Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-02-07
The Murder of Mrs. Lampley.

The facts In regard to the atrOclOus
murder of Mrs. Lampley, an aged lady,
which took place at her residence in Bal
timore city, on the night of the I'd ult., and
which has since been involved in so much
mystery, are about to be fully disclosed
Three suspected persons whose movements
have been closely watched by the detec-
tives, were arrested in Baltimore on Fri
day last and lodged in Jail. The parties
arrested are Joshua Nicholson, native Of
that city and the husband of grand
daughter of the murdered victim; Thomas
R. Holohan, alias Whalen, and Albert O.
Tucker, alias Charles Hesslin. Nicholson
has made confession, as will be seen in
the account which we copy from the A.
maericom. Holohan, it is said, has also
made a confession of guilt. In his con-
fession each of the guilty parties tries to
throw the chief onus of the murder upon
the other. The american says:
Whilst the revelations so far made OF
the particulars of the crime fill the mind
with horror it is great relief to the COM
munity to be able to feel measurably GER
tain that the monsters of iniquity who, for
the sake of a few hundred dollars of plum
der, could compass the death of poor de-
fenceless waman, whose age and in6rmi-
ties gave her an especial claim to the sym
pathy and protection of every one having
the semblance of manhood, are no longer
at large.
Below we give such additional particu-
gard to the antecedents of the accused
parties now in custody OF the State.
MRS. NICHOLSON VISITS HER HUSBAND.
Mrs. George Nicholson, the wife Of
Joshua Nicholson, one of the alleged
murderers, in company with the brother OF
the accused, visited the city Jail on Satur-
day. The meeting between the afflicted
wife and her accused husband was very
touching, and much sympathy was felt fol
her by those who witnessed it. To ques-
lions from the wife to her husband as to
what induced him to perpetrate the deed
his reply was: Only for your sake Geor-
gle" To this strange reply Mrs. Nicholson
responded by saying to Nicholson that he
surely must have known that such an act
conld not be for her sake; that she had
everything she desired; that she lived in a
house owned by her mother; she had new
er been without food, and her mother
(Mrs. John English) had clothed both OF
their children since their birth.
THE MURDERER's CONFESSION.
Nicholson then went on to detail to his
oF4
in substance as follows:
The man Whalen, alias Holihan, whilst
working in the same tin can factory with
him (Nicholson), had learned from him all
about old Mr.. Lampley having the money
in his possession. He says that Whalen
PUT UP THE JOB.
On the I'd of January, the night on which
the murdee1Ee HHcss committed, Whalen called
at tl1- -Isaot ale of Nicholson, No. go North
Bono NJ Nicad after some conversation
Win 6olson and playing with the
IN tE Z re; her Nieholson} re-
marked to him lat he had pair of crutch-
es to carry to his father, cripple, and ask
ed him to accompany him, which he did
During this walk Nicholson says Whalen
made the first proposal to commit the rob-
berry, he (Nicholson) having first told him
that old Mr.. was going to Ford's Opera
House to see Rip Van Wrinkle that night
Nicholson further says that at first he hes
itated, but that w halen being exceedingly
persistent, and having stated that he had
been in scrapes of this kind equently be-
fore, and always got off clear with the one
exception, when he was caught and sent
to the Penitentiary, he (Nicholson) finally
CONSENTED TO ROB THE OLD MAN.
The arrangements for the deed were
made while on the way to Nicholson's
fathers with the crutches. Whalen then
went to his clearinghouse, on Chester
street near Bank, where he secured the
chisel used in the robbery. This instru'
ment proves to have been one of the most
important links in the chain ofcircumstan
ces leading to the discovery of the perpe
traitors of the deed. This chisel Whaler
told Nicholson was among some rubbish
in the room in which he slept, and he knew
perfectly well where to find it. Armed
with the chisel, Whalen sailed forth, anc
again in the
DUSK OF THE EVENING
met Nicholson in the immediate neighbor
HOoo VI GhO p"OIIIHS VI 4'AA. AoiiiP ply -
stated in The american on Saturday, Mic
holson entered the house through the from
alley, Whalen keeping at safe distance
in the rear. On entering the kitchen
where Mrs. Lampley was sitting, she salut
ed Nicholson, and expressed her pleasure a
his calling, got up and poured out glas
of wine for him, and prepared a paper bas
of cakes and apples for him to carry hom
to his children, who were her great-grand
children. It was about at this junctur
that Whalen, who had been in the bacl
ground, appeared on the scene to consum
mate the robbery. Nicholson says that b,
this time his heart had begun to fail him
but still he went on.
| THE MURDER.
Whalen, as Nicholson states, on coming
into the room at once threw the carpet owe
the face of the old lady, and after chokin!
her she fell to the floor apparently lifeless
The two men then went up stairs, and witt
the chisel the closet door was forced a
we'll as the trunk containing the money