Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-24
4 Confessed Murderer Hung.

CINCINNATI, Jaa. pa Gaz4tte special
says: Edward Williams. who, with Mrs. Meel.
ing, was arrested for The murder Of the %Iatter's
husband, was taken from Jail last night at
BarbOursville, West Va, and hanged by a
mob. The prisoners were assured by the min
lister that sufficient evidence Of their guilt had
bceu obtained, and that the Jail was surround
ed by d mob OF excited people, but both denied
any completely 10 the act, although the minis
ter continued praying with them and asking a
confession. The mob fnally forced The keys
from the jailer, took Williams out, placed him
under a tlee in the court house yard, where,
with a rope around his neck, and staniiug on
a barrel, tie made a confession. He expressed
the hope that the crowd might obtain Gods
forgiveness for their crime, as lie had for his,
aud declared ne Vas happily starting 90 his
journey home to heaven. He died after fifteen
minutes IF terrible agony.
Mrs. Mecling was then brought out, and
placing her 10 trout Of the dead murderer. the
crowd called for her confession. She said Will
llams had heen her parawour for three years;
that she had been trying for the past three
months 10 poison her husband without success;
that Williams struck Meeting on the head with
az az while be was asleep Wednesday nighf,
atterward cutting his throat. She assisted 10
destroying the evidences Of the murder aud 10
burying Meellng. She accused herself Of be-
ing the cause of the murder, but begged pitt
fully t@r her lite. Though the feeling was very
strong against her, and The crowd voted unan-
imous!y for her execution, no man could be
found who would put the rope around a
woman's neck, and she was returned to Jail
Williams body was lett hanging until cut
down by the authorities this morning.
In New ork, Saturday, detectives arrested
Mrs. Maria Mckenzie, Of Montreal, VIII, had
cloped with Frederick H. Bridges, and had
taken with her her two children, aged, respcc-
lively, three aud five years. The partie, occu,
pied apartments at the Fifth avenue hotel
when they were taken int custody. At
the Tombs police court they we're dis
CHARGED, the lady returning in the afternoon |
to Montreal with her brother in-law, who came !
III search If her. Mrs. Mckenzie is the wife |
OF one OF the YEA thiest and most nromircn.
cltlzens OF Montreal Bridges is a sou OF the
gcteral superlnt 2ndeDt of the Grand Truck
railway OF Canaja and commissioner OF govern
ment railroads.
The house Of Jordan, Clarke & Co.. Boston,
a leading wholesale clothing firm, has suspend
ed, owing 10 the Justification of their books by
their confidential book keeper, Frank Sanford,
who for a series of years has SO booked the
accounts that his employers were mi,led. The
amount OF the deta.cation is not known a. pres
ent, but SYNDICATE that it will reach |
a large sum. The d~efauI,ar recently sen, his
wife and children to California On q visit and
absconded with another woman.
AN A~NECDoTE.-A gentleman from Gcor-
gla met the Hoa. jeremiah HARRISON, IF Geor-
gla, (coIored,) on Pennsylvania avenue, yes,er-
day, AID %saluting him said: "Jerry"-pow be it
kaowo. nc had known Jerry wheo he was his old
master S carriage driver-''how are you getting
90 With your contested seat2 First rate, sir
said jerry! "HoW'sthat," SAID the gent!c man?
by, sir, who ever knew a parcel Of South
eTn gentlepen to turn out u Southern gentle
Hon. jerry contestant is Mr.. Bonn
berg, Democrat.
The late FIRE at the Williamsburg lunatic
asylum is supposed to have been the work of
I'D lncendiary.