The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-14

had done her duty in confessing to per-
jury. when I saw her on Monday last"
he went on, sin response to message by
telephone she told me. that she had no
recollection Of making any confession, nor
did she reeoliect going to the house of Re
corder Goff on the eve OF Thanksgiving
Day.
"She said that such confession was
impossible, as tho story she told on the
witness stand was true. 1 then asked her
how she came to make this confession and
she replied that from the time OF the trial
until Wednesday afternoon she had been
In q dream.
"She made one peculiar statement to me-
She asked me IL thought that Miss Kell-
ard would be brought into the case. I told
her / did not know. She then said: If
you can give me any assurance that Miss
Kcllard viii not be prosecuted will tell
tho truth l told her that. / had no au-
thority to promise immunity to Miss Kell-
ard, but that did not think she was in
any danger of prosecution"
Colonel Fellows said that he had in.
tended to move that the girl be discharged
on her own reeognizance Ind not the new
phase caused by her recent recantation
appeared. He asked that bail be fixed at
$1,000. Barbara, he said, was the victim
of fool friends.
Judge Cowing paid no attention to the
request for commission in lunacy. +
fixed bail at $1,000, and the prisoner was
taken back to jail in default.
At the jail Miss Aub said to a reporter.
"As true as there Is a God in Heaven. can
positively say that tho first statement
mado about I.angcrman is true. Anything
else might have said is untrue"
Miss Smedley asked her If she was in
fiucnced in her confession by any one from
the Door Of Hope. Barbara hesitated u
moment and then said, yes
Barbara was then asked: What prom
Use was made to you to oonfess2 Do You
know what promise was made to Miss
Keliard to obtain your confessiona"
Barbara replied: II don't know that
Miss Kellard was promised anything, but
she said to me that / would never want
for any thing In the world IL would stick
to my confession. She also promised me q
house on Madison avenue, near Thirty
seventh street."
Miss Aub then said that some one whom
abe believed was connected with the Door
OF Hope had given her drug in glass of
milk, She said that after taking 1t she
lost her senses. and was like one in q
dream. She said she had no recollection
of having made a confession, but believed
that she must have made it, because it
was on record.
Miss Mario Leslie, who was-a prisoner
In the same room with Barbara, told u
reporter that Miss AHb had told her that
she had given a check for s. to Miss Koll-
ard to have ceshed for her and that sh Q
had not seen Miss kellard since
After Barbara had refused to see Mrs.
Whittemore on Thursday tho latter sent
her a letter in which she said she was
sorry Barbara hal not stuck to her and to
God, for no one but God co1lld help her.
After reading this letter Barbara said !:
"The next time get in trouble i will sec
a lawyer first and God next
Barbara said that Miss Keliard had sent
her note during tho afternoon, and asked
that Barbara send her an answer to the
Door of Hope. The letter chided Barbara
for the stories appearing in the papers.
This letter stated that Miss Keilard had
made an addition to her Sunday school
class and hoped Barbara would soon join
them. With this letter Miss kellnrd sent
n basket of fruit