, 1873-07-30
THE WlLL1AMspoRT MURDER.
Arrest nnd Conrcp1ion OF tho Crimlnn''


Arrest nnd Confession OF tho Cri'ninn1'
From, The Pittsburgh Gazette, July 2a.
In Fridays Gazette wo gave o bre! toleEIaRn.c
aianatch announcing tho murder Q! isApein W,my nu
port, and lilo torrlblo bea.ing Of lior haabana.
binco shc,, wo havo obtained tho following par.
tlculnra: III farnl-hons near ,,i, landot, apous
four milos antl lati from Wiilianspof1' Ha,ll,
years. Il was gonoraily beloved Tint thoy had
scoretotl III tho house. . larEe qnanti-
ty Fl be s0as0gss5 d gs5oop placing Tho e' knsow ks%c
Cd edgo thsss ts tho II house Contained but two occu
pnnts, and thoy old and fooblo, nua tnat thoa,
aauds Of dollars Of gold wero supposed 70 % pe IN
their poRHcaBion, VIVA communicated TO orAho,
man on tho philadelphia Er1o Maroe1 on r,naog nnn1oa
evening he carried into execution tho diaoolleaf
loaigu ilo had doubtless nouriahed for 9 long pc"
riol. The mnn and wifo we're Just mating prep"
arations to ont their supper, wllon vns1or ana,
Eono toward Tho collar on the outside with
crock Of milk, and, tho door loading to tho
bnsen,ont being c!oaod, sho placed tho oarthon
vessel on tho doorstep. As siio procooaeu
assaulted with q club by tho atrangor, and, nl-
though pleading for morcy,. the monHtor COLI.
tinued Ills brutal aud eowaraIy nttack on the IN,
protected woman until sho lay wolsoring III blood
and tDntn QQGuCus A4Hb AtAtAAcA n.y. cSHeAA
plished, Wado took tho club with which he had
murdered Mrs. Mcbride, and. with. tho blood
dripping from It, rushed into tho house and ap-
piled 1t to the head Of tho husband until lo sup
posed he hnd killed him. Ho was now massor Of
Tie terrible situaton, and commenced q search
for tho gold which ho thought waB In tho house:
He succeeded In obtaining, 1t IL aaid ABOUT
10000, when hc quit the acone Of his horrible
work. ..,
iamsport on Wednesday night; and, OIL Thnra-
day, l,o made tho following confession to tho
Coronor'B Jury: .,
ii am American-born, and have relatives liv-
ing noar hero the afternoon I committed tho
murder walked up tho tow path from tho city !;
wont to McBride's house md calculated that 1t
was about the time they had dono their milking
last winter when waB nt GlosBer's, nenr by, Mira:
alosser told mo of tho trunk up-st.a1Is nm. nnu
ness to find out how much money those old
follss had. On reaching tho honso ON TuoEdny
afternoon, waa mot In tho yard by one of the
dogs which bagkod Of me- soon n mnde ,R;in ,nR wi1h
wanted to know what wanted tloro told him
I wanted drink Of milk, when he told mo to 60
to tho cel]ar where tho old lady was aho asked
mo II had any money to pay, for the milk :;
for somo bread, but found he had Doltod tho
door; whom ho unboltod It showed my foot in
and tho old man struck at mo; then knocketl
him down with my fiat; tho dog then mndo at
IT thcn struck tho old man with tho atiok
| throo timoB, Wien he cried murder then hit
| him nnothor rap with tho club; then wont to
tho cellar and struck tho old woman but, NJ I
haye told you several timcg, did not shoot her,
Us had no pistol, but bought ono at Trout's
yesterday.
"Whon + cnmo out Of tho cellar. after killing
tho old woman, tho old man WAS mp, and tho dog
was licking Tho blood OF his hnnd"; then Int nit
stairs, and broke open chest, nnu found tho
| trunk I had heard Mrs. GloBsor talk about; it
| was too heavy. and mado two trips That night
carrying away tho money: T., A., .,,n .o,,
by with small Jacl-llnifo. II thoy will look in
tho corn-eld, toy will find it whore tho grass il
| tranlplcd down TINT is whore looked over tho
will not tell where it is. Vixen como to dc,. ]
will tell aomo poor man where it is; but no ricl
man shall hnvo it. There are Two bags buried III
tho city-two above, aud two below.
l II have had fifty names in my Lifetime, bls'
Nelgon E. Wade is my right name; were to dc
this over again would oxchango nlt the silvcl
for paper money; that's what bothered mo, il
was so heavy"
shoriff platt thon remarked to him, " Yor
must havo nerve to do this deed" when he 70
piled ''Ycs, sir, am hardened. When chile
dreaded tho word MURDER but aftor going
through the rebellion, and on the frontier will
Kit Carson and othors, 1 shrink not at nr,
crime they may tRke mo out mud hang mo to
several women before this ono."r
Or the money taken $500 has boen rccov
orod.
1t ia evident that Wade is inclined to boastine
IIe tahoa pride in relating how 1nnsay ho la
killed, and how easy it is to form the habit
Among nll the women ho boasts Of havnE killed
ono act, he oIaimB, was i'll self-detcnHe-that o
Spanish woman, who became Jealous OF him n
dance, and attacked him; he drew his revolvo
aud mnde short work Of her lie said he Ind II
re1ativoB In la youth who took my intorcH
i'll him, aud thnt his life on tho frontier juH
fitted him for murdoronB deeds. Death, Ii
claima has no horrors for him, and whonevo
thoy got ready to ''swng" him, ho will be o.
ln,d-it will bo o performance that they canno
ropcat.
When ho was handcufred in the prison, h
boastingly warnod tho oilicorH tlnt he wonl
havo tho irons OF before morning. Late. q
night it WIS discovered TINT he was aa good a
his word and had removed them. Another phi
was placed on his wrists, hut he had them d
aao next morning, Whether ho will remove Il,
last pair placed Of, him remaina to be seen.
Tho old man Mcbride was much better Til
forenoon, and returned to. consciousness for
, few moments.