The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-14
From the Philadelphia Telegraph
Twitchell He Makes Confession Mrs.
Twitchell Charged with the II rider of
Mrs. H ll-Flight of Mrs.. Twitohell

DtlhgnurSt ana Niltlam Is. Perkins,
Esq, prison superintendent, George
s. Twichell, Jr. has made the follow.
ing confession Of the particulars of
the murder of Mrs Hill. 1t will be
seen by this statement of Twitchcll
that the conditions of the murder were
somewhat different from what wore
generally supposed and if Twitoh vel
has given trushful relation Of the
tragedy, the horrors of tho murder arc
greatly Increased, as it duplicates the
daughter as the chief porpetrator OF
the fearful deed.
''I went to my room on the night of
the murder, aud, Instead of going to
bed, lay down on tho lounge which
was in my room and fell asleep. My
;sife was in bed at tho time. was
,rouscd at her repeated calls, and ran
.lown to the diniug room, where [
found her much excited, saving
~ haze had u quarrel With mother,
md killed her +
81 do not know whether she said
'Save me, or help me to hide it!
"But at last We threw the body of
Mrs Hill out of the window, to mako
it look as if she fell out.
"l went down stairs and washed nv
hands and face at the hydrant; then
vent to my room, undressed, aud went
to bed. My wife came up Afterwards
aud got into bed, where we staid until
Sarah (Campbel) rang the bell. d
81 think we were in bed ten or
twenty minutes. L ,made-a ssolomn
vow to eternal God that night that
would never reveal it, but I cannot
keep it any longer. Iaul sorry that
said & knew nothing Of it,' hut did
it with the vow in my MUD, and to
save my wife. r
"l now make this disclosure that l
may have peace with God.
[Signed] GEO" cE S. TwrrcnEA,., in"
La the presence of Rev. George
Bringhnrst aud William b. Perkins.
MRS TwITcHELLLEAvEs THE CITY.
This morning Mrs. Camilla T..
Twitchcll left the city under, ciroum.
stances which would appear to lend
the countenanoc of truth to si.a nhove
arraianmnnt nr ne,*oy n5r MI =
for the murder of Mrs. Hill.
About week ago she visited the
condemned man in his cell for the last
time. She then had conversation
with the Rev. Mr.. Bringhurst, in the
course Of which she manifested the
liveliest concern as to whether her
husband had said anything to his
spiritual adviser which would impli-
cato her in the murder. .'
She inquired especially if Tvs itch"
we'll had made any statement about
the crime. Mr.. Bringhur,t responded
that he had. Then tho wife inquired
if he had made q confession, to which
she again received al affirmative re-
sponse.
Mrs. Twitohwell then inquired if
her husband had made any statement
concerning herself in connection with
the murder; to which she likewise
received an Affirmative response.
eyes," said Mr.. Bringhurst, che
has told me all about it,"
"Then," exclaimed Mrs. Twitchell,
che is a WILLAMETTE greatest villain
on the face of the earth 20
She then directed her iuqniries to
the day of the execution, asking if
Twitchwell intended to make any
statement on the scafold. She was
assured by Mr.. Bringhnrst that no iu.
tended to do so. This brought out
the inquiry as to whether any ncwspa-
per reporters would be present; and
when she was told that such would be
tho case, she exclaimed q 1ya,
"That would be bad % sH
Since the day on which this con.
versation occurred, Mrs. Twitch
has not been near the cell of her hus.
baud, and this morning she left the
city for parts unknown.
LETTER FROM GENERAL EARiY rc
One HUNDRED CITIZENS OF LYNCH.
nURG = Lgnchbury, va, April 81
Gentlemeu,-The honor to which YOU
have done me, by proposing to vel.
come my return to my native State
by complimentary dinner, has been
most gratifying to my feelings, and
had NY return taken place under more
happy auspices, it would have afforded d
me great pleasure to accept your 10.
vitation but in view Of the condition
of our unfortunate country, and TO,
reasons which I am sure you will un.
derstand without particular spccif.
cation Of, them, aIn constrained t.
decline the = proposed entertainment
In doing gao,1 desire to express to YOU
my most heartfelt tbahks for the Cor.
dial greeting you have given me, ,ip
diyiduallyi and collectively, and t.
assure you that neither in wandering,
abroad, nor on my return, have I seer
any cause to abate in attachment tc
the land Of my birth, Or to waver In
devotion to the principles %%kich ac.
tuated ds in our hate struggle 70,
all that was dear. o0rT1 '|'
IT is the hour Of defeat and adver-
sity thai really tries the hearts, land
souls iof men, and those who shsil
have passed through al its tempta-
tions without an, abandonment of hon.
of f5p nrihcfHIa viii IA entitled IL IN a