, 1861-02-16

We stated yesterday that OFT, themnrderer Of
:he orculorif flmtly. had been ar1a'yncd before
the T.zswell county Court, plead guilty and
was sentenced to be hung on thc 2iprox. The
Peoria Tr1nscrpt Of Thursday, contains ,le
following facts III relation to OTIS confe>s:or,
aud ot.ser matters AMI persons connected With
tha casc:
It seems tbs: after OFT lound the roru1ace
had determined ho should neither have change
of yeuue u"r u pos ponen.cnt Of triAl, he Lave
up AL hopes Of escape. On Saturday hu sent
for lssy. Mr s .wyer, the baptist clergyman Of
Vek!n, hnd proceeded to make confession If
uis guilt. lie was warned at tue outset that
what Au might say could he used against hiEa
On trial. He replied tEst he shuoll plead gull
ty. aud It would make nn difference. lie th. u
confessed that he alone was responsible for the
murder that it was committed for the pur-
Inl,e OF obtaining money that be supposed to
bs in The house; that lie male use hrs: of i
club to accomplish the deed und then changed
it 10 au axe aud finished the hellish net He
then broke open the trunks aud obtained so in
money, kulte and pistol. lie was asked if,
when he first meditated the tl.cd. he Lid real
IL: the horribly wicked motive Off. He replied
that he did somewhat, but that the more he
Thought OF it, thu more be was impellvd do it.
lie said that 1t seemed as though, VIII n he was
committing this deed, there VIA vo!c- in the
rooin crying out to him. When asker why he
had sent tor the clergyman, he replied That he
SUPPOSED that he must die ald thought that it
might be better for lin to 70 in1o eternity
with his sins confessed, than Otherwise. Wa
helaere he said he also wissed 10 excu1pate
Green rom any share III the murder. Key Mr..
sawyer remarked to lis that OF eeernet to be
OF very low moral sense lie said bis mother
WAS member Of the 'tDuukard " church
OTIS parents Hye in Indiana
ntjrf E.,fu un1
both confined in the Pekiu jail, had an inter
view, in which OFT threw his nrms ar:yund
Green's neck and aa:ll he had caused Kim
trouble enough, and would acQuit him OF all
eharein the marder. DarIn-; the day, he had
uade statements to his counsel (Mr- Pretty
tnat 10 AIr. Sawyer We are told tla: Lie also
confessed to Rev. Mr. Windsor, the Methods.
clergyman of Pekin.
After sentence, OFT was removed to jail,
which is guarded by force of sixty special
police to prevent violenee bY the mob. The
excitement has baen Intense, aud although it
subsidsd somewhat on the rcrult being known,
the people were far from being appe..s.d- Few
OR nune believe Oit's statement. That STATE
meut IL not corroborated by either tue indca-
tions Ia regard TO th4 murder, rcr with pre-
vlous statenents BY OFT 1uade uaArr eircum-
stances WHICH eutiLie them To 1nure credit, and
which are corFooorat-d BY kno !, iacts Th.se
EAN'A"tA- ~ Sktt .+1tA AA@ NANAAAA-
stances under which they wcse made, we are
not at present at liberty 10 d4vulse.
We CAL, however, say thi. much-trac!ls Of
two persons we're found a out the premi1es
.:s CT the murder. 4 sucl Of money in gold
w.ls taken from the truaa Of Mr. Orcndvrlf 3
hirci man, which has n It yet been accounted
Tor. OFT denies any Knowledge Of it. No club
VIA found about th- premises. and it is the
of'iuion Of those who examined the wounds OF
the murdered tha: nothing but IN a1e was
used The bruises, the position Of the bodies
Of the murdered, cotrouo12te OTIS previous
st1tcment.
An hour or two after the sentence Of OFT, the
citizens Of Dvieyan and surrounding country
had forma, meeting in regard to Green. Mr.
John Orkal iortf, brother OF the bereaved, pro-
posed tha: Green and OFT be confronted, and
thas uEsi-r thrra. Of lynch law, they bs coDs-
pellad IT, confess tho truth Ar.o,het citizen
Of Del van urged that the law be allowed its
cour>s with Green, and tbst i: hc ESCAPED CON
yic,oa by jury, and the citizens were etill dis-
satisfied, lynch Law b. then resortei to. AIt4r
further discussion, the meeting Was adjourned
f'r two hours, for the purpc-s Of obtaining
i'rger gathering. The result Of the second
meeting had not transpirei when our inso1-
1uAnt left PeEin,