Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-13
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stated. The Toledo Commercial publishes the
confession # the murderer, which Is history Of
Que of the most deliberate cases of crime ever
perp"traied in this country. The confession
saws:
On Tuesday evening, February 81. Mrs Ward
aud 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 10 bleed freely. begged har not to strike
me. took tho lamp away from her and went to
bed. We arose between six and seven O'Clock
on Wednesday morning.
spoke 10 her about the blow she had given
me- showing her where she had struck ma on the
evening previous. also the blood on the bolster
and tick. She said she wished hud bed to
death. and picking up the stick of hickory wood
she attempted to strike me. | warded off the
blow. which fell upon my right thumb, laming it
severely.
The stick fell from her hand and as she stopped
to pick it up. seized fiat iron, and in the heat
of passion, struck her with il on the right side
of the bead, upon and over the ear, driving the
ear ring into the flesh She fell on the floor cx
Ginning, "Oh Ward, you have killed mel" |
dropped the fat iron and went to her. she
lying on her SIDE turned her her back.
and placed pettiooat under her head, surprising
that she was only stunned.
| used all the means in my power to restore
her. but in half AN hour she died, having Only
pose, her little girl.
After she was dead, | wrapped her head in
peiticoat and drew the body under the bed, to
conceal il in case any should come in. About
81 O'Clock VIM. II. Nathan, u mulatio boy, came
to the door with some milk; came into the shop,
took the milk from him, and he left. then went
to Liba Aliens grocery; bought pound OF
sugar; told him | was going away.
then returned to the house, and after n short
time commenced cutting up the body. took
small pocket knife and opened the body, took out
the bowels first and then put them in the stove;
then took out the liver and heart and put them in
the stove: found it very difficult to burn them;
had Ia take the puker and frequently stlr them
before ihey could be destroyed; found the lungs
very much deeayed. then took out the blood
remaining in the cavity of the body, by placing
"A copper kettle close to the same, and scouping
it ont with my hands. then DIPPED portions of
her clothing IN the same, and burnt II together,
fearing. if put the blood in the stove alone that
it might be discovered then made an ncsion
through the flesh, along down each side, broke
off the ribs and took out the breast bone, and
throwing it into Il large boiler. njointcd the
arms at the shoulders, doubled them up aud
placed them in the boiler; then severed the re-
mant portions Of the body, by placing stick
Of wood under the back and breaking the back
bone over the sumo, cutting away the flesh
and lgament with knife. I hen tried to sever
the head from the body; il proving Intellectual,
put the whole upper portion of the body into the
boiler. Then took large clr,ing knife and
severed the lower portion of the body, imprinted
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 burned very rapidly.
On Thursday night mmenccd burning the
body ~ placing The upper aud back portions OF
the same, together with the head. in the stove
On Friday morning, finding it had not been con
1 IL H., Inc y,N.,l
Ground and under it, and III Il short tne II was
wholly consumed, except some small portions of
the larger bones and IF the skull. The remain
ing portions of the body were kept IN the boiler
and in tubs under the b"d covered mp with
corded peticoat, and were there nj the time the
first search made on urday, 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 de
stroy the remainder of the body, 10y burning the
came in the -fnve. cutting the leshy parts OF the
thighs in small strips, the more read Y To dispose
Of them. On Monday morning ! took up the
a>l ia small key, sitting ont the larger pieces
of bone with my hands and threw them III ynrl
Gus places in The fields at different places.
then burned her trunk and every vestige OF
clothing, dspasing of small portions at the time.
to prevent their creating too much smoke.
On thd 9th inst. Wind was brought into court
dressed rs usual ia full nit Of black, appearing
much downcast and ~ the Judge commanded him
to stand up. he r"sr. breathing heavily, his eyes
fixed upon the floor, aud oirly momcntarily seek
ing the face of lac Judge. With one hand he lem
cd heavily ON the chair, while tho other hung
reinblingy u, his side. After the Judge had p"o.
nounced the sentence of death, Ward knet down
aud leaning lbe chair buried his face in his
hands, weeping and grooming. lie was suffered
10 remnin thus .nt few moments, a. the forms
of adinurning court till afternoon were going
through with. when sheriff Springer touched
him on HE shoulder. and he iuosc, apparently
much more composed and was taken TO jail.
The Goal Pit Explosion ia North Carolina.
\ corrrS pondcnt of the Petersburg Express, gives
some particulars Of the coal pit explosion in Chatham
county, y. c., in addition TO the notice published in
the Dispatch yesterday:
The explosion took place at O'Clock a. ",
Monday last at the Governors Creek Coal Mines,
which are situated nj place in Chatham county,
known MS Egypt. The Superintendent, Mr. Robert
Damn. and four of the hands, all white men, in
stany killed. mud two others were thought to be dead,
but after being buried Nhile with aperures in the
ground giving their and eyes fresh air-the
hod usu1lly adopted, understand, for the purpose
of relieving the lungs of the sufferers from foul airs
they were restored life hut the life OF of them