The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-02-25
The bIaIdsn 9InEdersr-ml. confss.lon

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fully committed for trial. The confes
, sion is one Of the most remarkable il
the history Of crime. Green il appear
(who is only Y years Of sge,) bad al
ways borne an excellent character pre-
yiopsly, and has q wife and an infan
child to share his degradation Ii ap
pears he was heavily in debt and hat
lately paid several Of his creditors
4 principally in. Maiden bank bills
The Boston papers after giving tn,
particulars Of his arrest, adds the fol
\ lowing. ,.l,,,,~. -.'-.. e..
Although Green does not seem tc
have been, an influential man in th,
town, the Office Of Postmaster having
been obtained for him more on accoun,
OF his needy circumstances and well
known responsibility .ofhis family than
for any other reason; he possessed the
confidence of the citizens and was con.
sidered worthy man. There were
some who thought he was given lit.
tie toofmuch to riding and similarlux.
uries, generally considered to be be.
1ypnd the reach of young men with
smallincomes, but his honesty and up.
rghtness were not questioned. LIE
married little over q year ago a
young lady from one of the most re.
hspcctable families Of the place. who
bore him.a child on the. 18th of De-
eember, ten days after rbc murder wac
committed.
About year since he was found to
be in arrears in his Postofiice accounts
and his removal was determined upos
by the Postotlice Department in con.
sequence. but through the intereession
ot his friends he was retained, and the
circumstances wero not generally
known in town. This indebtedness
which lie afterwards met, together
with other debts which were accroino
his income from the postofice being
insufficient for the support of himself
and family, doubtless prompted him TO
the commission of the double crime
with which be now stands charged -
The murder Of young Converse and the
robbery Of the bank are not the only
crimes, however, that he has commit
ted. r.t .ry .-..4 ~
lie stated that on the dav of the
murder he visited the bank twice; the
first time he found there u conductor
who left q PAIR of skates: the next
was at half past eleven. InimediateTy
on entering he went to tho directors
room; and seeing no one. he drew his
plstol--a siX-barrelIed Smith &W esson
revolver-placing the muzzlc within
foot ofyouug Converses head ard FIR
ed, the ball taking effect under or back
OF his ear. lie instantly discharged q
second barrel, the ball taking effect in
Converse s temple, while his victim Law
on the floor. After the consumation Of
the deed he seized the bills in the
drawer, about five thousand dollars
and wentt to his own office. .g.
Green was employed last year by
the school committe to buy some school
books, and received some $500 from
the town for the purpose. Instead of
expending this money as it was inten
ded, however, he appropriated it to his
own use, doubtless paying the def. |
cheney in his postoffice account with a
portion ofthe sum. He had no omeans
OF supplying the deficiency, and as
theIyear was drawing to close and
his detalcatiOn was more than ever
likely to be found out, he was led to
the commission Of other and darker
crimes. r... .,. ......t.
= On the night of the first of Novem-
Der last, the postotlice building was set
ON hre and a portion destroyed. and
on Monday Green confessed that he
was the incendiary. The confession
was rnadeto Gresham l.. Fall Esq OIL
Maiden, Zone ofhis bondsmen as post.
master Avho visited him while he was |.
confined in the Tombs. Mr. Fail in I
terrogated him relative to the matter.
and Green freely acknowledged his
guilt, statingin answer to Mr. Falls
questions, that he had used the money
entrusted to m'by the town to sup
ply the deficiency in his postoffice ac
counts, that he had set fire to the post.
ottice building to cover up this affair
and thus clear himself of any blame, /,
and that FILLING in these designs. he
young, Converse and robbed
The bank. The fire was in the upper
part Of the building, in a room occu- .
1led by the Bell Rock Lodge of Good !,
lemplars. as q wardrobe aid library {
'oon; and the flames had made such II
Roadway when discovered that the /
'ootJwas destroyed, but the exertions
'ttheatiremen added to the facilities of ;
obtaining water, prevented the fire q
rom reaching the lower story, where F,
he post office is situated. II
When arraigned on MoudaT on 4 q
'inrSe of murder and robbery, he d
head rot guilty in n trenulous voice; v
md TO the charge of setting fire to the t
'ostofiicc building he answered gull
y.t9 Hra~ or Ggsl sfrlA t-.TH Z
Two or three years since the post
tiiee was robbed, and the riflcd letters
we're found a day or two after on q e
'ost by the road between the postottice
ndo Green's house, No intelligence \
las ever obtained Of the robber, but
ow suspicious are excited that the =,
ost master himself was the perpetra- +;
orofthe orlme dt t5@t - 1t
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