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a FIEND's CONFESSION.
The Horrid Story Of John Wallace, L,ynche,
at Wheeling for a Triple Murder.

a FIEND'S CONFESSION.
The Horrid Story Of Jo1,, Wallace, L,,nc1.ed
at Wheeling for a Triple Murder.
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
The mystery connected with the murder
of the three persons near Wheeling the other
day, has been partially cleared up by the ac-
ton of John Wallace in confessing the
crime. Wallace on Friday sent word to the
jury that he desired to make clean breast
of it. He was brought before them and
cautioned that what he said would be used
against him. he then told his story, as fol-
lows:
THE CONFESSION.
II will tell it all. Some time ago was
down in Littleton and met Henry Villers and
fell in conversation with him. He asked me
what thought of brother Georges wife. 1
told him thought she made George good
wife and was mild and gentle woman. He
wanted 70 know if I thought her
overbearing and abusive to people.
was and was kind of deceitful. He said
she had insulted him when he worked for
George last fail, and told him of how she
had spoken lightly and slightingly of both
me and my wife. He told me that day in
Littleton that he would give me, or anybody
else, $50 for. killing George Wallace's wife,
and said he would help do it. / told him /
didn't like her, but nothing more
was said about the matter until last Tuesday,
the 10Th inst, wnen was in Littleton. and
again met Henry Villers. He spoke of
fight he had with Enoch Roberts, and said
to me: "Will you help me to do that to-day
what we talked about some time ago?'' I
know he referred to killing Georges wife;
said would, but said nothing more to him
about the matter until after night. l saw
Mr.. Conway in the afternoon; he asked me
up to supper and went. After supper,
about dark, George and started for Little
ton; we walked into town and stopped
at the post Office; we stayed there until about
O'Clock: we then went up the railroad toward
Mr.. Conveys, walking on up as far as the
water-tank, and there sat down and talked;
at O'Clock George went on to Conveys,
and went back to Littleton
CoNcooT1NG THE PLAN.
81 went to Whites store, and in a few
minutes was joined by Henry Villers and
some others who came in. I sat on the
counter; Henry Villers stood close by me,
and said: will you help me to do that to-
night?' said I would. He then said: sI'll
go with you and we'll do it tonight and
asked me who was staying with Georges
wife. I told him Mary Church. Then he
told me ito go first and take one OF the par
ties out of the house and kill them, and he
would kill the remaining ones,' and said,
You will find half pint flask of whisky at
the corner of the coal-house, near the water
station. The 8 o'clock train then passed
and we all went to the door. Villers, my
self, and some others walked to Fender
grast's store, but Villers stopped there and
went back to the doctors. I walked on up
to George Lemaster's house, but did not go
in. I then went to the railroad and went
directly out into the country, and up to
Georges house, expecting Henry Villers to
follow me. When got to the house I
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. I
went in the house and she asked me what I
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. asked her if there
was hammer about the house, and said I
wanted one for Henry Church. She said
IL
to get it, and gave it to me.
THE MURDERS COMMITTED.
eve started for Church's, I 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
back of the neck with the hammer. Gle
cried here, and said: Have mercy on
nelly She fell on the side of the
fence l was on, and I 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 go away as fast as could,
but was afraid Villers had not gone to the
house, and I 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. then
shut the door and went home as fast as 1
could go. Whether Villers was there or not
I don't know; didn't see him. 1 came down
past Henry Church's on my road home; got
there twenty minutes before 10; it struck IL
before got to bed. I took two drinks in
Littleton. 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 Wallaces statement, DIR. j. S. Reager, of
Lttleton, says that Miss Church had Ger
tainly been outraged, and his opinion was
that Mrs. Wallace had been too.
v1LLERs 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 tolerably fair reputation. Drinks
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
conspiracy, he replied that the general opin-