Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-06
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that The wounds were inflicted With the wespons
referred ~. on the fourth dAy of the trial
s Ss,eTisyl The JnEy retired wt.a>the case about
= O'Clock p m, and In twenty inmates they
returned with verdict Of guilty as indicted
The Last pa . eG the Coasemnea.
ON being returned to the jail the prisoner
seemed 70 be depressed for a tire, but in a few
days resumed his cid air of brsSado.
HE STILL PERSISTS THAT He DIDN'T KILL THE
pEDDLER
On the following Mondag, after a report had
been published in a morning paper relative to
a sailor boy having been buried under the
house where be formerly lived, ana that he in
tended TO maze confession, he yss questioned,
and in reply a. To theconfessop ne repliest 40
yes, will, at the proper time, and il will be
hat dent kill st-e man" The other rouort
a. 60 sailor boy having beer killed and t1ried
under tie houSerss referred to, and he rer,lied
That's all boSh; there IL nobody under the
house a. know Of" The question lyon saw
you did not XIII the man; xho did ?. was asked,
and ne replied, "N0, / did not. Never mind
who did; IN tell that soon enough: when the
proper time comes I'H make a ctesn breast of
AZ (Ther throwing ~ his arms ard smiling. }
do it; pet up the scsfold to-day and hang me-
tomorrow, but they will hang an innocent
man, for I'm not guilty of killing the peddIer."
It'll HARriNe ON Ny phUGH TER.
Knowing the tanger he wss in unless some
evidence was brought TO bear Gu the motion for
new trial, about this time he wrote the fol-
lowing letter % Margaret:
Margaret n Wood have sert to you this make
tunes e no If have YOU ssrr,ed TO Criminal Cur,
the Pedler maTgeret you 20 Sum B .mbry LII
the Ped.r and you must tea 1t if yOu will tell it as
II YOU Don't tell il A. tell Ven viii ge gel H G1ar g r
What sam save Dun Margaret I have touId Erery
Nigh; o'c1k az Dark I'D Won Margaret must say
SO SEND me word II VOC think more Of Sam Bsmtry
believe You love Sam selbry better than You love
your ~ tom Wright you love me Yen must Do
Carried over 10 Court sSair If YOU will Saw thas am
Bembry sill the P-dSi-T If Jon will will not get M
that love Won aud viii never e. Back on yom bnt
you must Say that Sam Kill the Pedler and put the
yOu are going TO DO it Margeret this Is my last time
am gong to tell you What 10 say and if you Don't
stood to nv We'd DIM All cai Do ST for yd nav
have gut brick house for You TO live in when you
money get Iktle tommy some Clothes 50 Cant d.
any more for yes Margaret You Right Back for /
Sam for Sam the Peer and sd II on ms M E1,
reret i Riien 20 you last night but You never an
Did you would Do A. tell You Msrg .gye
Yon Bite on Note and Bring it Down in the morn.
end " III get it when am turned out Do As tell
Yen Say !, Va ssmnel Bembry thai kill the pedier
" nour n.te good by my wife for little tomas
81 AN POOR SINNER AND NOT READY To
ON the following day he wrote to Margaret
care any thing about me now because / have got To
ne nh hug ;1a Dad not D. like touId you ami yOu
Mi the man yOu must tell IL to Dag aud if You d.
h hSee ,sl .sG Will sst new trial and wont be
hnTt you Say ~ was Sam BeInbery that Mil the
Sam ' s T nan and 'Snd e. tell Ever y that
PSSI sinner aud i am not Ready To Die So if you
sam Bembery Is the one that kin the P@dIer m '
Will h"t q, hung hargrst tell me IN your next
% ~ my 2
viii Tell the Keeper Of the Jail that sam Bembery
70 Don't weWin git Hung Rite Back 70 me Don't
IL aired slip II back by the one that Bling II up ne
wont tell one You Mngret tell me- in this no; If
you are goin to SAY like tell YOU Gorge Wood
bite ON this 20 me and slip il to the that
night and -end il in the rnins at BresEfa.i lime
tell nae all she saw cent YOU note hast night AMI
me IN this note i you Please sent y6n some Of
Your, Daughters Ellen Wood tal. tell me if You got
hear ali the new. A E,rsP Ia. s'e n the Week
MaTgIet tell tn Keepers that sam Bernbery KiiIis
you Don't viii git Hung said it was sam B.m !.
,% NIL ~, ne man and you must say ii TOO and
80 NAV stop cry ing h@nt II Do as ask YOU If Won
Slssse our thomas %S, Wright here i Peace d
Appended Go this a small piece of pencil
~S>sPsd ue in biz Of paper and pinned to the note
Peace OF II Rite on this George Wood
he ISSUES AN ADDRESS To THE PUBLIC
The report of the sailor boy having been
buried under the house seems 10 have Worried
him, and in order to influence the popular mini
in his favor he prepared the following address
to tie public:
WA-HINsION d c April 9 1871 have SONG
thing more 10 say about what l have heard said
hi. haye saN ID x al ,ha, Mrght and that i
ned under the mouse of MIS- Margaret Wood 1
under there some tiy Put It there bn. ,sni
ray ~ho y was To the Gentlemen Of Washington /
waiting l. be Hung for some one els Is I',b AMI
AFTER am Ded yoa will see that was hung for no
COOS hous some time in July last I Was Posing
from llth street wharf aud call there to q som.
agreed with her the Rsa-ind agreed with her was
that : wonid not have 20 far TO walk Every
] staid with her a little she come ne to me
an. n. -asd che wanted some money for to go
money TO buy her some shoes. 1 Was then sIee ping
m the back room aud she kindly TO M ami in,
the soter 1 went in and sleep On IL S1on she want
Ts me- e be b.. Of the hos-e aid Oh Mrs wood
and shs same 70 me again ana said Phil is ali the
day an. Si"s nSs f. ssP sTd ss,
Wood would Do il to oslige her but did-nt moi
xs sni large nombe4 i B,ys ang Sri .n ca 1hey
- her house Every night to Play and they near ma
and sight step the crowd Of Boys and Girls fr"s
con ing there making 80 much furse about the yard
am snch bully and again when cam s" ~ NJ.
" God Did not n that sas treading on any one
young man BY tn. name Of Richard Ma
scDd came there several times cur-ine and
gitting up storming bout At Mr. W ,,oi and ssLs
MN II nat was right for To do a Poor wider woman
% be rep. yed with her Years when she h III
Old Mr. feldcr Wood and stated that she vas m,
cause OF " Oct - he be bid not wont her auy
i.nser Their teuld Mrs Margret Woud 1 would be
nos OF her house any longer she stated il I lett
peek with Raisor then vac fesred to 20 q way
IRON her did slap Dick ssond ia the mvut bout
cuisihS IN The house but ssrry after wSrls be-
cause CID II. 1 would II ask his Pardon but he
would not speak to me so Yet il 90 for wha. IN
would b. ing. so that j. how i BE- such Iion
va. going TO oping a sulon there hut a. soon A. II
louLd that " ~ he knd Of house soulJ not Don AZ
had been giving Mrs Wood maoey o. Back her IN
IN Pay ing on her Bills at Mr. Key kSes then so n
stot Doing and jest paid FIR an Board as any
euther Boarser would i have ksw got to he
1 viii not have To answer fsr killing the
POOR PeSIdeI fOr zzye not the a. no Of in
my ale but i AM Eow waiting for tie GaIlus for
something Il no nothing about Gelfleman all I
want f-r yOu all g. track up the question to show
you mat am IN ~In Of the crime thzf am charge
wnh yo. will give fare show 4 viii let Won no
DID y I'll the Pedfl-r 1 will show il Ia Won PAIN
nnt n GU thinks an the one hang bat il Is MT
hight fyou all have ny neck B. oak fst Killing the
Roc y cddler on Vii murder for netbipg bar
gentlemen OF Washington If you think yeI ID giving
nothing in the world can tell you mare about the
MATES bit IL - inst Saturday Eixhe when i
ws- convicted feel 80 rhc same for Snoy h.d
et XII any one have Hss1 up M mind ts.ske il
fsre and easy but did Bst kill the Fodder 4 Won
VIII give me- fare show 4 will shaw You tsw il
nsprer and you will ton. Wright Is fn<snf ~ IN
u"nt d Al Mr. Hsrringtsp and the homie JIJge