Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-05

Tic Madison (Wis.) journal contains
long account Of a tsrrible tragedy enacted
in thai State, from which W csndsnss the
following:
at will be remembered that IN juno last
ws published the details OF ho,ribls muir
der IN Grant county, Miss Ca.harine Jor-
dan having been k lied by hor lover, VIM.
F.. Kidd, In Glen Haven, Juas 10, 1868
There wsre circumstances Of such peculiar
strocity connected with the crime that pub
lie Indignation was aroused to the utmost,
and large rewards offered for the arrest 81
the murderer, a. fellows: By the STATE Of
Wisconsin, $500; by Grant county, $500 !;
by citizens of Glen Haven and Bloomington,
$3.50, and by citizens Of Fcnnimors, 800,
making in all 81 $50. rhis stimulated de-
tcctlves aud police onicsrs to tho uimosi,
aud there wsrs several different rumars
Of hldds capture, all without folnda>
uon.
II. appears that he went immediately TO
the railroad. ard thence through tho hsart
o! the Stale 10 is irlnc pal city, revisited
sill" sukee. ren' ,c Chicago and heard pc
hcemen taking OF his crinsund the chances
OF bis arrest, then male his wsy westward
to the mines o. Colorado, and was finally
arrested after many wanderings 10 the wlds
oil Mlruoso!s Nj. Delaware, a resifsn; Of
Glen Hason. managed TO trace him, M
with tho .sslslarco of Frank Winship, of
Sioux tI.y, Iowa, arrested him in Mob e
county, Minnesota, CT the Sth Of October,
kidd giving himseif az, TO all appearances.
Willingly. l!swas taken 20 the railroad No
soon a. possible, and while on the cars, o.
tsbsr IA. near jefferson, Green county,
Iowa, committed suicide by taking strych-
nine.
Careful search Was made about the Der
cen and clothes Of Kidd for concealed
weapons Or poison, but nothing was
found.
after taking.ths poison Kidd told Of it,
saying, You searched we'll, but the small
paper Of strychnins had been sswsd inside
the lining Of its pantalosns, where ito dis
eovsry was next 70 impossible The poison
had been provided for use In case Of need.
kidd's death tesk place one hour and TWEEN
" I've minutes after taking the psison. Al
intervals between spasms, he cenverssd
freely, and even with chssrfulnsss. giving
directions ~ to what should be teld his
friends At home, &c.
Tho following 10 the substance or q con-
fsssion made by Kidd to Delaware on the
6rst night Of his capture:
NE and Katie Jordan Lad always been
intimate frisnds: that he loved her, and
tsld her II she didn't marry him she never
should marry any one; this was two months
before the murder.
"A couple Of days before the act he teok
his TRUNK 70 Cassville and shipped the same
10 8. Q. B. Martin, Mazoruanis.
"On Monday evening thereafter he went
with h,s horse aud buggy 10 MsIvsrs to sss
her, asked fer her and she came out to see
him; they talked awhile, and he asked her
to take ride with him, saving that il
would be the laat ride she would ever take
With him. She got into the buggy he r.
ierrsd to the presents hc had made her, and
that he had . set Of furE in his trunk that
no had intended to give her, and other arti
slss; observed while riding that ring he
had given Der was not worn he then re
turned her picture, which she tsok and put
in her pocket He lot down fence and
passed through = isld, came to ravins,
turned his horses quartsring across the
read; then tssk out his revolver and told
hsr to shoot him. She refused. and an
swsred, William, what are you going to
do! am afraid Of you" He then took
out his knife, and she said. Ny God, Will
liam. are ysu going to cut my th-oats"
He answered. Il am. He then placed his
arm around her head and aimed to draw the
knife across her throat she seized the
knife, and in doing % Gu, her hsnd se-
vsrely; he then wrenchsd the knife from
her and cut her throat, holding her head
with his arm until life was extinct; he then
siighsed and lifted the body cut Of the
buggy, intending 70 throw it into sinh
hole near BY, when the horses started
thin king somebody was coming, he left tbs
bedy and jumped into the buggy, drove to
his fathers, left his team and got 4 hsrae
and fled.'
The rest Of bis confession refers to h;s
life after this diabelical murder, which va,
such ~ might be expected Of q wretch 40
aud desperate.