Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-16
CnMrNLL CouRr-.tsdes 0iin.-Thls court
WA engaged Yesterday In the

Adjourned. ..
CnmIxAL CouRr-Jpdos olin.-This court
was engaged yesterday In the
TRIAL OF NICHOLS ron WIFE NuRDBl,
Tho prisoner Is charged with the murder
Of Lucinda Nichols, his wife, (and In an
other Indictment his wife's mother, on the
Island last September
Onieer o. b. Clements, Gworn Witness
beat extends over the whole OF the Island;
knows the prisoner; on the morning Of the
murder, about $50 o'clock, met Onieer Hill,
who had the prisoner In custody, and with
him Ratchet, knife, and some other inhtru-
msnta. Hill told witness that prisoner had
killed his wife and mother-in-lay. Wit
ness then went 10 the house and found the
wife on the bed dead, and the motherInlaW
on the floor making inarticulate sounds, as
though gatplnR for breath. She died within
an hour. There was blood on the floor, and
a brick. The hoor aud brick seemed TO have
been washed, and on the floor was bucket
OF bloody water. Witness placed smother
ofleer In charge and sent for several ply
sIciana. Witness went into the NEXT room
and saw there bed which evidently had
not been slept on the night before. ...
Witness Afterwards saw the prisoner at
the utation-housc and saidi Nichols, how
came you 10 do this I" The prisoner said
he had been a little tight the evening before,
and that his mother.in. law had told his wife
not 10 sleep with him. He did not allow
anybody TO interfere between him and his
wife. He also said that II be had not
killed them they would have killed him.
Witness saw ofneer; had brought some In
struments to the station. house, hAtshst
and knife; the Ratchet had blood upon u.
When witness saw the prisoner his hands
were cleaned, but his wrists were bloody.
I Al hill waf Nwitk
water, as II washed; on one corner Of the
brick there was eiod Of blood and hair.
OfHcer J. J. Hill, sworni Witness went 10
| the house Of the murder, on Maine avenue,
with Ofilcsr o wens between and $50 O'Clock;
Wentto the back door and knocked; was not
admitted for Eve minutesj Nichols opened
the door; asked him what wAl the natter
he made no reply, and witness went up
stairs and Into the back rooms Nichols went
into the front roomi witness saw the wife
dying on the bed, and her mother dying on
the door; witness then went and got Nichols
and asked him II he had done that, and he
\ said he had, asked him what With he said
| with q brick, and that he had washed the
brick with water witness put the brick on
the mantle; It had blood aud hair on III
witness then asked him did he use anything
else, and he said no; witness looked on the
bed where his wife was lying and found :
tnoo khno ptOouyb anu tOvu Gasot Wl .ivs =.
the front room ploody hateneI without
hanaiei tne hanaie w. M . IouaS ~.
ousr II he had ussd the hAtehet 70 Which
amer some hesitation, he responded that b.
had. There was bed In each room, bul
only one bed seemed 10 have been usedi Jaw
no marin Of violence on the person OF the
prisoner; but his hands were bloodyj wher
witness hrst saW me women, DON Of tne men
were speochless ana unconscious " M
way 70 the etauon-nonse witneat toio th'
prisoner tnat ne ma BY n ann. my
prety oaa scr,pS nS ~ ,nAs NY -
.nIeesened " Aiil nun 'n' H'SA' O''o'0 ~AN
that morning; .r,.,. ..Ll,,..
Crosleraminedi me ooa W. oloooyi US
bed eioenes sa,ureteoi Uiooo % me n9o,i y
not certain WhetneI tnere VA plVV9 nnael
the bed where tne knne NAI lounai Nnen
prisoner met witness ne was NeIy Sam, pu'
SAID nothingi pIiseneI nanos MeIo oloouy
no might have dipped tnsm IN WAFER ana MOI
got Al the blood on. ,,,, -,
OmcSr owens sworni wines eoIroTo .
rated me statemenS OF .ne p.ssesalns Wy,
mesa He had knocked, pu. geuink no IcPiy
holsted window Nnen NsnoL Gang m,,I ano
LEI him I'M when Lney Mens uP ,an wt WI y.
asked him who KILLED mem Nlenols sAla =:
did not KNOW Hi then SAG NOV yVu mus w.
tell meT the prisoner tnsn sAlu ne uIo
Hill then said, what did you XII tnen
Wtht prisoner Nonla not teiii M, , lhsu
said III you donttell III hrressy your Nieh
OILS then-
M. Y. Miller oolecaed tnat INC confession
was 70 an omceI ena uhoeL tnreAA'
Judge onn said the confession under suet
eircum anees was inAam,ss,oie.
wine. >ontinuedi Nenois 'hen pfough
Hill brio. ND hatcnet. -,
Croes-sIh ed PRISONER talked ant
acted toouah, Nhe hsa oeen orin.nk
Ms Rose NJ un haanewsi Ni.nes
IN which ne murder VS. Som I1 VI
tne a.y on me ~ - n rL,,..s ss.ei
o'clock, heard "muiae ~ nInoea ,ete ",
umesi ane reeognlsee snS ,Slss ~ sne osS
woman, Vns .no.neJ,l ~ ~ uk W
man also. miInS e,,N 49, hSaI1 snS ~
man say IN, nsn, w a,osu . u IoosIn
MyouT snSn snolsy sss' s,a. innN y,
gan, snd ,heh moAh Soon ~ Sise h ~
heAia lho o sOn ~ k ~ XVI,a ,s.S E -
.olneth I ina a n NhNSs a. LII , W.
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