The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-04-29
The Offer ana the Confession.


The alleged confession Of Dave Nicely
was fraud - IA h2eddlhil Record.
The above statement has appeared in
newspapers all over the State. Whence they
derived their information We are al a loss to
know, but certainly from parties who are in
terested in misleading the public By at
tempting to create the impression that the
law took the lives of two innocent men So
matter what lawyers may say or how loud
IS they may protest the innocence OF their
clients. the people Of Somerset and West
moreland counties. who are familiar with all
the facts, are convinced that no mistake was
made, and the attempt TO discredit the state
ment made by Dave Nicely when in the
shadow Of the moose, finds no sympsthizers
among the people OF either county
In this connection ii may Dc vel 10 quote
the propositions made by Dave Nicely to
sheriff McNlillen, more thaa year before
the execution, in which be agreed to confess
providing tue sheriff would csunly with
certain conditions, in parable, columA with
The confession made the day preceding the
couiession
DAVE NICELY oFFEEs THE CONFESSION.
J" t'Nf - SoNERsET JAN.
Among other testi- SOMERSET Pa, April
uanrV taken 10 Lax is..- lst. lsAl
f1re ~ Pardon Baard ], David Nicely.
49, -h-r al sheriff ma K e. cone ming
NeMBilgu. who stated TIE mlrder oi hef-
r,af soon after the man unberEer, for
murisrOus assaul Whicn am eonkletsd
u-stdeon TsaDutv Shar- and sentenced 10 be
M NUf NcMflfen hung. April, 2nd, l-gi
fs.,,-,, 'Nf~alr s.n 70 r the following state
him and handed him ment ] was present
! si,.-ef of parer on when Herman I M
w D. ic 4 ia e follow irr9tr WAS lnur9ered.
ilrg nr1I,osffians were I len ms home about
written Il was d. clock on February
ras-sf 10 n : Nc 9TH lisa, togo 20 some
Nff1en <herfm II piac-a IN : ON @ rs e (
somerset county. Pa county for the purpose
II l.,san of robbery. bat not
40 hereby a..ree murder. ami siid not
tlat ] Will tcll al | know who was 70 oe
know concerning tie rebDed- not Earning
rmbeuzer 1nurder. III MI niberger's name
ANYTHING ON certain until well along on the
conditions hereinafter rtstd-
to b.- named Ihe murder TOOK
First. That You viii place about : o'clock
uSe YOUR best efforts in the evening / Ar
to have me parloned. rived AZ my home
orsalr-f.,l4f, com ulutt-i about O'Clock the
io irnur5Snnent for next morning. | had
jife pistol and nreu into
second. That Il any the ceiling. but not
II nv friends should with the intention OF
b.. implicated that hitting Mr. Umberger,
von Will use every nor did any shot
effort % uro-ect them fred hit him. ] in
Third That ! VIII tended only 10 fright
write al know con- en him
concerning the Im- As to my evidence
fss.r-ger murder .ifsuy- In Couri. part was
Thing. To DE published true. and part was not
in pamphlet form for Ny eV idence e n
nv hcnaat Court was not true in
fourth. I viii not this: said was not
agree to any of the present Al II crm an
above without first I1mberger's murder.
having q consultation y en- I was The
wiki my father ard pcckeGbook produced
mother in C0urt a. mine was
signed not the one which /
Dawn NICELY gave 70 VIII Thomas,
as testified in Court.
II was bogus.
Hamilton smiths
testimony IN the case
against me was false
in this was not in
I.igonieT on the 9th
day Of February 1859,
a. he swore.
Lev Beencr and Ed
M-Cracken did o
meet me on the pike,
a. they stated in court
Charles Naneer and
Lewis NaleeF, his son,
eoaid not have reoOg
nized me where their
testimony says they
did on the Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia Pike
Feb. = ISs9.
I make these state
ments in view OF APP
preaching execution.
IN the fear OF God.
truthfully, to G. W.
Granger, my spiritual
adviser.
Signel-i
y. C. NICELY.