Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-06

Ihe quarrelS between the colonel |
and his wife were referred to, and
every instance in which the former
had been reused to use angry ex-
pressions was detailed at length.
The violence used by the colonel in
rescuing the valuable papers from
his wife's hands, as before alluded
to, was misrepresented and exagger-
ated; but especially was the quarrel
with his wife the night of the muir
der, respecting the girl Fanny,
made to tell against the unfortunate
husband. 1t was in vain that he
protested his innocence, and that
his counsel explained away, by re-
butting testimony, much that was
brought against the prisoner. His
wile's friends were resolved that be
should be convicted, and they had
used all their influence and wealth
to secure that end.
The jury after an hours absence,
returned a verdict of guilty, and
Colonel Clymer was sentenced to
be hanged. The case was appealed,
but fruitlessly and the unfortunate
man was executed.
Six years after the hanging of
Colonel Clymer the mulatoo girl
confessed that she was the perpe-
TRAITOR of the double crime. Her
confession is given in her own
words. After referring to the i'll
treatment she received from her
new mistress, she says; "Atlength
| began to feel as though it was
time for me to revenge myself on
her for all her cruelties. | did my
best to keep down the feeling, and
prayed God to help me. When,
however, she got that rawhide, and
! knew that the next day l should
be cruelty beaten, l seemed to lose
my senses. An evil spirit got pos.
session OF me, and | made up my
mind that, sooner than be struck
by my mistress, l would commit
murder. AT frat / intended to xii
nay mistress only. But the thought
struck me that by numbering thu
child, too, | should be revenged OF
the colonel, who had bought the raw
hide, knowing for what purpose i
was designed. was to be flogget
next day, and, therefore, there wa
, no time to lose. Formerly | use,
to sleep in the house, but after m
) mistress arrival | was sent to sleel
in the negro quarters. On til
/ night of the murder | left my room
e about IL o'clock. | crossed tn
open ground between the quarter
1 and the house, and hid myself un
e der the stairs leading to the from
:, door, intending to listen, and, if a
c was quiet, to enter by a window an
q trust to chance for an opportunit
Q to do what | had resolved on.
s remained in my hiding place fo
K some time thinking over the mat
e ter, and anticipating a sweet IT
venge.
presently l heard the front doc
i omen and the negro nurse came on
v with the child in her arms.
!. "Just then gentleman rode u
q on horseback. While the gentlC
4 man and the girl were talking ia
+ gether | slipped up the steps an
entered the house. / ascended th
n n stairs and hid myself by the colo
i nels room door, which was ala
Q Presently the girl came up stair
4 with the baby, and laid it dow
.e asleep by its mothers side.
i 81 could see all that happened ]
- the room, for the door was lie
i. open, the night being very war;
q Then the girl laid down. | waite
70 ten minutes. Then | crept in
70 the room. All was still. The gi
y was asleep. glided up to my mi
RI tress' bed. knew that she W;
encieute, and / resolved to kill h,
=, by jumping OIL her. | did not fet
& the Colonel. | knew that he was
# heavy sleeper, and that he was n
II likely to be armed. / sprang |
q and came down with my knees {
Il my mistress. She gave 4 cry, but
i. put my hand over her mouth, The
5 / sprang up and descended agai
n. She struggled terribly aud clutchc
ev my hands. | seized her by tI
< throat, and lifting her by ma
force, bent her back over the hea
,s board. | could hear the bon
ID snap. Then l placed her in a s.
10 ting posture, picked a handkerchi
oree from the ground and tied it tight
ss around her neck. ! then grasp
a the child by the neck and strangl
it. / quilted the house witho
=. having been observed, and wait
ha for the result"
Two striking circumstances
IN connection with this case is that
he suspicion ever rested on the 6
n. Fanny, and that the defense seel
ho to have used no efforts to disco'
he who the perpetrator of the cril
d was, although Colonel Olyme
,d counsel and his immediate frien
he never for one moment doubted ]
es, entire innocence.
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