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maps she was going to jump into the river. /
thought that most likely she was q strumpet-
followed her down and asked her what she
was was going to do. She said she didn't know ny
It was any oflmy business. Said she then, tstake
me over the river Under pretence of doing so,
! !, TOOK herA up to JoRathan's Gut. This was on
the 10th of April, in the afternoon. left her
about supper time and went home, 1 left her
IN company with two other men. 1--WE omit
the names given by Burns started back af.
Ter supper and met them (AIary Ann Montony
ana the mem and some eight OF ten others. We
went TO the Green Glass House. twas raining
tnen ana mad been for some time They we're
all wet and went to the Glass House to get dry
ABOUT o clock she (Mary Ann -Montony) went
out ana bought some candles and staTted mn tn
DIR. Hullihen's vacant old house. Another per
son and vent with her. About eleven o'clock
that night 9 party came up who had been at a
dance at Mary Ann Carris. Cind. McDonsId
(another noted strumpet) was with ms -Abont
two or three o'clock had fuss with Cind. 1
had an old grudge against her. thought Ihad
killed her once during the souabble She prc
tended to be dead. tore the clothes off her
She went and swore against me for this, and It
was for this scrape that Aid. Hamilton fined me
ten dollars and sent Cind. Mcdonald and Mary
Ann Montony to Jail for 80 DAYS each. Mary.
made me mad at the trial by coming up to mo
and taunting me. did not say, as testified by
Or. Hulilhen, that s'would send her to hell''
What IIdid say was to Mary herself told her
that she would send me to hell if she got a
chance l took an appeal from, the fine l
didn't see Mary Montony again until she got
out OF jail. Ihls was on the Monday preCed-
ing the murder 1t was about half past one
in the day when saw her. heard that
she and Mary Ann Smith were at the first
tunnel on the Hempfeld railroad. / met them
out there in company with Oscar Myers and two
other fellows i didn't speak to Mary, NIonto-
ny Tor two or three hours. She first spoke to
me about having testified against me. She said
that she understood that was going to whip
her. told her that l was not-that / had no
thing against her if she would keep her mouth
shut She kept quiet.about it for awhile, and
then commenced again. / told her that she
wanted me to hit her, so that the old man would
be obliged to pay my forfeit, Il was on nv
bonds for good behaYiooIIr then. i. I made mo
ton as IT was going to strike her. She never
moved, which was the reason that did not hit
her Oscar Myers then spoke up and threaten
ed her, if she did not shut up about it. Then
she stopped, After awhile we nj. left the tun-
mel, and went up around to the rope-walk on
staid all night didn't feel like Sleeping, sol
threw around the ropes and lines n good
while. About day break we all left and came
back to the city, and went up to the Green Glass
house, att the sand she'd / then went home
leaving Myeres with them. Didn't see them
4u6SutlY 1n1E nll6hf nn0Ell-
er fellow and went out and stayedauntil about
8 O'Clock, when went home. The next saw
of. the women was on Wednesday, at dinner
time. / met the two women MARY Montony
and Mary Smith,l at Jonathan's Gut There
was another fellow With them then. They said
that they were gong up on the hill to make a
hre. llettthem and went back to dinner. In
the evening / went out on the hill to- meet them.
Another person was with me. Found tho wo-
menr--My yers, Rodenbaqgh and others l staid
till about 9, then came down. Didn't haye.any
fuss with Mary Montony that night, but she
had with one of. tho fellows, who knocked her
down. / stopped the fellow from beating her.
There was a good deal of whisky out there that
night. A country fellow whom we met up
there, had q half gallon. Didn' see Mary again
after this night until Thursdaysat dinner-time.
Wentup on the hill ut that hour. Stayed only
about fifteen minutes. While I was out there,
she had another fuss with one of the fellows,
who slapped her in the mouth. She got up
crying, and went offiout of. sightgwith.. Roden-
bagh. Didn't see her again till Thursday
night: Went out on the hill that night about
5o'clock.- Found about the same old crowd
there. There had been a good deal ofliquor
circulating around through the mill (Burns
worked in the Missouri Iron Works. that
afternoon-and Ihad drank several times. Was
about half tight when went out. I became
quite drowsy after l had been out there some
time, and laid down and went to.sleep. All
the parties who were on the witness!stand on
the trial, were there. I.woko up along some
time after midnight. They. We're all sitting
around one place and another. It had rained
some. / went off some distance with AIary
Montony. She came back, first, believe
When we came back, several of US were lying
down around the fire. / was not standing up
when Istabbed her with the knife, as was tes-
titled: BURNS could give our reporter no sat
isfactory reason as q motive for commencing
his, attacllon her with his knife. Hisfpurpose
seemed TO be one of drunken alpathing
and stupid malice, simply.). 1 suppose I
stabbed her about 80 times / carried my
pocket knife. It was large sized one. She
didn't move nor say a word as I abbedfher-
It.didn't appear to hurt her. She didn't tryto
getaway. Last timesI hit her against her ribs,
1t made my blood run cold. She had a sack
oni and some shines the knife sort of caught in
that, was mad about her being, out with
Rodenbagh that night, moro, or as much as any
thing else. She apppeared to like him and
pay more attention than tome i was sober
when | hit her. Hadn' It taken any liquor then
for good while. hit he's with the "hanly
billyse as twas testified. sMary Smith,s Myers
and / came down the hill together, MS was testi-
fed. Myers and / Went tt6 The mill to dry our
selves. We talked hematternNerthere. Ny
crs said that we would get into q scfape, and
We had better 60 back and kill her. q ffe pro-
posed that we should take ashoyelalong This
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