The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-09-22


Partial Confession or the Doomed Mes-~
They Declare vicio 70 be the Principal In che
Murder or Oeero, &c.
Last night at the Raymond street jail the two mca,
Gonzales and PellicIer. charged with the murAr q
Senior Garcia Oero made partial confessions OF heis
own guilt and more especially OF the completely q
vele in the transaction for which they about 70
suffer-
APrEARAxcE or rHE rRIsosERs
The prisoners occupy adjacent coils in the js.
appear TO be suffering considerably mind from the
nature Of their circumstances They look pale and
haggard than the usual nervousness accomps
MES their gestures and the moduatons OF their voices
COMMISSIONS GONZALEZ
Gonzales said he wanted make confession, 70 -
the public know that he not bad they think hs
G Hc said that vieIe "put up" the job TO kill 0sss.
and was the principal murderer that viee said in ooar
that he never knew him, but viele had been in tbs
regiment for two years with him in Havana thse
viels owned the dagger and razors used in the
murder, and gave . 70 himself and Pel-
licsr on the night Of the murder; that the
the latter had belonged 70 him. that Veie broughA
him and Pecier to Brooklyn representing that he
he wanted bis own ne spared NTH he could see tho re
suit Of veles trial. that In his trial Of tho VIZ.
one Of these as be had never visited her house or dss
anything there and that therefore she could identity
the money from ossro, which he wanted 70 DO s.heas
killing the man; that they had no business TO KIN ne
man for he himself could have got the money from him
at any time without killing him. that he wanted the
public 70 know that be was not innocent HIMSELF hni
guilty although not so bad as the public supposed hn
rHKm ARRIVAL IN BRooKLyN
Gonzales stated their the night Of the murder he
had sworn that ss never came oveS TO Brooklyn with
Pecier and hmse ne stated also that they had never
after after landing g from New YORK and that ali Of them
jumped In the cars then-some cars, he did not know
whichand went 90 far some street around tho cornes
not far from the jail which he could not Identity, ana
that there they left the car and went into the park
CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.
Gonzales relates curious circumstance II taken In
connection with the theory OF Vieles Innocence. the
fact that Vele accompanied the detectives the night
after the murder ostensbly assisting them TO find him
then where they to be found although the prisoner
alleges he we'll knew where they. were. He remarked
that by circumstances like these which he could explain
the public would become satisfied that Viele was the
principal murderer and that therefore, no would like 70
live until could justice dealt out to that person
He further stated that who was 70 be hung on
the 18th of month"; and who, therefore, Stood g
were with one foot In the grave was not Likely 70 scI
and willing to die but these facts he thought ought to
be known and inquired into, be would swear TO them
rELiuER's srArrrEus VS.
Passing on TO the next cell the rather youthful and
prepossesslng face Of Pecer visible through the
square aperture in the iron door Of bis cell Ae had
heard the remarks OF Gonzales and said that they w.re
correct tina. ns TOO could swear ear that vss Va, y:
that Has vieie who had cut him In the handon the
i've finger TA that Wa, WAS sn,sny On M
said he had gone TO Mrs Phillips in Myrtle ave-
nue.. Hhe was ON the galows he would swear that be
had In that house The conductor who drove
them down TO Fulton Ferry from Blocker street bod
identified himself and Gonzales but did mot anything
about vele; he had paid tho fare for them all they
came right Brooklyn; when they went into the
cars they never came Of them until they went board
the boat and 70 Brooklyn That true a. thes
God Almighty and that he would swear 70 II TO the
last minute Of his life He remarked that his time would
be the 18th Of next month and that before he died
he wanted the public TO know OF vieie's crime He
stated also that Vele had all his clothes and wearing
them and would not let him have any OF them. gE
Hor SUCH WILLOW ArrRR ALL"
On passing out Gonzales said that oil the public IN the
city OF New York and In Brooklyn thought that Joseph
Gonzales was q Wild man-the worst kind OF man-bue
that he was not such Wild fellow after al. He -
marked that he treated every with poiteness, ed
received every with good manners and kindly wayR
and that who visited him In tho jail went awuv
with anything 10 say against him. The only thing h0
felt sorry about that he could not explain himself u
English and converse with those who came 10. He
always thought OF dying the 18th Of October mont
and that hc had given himself up 70 God, and would
feel great pleasure in speaking TO every that came -
visit him. NM
The minds OF the two prisoners appeared 70 b some
what unsettled In their anxiety 10 have the above a
tions given 70 the world. They spoke with evi1eoe
earncsncss and elaboration while audtng 70 Velo. 90
reiterated the wish and again that their lives
might be spared until viele's alleged guilt might -
proved. Frl