The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-20
ATERR1BLE TRAGEDY IN ARKANSAS.
SAVAGE MURDER OF A YOUNG LADY
BY HER LOVER .'f'.'. 90

BY HER LOVER! !.f-'ss 90
coNFEssroS AND EXECUTION OF rH1
MURDERER!
We find in the Washington (Ark.
Telegraph communication giving the
details ola most barbarous tragedy
near that place, it being no less than
the murder ola young lady by the
man to whom she was engaged.
The correspondent thus explains the
means by which the murderer was
discovered, the young lady's remains
having been found in the woods terri
bly, mutilated, without any proof to
identify the criminals: '-.,A 49, =
The jury of inquest continued to sit
until the matter was thoroughly investi-
gated. A main spring of a pistol was
found where the murder was commit
ted, and this was the clue that led to
the detection of the fiend. The pistol
that spring belonged to had to be found.
It was proposed that every man who
had that kind of a pistol in the neigh
borhood should produce it.. Norwood
having broken his pistol conceived it
to be necessary to produce another one
AS it was known that he had one on
the day of the murder. He therefore
went to Murfreesboro, and borrowed
one from friend, and, when called
upon, produced it instead of the one
with which he committed the murder.
But unfortunately for him, that same
pistol had been in the neighborhood
before, and was at once recognized as
belonging to a Mr.. Davis, at Murffees-
boro, although he alleged that he had
traded for it from a traveller. Mr.. Da-
Wis was at once sent for and he disclosed
the whole secret. After this was dis
covered to Norwood he made full
confession, which I give in his own
words. He says:
Myself and Miss Holt were in the
room together at Mrs. Nelson's, (13th,)
she promised to send me note. She
had wrote me note before that stat
ing that she would send me another in
a few days and tell me what she would
do. I asked her to tell me then what
her reasons were for putting it off. She.
told me she would send me an answer
next morning. She told me there had
been a great deal said about it-more
than I knew. I asked her to tell me
what it was but she would not tell me.
She told me that she had told some of
her people what she would do, but
would not tell me. asked her If she
intended to marry mo. She told me
in peace. I came honRe and put up
my mule and staid at home a little
while, and then went down to the cor
ner of Mrs. Nelson's field. Stayed
their until she came. walked to the
road and spoke to her-I told her I
wanted her to tell me that evening
what she had promised. She told me
she could not tell me then. She be-
come frightened when I came up to
her. told her to please tell me (sev-
eral times) as wanted to know then.
She told me she could not tell me then.
I, at that time was walking along side
of her horse holding the bride rein.
I saw she was frightened. told her
not to be scared as did not intend to
hurt her (several times). She told me
that she would tell on me. I told her
did not want her to do that, as did
lowed time or two. saw that had
gone so far that would have to kill
her, or do something else, 4. e. get out
of the way. I drew my pistol out and
she screamed. I told her did not
want to hurt her. She screamed and I
walked around on the left hand side
of the horse. She screamed at the time.
I then shot her on the horse four times.
She then fell off of the horse. think
I caught her as she went to fall. She
was not dead then. She said the lord
save me. Not being dead and lying
on the ground, cut her throat with
my knife q think cuts.) l struck
her several blows over the head with
the barrel of the pistol. In striking
her over the head L broke my pistol.
did not bite her hand. then left and
went through the woods close to the
18th section and crossed the road half
way between our house and Mr.. Nell
sons field, and went to the creek and
washed my hands, then came on home
up the creek. throwed the pistol in
the woods near the 10th section field.
Early on Dec. 18th went and got the
pistol and brough it home and put it
i'll the corncrib in the yard on the left
hand side.
Tho victim, IF fl,i. fr,,I .lonrl thu.