Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-04
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ANOTHER CONFESSION.
lie ave hi- n.:!:lr a. i'ui,Zcy. and
sai" II Was not O-burn ;.s >.sicL in
his first confession. That Ai- homc
wa~ III Mnu:t AVE-. iowa. where he
had Il wife and one c;ii.d. The par
lie, lie had murdered were fivesiu
n"'nD"r. y man with III &. and
Nv" children and another !.ls.. Who
was unmarried. He >;.iG they were
travelling IN Il lumber wagon ai.tt
that the! were returning irUnl A.n-
>a> lo tirir home iii minnesota. lie
met ihCu first last Thursday, the
l5iH. Having no lnDmcy and travel
iIi!4 III :ii" >HlIic direction, the. kiutt-
t. a~rCd H.rn II JOIN iii.'Gi. " ..:ch tie
d:d. The wagon being lur@c. they
al. >!X ia number, slept III 1t. The
married man, IN, " lie AND tw . chill
drcn. slept Oh Il platform raised on
ii.r front OF the wagon, wh.l" the re-
n'a!n,n@ two slept il the bottom. ui
the wagon below.
I.a~I SUNDAY night. they camPoI
Wilriu hail Il mile OF u huu~. l....
Hlrr Oak Grove. Vt Ills place the
wretch conceived the plan Of mar
drring them and making way win
horses and wagon, their cattle (ihrr,.
or four i'll muni!'ar). and Whatever
money tnry might nave in ll.rir pu--
session. After havln" murdered
them. he iutcudc,, To >rrrc!c them in
the brush Oh Clear creek. near G1,.
THE Si.El.I OF DEAr:4.
Tlai s'taiIy night. li9tic dream
ing of The biacI,-hcartcd wrctr!. tho
!i"d taken under their shelter and ;...r
awful fate ;iiat awaited iae.r, ta"y
lay down in The wagon Tor III. ni.i.l.
and al! save tie murderer we're
>oHlli asleep.
satisfying himself that ali wr.r
Sleeping. he tool, Il loaded pi-f,.
winch lay IN the wagon anL pI"cu,.-
II At the iira,i OF Che nuau "! no va,
sleeping by lis ,idc, .;rcI. he ins.a..i.
ly Lil!e.i linn.
The married iuan being a.ou I'D ly
the REPORT OF thr pistol rose Il ..
and thinking Fancy had fired a..
>Irsm@" '.og " .'!ch hr,l brcu annoy im..
Them daring HE night hy harN!m..
said ''Gon.:. tiDu.I.' The a,,u>-i!.
imn",!in1"iy turI",i an! shot liza.
and rH"n JImIP"'i !i"!:i the " a.uu Ia
The ground. Ihr w"Utut.d man al
tempted la follow him when TaHl..,
SEIZED an axe aId di>pntch"i hill III
once. The ""ol!jI.d wiir ul' lirn!u.
d"rrd inii. Wa~ now run.iitl" aruun4
t!'c wagon u:tcrImg fearful cries. an.i
fearing that siir would ;.larn the
people at the tar!n iou-r Rcar by he
al" kil!ci Hcr with sn IN" OF club.
just which he does not rrmv:iti1r. ,
la" iw" infant babes. aI..l three
and fifteen months, muw ntUat r."
rnnincd living. tl.G i; sccns that he
did not dispose al them uuti! S"in-
time alter ilir rest had. been Killed. !
" iirii asked how he could have the
heart 10 kill the two hclpIr>, chill .
drrii. he replied that lie die. - with |
reluctance, but shat when he had ,
murdered their mother they annoyed !
him with their pitcous cric>, and
being alarmed lest the noise should !
lead 10 his detection, lie cat their /,
throat> from ear to ear. and thu- com /
pletcd his work OF destruction. |
SPEEDY JUSTICE.
made, two hundred determined men /
collected ut the place where the pris-
oner WAS confined, and it was plain
hat they intended to take the law |
into their own hands, and mete out
to this inhuman wretch the speedy |
Justice he so richly deserved. The
prisoner, having finished his c9nfes-
sion, was bound hand and foot and |
taken To black walnut tree, the
place selected Tor his execution.
1T the fatal spot, ,Tanzcy was
.ool and collected. perfectly unmoved,
proving himself TO be man Of iron
nerve, and one of the most hardened /
williams the world has ever known. /
4 rope was then placed around his
teck, one end thrown over n imb (
IF n tree, when Tanzey was told his
lime had come. aud that ten minutes
would be given him to make any last
He replied that he would
ike to live until he could sec his |