Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-04-22
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| *. y, AArls Msl0 l3ltly !. IN fgledo, IaArslsrz
ed hiis vsisss ssid shen prned her remains,
and sla, sssin :s01 tsTislHr sentence ufdeafs,
Tor he annfdsr w.,i~is We copy in part frsua
| the Toledo Gosnmersias. As follows:
Ward dssasIs the Incidents Of . quarrel
betaeen himself and wife. in which she
struck hiIns and he resmrnei the bios witha
faat-iron, striking her IN the side of the head
| She fell. exclaiming, ooh Ward you have
| killed me Ward put petticoat under her
| head and endeayerei to restore her to. con
sclousness, but she died in q half hour. The
| confession, which is the most horrible seye-
| lation we ever read or heard tell OF. eontin.
ues thus. ssts sfsa ssssa s43g sas 20
After she was dead wrapped her head in
apetficoar and drew the body under the bed.
| 10 eoneeal 1t in case any one was to come in
ls.ibout haif-past eight o'clock, VIM Ill Ma
| tan, rnala,to boy. came to the door with
some milk, came in The shop took the milk
from him and he left then went to Liba
Aliens grocery, bought apound Of sugar told
him ! was gong away then returned 70
| the house, and after d short tirna commenced
| cutting up the body. / tore the clothes open
from the throat down, / then took small
| pocket knife and opened the body. took out
the bowels first and put them in a sseyl. upon
the wood, they filed withair and would make
noise IN exploding, took my knife and prick
ed holes through them to prevent the noise,
| then took out the liver and heart and nut
them m the stove, found it very difficult to
| burn them, had to take the poker and fire.
quentlv stir them before they could be des-
troyed, found the lungs very much decaved
| Then took out the blood remaining in the
cavity OF the body, by placing copper ket-
tie close to the same and scooping it out with
my hands. then dipped portions OF her
clothing in the same and burnt it together,
| fearing II put the blood IN the stove alone
that it might be discovered
then made an incision through the flesh
| along down each side broke off the ribs and
| took out the breast bone throwing it into n
large boiler, then uniointed the arms at the
shoulders doubled them up and placed them
IN the boiler, then severed the remaining
portion OF the body, by placing q stick of
wood under the back, breaking the back
bone over the same. Then tried to sever the
head from the body, it proving Intellectual, !
then put the whole upper portion of the body
,ne, the boiler Then took a large carving
knife and severed the lower portion of the
body, unlolnted the legs at the knee and again
at the hip Joint. cut the thighs open and took
out the bones and burnt them up, they burn
ed very rapidly. -. -. 3
On Thursday night commenced burning
the body, BY placing the upper and back
portion OF the same, together with the head
IN the stove; on Friday morning. finding
that it had not been consumed, built large
lire by placing wood around and under it.
and In a short time it was wholly consumed,
except some small portion ofthe larger bones
and the skull. The remaining portions of
the body were kept in the boiler and in tubs
under the bed, covered with corded petit
coat, and were there at the time the first
search was made on Saturday by Constable
Curtis: Hearing on Saturday evening that
the citizens were not satisfied with the search
made by Mr. Curtis proceeded ON Sunday
morning to destroy the remaining portions
OF the body, by burning the same in a stove,
cutting the tleshy parts of the thigh in small
strips the more readily to dispose of them.
On Monday mornin ( | took up the ashes in
q small key, sitting ont the larger pieces of
bone with my hands, placing the same in my
oyercoat pockets, which scattered in various
places in the fields, at different times. Also
took the major PARTON Of the trunk nails, to-
:-ether with the hinges, and scattered them
IN different places. then burned her trunk
and every yistagc of her clothing disposing
OF small portions at u time, to prevent their
creating too much smoke. -.,a ,- . s....