The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-08-14

these old folks had. On reaching tho
house on Tuesday afternoon, was met
IN the yard by one of the dogs, which
barkcd nj mo. | soon made IN with
INN and walked into the house, when
NJ Bride wanted TO know what wanted
there; told him | wanted drink of
: milk, when he told me 10 60 TO the cell
lar where the old lady was she asked
me II had money TO pay for the milk:
rom the ccllcr | returned to ask the
old man Tor some bread but found no
had boltcd the door when he unboted
1t showed my foot in and the old man
struck at me; | then knocked him
down with my fist the dog then mado
at me and ! Knocked him down.
- then struck the old man with tho
SUCK three times. when he cried MUIR
der then hit him another rap with
the club lthcn went to the cCllcr and
struck the old woman but, as | have
told you several times, did not shoot
hcr, as ! had no pistol, but bought ono
at Truut's yesterday.
when came out of the cellar after
killing the old woman. the old man was
up and the dog was licking the blood of
his hands; | then hit him again.
then procured an axe. went up stairs
and broke open chest and found tho
trunk ] had heard Mrs. CLOSER talk
about II was too heavy, and | mndn
two trips that night carrying away tho
money.
The club used was cut in the woods
near 10y with a small lack Knife. Ifthcv
will look in the corniicld they will find
where the grass * trrmbcd down. that
Is where looked over the money. [
got between sixty and seventy thousand
dollars. | will not tell where il is
When come to die, will tell some
poor man whore it is but no rich man
shall have it. There are two hap3
buried IN the city--two above, and two
below.
81 have hadlitlynamcs inmy lifetime
bu' Nelson +. Wilc is my right name;
were To do this over again | would
IcNchangc all the silver for paper money,
that's what bothered mt, IL was 50
heavy"
Sheriff Piatt then remarked TO him
lyon must have nerve to do this
deed, when he replied Yes, sir, |
AN hardened. When child dread
ed the word murder, but after going
through tho rebellion, and on tho
frontier with Kit Carson aud others
shrink not at any crime; they may take
mo out and hang mo Tomorrow II
have oul ly once to die | have killed
several women before this one i'm
regard TO tho money | got | exchlug-
ed one hundred aud eighty dollars in
twenty dollar gold pieces at one of
tho banks in the city, aud got fifteen
per cent. for it. Thcy asked mo
where got it. told ,hcm | wasa
cattle Spectator from Canada.
The prisoner then was interviewed
Mt great length by the coroncr's jury.
When ho was returned to his cell a
general exclamation arose in tho hall
"vhar n hardened case" He laughs
and feels merry aud talked politics
with much gusto.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
The following is the verdict of tho
jury That upon view of tho body
Of Mrs. Isabella M'Briic, wife Of
John NJ Bride she came to her death
by n gun shot wound in the left
tcmpe-th ball entering to the left
aud above the le; temple bone, aud
passing out near the corner of tho
right eye, also, that said deceased was
struck on the head by club, and that
the said wounds were inflicted by
Nelson L. Wade, July -, 1873.
Death Of Mr.. HBride. Since
the above was put in type Mr. john
VI Bride has also diod frocI tho efec,s
of the wounds received on the evening
ofthe murder Of his wife. lie was
inferred by the side Of his wiic, 10 tho
old Nowberry cemetery.
The " Bride Fam,ly. John NJ
Bride, tho dcccascd, camo TO Lycom.
Ing couoty in 1919 or 1890. llc has
accompanied his brothers to Maysvlls
Ohio, or somo point near that locality,
aud not pleased with tho country res
turned to Lycoming County. Ho has
had no communication with these
brothers from that time, and whether
lead or alive is unknown. IIe add his
wife were the owners Of the farm upon
which they lived, together with an ad
joining iarm--n all about 200 acres
Of the very choicast land on The Reach,
although they have failed to cultivate
1t properly - letting it run down.
Whether any of the M'Briies survive
the deceased is not known but on tho
Lusk side there are said to be sister
and several cu,ins living in this coun-
".
Side by side their bodies lie in tho
silent tomb. while Nelson Il, Wade
the murderer, dragS his irons close to
the CRATE OF his lonely cell, and boas-
llng over tho atrocious crime he has
committed, awaits the day when one
Of the most hardened criminas that
ever disgraced tho history If tho
Keystone State will between heaven
and earth, pay the penalty Of his in
human deed.
NVANTe Hpp Rp,u rn ('nur-