The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-23
CONFESSION OF BECK, THE
MURDERER o. THE GOODE
FAMILY.
HOW THE MURDER WAS COMMIT
TID-i fRiGIITitL TALE or
DEPRANITf AND CRIME
BECk's CAREER As TOLD
ny HIMSELF.


IRON the H'iuphI. Avalanche, ltN..
Our evening contemporary, the Le9g,,
has received from the scene Of tho la:,
lynching, or Whereabouts. what purport.
e. be a confession Of Book the murderer g.
Mr.. and Mr.. Goolp, un Favoritc leland
who was taken from Jail in Tuuica county
Mississippi, u few days ago, conveyed l.
fsyorite bland, aud there hanged ~,
buried alive ns hn. already been publish
ed. The confession is prc!lscd hy the g..
lowing:
We, unknown persons, having duly or.
gaEilcd q court MARTA. ut Fuyoritc Island
Tunica county. Miss, thi. 10Th day O.,
August, 1870, after satisfactory evidence
passed sentence If death on Charles j
Beck, for the murder OF Matt Goole and
Mr.. Code on the lO,l day of Man.
1870. The prisoner made tho following
confession
! am only eighteen years of age; wa,
born IN Indiana on the 3lst Of March: my
father wa farmer; was raised g. work
on tie farm ! was not used 20 be around
town very much ! left home a long
time ago was with II mcnaccric and cir.
cus fur II short time ar,rrwarl. had been
coming and going. working ut ditlgrcu,
places. The fret bad act committed Wa,
on the 22d Of July lsG9. when / stole my
brother horse; sold il, was caught and
put IN jail and IN about two months one
Of the prisoners broke Jail and made NY
escape ! changed my name 90 William
SuuHicr..
CA the 10Th Of May killed Mr.. Goodc
and Mrs. Goodc ! Killed them directly
ancr dinner, between one and two "a. clnrl
IN the Afternoon, ! VIZ. ia The habit 90
f.tF m AZ %
every day, but thu, day took the gun g.
the corn crib, and when the Old mr. came
after the bride. ,Ao, him; be was Look
ing up al me and laughing a. / pulled tue
trigger, bat sail no,hing-lgyor spoke
icll dead. ! got down uut - the Ion and
put my hand In hi. right pocket, and got
i've dollar, and some odd cents.
left the gun ~ the cg.5 with on bar
rel Nadcl, went Immediately 90 tlr house.
Mrs. Guolc Wa. ..stiug down hy tie lire iu
her own room, smoking when ! went in;
! told her one Of tbs cattle Was IN hole
and Mr., q, wanted her e. como and help
&c, IL out; ] took MA aN along and walked
behind her in the wood, on the path;
then struck her on the head wit. the ~
and dragged hor to one side # il.c path
when caugh, hold Of her body.,o drag it
away, one of her slippers fell or: after.
wards nj short distance the other came
of; did not move them; | think drsg-
gSd her ten or twelve feet; ! hit her on
the side of the head sho ~. ~ one lick
and never spoke or drew breath after
though | did not notice much; | dragged
her on her back by her feet, and her
clothing slipped up did no, commit
rape on her, aud cannot say bow n was that
the part of her clothes under her were
displaced; did not disturb her remains;
shcy~adc no noise at all, and mistru,tcl
nothing she thought great deal of me,
and | was sorry directly ! had done II;
had nothing against her ! hated % Kill
her in tho house, and got her outside be-
cause thought would have n chance 10
do il behind her back ana not lool, az her.
! returned H. the house directly a.tcr
killing Mr.. Goodc. The reason the beds
were not made that day was that Mrs,
q. was busy fixing lhcn,-making slips
etc. Mr.. Goodc sent me 10 the store on
the Arkansas side for the shot bought
there do not think any OF il was in
either load If the gun; but as you say
some shot the size ~ what | got at the
store was cut cat of the cr.b-punchgons,
they may have got mixed | did not buy il
10 Kin them.
left the island in their skiti at ; or I
o'clock, | thnk-it might have been later
j WAS confused, and could not be quick
| took with me wash-pan and hutchct,
his gun, trunk, watch, some of her clothes
and her locketi got forty dollars in his
trunk; | knew exactly how much money
he had, because Wa, with him when lie
changed il at the store; crossed the ri, cr
at Stewart landing, angling down the
oppo,ite side. When landed | tied the
siitr and met a white man near the house !;
he told me where the General Anderson
would land, aud went with me to the skitr /,
I gave him drink Of whisky.
Soon afterwards, small boat came
along / hailed her in and shot of both
barrels of the gun; | did not know what
boat il was-could not read the namei j
cannot read or write. took passage TO
Memphis rs VIM. Saunders on this; put
on Mr. Goodies pants, boots and coat be-
fore left; my own coat put in the skin
to sit on; some niggers came to the bank
when ! hailed the boat; they helped me
with tho trunk, and l gave them the skin
until called for it; l offered to sell the
skirf to the white man ! saw at first, but he
said he had no use for it, Ny coat, the
wash pan and hatchct were in the skin
when l gave it to the nggcrs but | said
nothing about them. took II quart of
whiskey away with me from the island !
got it out OF the demijohn, and did not