The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-25


determined TO pctldle, but the matter
proved urOn my mind 80 that thought |
would go to church and see II could not
get some consolation. i ttndty Joined tllc
NJ. E. Church (Gev. Ball's). sincerely
PRAYED to God to 10 forgiven; for y time |
felt better. People all treated INC kindly
and encouraged nc; they never dreamed
that they were treating q murderer kindly.
Soon grew restless; talked In my sleep;
was afraid Of being found out. deter
mined 10 leave Wheeling, which l did.
TIlR MURDER OF LOulsA FOX.
Carr went back To Belmont county.
EIG details at length tho circumstances Of
Ills acquaintance and cOurtSlllp with
Louisa Fox, near Scwclville. He says
they were. engaged to hG married, md he
had the consent Of her parents, but that
they afterwards compelled her TO break
the engagement. When she told him this,
1t filed lin with upgovernA6le fury, and
he resolved to kill her. The Circum.
stances attending the murder arc thus re-
cited by him:
l went into Sewelvillc, to Alexander
Williams shoe shop, ind stole u sharp
shoc.knile. Returned to Hunters when
Mrs Hunter asked me If wanted 10 eat
my dinner. said, "N0! l don't want
any," Then l told Louisa that ] had
been over 10 her house; that her father
and mother w6rC down at her grandfath'
er's and they wanted her to cOIne down
there. MY object WIS to get her AWAY
from Hunters.) While she was working
out Of doors, | asked her, for the last
time, what she was going to do; and she
said, "TOm, I'll have to sack you" l
then got tin cup Uud went into the yard
and drank four tinflls Of hard cider,
which intoxicated me considerably. THAT
was the first time l had ever broken the
pledge Of tho Lodge,) then went
Into the house, and asked Louisa It she
was going, and told her that would go
oyer IN the evening. (lIad she gone then,
| would have remained at work, hut Mrs.
Hunter persuaded her not tn go.l | then
went into the kitchen and got the razor
Mrs Hunter told me that Alex. was going
10 take Louisa over home ut noon, on u
llOrscG then went down into the road,
and up through the clearing. LEFT the
house with desperate feelings | stopped
by lurgc white oak tree, and then de-
termincd to 20 back and kill them both
the girl, not because | was mad ut her,
but because ] cOpltln't gel her; and Mrs.
Hunter, because she hnd persuaded the
girl to do as she did. went to Ltng0s
10 get a gun to shoot Louisa, while she
was on tie horse: could not get any, 50 l
went to Wilson's, md they Ind none. AS
l went back, across the fields, noticed a
truck, and knew II 10 be INuiSI's lol-
lowed her until she got to her gNndtNthcrs
then I went up tile hill, OH the right Of
the house (old Mr.. FOX'sl. When got
pretty well up the hill, looked back,
and saw the girl and her little brother,
Willie Granville Fox, coming M the
hill; then l went up on the hill
and stopped in fence corner (where
Louisa could not sec me, or had
not, for she told me so when she came up).
stnid in that place until she came up to
me, when two had u considerable OF n
talk" Our talk was about the promises
she had made, and the inducements OF
Mrs. Hunter, which Ind OvcrpOwercd
mine. AT that moment, my eye happened
TO catch the route from Daniel ALummA's
gntc-alOng which, we had walked in hap
Dicr mOlnCnts-whGn burst into tears;
md she cried also. l asked her, then,
what she was going to do with the cloth
Ing had bought for her. Slcsaid | could
do rs I pleased with It, and her too; but in
her opinion we could never be married, rs
her father and mother were both unwil-
ling, and hid threatened her. She told
me she didn't know what TO do, but she
was going over to take cure Of her sister,
and would mako up her mind. l told
Willie Granville to 90 on, and we would
catch lin. SlIG told him not to so, rs she
had bundle Of clothes and basket Of
apples to carry. I Offered TO carry the
bundle Of clothes, but sho said she could
carry them herself. | told her that llAd
carried them over there, and l could carry
them baCk; but she wouldn't give mo the
bundle. We walked down tho hill; the
boy was about ten yards ahead Of lis.
resolved in my mind TO kill her when VIC
got to the ravinG. Our talk igoing down
the hill was, "lsn't 1t enough, Louisa, to
make a man commit most my kind Of n
crimcs" She said, "Yesl it IL, Tom, enough
to make man do most my thing, but l
cannot help il, Tom. You've got my
will; l wish that l was dead! can't
stand so much trouble in my young days;
l am too young TO stand It, Tom. Pap
and mother ought to have objected when
you were first coming, and not do It now"
] took her arm, and helped her across
the ravinc. asked her II she was pre-
pared TO die, and she said she was. We
walked six or eight yards from the ravinc,
when the thought flashed across my mind,
rOlo or nepoE.' III murder her, then 60
buck and kill Mrs Hunter; and then kill
myself. caught her by the LEFT shoulder
and showed her over into the gutter, on the
opposite side Of the road Ia road leading
70 Salem, where her body lies, about Il
mile anda quarter away.
I took the razor Fsonl my pocket. She
laIlOed rs ! threw her down: "0h! Tom,
don't; I'll marry you" Then she scream.
cd, "Oh! Pup, why did you treat me so q
The little hoy started home, halloOing.
The first cut made was on the right side
Of her neck, across the jugulnr vein. (Ac-
cording to the finding Of the Grand Jury
this wound was "Oftlic length Of ten inches
and of the depth of two incheS.'O The
last words she spoke, were: Farewell
Tom. Oh! l didn't think you could serve
me So" made no reply, but went on
with Ny WORK! l made ten or twelve
cuts on her neck; some on the chest, and
one on the hand-across the back Of her
hand is she threw It UP, inploring me to
stop. Then, US the razor came down, l
gashed, again, her breast. Tho blood com.
menccd 10 flow freely down the gutter,
Then l raised her up, and kissed hcr three
timCs... .-..
then started up the hill, on q quick
waIk. looked back, and saw her father
coming across the field. l went up the
hill, and along the road, till l came TO a