The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-16

is not an hour TO be lost. You can say to
MIR. BrlnghurSt, after 1t is all done, to say to
me that you have told what you know, and
tell him TO ask me to forgive you. This will
think, perpaps, the last confession will
be She best, but either will do; but whichever
one you make, you must write 1t down for
in Your own language. Remember that the
time is very short, and. for my sake, Cami!-
la, don't delay; on, Camilla, Will id2li in
my position. and me in you're, and you
knew could save you, and would not make
the only effort that would do 1t. II you do
this you Will not fail me; only do 1t as tell
you. Don't think that you know a better
way, for II could only have short CONVEX
hope. &c GEORGE"
ION the reverse side of this page is the fol-
loWing)'
CAMILLA: II you should make tho last
con feSSion, you must remember that You
were perfectly furious, and also that wnen
you first tried TO lift the body you could not,
but when you got desperate you had such
strength as you never had before; and don't
forget, If you are asked, that all the 1mptu-
suspicion from yourself. II you are asked
II any or your counsel knew anything about
yonr eonfGsssion, yoI must say no. and be
sorry. or not, just as You please. II you are
asked anything about the doors of the din
shut. = i viii tell father to see you to-day,
and wish YOU to see hImalo
SEVENTH LETTER.
TWO MORE CONFESSIONS.
CAMILLA: Here are two confessions; choose
your mot6eT. You got mp ont Of bed that
night. You could not sleep. Your uaband
was asleep, and you Thought you would 60
your mother. You used TO often do IL when
your husband was asleep: He went to sleep
almost as soon as he got in bed, and always
lnnn6. Nnnld hardly
wake him. You went down stairs to the
dinIng-room. When You got In the dining
don't know what came over yon-it must
have been the spirit OF the devil-but some
resist. Something seemed to say, "KiI her,
and you can get her money, and then you
won't have to give her deed OF trust on the
deed OF trust, but your husband said 1t must
be done. The devil told you to go down
went. When you came up again it
seemed TO tell you to go and get your
o oosp so tEat Il YOU cot any blood on you It
would look as though he did it. You did not
think he could be convicted. You thought
went and put on his shirt and coat; you
then came down and struck her a great
many times with the poker, and just as yo4
ran 10 the window, which was up; 1t fright
ened you for moment, and then when you
had got there she had fallen ont. 1ou sup
went down stairs and took the money and
struck her several times again, and then
washed your hands ut the hydrant, letting
1t run few moments. You wiped your
hands on towel that was hanging there.
looked at the money. It had blood on it, and
you were afraid to Keep II, and you put it in
the a nT re-, lou ionna atLeE you went up to
night-cap, and you put it in the stove and 1t
was burnt up; You then got Into bed. This
was about haitian hour before Sarah Camp
nome. heard
ring several times, you woke me up, and
asked me 70 go down and lot her in, and see
where mother WAs. This must all be in your
own language.
Camilla, II should die, who would nurse
you when you were sick? Who would be
the company for you that 1 can? L have
nursed you through many weary hours of
pain. II you should falter OF feel too weak
TO do this, think OF that; think how lonely
you would be without me, and all the world
against you, but know you will not leave
many questions, but you must not contra.
dict youlselt when you answer them. 1t is
an awful, awful thing for you to do this, but
it is the only thing that can save my life,
and would have done this to have saved
yours, II you had been convicted. II had
done it, it would have cost me my life; but
they can't do anything with you noW-can't
even hold you under bail. II have to die,
the public generally will still believe that
you to some other state under an Assumed
name Will never, never leave you. l Will
work and and sIarye II necessary to provide for
this awful, awful death; and L know you
will do it. You will not deceive me in this
let any eye but your own see this. AS soon
as You are done with 1t burn 1t up. Will
give you all the necessary Instructions u ms how
Second. You did not do 1t, nor see 1t done,
but you know that your husband did not do
Gilbert to have it done. He tirst spoke to
you about 1t one afternoon, Two months be-
him him AZ at the corner OF Fifteenth and Pine, as
you were coming down Pine. having been
taking walk; he spoke to you and walked
down Pine to Twelfth street with you. He
asked you how your mother was, and re-
marked what q trouble she must be to you.
nxed. The next time you saw him was
about three weeks after. You met him on
Eighth street, below Race. He again asked
not rather childish? This time he asked II
she did not carry good deal OF money
anything about it. He said that your hug-
band accldentally;m ent1Oned 1t once when
ne w1s hi to1d HIM he Ieft Won al
the corner of Hilbert street. About week
afterwards you met him in the car on Ninth
mother was. You got out at the corner OF
Ninth and Arch streets and left him in 1t.
Two or tnTee days i1 iS You sT MN M
the pictures at GutekunEt'6, In Arch street,
above Seventh, when he came up and spoke
ing MP the street? You told him you were.
he said he would walk up with you. He
walked up to 10th, where you took the car to
your mother wasH and again said how nice
IL you and your husband would be liked II
she should die, and how imprudent 1t was
with her, and asked you II she did not stay
up very late at night7 and whether you and
your husband stayed mp with her? You told
him that we went to bed very early. This
was all about the trouble with him about the
will. He apologIzed to You for reading it TO
your mother. You never told your husband
said he was bad man. You did not see him
again for about two weeks, when You again
met him in Eighth street, above Chestnut.
SpoRee s e1 S Se eFt YOU eoine down ArcS
He again got to talking about your mother;
how troublesome she must be, and II she was
trouble us, He also asked about our servant;
whether we had good one; how hard 1t was
to get q good ono. That they always wanted
asked you II we gave ourBeryant thiA2 You
told him THAT she had every Thursday after
noon and evening. He then asked you II
your mother allowed her to stay out late?
nine and ten o'clock. He also asked you
If you waited up for her or gave her key!
You told him your mother always waited up
for her; that you and your husband went to
bed, He asked what time? Sou said about |
8 o'clock. He then told you that he had
been on to New York, and had an elegant
easy; that nothing ever troubled him. You |
saw him few days alter this In Chestnut |
street; he going up and you going down. He |
bowed to you. You saw MIN again, the
Thursday before the murder, at Eighth and |
Chestnut; he Joined you and walked up as |
far as Cherry, when he left you and went up |
talked of your mother. He asked you how |
much money she carried about her? You told |
him you thought about s. 900: He said 1T was |
a nice pile You asked him how lie would |
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