The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-03-10
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE
StCKLES AND KEY AFFAIR

in last weeks Journal in reference to
the killing Of Phillip Barton Key,
United States Attorney for the Dis
trict ofColumbia,by Daniel L. Sicklcs,
member of Congress. We this week
give the additional particulars of this
affair, which we CLEAN from the .,ycw
York Times. T...c Times says
Ul Friday Mr.. Sickles received an
anonymous letter, stating with precis-
ion 50 minute rs to make Il suspicion
impcrativc.that Mr.. Key had renteda
house on Fifteenth. above X street.
from a negro woman, and that ha was
in the habit of meeting Mrs. SlckIcs
there two or three times u week, or
oitencr. The person and dress OF
Mrs. Sicklcs were accurately descrlb-
ed, and the usual time of the inter
view specified.
Accompanied by a friend, Mr. Sick
les went to the house designated, and
found every statement Of the annoy.
nous writer corroborated. Mr.. Key
had taken the house, and he had con-
stantly met there lady answering
very closely in description TO Mrs.
Sicklcs.
Mr.. Sicklcs still clung to the hope
that the person who had stopped to
the bascncss Of making such charges
under the veil Of secrecy must have
thoroughly deceived him, and that
Mrs. Scklcs was not the lady in qucs-
ton. lie accordingly requested his
friend, Mr.. George Woodbridge, Of
/ New York, to watch the place from
the window Of house just opposite.
/ On Saturday no meeting took place,
and the woman in charge seems to
have stated that none had occurred
since Wednesday.
Ga Saturday evening Mr.. Sicklcs
resolved no longer to play the spy
upon his honor, and determined to con
front his wife directly with his terri
| bic suspicious. AT first Mrs. SickIes
strongly denied her guilt, but on her
husbands asking her whether, on the
Wcndsday previous, she had not en-
tered the house on Fifth street, in a
certain PARTICULAR dress and concealed
/ by hood, she cried out, 81 am bctray-
ed and lost and swooncd away. On
recovering her senses, she admitted
her guilt, and bcsought mercy and
pardon.
MIR. Sicklcs camly said he would not
iniure her, since he believed her the
victim of Il scoundrel, but that he had
IA right for full confession. Two
, ladies in the house were sent Tor as
witnesses, and in their presence, Mrs,
Sic!iIcs made full confession in Wrl-
ting, stating that her connection with
Mr.. Key had commenced in April last
under Mr.. SickIes's roof, but that Mr..
Key had since hired the house in
Fifteenth street, in which they had
constantly met.
Mrs. Sickles's confession was made
in the midst of the bittercst contrl'lon
and misery. Her husband simply
asked her to give him her wedding
ring, and desired her to write to her
mother 70 come and take her from his
house forever. Mrs. Sickles made no
objections, admitting the justice OF her
punishment in the most affecting
language.
The Washington correspondent OF
of the Cincinnati G0:etc gives a
slightly different version from that
published in our regular Dispatches
lie says:
Sicklcs had received an anonymous
letter yesterday, informing him OF i'm
proper intimacy between his wife and
Key. lie charged her with it this
morning, and obtained a written state
ment of the facts signed by her. Not
long after, Key appeared i'll the square
and waved his handkerchief, which
was the accustomed signal Of meeting
with Sckles's wife.
SickIeS observing it, went over and
met Key at the corner of the square.
Approaching him, he said: "You are
the id rascal who has dishonorcd
me, and | will have to kill youH lie
then drew his pistol and shot Key;
the latter advanced, and Sickles re.
treated few steps and fired again.
when Key fell, shouting "murdcr!'
While he was down, Sichlcs attemp-
ted TO fire his pistol third time, but
the cap exploded without being follow.
ed by "A discharge. lie then recapcd
the pistol and put the muzzle near
Keys heart, shooting him dead.
How many common ligurativc ex'
plessions in our language are borrow
ed from the art Of carpentry, may be
seen in the following sentence. The
LAWYER who filed n bill, shaved a note
cut an acquaintanse,split Il hair, made
an entry. got up a case, framed an in
dictment, impanncled a jury, put then
into a box, nailed witness, hammer
ed a Judge, and bored whole court
all in one day, has since laid dowr
law and turned carpenter.
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