, 1879-05-01

that 1 had concluded IN start m. Iio wns
furious at being At.,l4"l. :irl sYUrt nj ME fur
dOiHgto / tottl him That It wns n'inutt morn.
fnG, and h. Fcnltcil that IL mas Il tI-f lfc,-t
was mt afttr mfdnl1ht- told hm | had lacked
Mt my wafch and Il was after ), nctsek i!e re.
nltc tint mr. watch wns a. illR Il liar an ] vas,
/ told hin, 1t WIS well for Him he tltt1 not
mean what he mil: mud he replied ,tns t.e did
back Il IN. ! t"ld h,sn t'at had snI' would
shoot tle Arat man that cal1rd me iar: and he
sad, "Yol d. lie, nnd havc got right here
(lnYlng his t,aud IN his f!stoti what WI hsck
wldcl, lie made repeated shreatt. suddenly
trcr mr. revolver and shut him a. he was sitting
tn the ground with his hand on his sis-sfIootcr.
iie fell bac;. shot Just l'asE Of the car WITH
tin traps together, and, taking hull horscs,
sta3ted an, go!ng nP tie river towafa keateS'
anil tnh! him tint my partngr AMI wcre lou's.
for; and, fur what knox. The man kcepA the
horse yet, for I'm strc tay "partncr" ncreF
called for him.
After was li',era.el from the jail at Kcas-
ucy. 1S7S, where | Was conlfnc1 on false Charge
Of larceny carly in JAnc, 1878, ami having met
SUPPOSED contplicity IN the useape 81 Mr.. IlaEl.
son, Underwood, mid Nixon, called on l,er Mt
her home, remaining over night The Ilarlsun
considered a bad .serowj." Iiarison was A no.
account sort of feor. and his wife MAS little
bnttuE, though she vas shrewt1 woman, q great
taker, and very tnqutsitvc. She WAS OF nct!l-
un hight, rather ssenlcr of buIlsl. knnd1+brnwn
bat-lnoklng woman. Tic oldest child. DAISY,
wna about 10 years Vi ngc, rather delicate build,
sharp. sprr. md pretty. The next was Mattel.
1f1cn came Jasper, or "Jcsse." tts llttls boy. 2
years old. tl.uughtn good den. Of tile Children
ami they iu turn hung around NC constantly
and seemed to bc very fon,i Of me. :.
killed the llarIson family, and have kept pep
pic In Ignorance until now. They are simply
ti,use: Flrst, ste talked too much; second, shc
xas too in4ulsitlvc; third. shu would have
told tAe wo,nan good deal about myseaf, mud
she had EHnc through mr. trunk and looked
over my cttcrs. Alurc than oicc had sbs told
me tliNt was guilty Of intTtlcE; md 80, knom-
| put her out of tl!c way. hnl CONE to tl.is
eopcluhion some while, and set allc ti'ns Sunday
| morning, Nuy. 3
Tho house is o sod one, containing tro rooms,
-tllc first will, two beds anl crib, and the
other kitchen, where tile cooking was done.
| In one corner 0l tue ronm WAS the bed occu-
pied by Mra. HARRISON MID tllc Two little girls.
| At tie foot Of the bed was the cr!b, wherein
slent tic bab1 boy, "Jcsse." In lhe opposite
corner OF tile room wasny Led; md IN tie night
| OF the murder tlis was Occupied by man By
| the namo Of Brown, d friend Ut Mrs. II. and
| myself. It wis af,out 10 O'Clock when went 70
bed; brown Ind gone few minutes before. At
this time the children were asleep, n.ld, shortly
after retiring mysclf, Mrs. flnrisut went to bed.
We mad III words OF dispute 4, ihc evening, mud
nothing unusual happened. slept some dur.
brown, unt ho growlca considerably, anl for n
moment tud not!on to kill him along with
lie rest. THIS was SUNDAY morning, a,r! about
dawn rot up. ] had slept wstt, my clothes Ui
md therefore did not nce1 to dress. Thu trst
tl!ing did was to awaken Brown, who rot up Mt
| onre nnl went to feed tho teat!l and do olntr
tt,Inga about thr stlbIe. 1t NUS scarcely llght
ut ths time, a,Il went out, and. when ahnut
| twenty rods northwest Of the house, near n
straw..tnck Oh the p1uwcd ground. / dug hole
| with spade, Mnu then returned to ttle tlousc.
THIS occupied about thirty minutes, Rnd wns not
very hard work. When on the road to thc house
stopped two or three times mud looked around
murder then, und would huve killed tn5 best
friend iad liz been In my. way. Previous to
CoIug cut l had ptacel a,l ax near tie
uuuv Of the house., ani Immediately Oh return.
ll0usc, md approached tbs bud IN whirh laS
Mrs. 1Iarlsou ASLEEP. She did not henr me-
she was breathing rcgu>arly,-aEd the children
were also slecplng sound!s. Looked ever tfc
move. Ouce llura 1 listened; | cuull hear
nothing but tllc steady breathing OF thu sIccfs
ers, ntil it seemed to h,e thcn that MT heart
STOOL still. At this 1notncnt-l do not know
|
uni pulled asldo the GuElAtn Just trilc. ray
Of sunlight game III nnd santed ueross tho bed
Of Mrs. HARRISON, right over the pari!allY Yeoveree
face OF Daisy. ~ llts stlo moved llstle, u:it
nui then went on sleeping II shc had sa!d
anything more, might Eayu lost MY courage
but tl.e time had cofnc,-now or never; asd
without waiting any longer, approached tlt
| bctl o[ the mother, aud, getting Euou n!u al
hrr lead, raiscl thu TX md struck hcr once yer,
hur.l On The 1vft side OF tile hcal. The blUM
.fn,ltt have killed hcr Utmost INSTANTLY, for snt
never spoke md scarcely stirred. 10 make
The temple; nnl then turned 10 Daisy, wlst
VAS still seep!ng, with one littlo lanll oyrr hcl
E,,Ml and d few cusls md part Of her fac.
visible. shu !aid between her nlotlrr arlt
, bed; s!ut,el ati1 next to tho wal.. struck nc
twice with Tho flat Of the TX. on the left sIdc
Tho head, near tf'o temple. She, too. sttrrrt
but LITTLE, ami Hlaao no nntse. Next kil!ct
Ma,Icl,-struyk Ter on the forehead with tic lla
: side of ils, ax, onu blow. aud killed her dead
, | Tlicu l killed jesse, who laid sleeping in th'
crib ut tllc fs,ut of iAe bcd. 1slruck llnl thres
blows, a,,! killed him dead. then esood It'll
,noanrd, ulnl nurlnnrcd, and writhel asoun'
so,nc struck her two or thrca lines more, mn
tl,cn s|su laid quite still. All this .tmu Drowi
WIS ht tt,r stable, and did nut return to til,
house Tor BalHc Willie. -.
! out Of sight,. had not much time TO lose
First taok the mother to tl,c grave / had dug
!, aua threw her In. Then ! canu back md cut
B rled both girls ut the anne ttEic, And clilckcs
them IN tlu hole with t!c mother; then tool
. thu baby. Jcsse uud throw him IN with the rest
covered tlrtn all over wttA a blanket md scat
0 tered, straw aini dirt over them. The 1Aottse
, WIS DRESSED, but tho two girls were in night
! clothes, a1,l tic 'ahr had on q wrapper. Ate
ull this was luue, which did not 0ceupy thirt,
minutes, | returned to tic house, washed u
= l,a,nle, which wcre slightly. bloody, nn!l tlcl
went to The etahes where l'ro"n WIS !ooln
uru,nll. md, after doing few Chores ilo Mn'
, / started lor llusttslEs. Antl wero two ,nlie
nwnY by s,l,,.nr. At Juniata brown lott Inc
! At llnstngs, three days. made few calls
/, hut returned Tuesday evening home. Or Il
.. llarlsons, nlnl tilt mex. day bought load o
rorn anA went On rs though nothing had oe
Cured, When asked alnut. Mrs. Harrison
6A!t tut sllu md tie Children Ind soNo oil will
! brown, ,.fut nrohahly would not return aoon, |
, they dld ut MI.
/ killed Potter Anlcrson l,ec. 4, 1873. hR
/ agrccd With him 10 change wurk III building sol