The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-16

confession made by Bishop OH the
stand was q most revolving one,
showing that persistent attempts to
poison Cobb had been made for
months. Some of his evidence is
given below. After saying that he
and his wife had been intimate
friends Of tho Cobb's, he continues 4:
''A1URDER AND MARRIAGE"
At her house in October, 1877,
one evening 1 asked her, "Do you
over expect to be mine?"
She replied, Eyes, I do"
7 asked, "When?
She said, "I do not know"
[ asked, "How can it be brought
about?' reminding her that we
were both married.
Sho repliod, "I do not really
know, but it will como out right
somehow"
She spoke Of m elopcmcnt, If it
wore not for her children; I told
her that was impossible; T could
not support her without work, nor
as we'll as she had lived; I suc-
gcsted u divorce.
Kate replied, "Tou might get
one. but could not, for I have no
grounds for it; I do not think he
would leave mo under any circum-
stances, let mo do whatever /
would"
In fcw minutes Kate said, 81
know of but ono way to become
f"ce' and that is to bury the one T
now live WITH"
I said, katie, do you want TO do
that ?"
81 don't know" she replied; "I
will think of it aud tell you to-
morrow night"
l saw her when I called for
orders next day; asked if she was
Ieady to answer the question; she
said, Il promised to answer to-
II ght; I will at that time; )" l went
to the house that night and she
said, while sitting in my lap, "I will
do it, provided you will help me ;"
we discussed different poisons she
asked me what was best; my mind
ran on morphine, strychnine and
aconite; told her morphine and
strychnine were better she asked
If she could use it in tea T replied,
eyes"
It was settled that night that she
was to free herself by poisoning her
husband, and was to be o. free
man by divorce from my wife; the
lust of December, 1877, I got her
the morphine from October I had
been conducting myself so as to
force my wife to get divorce from
me by showing her no attention :;
she wept bitterly and asked me
what had caused the estrargement !;
[ told Kate Of this.
/ asked Kate when she should
begin to poison her husband; she
said, Not until he gots home from
Troy" as she felt something would
happen to save her from the trou-
bic before ho got back; she said
might get the morphine that she
might have it ready when Charley
got back I bought it and gave it
to her at the house.
CHARLES DoEsN'r LIKE MORPHINE.
The LIST of February, when I
called at Mrs. Coob's house for
orders, she told me she had put the
morphine in the ten for Mr.. Cobb,
but it was so bitter he refused to
drink it, and she threw it into the
sink; I bought some more poison
about that time; Mrs. Kate Cobb
told me Mr.. Cobb was in tho habit
Of taking physic about the last Of
February and said if would make
some morphine pills she would put
them in his pillbox she gave me
q caseknife and 1 went to the shop
and made three pills, containing
one grain of morphine each he did
not have his usual bilious attack, 80
did not take the pills az anticipated;
Mrs. Cobb asked me to get aconite
in February she wanted to know
how much to give him; I told her
/ thought ten drops piyen in any