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

THE WHEEL
:, IN court. and to tell Mr.. Brady that 1
ard honest way he talked to me, and TO
conclude by saying "Mr. Brady, you
know that my statements made to dit.
ferent persons,-that the whole thing is
a fabrication by the length OF It," 1
told Little Ibid not care about making
this statement to Mr.. Brady. A large
part of this language Is used in the af-
tidnvit drawn up by my counsel.
The next time Little came in, after
the above conversation, he asked me il
Mr.. Brady and Rev. Dodge had been in
to see me yet. told him that they had
not. He said that he would have
them to come in yet, and that Mr.. Bra
dy dare not say anything about IT,
/ for that his, BrAdy's, brother and three
or four others belonged to certain
lodge, and that candy" belonged to 1t
also. He did not state the nature OF the
I lodge. He said that Mr.. Brady's broth
er wns n lawyer and that still made his
promise of secrecy, more binding. But,
however, Mr.. Brady did not come, and
! | therefore did not make any statement
| to him or any one else by DIR. Cretgh,
in which contradict my former state
InentS.
| Ruth told me ut one time he thought
I OF sending in Boyd Crumrine, X. NJ.
! Gibson, William Mckeunon David 5.
! Wilson, and other prominent lawyers
of both sides (meanlng Democrats and
| RepublicanS) and for me to run over
and state the facts set forth in the atfi-
davit to them; and then the Common
wealth could not say it was all one
sided question. He did not send them
! in.
Little told me one day to get some
paper and write him out list of all the
names of the persons that was admitted
to my cell, both ladies and gentlemen.
He said he would find use for it on my
trial, to show how that l had been kept
for a show. He said the law would not
permit visitors to be admitted to my
cell without my consent, and told me to
tell the Sheriff to stop admitting any
one. made out the list but did not
give it to my counsel till after the jury
had retired at the close of my trial.
gave it to Ruth. He asked me why
did not give it to him before my trial
commenced. I told him l did not
think it would be ofany use to him.
suppose it is in his hands yet.
Ruth and Little have certain paper
| in their possession which was got from
me by them, Isupposed for the purpose
of benetitting me on my trial. l wish
to inform the public oft for fear that
it might injure the Sheriff, who has al
| ways acted honest with me and been
| my best friend; and If had taken his
advice,and listened to him, would not
now feel that had been wronged by
any person, and l would have had
lawyers assigned me by the Court that
would have acted honest and fair with
me, and would not have induced me to
refuse to testify to benefit others and
injure myself. Before God, the Sheriff
never held ont any inducements that
there was any chance ofescape by max
ing confessions or anysother way, and
only said to me that 1t would not
make my case any worse. 1t might
| better me, but he would not say it
would do so. And when he had learn
ed that | thought of committing sui
eide he warned me not to think OF such
a thing, that il done so would have
no chance of escaping hell, and that |
had AS good chance as any other per-
son OF going to heaven now, II l would
apply to God for forgiveness. And il
the paper says anything else it is not
true, and the people hope will not be-
lieve 1t, as my counsel induced me TO
say many things with the promise OF
benetitting me that would not have
thought of under any other circum-
stunces; and hope the people will see
the way that l was treated, and that
any paper they may show after 1 am
dead and gone will not be believed to
be true.
1 recently learned that Mr.. Mont
gOmery has got paper showing that
| said Babe was not with ME. Ifany
such paper exists it is the affidavit that
was obtained from me with the under
standing that it would benefit me. The
paper was not composed by me at all.
| do not deny copying it and signing
1t, but done so, believing my counsel
was dealing truly and honestly with
I me.
deem these sufficient reasons to
show the public why did not testify
why plead mot guilty" of the charge
! laid to me, and why signed the aftida-
Wit. And l hope God will forgive all
those who have deceived and held out
| false hopes to me of any kind also those
who on my trial testified falsely, as
freely as forgive them, and as expect
my Heavenly Father to forgive me.
draw up this full and true state
ment with the feeling that am not
long for this world. A few more short
days will terminate my existence on
earth; and feel 1t my solemn duty to
unburden my mind of the heavy loud
\ Of guilt and sin that is resting on 1t,
and prepare myself to meet my God;
also to set the mind of the public at
rest in regard to who the murderers OF
Robert W. Dinsmore were. AS stated
before, the deed was committed by my
self and my accomplice babe" or viii
liam Montgomery, jr.
! L make this statement frpa1v and vol.
UNFAIRLY, not that l expect any benefit
! from it in this world, but to unburden
my mind and to prepare for another
and better world where the wicked
cease from troubling and the weary are
at rest; and to show my friends how l
was led off and how was deceived BY
my counsel. And hope the facts set
forth in this statement, and which are
true, will be read with some comfort by
my friends when l am dead and gone.
And in conclusion, l would again
warn any who follow in my footsteps
In crime to beware and not be deceived
| by cou nsel: for feel that If I had not
had any counsel at all, and persisted in
my former statements on my trial and
testified as ought to have done, that l
would have been better off to-day. |
would again warn the public not to
believe any papers that may be shown
after am dead but this one, which is
true and which is signed by me before
God and in the presence of some of the
most prominent citizens of Washing
ton. This statement is dictated entire
~ by myself and is made freely and by
the promptings OF an Over-burdened
conscience.
Signed by me this 18th day of April,
1857, in the presence of the following
witnesses:
(Signed) ROBERT FoGLER,
Witness:
(Signed) ROBERT DouGAN,
WILLIAM B. WATKINS,
JAMES D. HERR,
NJ. II. CLARK,
JOHN r. WILSON.
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