Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-03-15

accounts and books in complete order at
a certain date, which would have ex-
posed these irregularities. The bank
| loses heavily, but the losses viii not af- |
feet its standing. Every confidence is !
| felt in its security.
Driver. Murderer Of his wife.
CHICAGO, March 14.-George Driver,
who killed his wife on the morning of
the thirtieth of last November by shoot
ing her with pistol borrowed from his
son, was executed in the county jail this
afternoon at twenty-four minutes past
l two O'Clock His last night was spent
mainly in prayer, the attending physi-
clan being of the Presbyterian faith.
This morning q Jesuit father visited
him, but he declined to follow his adj
vice. He said he was once Catholic
because his wife and children were, but
he had renOunced the faith since his
l conviction, and would die a PTesbyte-
rian. About noon he expressed a desire
to converse with Rafferty,, another muir
derer who is confined in the Jail under
fsentenee of death and has been granted
a supersedeGs twice. Driver spoke
with him long and earnestly, advising
him to make his peace with heaven
Rafferty, laughed at him. The children
of the doomed man acted unfeelingly
throughout. They talked and laughed
with strangers as if at levee. Shortly
after two O'Clock, Driver was taken from
j the cell where he was praying and
brought to the scaffOld, which he mount
ed firmly and without hesitation. When
asked if he had anything TO say, he adj
dressed the crowd, stating that whisky
had brought him to the gallOws; he ad-
vised all to shun it as poisiOn, as it in
iured the body and mind. The drop fell
at twenty-fOur minutes past two o. clock,
and in eleven minutes he was dead.
Osborne. Murderer Of Mrs. Mathews.
KNOXVILLE, Ill, March los
borne, the murderer of Mrs. Matthews,
was brought from Talisburg TO Knox
vile about five o'clock this morning.
He was in good spirits, laughing and
testing all the way with those who ac-
companied him. He took his breakfast
with good appetite. He was hanged
in the iaiI-yard here at one O'Clock to-
day. Previous to his execution he
wrote out a fall confession of his crime,
which was read upon the scaffOld. He
expressed great contritiOn, and wished
| an interview with Mr.. Matthews, which
was granted.
OsBORNE's CONFESSION.
GALEsBURG, ILL, March 1.-THE
following is the confession of Osborne:
Z Some time in July last a stranger
Z came to me, who represented himself as
: an agent for q patent harrow; he in
quired of me about J. H. Matthews; ne
said he knew where they lived; he re-
quested me to walk out with him,
! which did; he knew had been at work
for Matthews; we walked out by the
2 railroad coalhOuse, and sat down in
the cool shade; he then told
t me of the litigation between Mrs.
: Matthew's father snd others. We
talked awhile, when he asked me If |
would take five hundred or a thousand
dollars and put a certain person out OF
: the way. l told him no, and asked him
who it was, and what he wanted, but
. he said he would not tell me until ]
) agreed to do it. l thought would draw
him out and then have him arrested
wish / had now, but he posi-.
tively refused to give any names until
| told him | would. He said, listen to
e reason: (oh, that l had! ! would not
1 have been here now; he asked if
would do it if the sum named wa
, doubled; l said no; he then offered me
: five thousand dollars, and said that he
{ had arranged with another man for 8
u much less sum, but that he had faileC
him: he said he believed had the nerve
!. to do il: I asked HIM who i
| was that he had arranged with
{ but he refused to tell me until / haC
: agreed to do it. I then agreed to xii
: the person, but did not know who i
Q was. He then told me it was Mrs
! Y Matthews. / started back with horror
! and would not do it. He told me tina
d she had heard q conversation and was t
e be a witness for her father and must b.
: put out of the way. 1 asked him wht
E he had engaged, and he said it was JOt
II Perry. | asked him if he had told 10,
> he was coming 10 me. He said no
7; He then agreed to meet me anywhere
= desired and pay me the money whel
the deed was done. l saw him again
few days before the murder. Perry saw
= me and told me he knew all, and h'
: thought could not back out, or Perry
u would do it and charge it to me, and h
? would get the money. On Monday
e was at the depot about eleven O'Clock il
e the morning, and then went to M
k house and took q lunch and left littl
o before twelve o'clock. I went sOutl
i to Mrs. Woods pasture-l0t, and thel
It crossed over into the cOrn-feld. l dit
e not then intend to go to Mr.. Matthew's
Ie | went into the cOrn-field to look fo
2 melons. ! then went to the fence an,
7, sat on the gate, and looked over tOw2r
le Mr.. Matthew's house, and then though
<. | would walk over the way. | di
70 not know for a certainty that the Mat
to thews's were gone, as they thought o
n the Saturday that they might not finis
p their own grain. / did not think {
q hiding my tracks, or of doing the deed
lie until struck the Pennington road.
then looked up and down and saw n
d, one. / then crossed into Matthew'S 5 fielC
Y, and went ON to the house. As ! wen
e, to the pump saw Mrs. Matthews at tn
l. door. / was weak and fatigued. Sh
I'd asked me to come in. She wa
le all alone. She gave me drink an
Or asked me to sit down. My heart faile
~ me. IL was too warm in the house, 8
Iy she was washing, and had big fire.
lie then went and sat in the back door, an
III was sitting there when Mr.. Kanabl
ed went by. He could not have seen mt
ID went in then. She closed the frOr
ct door and put down the blinds bersel
is and said she would get me some Dime
I'd 1t then flashed through my mind thf
N she would go down into the celia
M and that would be my best chanc
or J. II. Matthews swOre truly when b
lg said there was but one knife, fork an
ne plate on the table. She went into th
rd cellar with the plate and knife for bu
ter. For an excuse, / asked her if all tE
ut water was out of the cellar, She sal
en- it was, but it was very muddy. L wl
n, at the cellar door, and passed down, n
marking that l wanted to see. l weT
r. down and talked with her little, an
en- as she stopped down picked up brio
tn and struck her on the back of the hea'
She started to run, and / caught her h
y. her dress and parts of her clOthes-th:
be is the way her clothes were torn.
.te pulled her back and struck her again
n when she fell. l then picked up 8 sma
sr- board and struck her on the side of th
K, head. She groaned, and L though
iii it was done. then went upstairs, an
al to make false motive l rummaged tt
,ss drawers and found the money. IthOugl
r. L must take it to prevent the true motiV
he from being discovered. put part
,r, each of my pants pockets, and the
,et thought l would go down to see if 81
en- was dead. l saw her eyes looking
K. me. l went up to her, and bendin
ed over her, said: " Adelia.n She raise
o. her ewes and looked at me. l said q {
IS veu know me.n She made no Tepl,
K / asked her again and she said, az do.
ly l asked her who / was, and she sai'
as " Mr.. Osborn" !" and reached her haI
nd to me and said, " Why did you do this
ae | dropped her hand and turned ava,
j. and looked at her again in a momen
h. and felt ! would give the world to hay
'es her well again; | then took my kni
". and cut her throat; she never moved {