, 1873-01-04


story tho Union says of Miss Lohry, tho mar
rator I" IIor appearance, and tho cir OF truth
fulnoHs porvnainE her relnarhs, to Bny nothing
Of tho Of hor family, nro conclusive
ali particulars" Miss I.ol.Ty camo to snn Fran
cisco yesterday, accompanied by aoIno Of hor
relatives, md liz stopping At tho Brooklyn Hotol.
A Chronicle reporter called upon hor last ovon--
ing, anl found her to DO very Intelligent aud
Hational powors and apparently endowed with
good common aenso. She told in dctnil tho ei1i-
Euar circumstances Of tho 1n,,r1cr Witnessed by
hor, mud What happened subsequently,. all Of
which is fully and succinci,y stn.ed i'll tho fol-
lowing affidavit:
TIE SINGULAR STONY oF MISC ANNIE LOuRY.
UNioN7ow,s, FL Dorndo Comfy, Dnr. II.
spring flowers. and / had gono quito b distance
when found mysolf In tho vicinity Of wllat
was then known ~ tho CorllHs Ranch: Doing
yory much fa!ignod after my long rumble ! mt
thero but short tiu,o whom Iheara voices, first
low, thon nngry and loudor, until Judged It
waa parties qlarroll'ng; but, rs could hear no
worda distinctly, was unabloto Judge tho catiBo.
was noticed but, oro llad tlmo to act upon 1t,
two men carao into sight from behind tho low
undcrbrl1sh, struggling and fighting. AZ they
cnmo nearer mo-. tho largor, man Atruok tho
drop. Ue then picked up something from the
ground, with Which ho struck Ills companion OH
the loft temple, cauBng lin to fall as I first
supposed, dead: pprang from tho ground and
tiou, a,il brought lin, nearer to mo. I thought,
of courae, ho mennt to kill mo but ho begged
mo to try and do something for lis brother. I
wantod to 60 to him, but could not walk. Ho
my dress, aud entreatod me, by all ! lorod on
earth, to go. I staggered to whore tho man lay
and felt At his head, but could not touch him as
first, VAS go paralyzcd with horror and fcar.
arm, but, noticing the blood flowed more freely,
] lowered it into my lap. lie wnn lying with his
head down hill, and acomod to know .was try
ing to reliove him whom I suited tho hoight Of
dcrcr was pacing baek and forth near us, weeping
mud e,claiming, "oll, ny. brother my brotherl."'
was Of no avail whatever; I then put my apron
nround his forehead, which was sotno bottor, but
did not stop tho blood entirely. I noticed his
hand turned toward his urn in way that showed
mo it (tho arm) WAS brokon. I don't think I
hold him longer than Ayo minutes. 1Io turned
his ,oyes upon hie brother, then upon, me,
, straightencd himself, long qulver passed oyer
! thcn thought I would 60 homo. Tried to
walk; found could not evcn stand; tried 1t tho
second and third time before could eyon stand
alonc. Az WIS leaving tho spot the murderer
Il
md keep silence. told him no. 1io Haid tho
money was earned houeBtly-Gol know it wns--
but thoy could not agrao about tho division Of it,
Told mo I could hnre his brothors share, for ho
and for mo to talso it. refused tho sccond
timo, and told him I, too, would Btarve before
would touch it. Ho said, "You will not keep
silonco?" I told him would not for money.
Uo looked ut me for 4 momout, thcn drawinGa
revolver, put 1t to my head, and slowly repeated:
u DehH men fell no ta1cah u
I believed him to DO thinking whether ho
should kill mo or not. found + could not
stand without support, so stepped backward to
to my head, and told MO I must swear to what
ho should toll me- Tho oath cannot rcmembor
Just as ropoatcd it after him, but was to koop
tho murder secret for four years, as lis lnothor
could not leave tho State to 60 bacl to alieLigaas
God was repeated several times. At that timo
I believed tho oath to DO binding, but
In after years. for tho aako of my own
eonscionce,, aud tho safety Of my family
found it possible for them to so away in less
thnu four years ho would let mo know and re-
lcaso mo from my promise. Ho asked mo my
manic. which gave him trnthfully. 11e soemed
him tho eanlo. 1Io then seemed Hatistieu 1to
told me thoy were brothers their name Hauni-
bal that their mother wasn't twenty miles from
thero ut tho timo. Az he held the revolver to
My 1orcilcau Lnfileu my luco from ulin, anu
whoro first heard tho voices saw some money
(gDld Md silver both) spread partly upon a rod
silk handkerchief md partly upon the ground.
have since been told that tho quantity do
scribcd would bo e, ,00o, and possibly $1,000.
When ngaln started home Le stopped me, aa
though he wished to say something more. uo
seomod to bo III doep thought for few mo-
montH, thou went to where two horses were
tod "a short distance from the corpso, and
which fact I had noticed boforo), took Il gray
,1fof ri mi rof n
spread it oyor tho dead man. Lie '!nrVllca 1t at
his feet, but could not proceed further, he was
30 overcome with emotion. fixed it carefully
over tho corpse, and we thon started homo by d
horses and led it viii. him. When thcro wan no
path visible for Bono distance he would mntiuu
mo to proceed, otherwise lie led and followed,
noitl,or speaking until wo came TO Il ditch of
WHOM le proposed that I should wnsh my apron
and lie Ills hands. r stopped down to do 30,
when q low naoan from him made mo turn. lie
WAS looking at hiB hantl, which wla partly COW
Watched him, too sick at heart to attompt to 60
away. After looking at tho blood, he reelcd and
almost foil backward, and commenced vomiting.
Whom wo had finished washing wo took the path
again, md did not stop until VIC reached Granite
Creek, near homo.
lie stopped mo and told mo WIS unfit to SEQ
any one or go home, holding tho revolver to my
forehead MS ho did so. As it touched mo its cold
ness hont thrill OF dread and agony through
mo which almost took my Honsos away. could
not conceal my fear, nor did attenpt to, but
O. ID him without my hesitation TINT such actions
ie3e not calculated to tit me for returning homo
na E1a :atsAkod him to put the rovolyor away. uo
,nt II b till cooked, into his BOSOM and told mo
80 non 10. It Sas then about o'clock. did
ns etafe ast thon, being too weak to do SO, hut
1a az ao2h as could When ! returned to
osye M him nc frew his revolver md says, Littlo
I'LL lr qont you 'ook back" Iwalkea away from
Il,l' 1eollng cor.'tain that ho intended to shoot
20. an Mo stood on the bank OF tho crock talk
!e, ho twisted a branch Of spice-wood about
~ "r,a1, ae for or! snpRi 1Ie agan asked mo to
aao money; als b5othe .'r'B share allould be nno
othing Of it. '3~ '''>' ""'N
In In February a tho foMlloTn M yoar mot him (as
'hich was AZ far as would &C from h6onlo. md
near town AZ lc darcd como t.so stay any length
timo. won't. thinking poaaib " 10 could 70
bird timo (always tho samo placo)1 wont iear
story he wished to tell mo, but oacl !: ro-