The New York herald., 1869-01-09

petition for the pardon ard OF the innocent man. whom
ihe vile people in Oneida county wanted to hang Just
BODY But the Governor was inexorable still the old
women continued to whine and ca sSwn ISs @e
for all who do not feel inclined 10 do the biddp ~
men and women who are Mortified at murde' YER
erer &c on ns sSSs as s
foisting him on society again. What 1uccess might
have s ssnSss the sTs Of
in the United states has its ery pder pentude
have had everything Their 6wn way. for aught any
eSss %Ssn O rsa A.
event nothir' ro c nor on ,ess than mi, confes
sion Of the cr me nv 0fs Csrswe V From the hour he
st0uty r.a{ntaned H,s innocence ana as long as he
knew "a senti,menta, soEs were Worknc for hjs re-
bis gge wssn Sssn
Senied with M snccess and felt that ~ last day on
earth was too near At hand to admit OF further false
hnod no made clean hreast ~ the whole afYair to
Rev g q Visscher chaniain OF the iaii: r. e.
Weaver the sheriff and John singleton the Jailer
Who when A1 me execntion was over to.dav issned
The confess,on @ IN q convrobted namnhIet Ihe FOL
inSving IL that mart no relatnr tn rhe pmnrder.
Tieff Halls an the Safnrdav afternoon NJ the mnr
on nv nv wav P saw Stenhan ana Marritt Sandara and
Trony,,n pitts uad sorna cnuuarsati"r srith them,
also saw a Mrs. Sanders the mother Of the girl sne
.n"n,nr - 1remor U chn ~ - a;s,ar"a,
rened that wss Ne Ha and Ella I IN tnair wav
- .n ~. - S.. u r Elm, % harn e1 r.nt ~J
70 70 nannen Win .uo oa uu..et FROM I'LL .nere wen. en-
d y ths Oily ny c9a1 % anu sest ~ eae @ @ Uua
~ anv n s'iucn ., on s1e ronu mn .oau on % ny WAY WY
70 70 tne Julcu9n or tne Foad stoPRea anu iookeq
on toWards McMlllsn'H l saw tnree women m
the yard, Mrs. McMillen, Mrs. Dmblebee and
anotner whom supposed 10 pe my motner, W proved
70 De Mrs. Congdon.l Ine supposition tnat py
m0,ner was Lnere was what led me TO go 70 No Mc.
ersed ABOUT three quarters OF an hour then started
irom 4SM4iens & % % &2 70 camden. the junction
said 10 her Ih hos. csy o e. ann
went niteen or twenty rods towards Dimblebee's,
wnere ! met Mrs. C0ngdon. Said ."Good a.
the fence. and was the man whom Dimbie-
pee saw the head and shoulders OF las given
n the. the ,s. testimony was then in McMlen's
About three rods from the town line saw the 9iri
decided to move thirtydve or forty rods further in
the woods; this brought me within view Of my
AND 70 Where thought wG
girl came up, when l stepped toward her and told
her would carry her pail. She handed it to me,
on pair or undergarments for an evil purpose but
never attempted to execute that purpose was
about ten rods and told her Would 90 with her nearly
she wished would then said:M.T am an going iI A to
Camden, and win buy you new dress and some
candy and bring It to you morrow II yon win say
posing that she intended to remain quiet about what
had occurred and was about to leave her, when she
ana moved on. l then turned around enraged and
alarmed and, while her back was towards me,
seized her and with my nat hand slapped her on the
side OF her face, held her and erked the pail out OF
her hand She was stunned by the blow. ! carried
her in front OF me, with the pail hanging on my
first observed the blood drop from her nose held
ner up ana realized wnat mad DONE and decided to
take her to the spot where she was afterwards
found. laid her down on her back and again took
from her the under garments which she had put on
short time before, and Immediately went back for
the pail, brought It to the place, and sat it down
about eight feet from her. then looked up and saw
her mother coming down the road. She could not
see me- and passed on. ! then saw the child try to
up stick somewhat decayed at one end, and
struck one blow on the head she made
make my escape. There was no blood on her her
az tnat time. tnen took my knife from my pocket
ana cut the two gashes across her throat
thrust the knife in the ground to remove the evi-
dences OF guilt and put 1t In my pocket Went from
the mother and heard ii her can Sbea
was then on the opposite side Of the road from where
the murder y DE was committed. The mother, then got
Millens house. ] got over the town line fence and
went TO place where found little snow, wash
er % ana 5nem On 5ns back side
the knoll and small ravine Watching the move
menus OF the motner tnen changed my position
to point where could see all the move
meas cSsS Of the mother and not be seen myself The
thing that indicated the fate Of her child. and gave
scream and SAID 'liDoie Is lost ~ She then disap-
peared for moment. then Thought would 90 to
my snanty Dnt did MT care to; took few steps to-
wards IT, and saw the mother and her sister ap-
preaching. They came within ten rods OF me, ] con-
cealing myself rom view by means OF two maple
trees Iney disappeared again. ana came back very
soon on what u called the new road, all the while
oeing concealed from view. They walked up to-
wards my shanty, and the sister walked round II;
irom there they walked ont on path towards
the road; heard one OF them call, but did
not understand what was said. next saw
tnem with Basil Pitts, who Inquired Of the mother
n she mad been down TO McMillan's. She replied,
"Yes, and Henry tmeanine CarswelD has been there,
and am afraid ne has hurt my child" Pitts then
inquired, Have you looked In the woodsr' She re-
piled, II have not, but have looked around the
shanty" During this conversation was less than Ave
rods nom them. Pitts then said, 'sYou go one way
and VIII 60 another, and we will work around and
come together II any one Of you should see the
child make noise, SO that we can oil hear.n After
this made my escape taking the same route to the
Camden road that took when left 1t, and got over
the fence within twenty rods OF Dimblebees house.
TOOK nv hat IN my left hand. and watched NV or-