Evening journal., 1892-05-24

hiding along the mountain path near
PhoeniXyiile by which / knew he must
come from his work | waited ior him and
saw the man who shot him.
d" THE other man must have been the
Great Creator, / suggested.
He might have seen it, as well.
Clark replied
Then you must have been the one
who did the shooting. ] said
" Yes he replied. i waylaid him. and
did IT, After shot him ! stood over
him afd shook him, and pulled his eyes
open 10 see If he was dead. found that
life was extinct pulled the body In
under some wood
"Thcn went back TO Wilmington. and
that month only earned enough to pay
my board
Placed ON n Doorstep.
The child was born 1t was q girl III
/ was taken from it's mother and was left
ON the door of the old Live and Let Live
/ Inn in Wilmington Some woman picked
/ it up and adopted it, The child lived
until it was seven years old, and then it
/ died
After her confinement my cousin went
back TO Valley Forge and drew some
money. hat her father had left her, out of
the bank. ] had no scruples about killing
the man. He had ruined my cousin and
had the right 20 do it, ! told her what
| had done but she viii never give 10
away She has marricdisince and has a
happy home and several children If you
want Mr. Boughton safe we can hide him
up I'm that house
4 pretended to be worried concerning
the safety OF my supposed husband, and
ON that day or the next / got him Go re-
peat this killing. so that William VIII
kinson, Tor Mr.. Boughton). could hear IT,
"Traynor was on the bed. apparently
unconscious of everything about him, but
really keenly alive TO every detail of the
confession,
How the Mills Were Exploded.
''The day after J got him to repeat this
story TO Traynor and Wilkinson ! again
took him out into the lawn at the head
quarters
which do you think is the worst
sinking q vessel or blowing mp Dupont
mills 3 asked
"'I don't know he replied, but
think the mills
81 said. 'You know how it wal
done, for You told me you knew all about
it,
Don't ask me. he replied, 1 have
already told you too much.
"'Well, now. said. i want you q
tell me II was you that blew up th
mills, ] believe
No / didn't. he answered, hastily.
"Nou know the one that did do it
There We're several of YOU
Willie Gibbons did il. We had an
ranged IT, Willie Gibbons got in.
How did thcy do itY
y "'With powderr
! What kind of POWDER
% i don't remember the name of IL.
, Why didn't you and Willie Gibbon
get blown up yourselvesY
q" ! viii tell you why. You know VI
had sent warning letters To those whom
we did not want TO hurt. We went aroun'
there and Gibbons got in at noon-time
He went into the mixing room that
how it was caused
BUTT did not blow up at tina
timey
" No. The powder was put there a
! | noon-time Go blow it up
. " How did they do ity Did they put
in tins or on the wood work. or wherey
y They laid it on some powder sweep
ings i'm the corner of the magazine
Then this has TO be sifted and of cours
whenit got sifted or dissolved it eXplodes
1t takes about two to two and a-hal
hours before it takes effect This CAV
them time TO get away AT 3 oclocz "a
= wont the mills, and what astonishes pa
is that it did not blow up Tommy Ton
N hony. because we intended IL should
"When we went back to the hotel
got him TO repeat this story to Wilkir
SON and Traynor. as ! wanted witnesses
e He did not want TO repeat it, but he wa
b, afraid to refuse me- After he told IN
the story he said i have trusted yo
with more than anybody in the world.
''Ihese were the only confessions q
Importance he made 60 me while in New
u burg with the exception of what ! ties
r titled to on the stand After Traynor bl
q came so much worse Clark returned Z
y Wilmington, and i'm due time / made IN
y way back there.
a Gibbons and the Explosions.
cone day after my return Gibbor
came TO the Clayton House. l was IL
He came up to my room. During or
conversation he said
There never was an explosion i'm I'll
y upper yards until l worked there. Thei
81 was a little brook that used to ru
e through the yard, and after the eXplosio
- it never came back That is all / al
sorry for Many time
have set on a bag of powder an
he smoked, and thought nothing of it.
)f have been used to powder since / was
ID baby Ii was a terrible sight TO see III
as dead bodies around Three more men an
! took a walk towards Eagle Brool
a- During the walk we saw a dog gnawin
as the flesh of mans head. One Of III
d. companion picked it up and said Ol
le it's my fathers head
How did he knowY I asked
BY the hair that was on it, The
drove the dog away
ny What did you do with it? Did yc
NJ take it awayY
IN q" The four of us got sticks, dug no
IN ia the ground and put the head in it an
as buried it,
ne Why the dog would come again.
lis NO, we rolled a heavy stone over il
ln Mrs Noble left for New York TIA
afternoon.
tn His Big Foot saved HIS Life.
or EAsToN, May 2A-Joe Brooks. colore,
" an employee on one Of ex-Comptroll'