos
bore the impress of truth upon its tace; II was
consistent throughout ,-,..; h;s .r;
49, ~, father moved TO the " esteIn end OF
sha dnck an as TO get better view on ms son
shsn he had of the other Witnesses. Inc con-
IL, of The father was not marked by any unu-
suai emotions. h. :, Dill.
aeInh;e. was Is years old; has three younger
sisters in the asylum IN W ashington; that the
dirk knife found under 'ne oooy OF one OF the
.,nrJsred women was given to him by boy
- Washington. named james Goodman; that
s .~o weeks previous to the murder he missed
sbe knife that his father, before the Thursday
the murder was committed, had SIS in money,
which he said he got from Mrs. Harrington,
and IS ne obtained fiom Thos. Ford. His ia
ther, some time previous, he said, told him
him $780, the real name of which woman, the
witness on Tuesday before the murder, ascer.
tanned was Mrs. Shaw.
The witness next testified to the fact Of his
visiting, with his father, the house of DIR
Pagan. where they remained from to 10
o'clock at night. The witness, while there,
interfered with his father TO prevent him COM
hitting crime TO obtain money. The father
said he would shed blood for il, and the wit
ness threatened to call the watch, when he de-
sisted.
The visit to the house of Carroll, on the
night previous 10 the murder, was next MI
nutely detailed. Spring told his son he was
going there to rob them, and the witness al.
leges he accompanied him for the purpose of
preventing the outrage and protecting the in
mates. When his father first proposed 10 go
to the house to rob, the witness refused to CO.
but the prisoner finally promised he would
only ask Mrs. Shaw to loan him money, when
he consented TO accompany him. While at the
house, the prisoner limited to the witness that
he would :" fix them" The witness said if he
was going to do any thing like that" he
would leave. Liquor was then brought in,
and while ali hands were drinking, CarroR ant
his brother, who had been out, knocked q Ahe
door, were let in, asd being drunk commence
fighting with Mrs. Carroll. which ended in
fight between Carroll and Spring, during
which the latter pulled something out of his
pocket, which the witness picked up and
found 10 be piece of leaden pipe wrapped up
in paper, not so large as the piece shown the
witness before the grand jury.
They soon after left the house, end on their
way to McGure's, the prisoner requested the
witness not TO throw the leaden pipe away, for
he would "6x them for that yet'-:hat he
would hit one of them iE the head and end
them, wheieupon the witness threw the pipe
away, as he said he would carry no weapon
with which his father could commit murder
In consequence of this remark, his father did
not speak to him until the next day. On Wed.
nesday bis father returned to Carrolls for his
hat, but the witness kept watch over him all
day, and at 10 o'clock at night came home,
and told witness he had been down at CarrolI's
and he found out that Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll
were going TO a ball the next night; he SAID
Mr.. Lynch was in New York, and there would
be no one in the house bat them two women !:
he said he would fix them of; he didn't say
thing about it further until Thursday morn.
ing; he said he was going down there that
night, and wanted witness to go there with
him; said he would not go he asked him five
or six times, and he got angry, and did not
speak to witness until supper; he was not ont
of witness sight that day.
The witness next testified that previous TO
leaving on the errand for Miss Mcclure, he
went Cd stairs and finding his father in his
room, with his coat of. and tying handker.
chief on his head, told him where he was go.
ing. He replied "very WE'LL" Witness re.
turned about 10 o'clock, and feeling certain
his father was in bed. remained in the bar-room
reading the Police Gazette, until the baker at.
tached to the house asked him to go and see
1t there was any salt in the house, and here we
give the testimony as reported
81 went and got him some salt while look
ing for II. heard a noise at the back door. |
went and opened the door and saw nv father
outside; said l thought you were in bed |
did think he was in bed dow to that msmenr;
IN one hand he had his shoes and in the other
he had three twenty dollar gold pieces and a
one dollar gold piece; ne put the gold into
my hand; l gave the baker the salt; at that
time had the gold in my hand under the can.
dlestick; the money was wet; came back; he
took the candle from me and told me to bring
some water up stairs; | got a pan of water
and took it up stairs; he had his coat of; there
was light in the room; he asked me for the
money, and gave il TO him; he then told me
go downstairs, and if they asked if he was
IN bed TO say yes; when | went up with the pan
l observed the condition of his shirt the breast
OF il was full of blood; he had on three Shirt
that night, an undershirt and three linen ones;
1 saw this before l went down; | asked him
what crime he had committed, and he said he
had killed them two G. id t-s;' he was
then washing the shirts; staid down stairs
about quarter OF an hour; told Mcclure if
he was waiting for father he was 10 stairs ::
some one came IN and drank, and 1 went I'd
I stairs; father was then washing his shirts; /
i .ooaSo HIS Codt to see IL tuere was blood
II; l washed it off; | meant to conceal his
crime as far as | could; | asked him what two
women he had killed, and he said Mrs. Carroll
and Mrs. Shaw; said do you mean Mrs. Cav.
roll; ne said no, l mean Mrs. Lynch and Mrs.
shaw; he left the shirts on the table to drv:
they are Inc same shirts | saw in the grand
Jury room; tthe witness identified the shirts:l
the windows were shut down; he said il was
no harm to kill them, for they were common
women anyhow; asked him now he got into
the house; he said Mrs. Shaw let him in, and
mere was man and woman there, and he
Kept still till they got out; he said be and Mrs.
Shaw got drinking together, and he sent Mrs.
Snnw up stairs to see II Mrs. Lynch was
asleep; ne said she told him id lie, for as
soon as she Mrs. S. came down he made an
suack upon her; when in the act of attacking
mr., mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Lynch came down; she said,
sif. spring. spare my life and I'll give you all
tne money I've got;' he struck her, and she
Iaa INTO the next room; when Mrs. Shaw was
dead he heard a noise, and he thought il was
wa'chman; he said that Mrs. Lynch 90, I'm
der a settee in the next room and he could no
get her out; he said he then took off his shoe
as if to 60 up stairs, and Mrs. Lynch ran on
TO make her escape, and he met her nj IN,
l. 4.