Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-21
CHOICE MISCELLANY.
THE OLmsTED MURDER.


ta THE OLmsTED MURDER.
Tho Full Confession of Alexander nlcoon-
nell, the Murderer of Rosa Colvin, Conn
mitted March "4th, 1865. gsi sJjal.t..t . 8
Alexander Nc Cornell, convicted Of the mur-
der OF Mrs. Rosa CoIvin, in the township of
Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, on the 24;h OF
bis guilt, on the 18th inst. He had expressed
desire to make the confession to Sheriff Nico.
Ia, and at four o'clock he did 30. He wus ta-
ken out OF his cell aud brought down to the
parlor of the Jail. There were present Sheriff
Nicola, Prosecuting Attorney N. S. Castle,
three of the jurymen who tried hD, and the
reporters of the Herald and Leader. The fol.
lowing is his
COME SION.
My name is Alexander Mcconnell l
am thirty five or thir!y.sx years of age, l
dent know exactly which. | vas born in
the county OF Tyronne, Ireland. came to
America sixteen years ago the 9th day Of
July, and landed in O.towa, Canada West.
| was married in the township Of FiZroy,
county Of Carrollon, Canada, thirty miles
ilom Ottawa. My wife wes widow and
had six children when / married her, have
had three since our marriage. Have al
ways been farmer. Left my home in
Canada in February last, and came TO
Cleveland Stayed week in the city, then
went to Beiea, TO work. have said TO
some peTsons that came away from Cana
da on account Of difficulties, but it is not so.
owed man $l2 and he threatened 10
sue me, and came away 10 earn the mGD--
ey TO pay that debt When / left The
shanty with Co!vin on the morning Of the
24sh of March last, 10 go TO Bereo, did
not intend to SO, but intended TO turn buck.
| did turn back, and went homo. When l
got 10 the shan,y there was no one there.
Then ] took COlvin's clothes and boots,
and lef, my own on the bed. / then start
ed for the railroad track, intending to go
by Rlyria Westward On the way to the
railroad track me, Rosa Colvin, 10 Egley's
lot. ! kept on, explaining to her that
had Colvin's things TO carry them to him;
that he was going to Cleveland. She said
that if ho was going she was going too
We went on about half way up the lane to
Cicdeli's house, when ! told her that if
Colvin did not get his things be would not
go that was tired, ond we would go
back to the shanty, having be;hought
me that 1t would not do TO tell the other
story. We then went back to the sbasty
by Egler's. After laying the clothes down,
and she seeing them, she said She didnt
believe ! was going to see her husband at
all i did not know what 10 say. con-
fessed to her was going home TO Canada.
She said Have yon been robbing the house.
| said No, am taking some 0! his clothes
and leaving some of mine 10 the place. |
said ! would take my own, and go. She
took the iron poker and said | should not
20 until William came | insisted ! would
60 She said she would call the neighbors
l then went to get nay own clothes, and
went to go out of The door, when she struck
mo over the arm with the poker. ] laid
down the clothes and struck her with my
fsi, which Knocked her down. She got up
agan aud struck at me don't know
hether she bit me or not. | then lifted q
stick of wood aud struck her and she fell.
| then kicked her which cnt her ear. !
| think this blow was in The back Of the
head She jumped mp and struck me over
the head with the poker, staggered back
against the wall, and seized the axe, and
struck her on the head one blow. She
instantly fell After she fell the last time
] lifted her up iu nay arms. was alarm.
cd then, and said, Ny God, have ] killed
herr did not know what 10 do. ! did
not know what would become OF me-
Thought had killed her 10 my passion. -
! went outside the shanty and stood awhile
and than came back iato the shaut.' aad
carried her ont TO The weodpIle This was
between eleven and twel-e O'Clock as near
as can say After carrying hel out ]
came back into the shanty. While was
10 the'house the two Crawfords aud the
two Spears came by close to the house
| saw them from the window. She was
then buried uBder the wood. As soon as
they had gone to dinner l picked up the
things and started, / than went past
CrGwford's house to the railroad track !;
took the railroad track westward and walk
ed to Elyria At Elyria took the
Eve o'clock train to S4Bdesky.
arrived at SapduSky little before