Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-01-25

uish,. Oct s. ls6s. "a, pre.su,.5 -. -. al
The prisOn walls in hi, Plaos ,o-s., I..us
nc e1esaiiop Of Henry weleous. d.. .e.ss~
dsrer. .l,,., :.
hf. Russell Il val be recollesiea. y. Mitchell
. PeAerable and highly esteemed si,,'. Mr.. Ras..
Of bis town, ~ years Oll-and Ii. - . as.su,i
derer a Maynard lad Of bat little "a. + he ledge
ysrrs Of age. The objec, Of the sr;-., here in
vas 10 secure large sun Of uoOs,. -. md seat
he believed Mr.. Russell vas kes,i,, : .rsesz .
his house a, the time the deed u.,s sseins
mified. nd Of III
The faeislOf the crime, With all Ii. &, BY thi
cuuistances attending 1t, the very co... ad gone
sive evidence at The trial, the pruup,s,, cor and
vicsiOu BY the jury, aud the sebeS., !, lss there
Judge Barrett, in Burlington, 90 No,5,' gzia. aad
January llth. 1870, have alread, - I'd I said
detailed IN the columns Of this paper. A. lsnted;
are doubtless fresh in the mind. Of ~. Ie oocnsd
of our readers. Hence the partiev,, ,e hinge.
to the execution Of the death pen4,,,s D dearf
complete the painful re,ord. nocked !
Since Henry Welcomes solitary eoss.. 90 or thr
ment in the States Prison be has bee, - ussell 10.
iformly well behaved, and by thi, mean, 'uth door
secured the interest aud te0der regard d L then
all with whom he has had TO DO For IL e box at
mast three months he bas sustained i,, Ip-board.
ate relations with the Chaplain Of d. aouse
Prison, Rev. Franklin Butler, and byEn res-quar
has becn rcgarded lately as humbepsp ooA' ~
;,.D, He T.s visited h. n. n,,L., md not
one sister from ninesburgh, last week men wei
,vho ,,,,,.;,..l ,.;,b bi., A. m d there
itatiou is spoken OF as most affecting Al .0a''
its termination they babe him good b,s ''a.',
with great display Of affection and sorrow "' -
aud then upon reaching the outer door Of
the prison, they begged to go back to take
yet another last word with the object Of
H. wv" ceeded
- ing man
'o1' ''n'' "S ich was
course was gone through with before the ~
separation was final. IA
Three months ago Welcome made full -,
confession of bis guilt in presence of Sheriff and
anu :
Drew Of Burlington, This confession he ,a.x n,
made that he might tighten somewhat the far as
burden which was so heavily weighing up. ed
on his own mind he said, but requested have
that it should not be made public fora , will
time. HIS wish was acccded to and there h of al
fore the particulars of the confession have ,ence o.
only been known by few, to whom he w
wished it conflontiaIly communicated y. stat
To-day he requested the rcportcrfr he priv
the Free Press and Times to procure from 1
copy of it from Sheriff Drew and give it ,nce Of
to the public through the columns of this visitet
paper. lcrous
1t is as follows: onvers
STATEMENT OF FACTS ABOUT TIE MURDER OF as tn
MR.. PERRY RUSSELL. whic
|, Henry Welcome now under sentence ad ma
of death for the murder of Mr. Perry AIRED (
Russell, of lIinesburgh, on the Ord day appear
of October, 1868, between the hours of s hen
and 8 o'clock in the evening. moved by t IL
the fear Of God and for my own relief, aud alone
for the benefit Of others, do solemnly make vas IN
the following statement of facts concerning Did wa
my. connection with that crime. Theprln- lccust1
cipaI reason why have not heretofore ), and
made this disclosure, is the connection Of asst I'll
another person with me in the affair." as d and
w;u he seen in what follows. 12.s
Two years before the murder man. a and
E,.rchm,u whose name / do not now re- if Sim
oe,nber who WAS enployed by Mr.. Rus lty, an
ell -, cha, Time told me about box III if DR.
A. d = bo,se where Mr.. Russell's mon &c wall
ey was kept and that he intended to get pale
the box, but that he did not want to al u De y
tempt it alone and in talking it over we resign
agreed that he should tell me Just where hen 2
a. - a. .nd ,b.t sbonll get it, select
- ,u, !, It's com IT. Blu
read
wa ..;, nn,;, rood chance il he
should come, when there would be nobody Twin
at home but Mr.. and Mrs. Russell. 10 ~
That fall, he went away, and the tall = y N
after that went away. When was in yafe'
jail at Montpelier, he came to see me- and 70 DC
I he told me that then was our time, as no. hiofa
body worked for Mr.. r., and he and his 'ha'
w;f, w.o .Iono W. ,hen agreed that as ,nfortl
soon as got out of jail VIC would under u'u ', Y
take the job. was to meet bin as soon ~ ~
as got out. 4s =
"e e'' -"O''ps"r, ..h.,s ing t
.o''' a"u run ~ '"s'e " ~. easier
found him on Friday, Oct. I'd. we .,u
WON 'ne cars =" '' "a. 'ao'ue' ,ssed
Sd, and wcht together 10 Sheburn | ,h.,,
was to 60 to Mr.. Russell's and he was TO s.v
go on 10 Burlington and meet me Sunday .,
evening at Winooski Falls bridge. s'0o''