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made with view Of influencing the Court to
make bis crime manslaughter, which proved fu-
tile. He is sentenced to be hung on the 18th
Of June next.
CONFESSION
On Tuesday evening, February 81, Mrs.. Ward
and myself had some words, during which Mrs.
Ward struck me on the head with fluid lamp,
also on the right side Of the nose, causing the
same to bleed freely. l begged her not strike
me, took the lamp away from her and went to
bed. We arose between 6 aud o'clock on
Wednesday morning spoke to her about the
blow she had given me, showing ber where she
had struck me on the evening previous, also the
blood on tue bolster aud tick. She said she wish.
ell had bled to death, aud picking up stick Of
hickory wool, she attempted to strike me,
warded off the bow, which fell upon my right
thumb, laming it severely. The stick fell from
her hand and, as she stopped to pick it ur, sci,
zed fatiron, and in the heat of passion struck
her with it on the right side of the head, upon
and under the ear driving the earrings into the
flesh, she fell to the foor exclaiming, '0h Ward,
you have killed mer dropped the fatron
ard went to her, she was lying on her side;
turned her over on her back, and placed a petit
coat under her head, supposing she was only stun
ned used all means in my power to restore
her, but in half an hour she died. having only
spoken once, %, my Nellie meaning, as sup
pose, her little girl.
After she was dead, I wrapped her head in a
petticoat and drew the body under the bed, to
conceal it in case any one should come ir.. About
half past O'Clock, WIN. IL. Nathan, a muIattc
boy, to the door with some milk; came into the
shop, took tue milk from him and he left.
then went to Liba Aliens Grocery; bought q
pound of sugar; told him was going away.
then returned to the house, and after short tire
commenced cutting up the body. | tore the
clothes open from tie throat down. l then took
a small pocket knife and opened the body tool
out the bowels first, and then put them in til,
store upon the wood, they being filed with al
would make noise in exploiting; so then tool
my knife aud pricked holes through them to pre-
vent the noise; then took out the liver and heart
and put them in the stove, found it very Difficult
to burn them; had to take the poker and fire.
quently stir them before they could be destroyed
found the lungs very much decayed. then tool
out the blood remaining in the cavity Of the body
by placing a copper kettle close TO the same ant
scooping it out with my hands, | then dppe,
portions Of her clothing in the ,ame, and burnt i
together fearing if | put the blood in the slov,
alone, it might be discovered. | then made al
iucssion through the flesh, along down each side
broke Oft the ribs nd took out tho breast bone
and throwing it into large boiler, unjointed th
arms at the shoulders, doubled them up and pla
ced them IN the boiler; then severed the remain
b ing portion Of the body, by placing a stick {
wood under tie back, and breaking the back, bon
over the same cutting away the flesh and ligi
J ment with knife. / hen tried to sever the hea
S, from tie Iody; it proving Intellectual, put Il
II whole upper portion Of the body into the boile
+ TLen took large carving knife snd severed Il
lower portion of the body, unjonted the legs
the knee, and again at the hip joint; cut the thigl
l. open and took out bones and burned them up; the
burned very rapidly.
n On Thursday night commenced burning ii
body, by plac!ug the upper and back portions {
the same, together with the head in the StOve.-
: On Friday morning, finding it had not been col
9 sumed | built large fire by placing wood aroun
v and under it and in short time it was who'll
consumed, exceptsome small portions Of the larg'
, bones and of the skull. The remaining portion
of the body were kept in the boiler AID in tub
t under the bed, covered up with corded pettico
t. and were there at the time the the first search WI
is made on Saturday, by Constable Curtis Hearin
on Saturday evening that the citizens were NJ
satisfied with the search made by Mr. Curtis
proceeded onsSunday morning to destroy the r.
mainder of thebody, by burning the same in Il
3 stove, cutting the Ae>hy parts Of the thighs
small STRIPS, the more readily to dispose of ther
On Monday morning l took up the ashes in
keg, sitting out the larger pieces OF bone with nj
hands, placing the same in my overcoat pocket
II which scattered in various places in the fields,
o different times. Also took the major portion
II the trunk nails, together with the hinges, an
& scattered them in different places. then burr
. ed her trunk and every vistage Of her clothing
disposing Of small portions at time, to prevel
their creating too much smoke