Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-14
river AZ sLewart,s landing. ANGLING down

river at Stewards landing, angling down
the opposite side. When ] landed tied
the skif, and met a white man near the
house; he told me where the General
Anderson would land, and went with me
TO the skiff; I gave him drink of whisky.
Soon afterward small boat came along;
hailed her in, and shot off both barrels
of the gun; did not know what boat 1t
was, could not read the name; | cannot
read nor write. / took passage to Mem
phis as William Saunders on this; put
on Mr.. Goode's.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 the trunk, and gave them the skitf
until called for lt; | offered to sell the
skiff 10 the white man / ssw at first, but
he said he had no use for it. My coat, the
wash pan and hatche were in the
skiff when I gave it to the niggers,
but l said nothing about them. took
QUART OF WHISKY
away with me from the island; got it out
of the demijohn, and did not open the
faucet of the barrel to let the whisky run
out. / had been thinking over the deed
for week or two beforehand; there were
none directly or indirectly connected with
me in It. and I never mentioned it to the
other man who was working with me
there; did not kill him; he left Of his
own accord; / have no doubt you can find
him at his house now. did as good work
as any one could / worked out my trans-
portatioR, and Mr.. Goode was owing me
three or four dollars, which he would pay
me at any moment. He and her were
very agreeable, and never once spoke
cross word to me / was always used to
company, and after the other man left /
got lonesome; l had no money and no
friends; wanted to get back home again;
thought it would take too long to get
money enough to go. @knew he had
only little money, and ] killed them
both to get out Of my distress.
INDIANA sE-sTEALING.
got to Memphis next day and left same
day in the cars for Washington county,
Indisna, to my friends. l stayed there
three or four weeks. Afterward / stole
Mr.. Kitchens horse, about five or six
weeks ago. 1 went there at night and
took him for spite, because Mr.. K. would
not let me stay there at my brother-in-
laws house, after broke Jail for horse
Stealing in 1869. He said he would have
me arrested again if I stopped there. 1
took the horse to my uncle's brothers.,
about $50 miles distant from Greensburg,
Decatur county, Indiana, where my father
stays. They asked me no questions about
the horse. / was arrested the samo night.
had only one or two dollars in money
when was arrested.
SUMMING UP HIS LIFE.
These three acts are all 1 ever COM
mitted. did everything by myself; had
no accomplices, and never belonged to
any secret organization, nor to any band
Of horse-thieves or anything else. Ny
only hope was to get away. If / stood
trial thought it would not be hanging
matter, because no one was on the island
to see me commit the murder. 1 joined
the North Methodist Church once; I
thought had religion; they gave six
weeks trial before being bap-
tized. / did not remain a member long.
do not expect any mercy here, but think
have hope of it hereafter. | have no.
message to send to any of my family re-
latiOns. / asked my brothers. pardon
before leaving, because l knew 1 would
have TO die when | came here. ! consider
the sentence passed on me is Just, and
that the proceedings have been conducted
in a justifiable and fair way. l do not
wish TO pray now. I prayed frequently
for forgiveness while / was in Jail. l
never confessed anything to my kin-folks
about the murder. They accused me Of
it, but l never told them whether l did it
or no. I want you to write them
how died, and tell them to take warning
Dy me.
HOPES OF SALVATION.
Tell my father ad wise him to meet me
in Heaven. / think I am saved-ready to
die, and my way is clear. Tell all my
friends I think l shall get there, and write
to Matt. Mickey, Greensburgh, Indiana,
and tell him what time 1 was hung.
THE END.
He was executed by hanging at the
corn-crib, where he murdered the old maa
Goode. The body was left hanging until
claimed by the proper authorities.