Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-29
TI4E sToRY or a FAbLES WOMAN as
GIVEE BY HERSELF.

From the New York " World, I'd
Fanny Wright, the woman who killed
officer McChesney, last Saturday night,
has been renewed to the Toumbs, and
now occupies cell in the upper tier Of
the female prison. The clothing stained
with the blood Of her victim, which she
has worn since her arrest, WAS yesterday
changed. In reply to interrogations she
made the following statement respecting
her life vi -.a.a .a-
About ten years ago I was living hap
PLY with my parents at POughkeepsie, In
thislState. Nothing that ! could wish
for was withheld. I was trained in the
Roman Catholic faith and attended to
nv religious duties with carefulness and
pleasure until was corrupted by young
girl Of the same age, who was my school
fellow. She had been reading novels to
such an extent that her head became up
set, aud nothing would do her but to
travel out and see the world. The
dull life OF q small country place like
Oughkeepsie would not suit her tastes
and inolinRtiOus, and from repeatedly
whispering into Bay1esrs, ana persuading
me that We would be CREST ladies, have
horses, carriages, diamonds, aHd servants
Of our own, 1 finally reluctantly con-
sented to flee from home, and We started
tocsther one beautiful night for the city
of New York. Here the poor woman
gsve way to tears again, and soobed
historically. On our arrival IN this
city We took up our quarters with Mrs
Adams, at No. 81 Leonard street, and
this is the place where l lost my virtue
and commenced tOlead . life of bitter,
bitter shame. My family succeeded ul-
tinatelg infnding out my whereabouts
and took me LONE, bat ! could not listen
to The voice. Of reason. ! felt that / had
selected nv mode Of hie, ana wGs deter
mined at AL hazards to follow tout. !
assaped a SECOND time and went back to
Mrs. Adams, where I was confined of
sweet littls girl shortly afterwards, j
used to keep myself very clean, and
dressed with great care and tssJeGulneEs.
From Mrs. Adams removed to Mrs.
WilIoughby's, at AO.lDl Mercer street,
and lived there until the death of my
little girl, three years ago that had an
awful effectupOn me, and / could not
helm taking to drink TO drown my sor-
row, From this period l date the com
mencemeht Of my real hardships. My
father emieFated to California, and | had
no one iafE bnt a young brother; he tried
TO reform me and also bis poor wife, God
bless her; she used TO cry herself SICK at
NV disgrace. Previous to this the yoHng
girl who accompanied me from home in
the first instance fell out lucky and got
married. Drinking was the only pleas
ure of my life, aud il w2s not long until
il began to have its results ! was ar
rested and committed to the Island for
six months; / got down before my time
was up and again took to liquor and
street walking; l used to walk all
the time between Greene, Wooster
snd Mercer streets, in the Eighth ward.
| was soon arrested q second time, and
sent up again for six months. During
the last three years OF my lie, l have
been sent on the Island six times alto
gether for drunken and disOrderly con-
duet. On the night the officer was
killed here she gave way again to teRrs,
and rocked herself around on the bed in
a fearful manner / was walking through
the street going home with q message,
aud picking the kernels out of = hickory
nut with small knife, when the officer
came up to me; I was almost dunk at
the time, aud much TexOited L did not
know what I was doing, when on the
impulse of the moment l struck him
with the knife, l never had any enmity
against the mau, in fact never saw him
before until that tine. II is not true
! had only Just come down from the
Island, I was dOwE from there at least
six weeks. / don't feel myself guilty Of
his murder, when never intended TO do
it, and 1 know God will forgive me.