Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-16
JENsICK's CONFESSION.

He Had Asked for One Kiss and Wanted
to Keep the Girl from Telling Her
Father.
Mary and Maria Hoar, at Mortified, o.,
last week, has made confession, remark
able as showing the simple brutality Of
the man. To reporter of the Cleveland
LeGder he told this story:
Yesterday morning got up as usual,
and went about my work. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoar went to Cleveland. About O'Clock
| went into the shed, and there saw
Maria. She was getting some cream for
the breakfast. | SAID to her: Maria,
will YOU give me akissY She said: No.
l WON'T ] then SAID: just one.' when
she said: You go away from here. |
will tell father on you when he comes
home.' / asked her not TO tell on me, but
she said she would. When l got back
from the factory, about 10 O'Clock, |
again went to the house and asked
Maria if he she was going to tell her
father. She said she would. l then told
her that if she would there would be lots
of trouble, that he would make it hard for
me. / told Maria that there was $40 COM
ing TO me, and that if she would not tell
her father / would make 1t over to her.
She said: L will tell iather.' This made
me afraid | would get into trouble. 1 left
the room, and went out and got piece of
iron about as thick as the leg of COM
mon chair, and square in the middle and
round at the ends.
81 went back into the house and asked
Maria if she was going to tell. she said:
i will tell-' l then said that was going
to whip them. Maria was peeling apples
at the table. hit her first on the head
and Knocked her down. Mary was comb
ing her hair at a window. She jumped up
and hit her on the head aud Knocked her
down. | do rot remember of striking
more than once. Maria got out OF the door
and was going down the road to call help
when Icaught her up in my arms and car
ried her back into the house. l know
that / knocked them down and
that they lay on the floor.
had hard work to keep them in the room.
Mary said: oh, Charley, please, if you
won't hurt us no more l will not tell
father She went out in the road. fol-
lowed her and asked her If she would tell
her father. She said she would not. and
we shook hands on it to be good again as
before. | saw blood on the walls and
floor, and my 0veralls were soaking in
blood. My hands and arms were also
covered. Mary got out OF the house ana
started for help. l started after her, but
she got so far let her go.
81 then went and got the coal.oil jug
and poured the Oil in two places in the
barn, and set fire to it. knew the cattle
were in the barn, but l did not think of
them. l whipped the girls because they
said they would tell that / asked for a
kiss, but | do not know why / fired the
barn. thought would smother myself
in the fire, but | changed my mind, aud
thought ] would give myself up. So
went over TO Squire Palmer. | did not
want to kill either one Of the girls.
only wanted to whip them. | hope Mary
will die. | would rather be bung for it.
If she gets well she will be so marked up
that she will look bad"
In spite of their terrible injuries, there
is a likelihood that Maria, the elder sis
ter, will live, though the condition of
Mary is very precarious. Mary had ten
terrible cuts on her head, face and the up
per part OF her body. Her skull was frac-
tured two inches above the left ear, her
left ear partially torn on, one eve almost
gpuged out, the upper lip split open. sew
eral teeth broken of, the back Of the head
badly gashed, and ne index finger of the
left hand cut off at the first joint. Maria
had four bad cuts on her head and body.