Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-02-10
A MURDERER
Kills Himself With q Pocket Knife
in Bed
He Leaves - Letter Declaring the limo
eencs OF His wtfe-Ths Latter Throws
Herself Upon her Knees aud Prnys
for His sours Salvation.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 5.-Frederick @
Fitzsimmons. alias Am brose g. Budd,
and several other names who was ar
rested hero Tuesday, charged with
murder and theft in Pittsburgh, Pa,
cut his throat with psnknife at II
o'clock Thursday morning At tho par
ish prison and died at l o'clock Friday
morning.
Fitksimmons left n long letter adj
dressed to c. II. Fitzsjmmons. VIM. Fitz-
simmons. Chief of Police Caster. the
Timcs-Democrat. Picayune and citizens
OF New Orleans, in which he SAYS:
The sunny south and the Crescent City carry
none but the most pleasant recolec lions in my
memory. have pursued crime. with its fatal
consequences my liberty is again jeopardizcd.
ana as liberty or death IL paramount In my
mind, prefer the latter To imprisonment dis
grace. slow death and dragging further in tbs.
mire the good name OF honorable and respected
relatives. My beloved wife is the daughter OF
one or New Orleans once popular and respected
citizens. My wife. Lucy Rebecca Fitzsimmons
was improperly convicted At Allegheny county
courthouse OF murder in the second degree,
through the testimony OF pcriuring detective,
and preludiced jury and Judge and is stin in
Imprisonment Knowing that ann abont to
hurl myself into eternity. solemnly swear nv
wife IN innocent ] effected my escape froui
Allegheny county Jail because fors.,w convic.
ton before the trial began. The bright sunny
atmosphere surrounding my soul Is replaced by
gloom and sadness OF heart, that only death can
alleviate
t1tzsimmons, after writing the letter
Thursday morning. jumped into bed,
threw BLANKET over his head and APP
parcntly went to sleep. Half an hour
later one OF the attendants in the Jail
heard him grooming. and on going to
hat 4. 4
slashed his throat three times while
under the blanket.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, Feb. 5-Thursdav
afternoon Mrs Fitzsimnions was in
formed of her husbands attempt at sui
eide. Warden Wright, the prison mat
ron and an officer of the institution Wis
tied her cell. and together performed
the pitiful task She had not vet re-
covered from the shock OF her hus-
bands capture. She sat up in bed. in
her night dress, with pale, nervous
face and manner. to receive her visit
ors. As gently as possible she was told
to prepare for the worst, and then the
grave tidings were broken TO her as she
braced herself, and with an effort said:
IL can be brave IL must"
For the moment she seemed dazed.
and then slid out OF bed and sank upon
her knees upon the floor of her cell.
In that attitude she prayed aloud fer
vently and earnestly for the salvation
of her husbands soul. Her face clear
ed as she prayed.
She then recited the story OF her hus-
bands crime, his imprisonment, his es-
cape and capture. She told how unfit
he was to meet his Maker,
how careless he had been of
his souls salvation, how she had inn
plored him to So live that when death
came he would be saved. With loving
tenderness she prayed for her baby girl.
and asked that she be guided Alright
through life. She concluded her sup
plication with whispered amen.
She was assisted back into her bed.
where she buried her blanched and
wan face in the pillow and cried like a
child. as IL her heart would break. and
between her spells of sobbinp would
again break out in petitions that her
husbands life might be saved, and then
moan with suffering. The prison physi-
clan was called in, and he gave her
something TO quiet her nerves and pro-
duce sleep.
FitZimmons and wife are charged
with the murder of Detective GillSinson
and the wounding of Detective Murphy.
who were trying to arrest F'itzsimmons
for burglary.