The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-07-12
Confession Of a Man Who Murdered
his Wife S Lover.

The neighboring town Of Van
Vert is greatly excited over n sens
sation Of first class Dimensions, On
Friday evening a respected aud we'll.
to-do farmer named John Arson, lie-
ing in Jackson township, eleven
miles from Van Wort, wont to that
place and male n startling confession
to the officers. His story substans
tally Is as follows About tho FIRST
OF last January young man named
Arthur Anderson, who was engaged
in cutting timber, went to Auson' $
house and secured board. Anderson
was much impressed with the charms
Of Anson's wife, and made himself
exceedingly agreeable to her. This
did not escape the attention of the
husband, who. however, had too
much confidence in his wife to be-
lievs that she woull bo guilty of inf-
deity to him. So things moved on
until about tho lat of March, when
Mrs. Arson suddenly expressed
determination Of coming to Fort
Wayne. Sho gave her husband very
little information Us TO the object or
probable duration of her visit TO this
city She left and came to Fort
Wayne, Andersoo remaining Mt her
house. Her husband receiving 90 let
ter from her, his suspicious became ex-
cited, and no went to tho post Office
and asked Il there was any letter for
Anderson. He was informed that
thcro was q letter for Anderson, but
that the latter had directed that his
mail should not DO given to any ono
who had not written order from
him. This rcdoubled Anson's sus.
picions, aud he histoned away, forg>
ed an order from Anderson for the
letter. and soon returned to the post
office. Hc obtained tho letter. aud
found that il was from Fort Wayoe
and was in bis wifc's h,ndwriting.
Anxiously he tore open the envelope
and discovered the existence of gull.
ty relations between the writer and
Anderson, and also that she had
come to Fort Wayne and was to b.
joined in this city by Anderson, At
an early day. Tho husband, nearly
crazcd, returned to his home with
the tclltale cpistlc. and denounced
Anderson ~ n villain. Tho latter
seized an axo and dealt Anson n blow
which, however, was not serious. He
was about to repeat the attack when
Anson took the large butcher knife
from tho table anl drove it three
times through Anderson $ heart Au-
son, loft alone with the body of the
man who had wrouged him, was
driven almost to frenzy. IIc cook
the body and dragged it so,no dis
tancc from the house to small shed
On the farm used by tho lumbcrmcn.
There he dug u grave and buried
tho body, aud, to further. conceal
the crime, burned the shanty down
over ii. Anson declares that his life
since tho 1st of March has been
wretched and miserable beyond lOn-
ger endurance. He says that hc has
got no sleep at night and no peace at
day. aud that if he had attempted to
longer carry his guilty secret about
him he must have become insane.
Anson s confession when made was
not generally believed on account of
his past good character, A party was
sent, however, to the spot indicated
by him and Andcrson's body was cx-
humed aud found to have been stab
bed in the manner confessed by An.
son. Last week brother of Ander-
son, the deceased, was in this city
looking for him. lie reported the
mysterious disappearance to the pos
lice authorities hero, and requested
them to trace him up. Anson says
he has not heard from his wife since
the homicide, but she is belle we'd to
be in this city somew bere,-Fort
Wayne Ind Sentinel, May 7.