Smyrna times., 1872-12-11

took them up and carried them Methodist grave
yard and there waited until the put out then went
and buried the skin alongside OF the raroad started
get the hands and feet to bury them when heard
of the o'clock raked some lime over tbe then
went to the depot and waited until train came when
arrived went board bnnde Of my clothes and wont
to Delmar from which place walked Salisbury Md on the
railroad track; went Tracys hotel In that place
remained there until this (Pay) morning Dec 9th when rot
the north bound morning train and up to Famingtou
when got OIL and walked up to Harrington; got on ,be
evening train and Dover gave uD to Sheriff
argRdne lhad previously called al Harrington
to deliver myself to- le insured s2OU SOOnO in the
New England Mutual Company $4,000 in the John
s3ho in the Delaware Mutual and S3OO0 the Ena about
half in favor of wife and half in myself they were
all 1--we policies; took out the Kna policy ago and
the others last Spring. had previous difficulty with
Turner knew him only BY OF Joe Turner never cx.
changed halt dozen words with him before that time struck
Turner on the right aide of the neck having axle In both
my hands one blow ia all him; that killed hin and
don hiuk he ever bcathed afterwards felt his pulse s
soon as could compose myself and they ceased TO bea
bored the he found the loor about month aeo
with brace and bit INTENDED set most in r NV o
tort the powder abou. quarter pound was nut n,o Tho
hole on the sth OF November, which used as a medicinal
renedy the bundle {" clothing tonk cars with me
was circular coat. pair OF boots aud shirts bundled then,
10 about 10 o'clock Wednesday might and mn,
back Of Hollands store and left them the grave-arl
heard the whistle Of the train when returned and pot tL
ana TOOK them to the depot platform; the same inas Of
clothes with aion OF pair pants is at the Dove, deno
IN bag bought at salisbury; tore Turner'S clothes ,to
strips that they might be recoguzoi thcy ~,
coat pants and shirt cut tie Turner shoe. OF, and
tire" the sos ont Ia the street and lett the uppers with the
torn up clothes. ntendus carry all of and try then. ,
'front.' shutters Of Office when lit The ~,
timo
To this confession, which vERBArrM West appended his
name and was then rensaDled to jail.
HOW WEST APPEARED at HARRINGTON.
Conductor Hawkins, who brought West IN 10
Dover on FRIDAY evening in his train, relates 10 the
COmmeTcIGL some interesting facts. After his dis
appearance from the tram at Deimar nothing more
was seen OF the professor until Friday night, when
shortly before the arrival O the North hound freight
"'th passenger car attached at Harrington, he sud
denly and almost unobservedly Turned up at the
depot. Few Per-Ons however, if any, recognized in
the mud stained and mufied individual the atFabl.
ana good looking Professor, and his personality was
unknown to those collected at the depot until a bow
named Reece Merritt remarked To the bystanders
mere IS The man | went TO school TO, at Dover
Mr. West. lie is the man who was blown up bv
the ga" explosion at Dover" When called nnon
Tor his ticket hc replied Ie had none and no money
10 pay his fAIe. The conductor, however allowed
hlm 10 rde on TO his destination, after lie had said
ne was "eoIng to Dover TO give himself up" lie
confessed to Mr.. Hawkins that he had killed the
negro ~ self defence. When questioned as to the
singular manner in which he acted he replied
that You never had dead Digger on your hands
ana don't know what you would have done under
The circumstances"
ARRIVAL AT DIVER
Word had been tclegra phcd the Sheriff Of Ken,
c1unfy, from Harrington that West was on the train
Ana when the tram drew up at Dover there were
several hundred people in waiting. Ex Sheriff
iiargadIno aud Deputy Sheriff Irons. assisted bv a
posse took the prisoner in charge bot the crowd
pressed around them, exclaimng: "What have you
done with the dead nigger7" "Why did yo1 kiII
i'm nd LII,
sons suppose that had il not been tor the Sheriff The
prisoner would have been lynchcd upon the spot
WHO WEST?
West is respectfully connected. His parents re-.
.lde IN BALTIMORE Hundred, Sussex county His
ather-In-aw Is the Recorder Of Deeds for TIN.
county VESTS earlier years we're spent in DOver
where he was learning blac ksmithimg Subsequently,
MS aspirations rose higher, and be entered Dickinson
College, graduating in 1868. file studied both law
inc medicine, but never had practice Of any account
II either. For year or two he was employed as |
assistant at Faulkners select school at Dover. which
he lett TO pursue other studies. OF late he has bee
experimenting with the manufacture Of gas which |
le CLANS will cure Consumption.
TURNNR.
"Cooch" Turner was raised in Dover, and was
rick maker. lie worked hard and drank freely
ut was go0d-humored and always Gavarrte win
he white boys Of the town. whom he delighted to
nlerta'n. lie was about 80 years of age.
THE HEAD, HANDS, AND FEET
u turner's body were found an Friday night at
he different places designated by West and returned
D inc room where the murder committed and
'here the body remained up 10 the time Of burial
INTERVIEWED.
Commercial reporter interviewed West on
atuFday. No "ne, says the reporter could help
eng astonlshcd TO look at his face and Ecatures |
he lerF l,la b., |
nitted' Win an intelligent looking face, aud
niirely void OF anything like brutality, he would
eadiiy be taken for IN an of about % or ~ wears
ct he Is nearly 30 A copy of his "coniesslon'
vas hand him with the request that he would
'oN over u a"u see Ut there were any omissions or
rrprs winch he would like to correct. Tie tosk the
oPy, and slowly, calmy and deliberately. read the
rcle over, corr citing few slight errors, and then
lgned his name to II, as Il true statement The 70
carsIng Of all tho fendIshness contained IN the
taement seemed 10 produce not the slightest eno
ION or uueasincss.
ABOUT THE GAS.
The gas that he pretended had such healing
uaiios was simply the nitrous oxide or laughing
as used by dentists, but Is disguised by a soiui,on
se'qn' x'de or sub Carbonate OfIrOn hch changes
nc color. The effect Of an excessive use Of this
as II Is declared by medical men, Cannot in
me, do otherwise than produce Temporary and in
Dhe cases, permanent insanity. The prisoner ad-
'ltted that he had been in the habit of using il for
lore than year, and aside from this had been using
un-Powder, for disease Of the kidneys. Some
me agn, Yves; had an office in Blltlmore where he
lanu'actured and used this gas. tie subsequently
'ld the right to man a named Walton r. Way. on
baltimore street, in Baltimore. West further
ateS that this man, by use of this gas, is now all
innate OF an insane asylum, hOpelessly insane
mother instance Of its fearful effects Is at Newtown
a., where II has produced ;iulcnt hemorrhages on
lady, aud now that her life is desprircd Of, and
nth peculiar and significant expression, he said,
md has done other mischief" lie stated that on
londay, previous TO committing the foul deed he
nd tw" gallons of gas left, and nut wanting To waste
> inhaled the whole amount during the day.
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES.