New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-04-03

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follow me. When I got to the house !
knocked at the door, but no one answered,
and then went around to the window and
knocked at it. Georges wife asked who is
there?' told her it was me, and she said
come round to the door and come in. ]
went in the house and she asked me what ]
wanted. I told her that Hen Church's wife
was very sick, and wanted her to come over
as soon as she could. She got up and dressed
herself and the baby. I asked her if there
was hammer about the house, and said
wanted one for Henry Church. She said
there was one in the chicken-house, and went
to get it, and gave it to me.
THE MURDERS COMMITTED.
ssWe started for Church's, carrying the
child, and she following. carried the child
until we got to point about half way be-
tween the house and where she was found
dead. She took the child here, and carried
it to where she was afterward found. When
we got to the fence and went to cross it I
took the child on my left arm, and, as she
was crossing the fence, I struck her on the
cried here, and said: Have mercy on
me!O She fell on the side of the
fence I was on, and 1 struck her twice
more with the hammer on the head. I
laid the child down, and when it cried I
struck it on the head once with the hammer.
Then started to 90 away as fast as I could,
but was afraid Villers had not gone to the
house, and went back there. got to the
house and found Villers was not there, and
asked Mary Church to get me something to
eat. She got up to get me something and
went to the shelf where the dishes are kept,
and then passed around behind me, between
me and the door, and then stood facing the
fire. struck her on the back of the head,
with the same hammer, and then passed out
the door and turned back and took the ham
mer in my left hand and struck her twice,
striking through the half-open door. I then
shut the door and went home as fast as
could go. Whether Villers was there or not
don't know; I didn't see him. came down
past Henry Church's on my road home; got
there twenty minutes before -; it struck IL
before I got to bed. I took two drinks in
Littleton. I have nothing more to say"
wALLACE's CRAVEN FEAR.
| During the recital of this terrible story.
Wallace frequently covered his face with his
hands and sobbed, while he frequently ejac-
ulated, 81 must tell all, - "Have mercy on
me-" and like expressions. Notwithstand-
ing Wallace's statement, DR.. j. S. Reager, of
Littleton, says that Miss Church had GER
tainly been outraged, and his opinion was
| that Mrs. Wallace had been too.
vILLERs PERSONALITY.
George Villers, the person implicated by
the above confession Of John Wallace, is a
young man about % years old. He is by no
means prepossessing in appearance, and yet
bears a tolerably fair reputation. Drinks a
little occasionally, but is industrious. People
generally discredit the story duplicating him
in the murder. He is ignorant, slow of
speech, and has an awkward way about him.
He says that, in his opinion, the part in the
conspiracy charged upon him by John Wal
lace, was the part played by his brother
George in the affair. In anwer to question
as to why George should enter into such a
conspiracy, he replied that the general opin-
ion was that he wanted to get rid of his wife,
as was shown by his letter to her father and
his habitual conduct toward her. He said
that he had often been at Georges house,
and was on good terms with him and his
wife, and that nothing disagreeable had ever
occurred. The story was made mp by John
| Wallace to help his case.