The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-10
From the Chatham Tribune.1
John JacR sons Confession.

der OF Joseph f. Anderson, Esq, 4th Of
July last, has recently made a confession of
his guilt, and gives (as he says)'a true ac-
count Of the circumstances connected with
the murder. twill be remembered by our
readers that his aecomplice, Kit Hubbard,
VINO was executed last November, made
confession in full Of the transaction. The
statements of the two men, while coinciding
70 considerable extent, differ very mate
son In his cell last Friday morning, and
took from him the following etatement SUBJ
stantially y
" was driving team for Mr.. Kinnier
and Kit for Adams & Brother some time
last summer, when Kit struck for higher
wages, and proposed to me that we should
go out into the country and harvest at two
dollars day, that we might make raise.
hlt was after. me about going some two
weeks or more before consented to do SO
agreed at length, and we started off. Not
being acquainted with this country and
that lying between here and Lynchburg,
cannot now call the names of the places we
passed or went to, or of the persons we
saw. While out in the country Kit learned
that Mr.: Anderson had some fifteen hun
dred dollars in money. He proposed to me
that we should 90 and get it. agreed, and
we accordingly made our arrangements and
went to Spring Garden, where Mr.sAnder-
son kept his store, little after dark, at
night. Kit handed me flve-cent pisce and
told me to go in and buy some cakes. I
went 10 the door ahd knocked. Don't know
whether there was any light in the store
house or not. I don't think Mr.. Anderson
was asleep, though he might have been ~
ing down.
When 1 Knocked, Mr.. A. asked, "Who
is that ?' I think told him., L" II, is some
body who Wantsto deal some." He opened
the door and was In his night-clothes, with
4 Lighted candle in his hand. Kit was
standing just outside of the door as went
in !; he told me to blow the candle out, and
| did so. AS blowed the light out Kit
stepped in the door, and with large rock
in his hand knocked Mr.A down. [ don't
remember whether it was dark much that
night or not; l am certain Kit hit the old
man at least two if not three licks with the
! rock in bis hand. Kit then went and I'M
| locked the iron safe the key was in the
lock. He found and took out some
thing which proved to he Confederate
| money, when examined the next morning
don't know whether he took out ANYTHING
else or not. Kit told me where the cash
drawer was, and told me to look in there
for money, and see what I could find. I
| looked in there, and what money found I
put in my pocket. Kit also told me to look
on the desk, which l did, and found some
| small pieces Of money, coppers, and nickels.
which | put in my pocket. After We came
out Of the store into the road, Mr.. Ander-
son, having recovered. staggered out into
the porch and asked "Who is that?" Kit
I! told me to take stick and knock him down.
I took up stick from the woodpile near
by and Knocked him down, striking him on
L 81 -; IL - <l, hn oh
well as I can remember, he was standing in
| the porch leaning over on the railing, and
| fell on the floor of the porch, where we left
him and put out for Lynchburg. We
crossed Staunton river about sunrise next
morning, and not stopping anywhere,
we landed in Lynchburg about an hour
| before sunset that evening. We staid at
| George Stones on the Sunday night before
| the murder, aS was proved at the trial. The
| single -ba,reled pistol found in the store
porch belonged to me, but Kit HID it when
| we went there, and said, after we had got
| ten some distance from the place, that he
had left the pistol behind. l suppose he
dropped it accidentally. Kit first heard
| the week before The murder. We did not
pull off our shoes before entering the store,
nor at all--that is didn't, and don't know
whether Kit did. certainly did not touch
Mr.. A. after knocking him down; we left him
| in the porch. | don't know how his4body
| got into the house; the only blows orslicks
struck in the store-room were by Kit with
the rock, upon Mr.. AS head The wit
nesses who testified against me at the trial
all told the truth except George Fitzgerald.
fIe was mistaken in saying that the evening
Kit and myself passed him, the week before
the murder, that I quizZcd him about Mr..
4 .,I I,,lN Go I c1yaI I, l.
ing at all ; Kit was talking with him (they
knew each other about getting something to
eat, and all said was "W ell, Pm hungry;
we'll knock along any way" / think the
noise heard by Mr.. Anderson's son at the
house was when Mr. Anderson asked lis,
after he had crawled into the porch, "Who
is thatI" and the noise of his fall upon the
floor when / struck him with the stick. l
don't know how much money | got out Of
the cash drawer; it was nothing like as
much as fifty dollars: | remember two five
dollar bills, several one-dollar bills, and
smaller notes. Kit and / divided it, he TAX
ing one dollar and I one until we got it di-
vded. never knew or had anything to do
with Baird and his horse-thieves. Never
was in Pittsylvania before that trip; never
was in difficulty before in my life,
except once, in Lynchburg, after the
surrender, when l struck Yankee
soldier with Il bottle for abusing my
mother. | was carried before the Yankee
officers, but they did nothing with me for
it. | have heard Kit frequently mention
the names Ola good many men who he said
had money, but never was into any arrange
ment to rob or kill any one Of them. l
have no doubt Kit was ringleader in the
horse thefts which have occurred in this
section since the war. He was perfectly
familiar with the whole country, and knew
everybody. l think Kit was associated
with Frank Gass and Abram Logan, two
negroes who infested the country around
Lynchburg some months ago, stealing
horses. | have not seen or heard from
them since Mr.. Moorman, Of Campbell,
lost his horses about eight months ago. l
was born free negro was raised al Char
lotte Courthouse when boy went to
Prince Edward county, and staid about
Pamplin's Depot until the war broke out.
went to the army with Captain Watkins's
ty, and remained with the company until
just before the surrender, when went to
Lynchburg, where my mother was living,
and got in the wagon and team business
under Major Paxton, who was post quar-
termaster. / was there when Lee sur
rendered. l am about twenty-SeVen years
Of age. My mother, and wife, and three
children are living in Lynchburg. Kit was
bad man, and it was through him that l
am in this terrible fix. 1t almost breaks
my heart when l think of how / suffered
myself to be led off by him, and Of the ter
rible crime l helped him to commit.
make this confession as honestly and truth |
fully as if I were now standing on the scat |
fold with the rope around my neck and my
doom at hand"
Jackson was very composed during the
time We, with several others, conversed
with him. He answered all questions