Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-25
THE ATTEMPTED MvRnER IN NOR
FoLk. Va.

u IL r IN
E0Lk. Va.
Remarkable Confession oI the Prissa~r
We recently gave some Of .hs Yarticulars of
no rihie attempt i'm the suburhs % Norfclk %
murder a lafy Mrs Wiuaiue.r) ~ h.r n.rro
wash-rwcman, Sarah CSfg,s. aItas g~fg.-rson.
who haI heen Tor revtral years Iae r,cipien. Of
loLt ne~ses ana charities az ne HANDS nf a..
p.rson she so brUtaily aiiempied 20 muriar
Mr.. Winnineer. when found. wa living ON ;h.,
Hoo, with head and face terribly -a~hed hy an
axe and her skull frsclured in 40 placgs- A
lafre sum al mOn'y. sofne Si.aE. was missing,
Ano very valuable god watch. All ths money
was recoN rred, and there are now - 7ong hog,es
hat Mrs. Winnin ger Will gct well. Ii wal ~
Sth rom the aaneNed conf sion, which We
copy from the Norfolk Nmginian OF Tho Isth,
maj IA. she-deNil charges another Of her rRo.,
SaIah thoroughbred, who was Mr.. WinuIu-
ger : Geek, = ~ taking art in her he'll n work
,.I,. h.ls Hh1h y'st rday afternoon nsoe he
ioiioNlng statement 20 officers Harrison and
baker. al the lail IN Portsmouth Mr. Harri-
son. knew God was not going 10 let u,. A.. ON
Win a.; God saw me do Il. and Il l. oa the
luot mont nook, and might N well tell IL for
~ viii b. known; I did not want IA hurt Miss
fannle; prayed 10 God to-day that me ynlrhf
gei welE aon know what Al was that mad,
me co ~ ~ was liked 80 thai I should do Al aud
Get The white folk dow n ca me- and tl,.n 80
could not get any WORK. I carried the etothas
over 20 hsr on >aIurday. and while up sta ~
Miss Fannie sand she wanted M 10 .s.-rx .,,,,o.,
thiHgs TO her mother. Mrs Hswitf. Il ~,
up stairs and rot ths bottles and chi
Then; We then w-nt down STAIR. and after
While Miss fanRle went up stairs AGAIN \
took the axe and followed her and hld Al IA
my clothes She had a lamp aud pitchsr
m her hand; when she got in her room she
lad them down; Sarah Thoroughbred cam. up
iliae while after and went into The room
where the men sleep; b-fore Sarah or I went ap
Miss Fann1e had hcen up stairs long enough L,
make mp her bed: ] went into th.. room ami
sAlo' Miss tannie, mother told me 20 asa you
10 give her some socks Tor the children: a PAIR
That Willie and TOmnie had worn out she
Mebt 20 the buTfan ana got them out aud gave
bem 20 me, she then went To the basket aud
~Llie stooIhng over the clothes I struck h.r
with the eye of the axe. she fell between th.
chair and the bed, and raised her head aud
SAID, 'Sarah don . kll me- struck her agaln.
ana she raised zap and tired TO fend herself bV
putting her hands over her head. She cauybr
hold OF the handle Of the axe. and 4 snstclad !.
away and hat her over The hands with the helv,.
and struck her again. She fell down ana
said, Miss Fannie, please MAN. conn. n.
ana lay on the bed" She did not say anythln-.
and picked her up and put her on Ia.
beo' Sarah then came M; we got some none
out OF the wardrOhe aud went down stair.
when We came back the door was locked: ~.
broke n open and i went In. and found Miss
anne lying ON the bed with a pistol in her
hahu; she sald, Mind, Sarah, u has got a ball
IN *; Went up 20 her and took 10 out OF her
hahd, carried NJ into another room aud hid Il;
calne back and struck Miss Fanny with the
axe she rolled on the bed, and We wrapped b.r
up IN blanket: hat her with the handle of
Z he axe whes she fell OF the bed because some
thlng told me not 10 do any other way: We took
an the money out OF the wardrobe, some %
which Sarah said was secesh. and thre ~ n on he
Top wetook Al down stairs IN the kitchen and di-
weed II; you have got whsf had: don't know
any ihing about the other: 1 washed the axe with
warm water which was on the stove and with
a towel; there was no hatchet used lit was an
axe; then carried the milk and things home
that Wa all. Knew there was a lot OF money
IN the wardrobs becauss she had pad me ot.t
OF II: ma and pa don't KNOW nothing about a.
NOBODY but Sarah and myself knows about a;
sarah was IN the mems room when l struck
her first; Mis- fanni" a good woman. and
don I know why done ~ some has ben
eonJuTing me; 4 threw up black snake some
ufne ago and have felt Dad ever since. Some
body fixed it 20 20 make the white peopl.,
down on ma and pa. a. they could not get any
work. feel that God has psrdoned me- for
what have done; l know l have been oon-
Nerted; dad not want 10 Kali Miss Fannls. hIr
did IL because j wanted money: I was going -
get married, and Miss Fannie had promi ised m.,