The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-12-19

| OF Mr. FOUNTAIN and went out home to
Hazletville, thinking it would be dark in
the evening when | came back to take the
remains away and bury them. | t. ink it
was about 6 o'clock in the evening of
| Tuesday when | returned [ brought
down the skin Of Turner in the water
bucket; had piece of paper over the top
OF the bucket, which was about even full
| The horse smelt it and would not let me
take it. | set it down just inside of the
outside door and locked the door | then
brought the horse and carriage up TO the
stable. | went up to the hotel and pre-
pared myself, then thought | would carry
off the remains in u bucket and bury them.
got my supper at Hazletvile think
| it was about o'clock, I went back to my
room. then took the bucket that had
| the skin in it, and started out on the street
with it. [ had not got tar before there
were two dogs after me. | was going
down Lockman to New street. and then
| turned into New street found the
ground was frozen, and had nothing to
| dig II hole with. | then turned and
brought it back to my room again I
| then remained up in my room thinking
| what to do. | then concluded to tear a
large box to pieces had and make box
that would hold the remains and ship them
on the Delaware Railroad to some point
undetermined, and then bury them. |
found it was getting late, and could not
stay any later that night | then came
ap to the hotel and went to bed about
O'Clock on Tuesday evening On Wednes-
day my foot was hurting me and [ did
not 60 back to my room until about 9
o'clock, and found the remains smelling so
that | could not ship them on the Delaware
Railroad. ! was about at different places
IN town that day until afternoon Got my
dinner at Fountains Hotel as usual went
back to my room about ? o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon. | took my knife ard cut
some pieces off the abdomen. | cut the
| lips and nose off the head | then took
| the bolt or piece OF axle and struck the
head. am under the impression | struck
the head before | cut the lips and nose,
| intending to mash the head up SO that it
could not he recognized I then put the
head in Il bucket and took it down to q
lime heap near the railroad, and put lime
over it. and put il back in the bucket, and
| then carried it back to the place where |
buried it with a spade | got from the side
OF Mrs. Jones' clubhouse, under n heap of
! dead tri;sr3, near Tie GIrnGr 0f Water
| street and the railroad. | then came back to
| my room about 10 O'clock at night | had
a candle and two lamps; one for the pur
! pose of burning alcohol and the other for
Kerosene oil. | took the bucket and put
the skin IN it TO carry it away. | went
out on the street with il and saw some
| one coming. | took it back te nv room
| again. | melted some talloW on the floor
and stuck the candle in it, and then took
one OF the feet and pouring some alcohol
over it, set fire to it. | thought that would
change the color Of it, and split some on
the floor, and that also caught fire, had
| the night before that time piled the box
over the body, and put the pieces OF the
| box on top OF the box | had intended if
the alcohol changed the color of the skin
on the feet was then going to spread the
! skin out on the floor, and pnt alcohol ON it
to change the color Of it by burning the
alcohol. | found the burning Of alcohol
| did not change the color of the skin
on the body, and fit ii rs well as | could.
| The alcohol on the ioor caught fire
| tried TO put out the fire with my hat. aud
could not, Then | gathered up the feet
and hands and ot ont of the room soon
rs could, fearing the fire might catch to
the powder in the hole, and walked to-
ward the Methodist graveyard with the
| feet, hands and skin After GOT off some
distance from the house saw that the fire
| had gone out. Did not see more than one
! light burning started 10 20 b;4c! to the
room again, but was afraid to go back
knowing the candle was setting on the
floor. had gotten mp near Mrs, Jones'
new house, and | saw tile fire flash up
again. then turned and went back to-
| ward the graveyard, where | left the
hands, feet and skin. | then took them
up and carried them over into the Mpth0-
dist graveyard, and waited there until the
fire was put out. then went and buried
| the skin along the side of the railroad. /
started up to get the han,ia and feet to
| bury them. | heard the whistle Of ihe !
O'Clock down train. | raEed some lime
over them between two lime piles | then
went up to the depot, and waited there
until the tram came, and got on board the
| train with Il bundle of clothes cot on the
! train next to the town side, and went to
! Delmar; there got off and walked to Sails
bury, Maryland down the track to the
railroad | went to Tracv's Hotel in Sails
bury, Maryland, and remained there until
this morning. Friday the 9th, and then got
on the train coming north. Came up to
Pennington and got off the train there.
then walked up to Harrington, Got on
evening train and came to Dover, and de-
livered myself up to the Sheriff. | had
previously called tor a constable at Har-
rington to deliver myself up to. Ny life
is insured for S25. 900. In New England
Mutual Company for $4,000; in John
Hancock, $4,000; in Delaware Mutual,
$1,000; in Etna, $4,000 about half of which
is in favor Of my wife, the other part in
| favor Of self. The policies are all alive.
| The Etna policy was taken about five or
| six years ago; the others last Spring. |
had no quarrel with said Turner, nor no
enmity against him; just simply knew him
| by name, meyer having exchanged hail
| dozen words with him before that day,
When | struck him had the axle or bolt
in both hands, and hit him on the right
side and the back OF the neck. One blow
was all | gave him; that killed him.
don't think he ever breathed after struck
| him. | felt his pulse as soon rs | could
compose myself, nd his pulse had ceased
| beating | am not certain whether the
| lamp was burning or not. | bored the
| hole in the floor about one month ago with
| Il brace and bit borrowed from Capt
Bartel. The hole was to set post in to
hold the retort. The powder, about a
quarter of II pound, was put in the hole on
Saturday, the Both of November. The
| bundle OF clothes took with me was cir
cular-one coat, pair of pants, three shirts.
| bundled them up in my room in krbin'S s
building. About 10 o'clock on "Wednesday
night | took them down back of Hollands
store and left them i'll the graveyard.
| When | heard the whistle of the train |
GOT my bundle Of clothes and took them
down and laid them on the platform The
same bundle of clothes, with an addition
OF one pair OF pants, are at the depot in
| Dover. They are in q bag. The bag |
bought at Salisbury, Md. tore Turner's
clothes up in scraps, so they would not be
recognized, consisting of coat, pants and
shirts. The shoes of Turner | cut the
tops off and threw the soles out in the
street. left the uppers with the torn-up
clothes to carry off and bury. The front
shutters of the room were closed when
| left and in time Of the fire.
! (Sipno,N Isaac G. WEST In