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

him at his house. I hope for tho SAX,
or charity and mercy that you will d.
so no more. You must never saw t.
him anything about this, for he tells ms
In confidence, and only tell you Il
snow how careful you ought to be; anG
II he should know that 1 told Won Il
would do me great deal of harm,
want to tell you plainly, that he thinkt
you know something about II, and :
great many others think so, too. This
; IS one reason why you will be believed
Some OF the leading lawyers of Phila-
delphla have told him tn at il you made
confession it would save me. Among
them 10 n man who used to be Govern.
or OF this State, and also ono who has
known Gov. Genry all his life. Now 1
VIII tell you what steps I have taken
10 ask you here, in the presence Of
somebody, whether you know anything
about it. Mr.. Bringhurst thinks
ought to do this, and many other prom
tnent men. So to-day sent for Mr.
Perkins, the Superintendent Of the
Prison, and asked him about 1t. He
said ought to do 1t. He said 1t was
probable that you would say no; but II
you should admit it, II would save me,
and it was the only thing that would
1 also asked Mr.. Chandler; he said the
same thing. 1 tell them that / expect
you would deny it, although don't be-
lieve that you know anything. This
sets their minds at rest about me. You
must never say anything to Mr.. Bling
hurst, for that would ruin it all. l will
write out confession for you, and give
it to you on Friday; and you must learn
1t thoroughly. 1 will also give you all
the directions how to act and when YOU
will do it. Mr.. O'Bryne told me that
he did not wantyou to know anything
about 1t. You must not say anything
at all about this, not even to father. II
must be kept perfectly secret, or 1t will
do no good.
Camilla, spare me this horrible, aw-
full death: You, and you alone can do
1t. Oh! do not disappoint me; 1t would
be more than l could bear. Oh! Ca
milla, I have tried to be kind to you;
you cannot forget the days and nights
that have nursed you when you were
sick-the nights have walked the road
with you in the country when you had
the asthma, and L did not complain.
And dear Camilla. you have been q
good wife to me. Do not, oh ! do not, I
pray you, desert me now. Save! oh
save me. You have got n noble heart,
and l know that you will do this. Ca
milla, you would beawful lonely with
out any one, and in your present posi-
ton. Oh, if you will save me, or at
least make the effort, tor II you do not
make the effort you know that you
can't do IT; but oh, for my sake make
this last efort-lt's all you can do, And
if 1t saves me will starve If it Is neces-
sary to give you comforts; and in anoth-
er State and under another name we
may yet be happy. Dear Camilla, il
you really intend to do this you must
have trunk packed all ready to leave
the city at the shortest notice. think
1 would go to Baltimore and stop at a
seconC-cIass hotel. OF course you will
| IN s.Go plaaSp
urge Mr.. O'Byrne to como down this
afternoon, and get here as soon after
four o'clock as he can. Good bye, don't
let any one see this. Burn this as soon
as you have read it. 1t is an awful
thing to ask you to do this, but dear
anything else l would not ask you to
do it. Please, oh ! please, spare my life.
Save me, oh save me. You are the
only one who can. Camilla, think OF
this. Lam young. and in the full flush
of health, and it is not too late YET to
try and make you happy. l would go
in rags to do it, if you will save. Oh
remember this, and save me If you can.
Oh don't let your courage fail you;
remember that you cannot give me life
after l am dead; and oh! dear Camilla,
do as 1 ask you to in this case. Don't
forget it is for my life. GEORGE.
FOURTH LETTER
lrhis was received on Good FrIday.l
MY DEAR CAMILLA:-You must make
the following confession if you would
save me, and you must do just exactly
AS I tell you here; nothing else can
save me but this, and this will positive.
lY do it. You have said you would
give your life TO do it, but that will not
do unless IL was accompanied by con-
| fession, aud l would rather die myself
than have you to die; but you can do
this without death, and this is the way
| to do it. You must write out The follow
ing confession-wriiei II out twice-put
| ono away i'll some secret place SO that
after you have done as l tell you you
can have one to look at so that you will
not forget 1t in case you should ever be
wanted; if the Governor or any of the
authorities should ever send for you to
ask you any questions you could
answer them correctly. You must also
learn this, SO that if you are asked any
questions you can answer so RS not TO
contradict them or this
CONFESSION.
One afternoon last spring, my mother
and were walking up Chestnut street,
and, as we passed the Continental, Mr..
Gilbert came out and q gentleman with
him. He came up ana spoke to us, and
introduced his friend to us-his name
was Lse, Mr.. Leo. They walked up
Chestnut street to Tenth with US, they
/ went on up Chestnut and we took the
Tenth-street cars and came homo. a
few days after I met Mr.. Gilbert III
Ninth street; he came over and walked
with me to Chestnut street: he went
into the Continental; he asked me how
my mother was ; he always did when
ever / saw him, and asked me if she
was any better natured yet; he spoke
about his friend Mr.. Lee, and said he
was a very elegant gentleman, and
worth great deal of money that he
always had plenty of money. 1 asked
where Mr.. Lee lived, and Mr.. Gilbert
said that when he was in the
city he stopped at the Girard House.
| but he was a great traveller.
saw Mr.. Lee as 1 was going down
Chestnut street; he bowed to mo; he was
a tine-looking man. rather tall, with a
moustache aud military side-whiskers,
and dressed in the top of the fashion.
1 often saw him after this, sometimes
on Chestnut street, and sometimes on
Eighth street; occasionally he would
join me; he was splendid talker, and
| I got to like him very much. After
got right we'll acquainted with him l
| found out that he was gambler. He
always asked me how my mother was.
After we got well acquainted told him
how my mother treated ME when my
husband was away; how cross she was.
he asked me why did not put her out
| of the way, and said could not do
| that. He then said, "Get your husband
to do it." told him that my husband
would leave me II ever limited such
thing to him; and he replied, THAT
would be no great loss, for you could
| get another one as good as him any
day." 1 then told him that my hus-
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