Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-12-11
From the Western Star extra.
A Horrible Confession.


Oregon, (Which commenced ON the next
Monday,) in company with James Wilson
aud Isaac Foster, in q two horse wagon.
We first stopped l.. L. Dubeau's and sold
him logchain for one dollar and half
Then we went on and stopped again at Bill
Phumpry's, We tried to sell Bill the wagon
for twenty-five dollars; butw did not sue.
cecd in selling the wagon to him, and went
on to Bill Jacksons, and stopped over
night. When we stopped there, Wilson
told me that if we met anybody on the
road, that he thought that had any money,
he would 80 through him. He asked ME
what l thought about it? told him l
didn't know, that was not used to any
thing like that.
So &c started on the next morning (Sat-
urday,) and went on about seven miles I
reckon when We come to where on old
bachelor lived. We stopped and Wilson
went in to get drink Of water and to see
if he (the old bachelor) had anything;
Wilson came out in few minutes and said
that he was not worth going through. We
then went on about one mile and a-half
and stopped, unhitchcd the horses from
the wagon, and waited until about two or
three o'clock r. NJ, to see if anyone would
come along that we could 90 through No
one came and We hitched the horses to the
wagon and went on, and had passed Cat.
Inns school house about fifty yards when
We met man. When Wilson saw him he
said there is man worth going through,
and We must 90 through him. l told him
that didn't like to, but I supposed I
would have to do my share. Then Wilson
said that he would make an excuse to stop
the man to sec if he had pistol, saying
that he would tell the man that he wanted
to buy one. At this time the boy Qsaac
Fostcr) was sleeping, We walked him up
aud told him to hold the horses. We then
jumped out of the wagon and each one Of
us picked up a club. They were about
three feet long and two inches in diameter
and thus armed VIC went back and over.
took the man opposite the school house.
Wilson asked him if he had pistol; the
man said that he had not. Wilson told him
that he would like to buy one. The man
asked me how far it was to the next house.
told him it was about half of mile. (by
this time Wilson had walked around be-
hind the man. | asked him how far it was
to Monticello! lie did not have time to
answer me before Wilson struck him on
the side of the head with his club. vii.
son did not knock the man down. and the
man ran for the school house. following as
he run. We both run after him. Wilson
said for me to stop at the door, (thc man
had gone inside Of the school house. and
he would 80 in and fix him. Wilson went
into the house, heard the man say don't
murder me, Wilson struck him on the
back of his head with his club before he
had time to say anything more. The man
fell and then Wilson kicked him in the
ribs, and struck him twice more on the
head with the club. Wilson told ME to
see if anybody was coming. looked and
could see no one. lie told me to see if
the boy Qsaac FOSTER was coming, told
him he was not.
Wilson searched the mans pockets then
and found six hundred dollars in his right
pants pocket and two and a.half in his left
pocket, all oft was in coin. Wilson said
that was all the money he had l told
Wilson to sec whether he had killed tho
man. He told me to 60 to the door and
sec ifanybody was coming, while he felt
of the man, he said that the man was dead
and for me to come in and he would 60
out and see if anbody was coming, he did
not see anyone and came back in the house
and said let's pack him and put him over
the fence" He took hold Of his head and
shoulders and 1 took hold of his feet and
VIC carried him to the fence, put him over
it, then he got over the fence and said to
me you stay here and watch and if you see
anybody coming whistle. lie then took
hold Of the man dragging him off through
the brush and was soon out of sight. l
stayed and watched the road and waited
for him for about fifteen minutes I hol-
lowed for him to hurry up, he said he
would be there in a minute. When he
came back asked him what he had done
with the man, he said that he buried him.
l asked him if he buried him good, he said
he had. l told him that there was blood
on the fence. He got over the fence and
went into the school house to sec if there
was any blood there, then he went back to
the wagon. He said he guessed NOBODY
would notice the blood az there was not
much. He told nc not to tell the boy or
anybody else because they might find it
out and if they did they would hang US, I
told him that l would not tell asyonc.
We had been gone about three quarters
Of an hour from the wagon. The boy
asked us what had kept US so long. vii.
son told him nothing, then told him that it
was man that he had seen before in
Olympia. Wilson said he had seen the
man in Charley Burmister's saloon in
Olympia, and asked me if / hadn't seen
him.there. replied that had. although
| never saw the man before.) We said
this to keep the boy from thipkinz that We
had killed the man. Wilson took the linss
and the boy and l laid down in the wagon
on some blankets, and We went op 70 Mon.
ticello. We arrived At Monticello about 4