Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-13
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BARCLAY PEAkE's STORY.
He Accidentally shot Katie amderson
While Pooling with Els Revolver.

PHILADELPHIA, June ia special dispatch from
Mount Holly, n. j., says: Barclay Peake was taken
TO Trenton this morning for sentence Contrary
10 general expectation, Peake has made a COMES
sion which, In some respects Is plausible enough,
but which has not convinced his counsel that It Is
the truth. on the night OF the shooting, he says
he walked over TO COlkitts to zee Katie Anderson,
with whom he had a previous engagement We
stood at the gate talking a few minutes, and then
walked down the lane together, standing about
one-third OF the way down for another talk. Just
what IL was about don't remember. Then Katie
took my pistol from her pocket. The day before
WE HAD BEEN SHOOTING AT MARX
10 the yard BACK OF our house When we were
done shooting she refused 10 let me have the pis-
tol saving: "Iou can have IL wnen / am done
with IL. not before" IL was the first time l had
seen the pistol since that afternoon, and. as she
drew it from her pocket she HANDED it to me-
took IL and held It In both hands, trying TO make
the cylinder turn, but there was something the
property While we Stood there the rain-drops
began TO fail. Before that it had been foggy and
misty. Don't You think It is too wet 10 90 any
turther?" she said Hadn't we better go back 10
the house?" said thought We had: so we walked
along together, talking as We went. i was still
tooing with the pistol and trying to get the cyliD.
der 10 revolve. The pistol was cooked at the time
ana pointed toward her. All OF sudden
1T WENT OFF AND KATIE FELL
TO the ground, and with a groan threw up her
hands. she didn't move after that and seemed as
II she was dead. j was scared nearly TO death,
and hardly knew what 10 do. She didn't show any
signs OF life 50 threw the pistol down and started
one on the way and soon as got home went
straight TO bed without stopping down stairs TO
talk with the folks, for fear they might suspect by
my looks that something was wrong. When
got In bed ] could not sleep. AL night long
tossed yainly trying to get TO sleep, and as soon as
morning dawned was up and dressed. walked
around the house a while, ate my breakfast and
then went out doors to see what / could hear.
was anxious TO hear II Katie had been found, but
DID NOT ASK ANY ONE ANY QUESTIONS,
nor did hear anything. After awhile l walked
away from the house. i was strongly tempted
two or three times 10 20 down to the COlkttt field,
where Katie was shot, but / managed to keep
away from IL, and after a while went down to Wit
crafts house. When j got there they were all
broken up. i sat down on the settee by the window
and talked with them, and the news came that
Katie bad been found. Alter that 1 didn't stay
there long, tell you. i was glad to hear she
wasn't dead, and hoped she would get over II, but
II wasn't much use wishing. That's about all
know, believe. This is all the story i have 10
TELL and I'll never tell different one No one will
ever get any other story than this from me-
Peake has been very DESTROYS OF keeping his
story secret, being afraid that II 1t got out tt
would result In his being catechised upon IL by
the supreme Court when he came up for sentence
to-day.
PEAKE SENTENCED.
TRENTON, n. j., June I3-Barclay Peake, who
murdered Katie Anderson at Mount Holly, was
sentenced this morning by the supreme Court TO
twenty years In the state prison.