The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-30

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NEW BRUNSWICK, N j. August 3O-P. NJ.
THE CONFESSION.
After the execution. Mr.. Adrain read to the
tated to him by Bridget, follows:--I am
nearly twenty-three years of age My real
NV father Is dead, but my mother is still
livingin Dunciffe county, Sligo, Ireland, where
WAS born. Have two brothers living there,
and two sisters. one younger living with
mother, and the other is cider, married, and
living in England. Came TO TINS country
two years last Christmas; l lived hrst IN
Brooklyn, then at Poullis Ferry, and IN Pis-
Getaway, and in Plainheld, New Jersey, and
finally with DR.. Coriell, at New Market Mrs.
Coriell was very kind and pleasant to me, aud
/ never had any quarrel with ner.
About half-past 10 o'clock on the night OF
lounge, in the sltting-room Before lying down
she complained of not Teelng very well, anu
said she would not go to bed, and wished
Mamie, who was sleeping In the cradle in the
next ned. room. AS Mrs. Coriel was wing ou
the lounge apparently asleep, came out OF the
kitchen with the bread kuile in my hand that
was exhibited ON the Trial, aud picked
ing on the table not lighted, and
approaching her struck her with Gne lamp on
the head. She started mp newlIdered and went
into the bedroom. AVID followed after ner.
She stood by the side ofthe bed, and as came
near her she grasped the knife out of my
knife from the table in the bedroom,
which concealed by cloth which
had thrown over IL. ndu lOunu III IN Il bureau
drawer and placed it there. then turned upon
Mrs. Cornell, pushed he back ON the ped,
and struck her repeatedly wita this
knife. The other knife had fallen on the floor
and was not used by either. and do not know
how 1t become bent She resisted all she could,
defending herself with pillows, and after
striking her very often, as she lay upon the
bed and, supposng she was dead, picked
up the little Mamie out of the C ade
and went into the sitting. room and sat
on the lounge for few minu es. then went
into the kitchen with Mamie, and washed my
nna IN mt nf Da gIn / thnn
returned to the siLtng-room and bed room,
and found Mrs COriell had gone out of tue
told her TO go back again. She
said nothing, but went back, and as she was
passing through the sitting room. stopped and
kissed little Mamie, and then sat down on the
floor between the sitting room and bed room.
small chair and struck her two or three times.
never hit her on the neck, as was supposed.
1 then drew her into the bedroom, and laid her
down on the floor: l then came back to the
sitting room, and afterwards lighted Nantes
dresses and some paper. and threw 1t burning
in the same clothes as when she was put into
the cradle. l went down TO the gate,
and while stan4ing there, thought heard n
| man coming. l went back into the house
| and sat ON the lounge five minutes, and then
| left the house and aroused the neighbors repre-
| senting that robbers were in the house.
The confession then recites several facts of no
great importance, most of them being contra.
| dictory OF previous statements. she states tnat
| murder and knew nothing about 1t, being en-
| tirely innocent.
| There was no truth in my story about two
| men coming to the house on the night of the
| mnrder: and Annie Given, whom unjustly
| charged, had nothing to do with 1t. There was
| no design or attempt to rob. The murder
was for another purpose 1 killed Mrs.
| Coriell thinking that 1 might take her
place This alone led me to commit the
| borrid crime. The idea of numbering her
| did not come upon me suddenly that night;
had thought OF it q long time before. nave
| told true story. am sorry for having COM
mitted SO great crime, and hope God will for
| ma