, 1869-04-17

I'VE give but one OF TWttchcll's letters, 1t being
sutl,clent to show the antntus OF the mani
one you please 1st 5ou Killed your mother You
got up out Of bed on that night You could not
sleep Your husband was asleep, and you thought
with your mother. You used to often do 1t when
your husband wns asleep. He #ent to seep
very SOUND, 80 that !oa C. could hasdy wake ill., ill.,
You went down stairs to the dining room. When
you got In the dning-rpom, you saw her asleep on
it must have been the aSp!rtt Of the Devil, !" but
something told you to kill her. You could not re-
stst. Something seemed to say "klll her aud you
q n she ee
wanted 70 RtTe her deed Of trust, but rour nus-
band said II must be done The Devil told you to
went When ron came up again 1t seemed to tell
you to 20 and get !our husbands shirt and coat
and put them on 50 that Il you got an! blood
You did not think he could be convicted.
You thought bis good character would acgult him.
Iou went and put on his shirt and coat. You then
came down and struck her q great many times
with the poker, and Just as you stopped she
jumped up very suddenly and ran to the window,
which vas Up. l. frightened 5ou tor moment.
ont. You supposed it was her last strength. You
then went down stairs and took the money and
struck her several times again, and then washed
your hands at the hydrant, letting Il run few mo-
mentS fou wiped your hands on towel that
Was hanging there. You then went up IN the
dining room and looked at the money; It had
blood dnpon It and Sou vas afzatd to keep 1t, and
you put It In the fire. Tou found after Jou went
mp 70 your hed-room that sou had blood on your
nsnsan and Eoa pns !. IN the he; s'ovs @ AMI + wss
about half an hour before Sarah Campbell came
home. After you heard the bell ring several
aown s1 s1a ss er a.
Was- This must all be In your Own language,
Camilla. II should die, Who would nurse
That 7 roI
through many, many hours Of pain. II you shtu!l
fa}tet or feel too weak 10 do this think Of this;
n5 nov Gney you b e Wna1, an
leave me alone now; you will be asked Z great
many questions but you must NOT contradict your.
thing for you to DO this but It is the only thing
that can save ms life and ! would have done this
to hare saved yours, II you had been conr1cted II
but they cannot do anything At all with you now,
can't even hold you under bail II have 70 die
the public eenerally will still believe tnat sou are
other state under m assumed name. / Will never,
never leave you. will work and starye II neces
sary, to provide for you comfortably. Only help
me to escape this awful, awful death, and know
ypu viii do It. You will not desert me In this
dreadful hour Of peril Do not for anything lei any
eye IN: sonr oWn sec th! & AZ A. soon q a. {Sa ale
cessary Instructions, how to do 1t, where to do 1t,
and when to do It.
=. You did not do 1t nor see It doue, but Sou
made arrangements with Nj. Gilbert TO have It
done. He nrst spoke to you about II, one after
q i ef oe aa
Pine a. you we're coming down Pine, having been
taxing / walk lie spoke to you and walked
;o yonI : nosher r vas and remarSed What troable
she must he to you. II she nns to die how nice
Jou would be h1ed- The next time ron say him
Eighth street, below Race He again asked about
your mother! How she Vas: II she was not
rather childish: This time he asked II she did not
carry good deal Of money apont ner. You asked
him how he knew anything about II. He said
TINT your husband accidentally mentioned II
onee Thsn ns vas ang s3 s6ous heE a als9
you met him IN the car on Ninth. He spoke and
a Sf1 sSe he~ eo,se o Sns sai Aa
saw him saaiu. You we're looking IN the
street below Seventh, when he came up and spoke
10 you. He then asked you Il you vas going mp
the street You Iold him you Was He SAG he
street, when !ou took the car to come home.
On this walk he asked you how tour mother was
11 sfen ~ ess sad
dent 1t VAS for your mother TO carry her money
about With her, and asked you y she did not stop
up rery late at night, md whether you and your your
we went 10 bed very early. This was all about the
truunlc With him about tho Will he apo!ogized e
=
your hl,shanu II meeting him for he did not like
him and sald he was bad man. lou did not see
hin again for about TWO HeekB4 when you again
mi lin In Eighth street above ChesnuI- lie spoke
TO d. and wnlkeu up Eighth to Arch when be left
you going down Arch He again got to talking
about yp1r Mother: how truuhl, some she must be,
and If she was to die how lire WE could live, nothing
10 t1,'nhe Us. He also Asted about our serEanf,
whether We hai good one. That theE Nwaya
wanted an aftenoos q sxsa
You told him him that ehe had every Innrsdat
afternoon and evening. He then asked yoa yoar
mother flowed her TO stay out late io1 sa,u
she came one generally between an ana ~, ~ sSe
her l. Key: 1pu told him thai motaes Mwass
waited 10 for her, TINT you and your 0usnams MehI
to bed. lie asked you what time, you sah aoo0t
O'Clock. He then told yoa thaf ne ha1 L. zen 91 10
lie TOOK ihe world Eet5 easy, that nothing ever
troubied hin. You saw him few days after this
On Chesnut street: he going up ana you going
down, he towcd TO you You 81 MN again, the
mt he iolurd you, and walked up as far as Cherry,
when ha Ieft Sou and Tent up Cherry street. On
thts occasion, IS usual. be talked OF your mother.
He asked YOU how much money she carried about
said it was nice pile. You asked him
how be would lie to have it. He said flEst
rale You told him he could have It II
! he would send foF 1t at D proper time. he asked
when proper time VAST You told hin this eEen-
INF. He said i was TOO soon, You then told him
asked which door he would send to- You told
him that the front gate might be unnolted. he
Eaal he would send somebody to make everything
right On the evening Of the murder yoa went
and unlocked the paddock. which was sp11ng
locf. ana would lock Itself, and unboled the front
gate. You went to bed, and your husband came q
few minutes after; he went to sleep, and was moi
out OF the F0om R he went down HtAlra 10 let the