Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-04
C0NFESSlNG us GUILT.
GRAHANPs THRILLING STORY
OF THE MURDER or HIS WIFE.

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A day or two ago the MORNING NEWS
published disp,tch containing the &C
count of the murder of Sarah Graham by
her divorced husband. George K. Graham,
near Springfield, Mo. The dispatch gave
an account OF the finding OF the body Of
the murdered woman in an old well, and
also stated that the woman whom Graham
had married alter lis divorce was sus-
pected of completely in the crime. The
following dispatch contains Graham's
confession
SPRINGFIELD, DO. March 2'-The
mystery surrounding the murder OF sa-
ran Graham, who's body was found in
an old unused wei on the Malley farm
last week has beer cleared up by the con-
Fession of her husband, George Il. era
ham. 1t is addressed to the Judge OF the
Circuit Court andtbe prosecuting attor-
ney. He begins BY saying that Tor hIm-
self he has no apologies or excuses to
offer, but that Mrs Malley and Cora Lee,
the woman he married here, are entirely
Innocent of any completely in the crime.
He says he told item that he had never
been remarked Il Sarah Graham after
the divorce in 1871, and that they placed
implicit confidence in him and believed
his statement. liz then says:
'sSOme time il August | received 3
letter from Sarah Graham, advising me
that she knew OF my marriage to Cora
Lee, and proposing TO make things warm
Tor me. 1 wrote to her denying Tie mar
rage. She replied, enclosing published
notice Of the marriage, and insisted that
/ send her moneJ, or she would expose
hut r.nafaruffpo hns QfDfpTnpnf that
she would never live With me again. !
sent her money at different times until
about Sept. 20, when proposed to her
that / would pay her a um in lump and
assume the full care md expense of the
children. She broughtthe children TO me
at st. LOUIS on the erening OF Monday,
Sept. %, 1885. We remained in st. Louis
until the morning Of Wednesday, sept. 80.
81 endeavored to pesuade her either TO
return TO Fort Waynebr go to her uncle's
in South st. Louis, aid at one time she
was so tar persuaded nat she removed all
the children's clothing from her trunk
and placed it in a vslse, which the oldest
boy and myself WeDtAp town TO purchase.
She changed her mid half dozen times
during the stay in \. Louis, and at the
very latest protested that she would go
with me. l was pwerless to stop her,
and she EN- barked IN The same train with
me and the childrel.
Representation md entreaty were OF
no avail. She cane clear through to
Springfield with us | had arranged with
Mrs. Fay before lett tor st. Louis to
save me room for tie children at her res
taurant. l did nj at that time have
Sarah Graham WITH me, | dared not
leave her in the delOt, and so | went back
and asked her WHIT she proposed to do.
she replied that she was going wherever
! went. | told he she would have good
lime If she followed me, as ] was going
to walk five miles across the country.
She sald she guessed she could stand it ii
| did, evidently not believing | intended
10 walk. We cameover to South Spring
ield, and l took Rr to "A restaurant for
supper. | went Over to the grocery store
If w. 1. Banks, Oh w aluut street. We
talked quite a While about the Sts Louis
Exposition, and ] then returned to the
restaurant and talked quite while to
Sarah, urging he not to ruin me, but TO
return to st. Louis or go up 30 Kansas
City. where l would send her money to
1--we upon.
"She refused &c listen TO anything, but
followed me Out of the restaurant. ]
walked with her down 10 the Gulf depot,
and again tried ID induce her TO go up to
Kansas City. / could do nothing with
her, and j stared 10 walk out TO the
Malley farm. ! thought she would surely
never attempt to walk the i've miles that
night, but she follow ed right after nae. l
left the Gulf depot about $50 or . p. m,
and walked the entire distance to the
farm. 1t was probably 80 a. m. on
Thursday, Oct. i, when the farm pasture
gate was reached. At this point ! stopped
and said:
"'Now, sarah, am just on the edge of
F.s Il ffrtf
would tear up everything, ana could do
you no possible good
''She still protested that she would go
up TO the house and clear Cora out. l
had picked up a stick and was whiting
with a knife, the blade OF W ich was ! =
inches long. She had a small limb In her
hand, and when she was so vehemently
insisting thatsne would 20 up to the house
and clear things out 1 reminded her of
liaison she was engaged in at Elgin, Ill.
This 50 angered ner that she struck
at me with the limb she held in her hand.
/ threw up my hand to ward Off the blow,
and the knife struck her in the left side OF
the throat. She screamed out that | had
killed her. | grasped her and threw her
from me, and she fell violently to the
ground. l leaned over Der and found that
the blood was flowing profusely from the
wound in her neck. / knew then IL was
all up with me sooner or later, for | be-
leved that murder Will out? ] pushed
the knife into the wound to it's full length,
and then considered long time what dis
position to make of the body. was al
most paralyZed that the deco had been
done, and the next moment would have
given the world 10 recall II. ] then UNI
dressed the body, ard carried ii to the
we'll and dropped tin. Without a thought
that the clothing would not be 50 secure
from observation there as elsewhere, i
dropped the clothing In after the body.
"By this time the moon had just risen.
/ sat by the we'll aud pOudered over the
matter until the first signs OF day light be-
gan TO appear, when ] walked out on the
road and again walked up 70 the Mill aud
past the house about 100 feet. then
turned and came back TO the house, and
stepped TO the west bedroom window.
where Cora and Ella Malley, who were
sleeping together. awOke, and Cora let
me in. / changed my clothes, which
were wet and muddy, for dry ones. Ibeu
called Peter Hawkins. the hired man;
then went and lay down on the bed until
breakfast was ready. ! then took the
light wagon and went to town after the
children. told my wife ] had been TO
Fort Wayne after the children, and she
believed me-"
He then refers IN the testimony OF his
two children at the inquest, which he says
is, in the main, correct, and after again
reiterating that Mrs. Malley and Cora
Leo are entirely innocent and blameless,
concludes as follows:
"FOr myself ! have nothing 10 ask.