Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-31
sE:!I;cr.s' Confession.

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c7c.y o;her y. 800 ~ - acc0Tpice In tA@
p!r.,l ,narr.r Of Howard Hol;z:aw 90 tee
ai5bt If ;hs G b Of february. His hon'c
", al J.ko Wcshirg,on's. Ho had pccD
IL ,i:c habit Of hunting with Jske's quo, end
h2t: SHOT off The lead that Jako ,houaflt YES in
ii :h:u: tbs middle of Janua!y. Ga TIC last
ray Of thGt mos!, b. mad reloaded 1t with No.
shot bought Of Mr.. Wetmore. 10 loading
;.t thu. time as vas his CUSTOM, he wet the shot
20 make then keep together. He borrowed the
.un Ct Jaks's wife about bat 40 hpu. to SUI
s.; CD the 6h of February. The load put 10 Ii
~ h;n 90 the last dag CT Jauusry was tben 10
i. H., carried the gun TO The nearest noiat 10
= rieca Of uires Dot fsr from Mr.. Martins
tcu,s, sr.i wrot empty hauled up to his quar-
.,r, 20 So BIZ! Aliso lie. Williams, hal
been krooGiag ever tho thought OF robtlbg
liz! zcag: iur several day., but before that
.;:,e uad not thought OF shcoting him. He
had ii.li pint Of whisky in his peck +; that
ard trr 4 wi made hlc, coumit tic CrlDe OF
murder.
lie STATED from AlIan's when he heard the
Wauea;cl epgioc whsle for Mel1o5c Staticu;
sul! wat ry tic pines icr the puo. When et
iIc'fa:c hu followed the railroad track 10 Waf
| rcrIuu JaGc ion. lie passed tac telegraph
Cii!Cg al the JuacIior,ln which there was !lghf.
III: cid 20; lock 10, or zee who Wj9 there. H3
| followed the track 10 tic bridge, took Up q
! iiauk .rcm The bridge carried it perhaps -
yards SID set il up beside th3 fence Gar the
sill. ; Stood behind that paEs aod Ha!tCd the
a2n;oaca. Of uyI z?aw. He hiss &c IDEA how
! !gn! l.. VS. there. Tbc m0On shono through
the cloud, so4 he saw Ilol;z,!aV c.ming.
Nnel sb.u. ten or twelve PAGES # he aimed
q: his BODY ana E!cd. H." z,!aw fell IL did
ral wet 10 k:il hlm. Has been sorry ior il
ever siaee. IL sas dowo tho gun, riff ed II Il z
c'aa's packets, tsEag pocket book and - 81
IL liver, c watch and chalu, o pcokntt ani j
pin cu:hiau locking glass. Picked up guo,
got back over the ictc., vent tArtush Alapu )
weeds, crossed c}un;y road lcadirg to B.sta5Ic' I
atd went On ill he reached ti@li With uctcr-
c:0alh il If. Tharc be transferred bank notes
10 pocket book to his brooches pocket AID
taEe;s il away. From Scncc he Se0t 20 Al
i.iTc's woods hid the euo, and afterwards to
| BE! zc'a~'S !y1sioss 10 Mr. Shuma.e's yard.
Inc door was unlocked. He entered aod
searched trunks. Dii not fad money or a5y
i;pg :;!aG he ,7aned end lett witbtu; carrj les
ctt a15,hina. From ito lodsiags he w4at
argued ty tho run to telegraph office agait;
thcac, towards MeIrosc aud en- TO Jake Wash
i4c:ou's 5. .. whose house he lived. La the
:7oC15 o. TIC path from pllcc lie turced oil
t. G: 10 JAKE ) house be buried the Wlteh al
the 2oS Of q big hollow tr,r. He lost the
chG;n Who be reached J4k,s the FAM y
tad Gccn a.locp-dant kDo1 what time u
Ciga. i: as lie was tired himself ard slept
uoG!y ihc remainder OF the night. Jake
;c:i:ed hin lsXt m,!SiRg AID left Tor |ood7
Sacre he had been at wcrsa The day boGj!e.
Ate. 6 liitlt while Williams came doSn stai's,
aati as 50 " as Jake ) wife went fer water, h.
r.Ioa1ed The gun With No. sho; il The pres
crcc CT J AXE lite boy. three or four years
ia, aud sct it down. lie then transferred hr
hsik no.cs and p.o cushion looking glass TO his
Snaday rss:s haugi3g up stairs, tool. the - 81
| g sl,r.r, p,is CD boats Cause bis shoes we're
| sil! yaf, and went to Aupurn with BIZ Allan
AL Andrew Williams. The three bought
ah!:kar there OF Mr.. Grant. and relsrned by
gay OF MnIro-", where be (Wiiliam.) vas ar
Tsgl. HheD h. Wss pu: on the cars Tor War
! rsnt7n under charge Of Mr.. Wsascr. hu rays
| .ilcgfv X lso1 cacie TO hin; aud that hi asked
| Ii.Uly ~ ga to Jakc's aud GET liul, bundle.
Mrapncd up in paper, from his treCchcs pccies
ara send it to him at Warrcn!on.
! JuhI Williams - b:oH msdium hllGGtb,
hack AL WY. lie Says h. is q Satlqc CT
| P,;tsmcuth Va. AID YES the slave Of Richard
! ~: !,:Ga. lie Will b; 90 years cid tie II b ot
nJa. My. lie is aWaiu u his impeding late,
! 80. u~ta ~. Wcsr greatly troubled c2u1sc-
nahG'
! hi; cyDtc ,.ion was fret m,do to nc cluaty
.i;0r ent Afterwards 10 soy pars>o visiting tic
jni. Mii!su.. tell, IL, ntler read to lin. that
| j. IS cjEfcct
Ga tie IN inst. ilbc day aItcr the murder J
the pia hiOn o,kipgs las YVES hahled over .
s;..gi. ,oDsiabfs ~ LuucInda, vie Of J-k
Il ash;ne,ou; bus wteo Constable Lnb.t I'd
s=aut i5f tha mUgey 10 W,iI,4a.e's past as;
Wednesday, it i7ss uot 10 tEcu Henry NasoG
vas ,.rs.cd iur having kanw!rds- ii is nhGra
a5 Il :, hui sl,is; ID nc others OF !bc Law rha,
nc did G3t % 10 Jaso's the uisht OF the ares:
u Nil!al:j, o! at any hua7tqGcot nmC, Hbca
t. 80 prGbabl, rha; he c2u!d nava Iotten the
!t:l: tuodc. He was Il crefurU discharged.
Tbs aarch vas i0und by Copststlo LunsioId
:,c'seIy wh.r3 Williams coulrs ed be had
hi5ied it on Ito uight Of the der. John
k=gacy, arrest, d on d previous s'aeneot ~
Williams. was discharged Thursday, the dsy
on which he had bccp CITED to au5Ecr 10 the
Cuuniy Court. TIE kD'e Iougd on Wlllaus' :;
parsoo, the pho cushion glass, and the ehocs be
! were answering 10 tracks on the snow touod at
Tic house where he slept, the fading OF the
ear; hira Of The wa;ch by directions received
from tir, ouy, and proof that the gun vas 10
Ii. possession on the ia.al night, corr5borate
he confession ha has now msde, and point to
the doom that awaits him. OFc1ussc te vii!
have tilal-n fsir and in partial triaI-and JUS
tce, 2 llto slow tut all the more certain and
tcllirg 90 The renrss-iou OF crime, done in the
pI.m,srs. - Wdrcaton Lder.
An Eel STORY.-Gcorgc Bryant, train mas
;tr a, High Bridge, n. j., and VIA. Hi5bler,
conductor Go the Central Railroad Of New
jersey. we're fshiag l:on the NeHalk Bay
Bridge. hrec years ago. Bryant lest sinkcr
AID substituted Tor it u Central Railroad
aHi;ch key. He then 60. huge bite, and
in drawing 10 Ms liuc discovered large eel on
Ii. heck bu. bciCrc he could land Kim, the
brpEc oos. Carrying away tho hook and
sHi,ch key. Eight mouths after an eel wss
cAueh: by Captain Simon Chapman 10 az old
barge 6: CbaDmsn's wharf, Oh the Thames
river, three miles above New London. When
tie &c! vas cut open the lost Central Railroad