The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-05

THE SIAthWhh1hhh VASE IN hAhfEOhus
The Hartford tConn.) Courdm OF Thursday
says Albert l.. Starkweather has confessed the
murder of his mother and his sister Tor which
crimes he was convicted on Wednesday. The
substance of the confession is as follows:- 't|
sin the early part OF the week preceding the
murder his mother, he said, came to Hartford
and executed deed 10 him OF the homestead.
Previously (n 1902 she had delivered to him
deed OF lot, containing sixty three acres though
the deed had beeD recorded. In Giving him
the deed OF the homestead, she had required h'm
to give IN return mortgage rote for Hiteen hun
dred dollars in favor of Ella, his sister. Ol the
Saturday following, he saI, be went to Rockville,
and, securing the services OF LAWYER there. had
the s'Xty.three acres OF land. given to him In
1862 and the homestead which had just passed
into his possession, decided to Emerett Camp
bell, thus disposing to her OF all the estate 10
which he held title. On his return home that
evening he topped at Mr.. Campbells house.
and gave the deed to Emerett. When he
reached his own house he told his mother
what he had DONE and she, very naturally, cen
sured him for doing what she pronounced to be
a very foolish act, and expressed herself in
strong terms She finally told him. however,
that ii he was willing to take the deed OF the
place, as previously agreed upon, and let the
note OF fifteen hundred dollars in favor of Ella
stand as it was drawn, and would Keep the deco
in ms own name and live on the premises, the
arrangement she had male with him in regard
to property might remain binding, and if Eme-
rett would marry MIN she could come tn re
and live; but II he chose to treat the matter as
he had-deeding away all he was worth-he
should not have an Inch of the ground" The
words quoted are precisely those used by her,
as stated BY Starkweather in his confession.
"He told her that he would do nothing of the
kind-would not take back the deed he had
given to Emerett-and then accused her of inter
terlng with his own and Miss Campbell's arrange
ments. Some further conversation OF an excited
character ensued, which resulted in his mOtheus
going and getting the deed and note (Which
were in her possession) and tearing them up in
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her. said he, that would be revenged.' (The
destruction of the deed and note, it will be
observed, rendered the deed he had given to
Miss Campbell totally valueles5.) From that
time he added, until the time oil the murder,
the idea of killing mother did not leave my
mInd.' he said he thought OF it constantly
night Saturday, and SnnGav, and Sunday night,
and OF all the folio wing day, and the more |
thought of it the madder grew were the words
he used.
Monday night he made up his mind to do the
deed, as o favorable opportunity was presented
by the absence OF the hired man and boy. His
mother and sister sat mp to very late hour, as
they were frequently accustomed to do. To wards
morning, about o'clock the house became
quiet and he took the axe from the woodshed
and the knife from drawer, and proceeded to
the bed.cbamber OF his mother up stairs. On
getting there he i'm medIately struck her blows
upon the head with an axe, and in so dong
startled his sister Ella, who was living in the
back part of the bed, and she sprang up aud
jumped towards him. He did not expect TO kill
! her, but awaking as she did, and, as he sun.
! posed, seeing him. he was led to knock her in
the head in order to put her out OF the way, that
she might not be witness TO his crime against
| him. To make certain work, he used his axe
! freely, and then stabbed his victims with The
| knife. Having done this much, he says he
| knocked his head against the wall, and made a
bruise on his totehead and one on the side OF
his tace, and then TOOK his iack-knite from his
! pocket and cut his shirt and bis breast so that
the story he had decided to tell relative 10
his being assaulted by two meG, might be
| believed. %.
cater this, in order to cover up the crime, he
set fire to the beds particulars of the finding oil
which by Mr. White, to whose house the mur
derer repaired ana gave an alarm, have appeared
| in the leBtImOnN OF that pentlemRn.u