The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-14


what to say) We often ouarrel,ed when NV
husband was not about--whue we were hoth
angry. She said that II It was not for bor tbatI
would be beggar and would have to 90 70 tho
almshouse This made Inc so angry that did
not know what TO do. saw the poker living heaIda
the grate and ran and got 1t and struck her win
It several times before l knew what was doing
She fell on the sofa; then got frightened and da
not know what to do. Then thought would
throw her out of the window, and people would
think she fell out and / would wash the blood
off the floor. l. went to the window in the
smoking room because l thought the will
low tree would hide me. l pulled up the blinds
and window and went and tried to lift her
At first l could not move her; then l got
desperate, and 1t seemed that had five times my
natural strength, and lifted her easy though
she had been baby. / did not feel her at all I
could have carried three times as much. After
threw her out, felt so weak for moment or two
that had to hold myself up by the wall. Then
felt stronger, and went down stairs to get some
thing to wipe the blood off of the floor / took a
towel that hung up near the hydrant, and wentup
and began to wipe 1t; then saw that could not
do 1t, and when looked around and saw the blood
on the walls, knew it could not be hid. 1t then
occurred to me to go down and take her money;
then it would look as though it had been done
by some one for her money. After took her
money, she moved and / went up to the dining
her in the temple with the point Of it, and then
left 1t lying there When went up after the poker
laid the money on the table. After struck her
in the yard washed the towel and my face and
hands under the hydrant, and let the hydrant run
a short time. Then i saw l had great deal of
blood on my night gown, so took it off, and my
night-cap also, and put them in the range and
shut it up and pulled out the drafts, and In a
few minutes they were all burned up, and L
went up stairs in the dining room, and
picked up the money and found that it
had blood on it, and was afraid to keep it, so
put it in the fire and waited till it burned ups
then went up to my room, and put on a short
night gown and q red sack, and got into bed.
was in bed about five or ten minutes when the
girl rang the bell. was afraid to go down, so
waited to see II she would wake George; but he
did not wake, so woke him, and asked him to go
down and let her in. He asked where mother wass
1 told him % l guessed she was asleep" He then
put on his pants, coat, and boots, and went down
and let her in. What followed Is already known.
Camilla, you must make one of these, or / am
lost. Do it, and am saved. This will do me
more good than three times all the money you have
got. You may be asked this question, How you
could carry her yoursef?' You must then re-
member that at first you could not, then you got
desperate and it seemed to you that all at once
you had supernatural strength given you that you
never was so strong in your life. This Is not un-
natural at such time II they should insist that
you had some one to help you, you must be
emphatic about it, and never give In to
them. If you are asked how you were
dressed when you came down to talk with
your mother, you can say in your night
clothes; a long white muslin night gown with
chemise under it, and night-cap and bare feet
nothing else. Camilla to- morrow morning Is your
time. If you do 1t, you must not come to see me
any more. If you do not do it you will never see
me alive for cannot have my farms tied behind
me, and be led down to the galows, there stand
and have a cap tied over my face, then rope put
around my neck, and then let drop. Oh I! it is ter
ribe, awful, horrble Think of this, and save
me. Oh for Heavens sake save-Oh, save me
Now, dear Camilla, if you are willing to do this,
you must do it just as tell you to do. They might
arrest you to try your sincerity but II they should
do so, you must submit. They cannot do any
thing with you. Now, Camilla, you must not
seek to know how have got my information; but,
if you do as wish, you will know some time. You
must not hint to any one, except father, that am
in communication with you have it from the
Governors private secretary, through an undoubt-
edsource; furthermore, Ihave it from ex- Governor
Pollock, VIM. Meredith, Horace Binney, ex- Mayor
Henry, Daniel Dougherty, and many others, the
most substantial men Of the city and State. But for
Heavens sake don't you go to any Of these per-
sons or to any one else, for it must appear to be
mla, il you would save me from this awful fate,
make either Of these confessions, whichever you
like, but you must make one. Think of my posi-
tion. know it win be an awful mortifying thing
for you to do; but then 1t will not take
you long to do 1t, and then my life will
be saved. If you don't do this 1t will just
be the same as II you had killed me, because
you could have saved me, and would not. Camilla,
for God sake don't stop to say 1 am afraid; 1t
will do good; but do 1t because ask you to do
1t, and you must know / would not ask you to
make your position any worse than it Is, without
1t would save my life. You have told me several
times you would do it; don't, for Heavens sake,
fail me now. IT'S your last chance to help me,
and thereis not an hour to be lost. You can say
to Mr. Brnghurst after it 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 look natural.
think, perhaps, the last confession will be the
best, but either will do; but whichever one you
make, you must write it down for future refer
ence. Don't forget this. Put 1t in your own Ian
guage. Remember that the time is very short,
and, for my sake, Camilla, don't delay Oh,
Camilla, will idolize you if you will do this.
Place yourself in my position, and me in yours,
and you knew could save you, and would not
make the only effort that would do it. If you
do this you will not fail me; only do it as 1 tell
you. Don't think that you know = better way,
for If l could only have short conversation with
you alone, you would know that am right De-
spairingly yours, in hope. GEORGE. 4"
ION the reverse side of this page is the follow
ing0
CAMILLA: III you should make the last confess
sion, you must remember that you were perfectly
furious and also that when you first tried to lift
the body you could not, but when you got despe-
rate you had such strength as Won never had be-