The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-23
HORRIBLE CONFESSION OF A WIFE MUIR.
DERER.

George III. Lamb, who WAS hung at st. Louis, on
the II III inst, for the Hrder of his wife, left be-
hind him q colfes ession Of the d.sd In II ho states
that on three coca siors he had given her strych-
nine, bat "shs made so much noiss In the spssm.''
la. he was forced to givs her an emstc and thus
save her life. The narrative Continues:
On the 1Tth OF December told Joseph Meyer of
whas had done and meant to DO, aud he agreed
to help ms; be toek my baggage and that OF n y
wife from tho Astor House to bis lodgings on
Broadway; the afternoon Of the same dey |
told my wits L was going to Carondelst, and she
agreed to &C; we left the Astor House 10 baggage
wagon; think the driver was negro, don't re-
member shs number of the wagon my wife had
a band5ox; we went to the lowsr ferry; she sat
Ia a room on She wharf boat while 1 went to look
for sk;f which had bef,rs purchased; l had or.
gagged two boys, whose sames do not know, TO
bring the skif to me froni tbs dry docks; bought
il fer seven dollars We remsinsd about an hour at
the landing; the boys then cane up with the
skif Joseph Meyer was at the landing to
see ne start, and was TO have gops with
us, but he and thought IL would not be .scessa-
ry; my wife and l got into the skia; rowsd
down the river and stopped below the steamboats,
about fifty rods, at the foot Of street built ont
into the river aud then landed; she asked me ,he
reason; / told her Il vas 80 get . rock to ballast
tho boat; did not tell her my real object which
was to get rock to sink her body In the river; l
called two boyu, who brought to me two rocks
weighing from ten to twelve pounds each; we then
sgaia started; We went on ty an issnd without
Il ees, the Missouri side did not see Carondelet;
did not notice more than one islaId Of the kind
spoksu OF; We went down til We were about balf
way past the isaud on the sast side, about forty-
i've yards from the shore; ths steamboat chHnnsl
10 bstwees the Illinois shore and whore We we're;
then laid my oars In :be "a, seized hold Of my
wife by the back Of the meek with my right hand
and pushed her head d Dvn undor the water; held
it there about . minute or Longer; then lifted
her partly out If the w~t.r aud found she was
dsad; took of her two shawls and bonnet and
tied some twins two or shrse timss around
q stone ard attached tbs other end to her
neck then lifted the roek tho skin and let 1t
down into shs water. slipping the cord through
my hands till 1t was all out; then threw the
body into the river, aud weight of the rcck car
risd 1t down instantly; the rock was little larger
than this book, (Rsvised Statutory it would weigh
ten or twelve ponpdr had got the twins for the
purpose OF using IL thus | then rowsd to the
island, tbiakipg it was tho Missouri shore, landed
aud showed the skif out into the stream; the skf
WAS of medium size, twelve or fftsen feet long;
left the in the boat; thiok there were three
or four of them; but did not lesVs any stones
there; then hxloosd for some one to come and
take me OF tho sand bar; / bniloosd for
about an hour, when . German and another
person came and took on; 1t was
getting dark when l threw my wife ever
beard; desigsed to drown her, and left tho Astor
House with that aissign; the reason was that
WAS sure CcuiU HOS uFe nApplty WIN hefs sus
had never said or done anything to case me to
fssls; had no i'll fesiisg towards her or to-
wards any Of her relatives; felt ~ shouxb Icould
no 60 back among my friends and acquaintancss
with her, because WAS afraid they would think
had married one below me; after getting ashore
from the island, came back to tbs city arriving
at about o o'clock: met hoysr: he asked me how
had saccseded; told him, "All has gene
uader," aud supposed he uHdsrstooa ne; l
went TO his boarding houss, On Broadway, half
way between Cherry and Wash streets, on the
same side - shs hat store which had taken fire
some days bsforsdo not know tbs name the honss
nor of the man who kept IL; on the ssxt day j
lsfs St. Louis and returned to dr. sssnord's, at
Hamilton, taking with N s!l her thisgs except
what she had or; told her parents lad buried her
at Memphis, and gave them the namss OF the doc
tors Who attended her; did this to cover up the
fac.s: on the 30,h Of November was married sgsin
to Louisa Shurtiff; she did not then know that
had been married to Sarah Stafford; marriedso soon
because she said she would not walt for me any
longer; kept company with her the fall before
marrying ny other wife; car offer 70 excuse for
the murder Of my wife except that 1t was for the
purpose ofmsrrying this ous.