The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-13
Fannie Wright. the Murderess'
u.o,v OF A FALLEN WOMAN AS GIVEN BY
HERSELF.

r,rn;e, Wright, the woman who Killed
oa;oor McChesney last Saturday night has
, yam removed to the Tombs, and now oc-
uni ',nies a cell in the upper tier of the female
w .;,o0. The clothing stained with the
pIood of her victim, which she has worn
n '.0ea her arrest, was yesterday changed
1 IT, reaIy to interrogations she made the
,i,oT ~ statement respecting her life:
' ,bout ten years ago was living happl-
ats my parents at Poughkeepsie, in this
wv .ts Nothing that 1 could wish for was
ot :,sIeld. | was trained in the Roman
E ri.S0,ic faith, and attended to my religious
9 ,.iss with carefulness and pleasure until
q qmas corrupted by young girl of the
as noe, who was my schoolfellow. She
s,a heen reading novels to such an extent
, ntot her head became fairly upset, and
'n4i would do her but to travel out and
h NV The world. The dull life Of q small
so onntrv place like Poughkeepsie would not
su wv her tastes and inclinations, and from
vra a whispering into my ears, and
rnsaprsnading me that we would be great Ia.
p;as have horses, carriages, diamonds and
o oorvonts of our own, | finally reluctantly
az Consented to flee from home, and we start
% Together one beautiful night for the city
If New YORK. Here the poor woman
Oave away to tears again, and sobbed bys-
s,sr;calIy.i On our arrival in this city we
took M our quarters with Mrs. Adams, at
Mo- 81 Leonard street, and this was the
Mace where | lost my virtue, and com
i"enced to lead life ofbitter, bitter shame
Nylanly ultimately succeeded in finding
ont nv whereabouts and took me home
INIT / could not listen to the voice OF rea
s,n felt that / had selected my mode o
la and was determined at all hazards tt
f,llow it out. escaped second time
and went back to Mrs. Adams's, where
was confnea of q sweet little girl shortl.
oit,rward. | used to keep myself yer,
clean and dressed with great care an
usefulness. From Mrs. Adams move
10 Mrs. Willoughbys S, at l0l Mercer street
and lived there until the death Of my lttl
eirl three years ago that had an awfl
effect upon me, and 1 could not hel
taking to drink to drown my sorrows
From this period ] date the commence
ment of my real hardships. My fatht
emigrated to California, and / had no on
left but young brother; he tried to r.
form ME, and also his poor wife, God BILE;
her, she used to cry herself sick at my 81
race previous to this the young girl WI
accompanied me from home in the first il
,tance fell out lucky and got married
Drink was the only pleasure of my life, ar
was not long until it began to have
esults I was arrested and committed
aohe Island for six months; got down b
fore my time was up, and again took
liquor and street walking. I used to wa
ali the time between Green, Wooster al
Mercer streets, in the eighth ward. ! "
soon arrested second time, and sent
again for six months. During the Ia
three years Of my life have been sent
the Island six times altogether for drr
2 kenness and disorderly conduct. On
night the officer was killed, (aere she ga
way again to tears, and rocked hers
around on the bed in fearful manner,)
was walking through the street going no
with message, and picking the kern
out of a hickory nut with a small kn
when the officer came up to me; was
most drunk at the time, and much excit
| did not know what ! was doing, when,
the impulse Of the moment, | struck b
wifi the knife. | never had any enn
against the man, in fact, never saw
before until that time. 1t is not true t
/ had only just come down from the isla
/ was down from there about six weeks
don't feel myself guilty Of his muir
when / never intended to do it, al
know God will forgive mel New !
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