The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-16

for some vest buttons, and she gave me
some, but they would not correspond
with those on my vest, but I sewed
them on. Don't remember whether
put tne boots on the lott, or told Mrs.
WIDELY to do it. Think l done it nv
self. asked Mrs. WIDELY if Philip
BIon was working at shoemaking yet,
and she said yes. told her had lost
Il heel off my boot, and guessed would
get him to put one on for me that after-
noon.
After breakfast I went down street
and heard of the murder in James
A1ontgOnery's store. Thomas Stockton
Robert Stockton, deceased, and clerks
for James Montgomery He said
Henry Miller brought the news to town
that morning about four o'clock said
Mr.. Dinsmore had been shot with a
pistol twice. The news of the murder
surprised me very much. In a few
minutes after this conversation with
| Stockton, James Montgomery came in,
and he and started down to the depot
to see if some oil had come that his
father had bought for him. Says he,
"YOu fellows played hell out there last
\ night. You thought cae bullet was not
enough, SO you put two in him." l
asked him how my face looked. He
said, just as usual. I told him to say
nothing about the murder. When re-
turning from the depot, James stopped
mt the grocery of A. c. Morrow, and
settled off an old account with
Morrow, and bought n dozen brooms
of him. l carried the brooms up
street for him. After we went in his,
Montgomery's, store, told him 1 was
fearful of being arrested. Says he,
"You are too fearful, is all that is the
matter with you." He asked me how
much money it would take to pay my
expenses to the place was last winter.
told him fifteen dollars. He said he
would give me the money if would
go away. told him no would not go;
for If 1 did it would throw suspicion on
! me. He said there was no danger of
Babe being arrested, for no one would
suspicion him because he was rich
mans son.
I told James Montgomery about
losing the boot-heel and buttons, and
asked him to get me some buttons to
replace them; which he did. He got
ME half a dozen coat buttons, and half
a dozen vest buttons, black cloth COW
ed. He told me that had better give
Babe the pistol, and let him take it out
to the farm with him. l then went up
to my boarding house and sewed the
buttons on my coat and vest myself.
that I had discharged the night before
from the pistol, but failed to get them.
The reason James Montgomery wanted
me to give the pistol to Babe to take
out to the farm, was that the balls
would be extracted from the body of
Mr.. DinSmore, aud il the pistol was
found in my possession, the balls drawn
from Dinsmore's body would be COM
rared with the pistol and it would go
IL al NUrSVI I, 7 1,u,
buttons on my coat aud vest, 1 took
the pistol out of tho chest where had
put it the night before, and concealed
it on my person aud started down
street; went to the store of Jas. Mont
gomery; went lOwn i'll the cellar, and
hid the pistol under the counter
that stands in the cellar. put
1t under the upper end of the counter.
The under counter is loose from the
main part of the counter. 1t can be
pulled out far enough to admits mans
arm with ease. 1 put the pistol and dark
lantern there and covered them up
with straw; won't be certain whether
put the pistol under the counter or
not, or whether l left it at the outside
and covered it up with loose straw, eX-
pecting to send it out to the farm. Am
certain l put the dark lantern under
the counter. l then went up in the
SlOEc SeL uONu
Babe came into town between nine
and ten O'Clock in spring wagon and
came into the store. ! told him we had
killed Mr.. Dinsmore "dead as hell the
night before-uSed the words 'tlaSt
night" and told him about losing the
heel of my boot. He told me to cuLthe
boots up. told him where the pistol
was and told him to get and take it out
home and draw the loads from it. He
C.,I I6 Gn oh out haV INn
got out home. lie then left the store
and did not sec him any moro until
after he was brought to jail.
Isat down in q chair by the stove and
commenced talking to James Mont
gomery. He told me to go and wash
my face in bucket kept in the store
for that purpose. He said my face was
very dirty. James told me if 1 was ar
rested not to bring him into it. l told
my wife will both of us swear you was
here last night"
was in the store when Christian
Hornish came in and said thata reward
of Il thousand dollars had been offered
for the apprehension of the murderers.
/ said to james Montgomery Jim, let
us 20 and make the money; we can
catch the men that killed Mr.. Dins-
more"
THE THREE AIoNTGOMERY'sIMP IMPLICATED.
James Montgomery knew all about
the murder. He knew that Babe and
myself did it. james Montgomery
never said anything about us giving
him any of the money we expected to
get ut Mr.. Dinsmore's. Babe suggested
that it would be nothing more than fair
that we should each of us give james
portion of what We got for the assist
ance James had rendered us. James
Montgomery suggested that we had
better give him the money to keep for
us if we were successful at Mr.. Dins-
more's. 1t was arranged between us
that l should go off some place and
start photograph gallery and go to
counterteiting money, after the excite
ment died out, and Babe and James
Montgomery intended to pass the
money for me. ] am photographed
or artist by profession and worked at
the business ut Frederick City, Mary
land, last winter.
Al. Montgomery knew that Babe
and were going to rob Mr.. Dlnsnore.
Al Monfromery, James MOntgOm-
ery. and Babe Montgomery, are all the
sons of William Montgomery, Esq.
The night of the murder, when we
were coming from Mr.. Dinsmore's
noticed the overcoat that Babe wore
had the skirt or tail very badly torn and
was pinned up. Cannot say whether
it was done at Mr.. Dinsmore's or not.
1 told Babe when left him at his
fathers stables that night to sink the
clothes so that they could not be found.
The pistol that I used at Mr.. Dins-
more's was one fetched to James Mont
gomery's store by I. Y. Hamilton, Esq,
or at least I was told so by Babe
and James Montgomery. Babe and
myself took the pistol from the
safe in his brothers. store. 1t had
no belt on when we took it out of the
safe. got the strap to make belt OF
Mt the stable OF William Montgomery.
1t was a stirrup strap OF saddle: i
got the buckle that was on the belt al
the saddler shop in Phoenix Row: II
was black mounted buckle, ana was