Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-17
ONE GENT

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afrai we are being followed" Williams
turned to Melville and said: Good God,
the sewer is Just as good a place a.
any The first sewer we came 10 Mel.
vile said TO me: .sTlsis will do. Mel
vile and Williams jumped on. went
to the horses head. Melville took hold
OF the trunk on the top. but could not
lift it, and called to Williams 20 help
him. Melville jumped into the wagon
and lifted one end of the trunk near the
wheel. Williams grabbed it BY the
handle and gave it jerk and threw it to
the ground. The weight Of the body
raised the lid. The trunk was not turned
over nor was the body thrown out.
Head Foremost Into the sewer.
They carried the trunk to the sewer
and led to crowd all down. heard
Williams say, I'VE can't dump IL in"
The next thing | saw they had lifted the
trunk lcngthwise and let the body drop
head foremost into the sewer. They
then tried to crowd the trunk in after
the body. Finding they could not do
this Melville said, 1--WE can take this
back and burn it. Williams said, 1--WE
can't burn il at the house. At this Tins
called out Get in, for Gods sake. and
let's get back"
We drove hack to Edgewater where
Williams and Melville got out and
started for the lake, carrying a little
medicine case which had been lying at
our feet.
Annie Had Nerve.
Here we encountered a policeman.
We told him we had lost cur way and
he appeared TO be satisfied. AZ this
time the trunk was in the wagon. After
Melvil.e :. 4 into the wagon he rubbed
has
cradle sand over m cot .cs From this
was satisfied that they had buried this
instruments near that spot They did
not bring them hack. We then turned
cityward by way of Evanston avenue.
After driving short distance Melville
said to Williams; Il wonder whether
that damn fool will see to the cottage and
cover up things, or whether he will get
scared Williams said, II think Annie
viii come over and help them. She has
more nerve than he has"
Getting Rid Of the Trunk.
After going short distance pulled
up as l thought / heard the sound Of
wheels ON the gravel. We were then in
country cross road. / called out
''Listen" We heard the sound Of the
wheels plainly, and / said, "There comes
~ t-x1tlAs WilAAItAS 6tAlNAe Ny 1OIt 30
there il" / said, Lets get rid Of this
trunk. 1t looks suspicious from the out
side" Williams got out and took the
trunk carrying 1t to the fence and high
bushes and threw IL over. He came
back and walked the horse q short dis
tance until the train had passed out Of
hearing.
Woman at the Cottage.
We came back bv way of Ashland av.
enue, and went past the cottage. AS VIC
passed we saw woman going in the
back way. just before we reached Web
ster avenue l asked Melville: "What
about the clothes; have you got rid Of
them?'' He said: "Oh, that's all right;
We'll attend to them" Then, turning to
Williams, he said: You had better go
out to the house tomorrow and see that
things are cleaned up" Williams re-
piled: mo; we have been around there
enough already; we will let Dan attend
to that" At that time we were near
Belden avenue, and turned to Melville
and asked: "Are you going right down
to the barn with mey" He answered:
'No; are we near there" And / said:
Eyes"
every Man for Himself Now"
They then got out / said to them,
81 will see you tomorrow" Melville
answered, II don't know: / may not be
in town. You have as good a scheme
as you want now.' / asked what that
was and he replied. 'sYou won't need
any training to work AiecI." said,
Well, suppose stand in with YOU"
He replied, mo; you don't stand in our
list. 1t is every man for himself now
As they left me Williams said, Don't
stride him too heavy; there is good
many of u.s."
Wednesday morning took the horse
and buggy over to the south side, in.
tending TO see Melville and Alexander
Sullivan to get some money, but could
see neither of them. Then / drove TO
Foley's stable and offered to trade the
horse and was arrested. This Is the FIRST
and only statement / have made since
my arrest. It contains substantially al
the facts in my knowledge, and have
determined to make clean breast Of
this matter now.