The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-11
1.-THE WOMAN DID Ir.n
A Confcssion from Charles Ice-that
He Dfdn't Kill Miller, but that
Miiler's Wife Did II.

Charles Henry Lee, the colored man sem
fenced to be hanged in the Henrico Jail
August Sd for the murder Of Daniel Mil
Ter, has made the following statement, the
truth OF which he has sworn to before wit
nesses and signed with his OWE hand, and
he declares that any other confession" !"
from him is baseless:
"THE FIRST BEGINNING OF NY TROUBLE.
al got letter on Tuesday morning, and
broke the letter open and found that the
letter was from my sister, and then l put
it in my pocket and went to work until
dinner, and then at dinner read the let
ter, and II was that she wanted me TO come
home, and give her love to Barbara and
her husband. On that night when came
from work read the letter to Barb4a and
her husband, and after reading the htter
she wanted TO know was l going home.
/ told them / was. They wanted to know
when l was going. l told them | was
going as soon as was paid off. Then Bar
bara said to her husband, 'Mr. Miller,
don't know what we will do; Charles is
going home, and you won't work, and |
know that we are TO perish (as he has been
boarding us all the winter), or to 20 to the
poor.house' and then Barbara and her
husband had few words in quarrel about
laying down sleeping while Charles was
supporting us. Then / told them that il
was no need to quarrel any more about
my boarding them, because | did not care
anything about what / had done for
them. Barbara said to me. Charles, am
telling Sir. Miller about his not working
and his laZiness, because he had you 10
/ 20 10
the pump-car, and Daniel helped me 10
make it. Afterwards he came into the
house and asked Barbara il she wanted
that chain? She told him, mo- She ask
ed what he wanted with il? He said to her,
Charles wants II to lock the car She said
to him, 'Give it 10 him and he did so.
HOW TIE MURDER WAS DONE.
"Then, at o O'Clock, we all went to bed,
and Daniel said to Barbara, Wake me in
the morning at 4 o'clock She told him
she would II she woke. She woke me at
half-past O'Clock and told me to put my
boots on and coat on, which did. Then
she told me to put my hat on, and / did
Then asked her where was Daniel. She
did not say at that time. Then she went to
the door and called me there, and said
to me- Charles, Mr.. Miller started
out here and said that he was
going down to Mr.. billiards., and
he fell out there in the yard, with pain in
the side, and called for me help him in the
house, She told me while he was down
she took an axe and struck him in the side
and stomach, and killed him. told her
she ought not 10 have done il. She told
me he would not work; and you said that
you were going home; and l know
il you went home that we were bound
to perish or 20 10 the poor-house.
/ SAID: Barbara, you ought not to
have done that Then she said to me |:
Charles, want you TO take him and put
him on the railroad ] said, Barbara,
that will not do She said to me, 'When
it is found out to-day | will say he was 60
| ing down to Mr.. Hilliard's to see about
some work and he must have taken with a
pain in the side and set down on the rail-
road and let the tram run over him. L did
not want to do so. She said to me, III
you do not do SO, when the folks come
TO see him to-day they will see where |
struck him In the side and stomach, and
they would think one OF us killed him ;
then she would have Simon (the constable)
upon the road after me before night il /
! went to work and did not do it, Then he
was laying out in the yard dead.
PUT on THE TRACK.
81 took him and carried him and laid him
| on the railroad, and while / was toting
him passed under a limb that pulled my
hat off Of my head. did not stop to pick
| ii up, and passing on farther the thick
bushes pulled Daniels old black hat OFF OF his
head. did not know OF it at the time.
came back to the window and asked Bar
bara il her children were asleep. She told
me yes; come IN the house, She
opened the door and I went in and took
the lamp and looked down on the right leg
OF my pants. On it was Il little water and
blood. Barbara took wet rag and wiped
| il off. / said. Barbara, / have lost my
hat (which is the white hat / now have,
and am going back TO get it, She SAID she
was afraid | would not find it, but did
| find it, and went down to the railroad and
came back. The chimney was burning and
| | put it out. Then Barbara had my break
| fast ready. | took the bucket on my arm
and some meat and bread in my hands and
went on TO work.
Barbara came in the jail to see me, and
when | started to tell her the truth she
would not let me talk, but tried to get
upon me, and then ran TO Mr.. - and
! tried to hug him, when he would shake her
off. told her she put this chain on me
when she parted.
81 swear before God that did not know
that Barbara intended killing her husband,
or had killed him, until | went into the
yard and found him dead"