The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-11

high sheriff. They crowded into the sit
ting roorn fsxst az Phoebe Dole came rush
ins In with Mr. Dix and Maria Woods
Il did IT, Phoebe cried out 20 RE. !
am found cut ard I have made I'D ny
mind TO confess. She was going 20 marry
your fatksr-T found il out / STOPPED X
once before This time | knew i couacn
unless ] killed him. She's lived WITH me
II that house for over forty years. Ihefe
are other ties as strong as tie rnarriax
one that are just as sacred What righ.
had he 10 take her away from me ana
break W nay houle7
Il overheard your father and RUFUS
Bennett having words I thought folks
would think he did IL. I reasoned II al
out I had watched your cat go in thss
little door I knew the shed door un-
hooked, knew how long my arm was:
thought I could undo g. I stole over
here q little after midnight ] went al
round the house 70 be sure nobody was
awake. out in the front yard ! hap
pened TO think ray shears were tied on
my belt with RIBBON and ! united them
though, put the ribbon in my pocket-it
vas a piece of yellow rtbbon-ort sup
pose ! didn't. because they found IL after
wards. ard thought IL came or your young
mans whip.
'.I went round 20 the shed door. un-
hooked il and went in. The moon gave
light enough got out your fathers over
ais from the kitchen closet. knew where
they were I went through the sitting
room TO the paricr. In there i slipped OF
my dress and my skirts and put on the
overaIls. put a handkerchief over my
face, leaving only my eyes exposed. crepc
out then into the sitting room; there l
pulled of my shoes and went into the bed
room.
Your father was fast asleep: IL was
such hot night the clothes were thrown
hack and his chest was bare. The first
thing 7 saw was that pistol or the stand
beside his bed suppose he had had some
fear Of Rufus Bennett coming back after
all Suddenlv thought III better shoot
him. II would be surer and quicker; and
IL you were aroused knew that could
get away and everybody would suppose he
had shot himself.
II took up the pistol and held II close 20
his head / had never fired pistol. but I
knew how II was done. I pulled, but 1t
would not go of. Your father stirred lit
tle-I was mad with terror--I struck at his
head with the pistol He opened HIS eyes
and cried out. then dropped the pistol
and took these"-Phoehe Dole pointed to
the great shining shears hanging at her
waist-"for I am strong In my wrists. I
only struck twice over his heart.
Then I went back into the sitting room.
] thought ! heard a noise in the kitchen-r
was full OF terror then-and slipped into
the SITTING room ftcseT. tetI as IT l were
fainting and ciutehed the shelf to keep
from falling
'r felt that must go upstairs to see n
you We're asleep--to be sure you had not
walked up when your father cried out I
thought II you had should have 20 40 the
same by you. I erepf up stairs TO your
chamber. You seemed asleep. but as I
watched YOU stirred little. But instead
OF striking at you slipped into your clos
Of. heard nothing more from you, ! felt
myself wet with blood. I caught hold Of
something hanging I'm your closet and
wiped myself off with IL. I knew by the
feeling that II was your green silk. You
kept quiet and saw you We're asleep. so
crept out OF the closet and down the stairs.
got my clothes and shoes and. out I'm the
she'd took off the overalls and dressed my
self. l rolled up the overalls and took a
board away from the old well and threw
them in as went home. I thought II they
were found IL would be no clue 10 me. The
handkerchief. which was not much
stained. ! put to soak that night and
washed out next morning before Maria
was M. I washed my hands and arms
carefully that night. and also my shears.
II expected Rufus Bennett would be ac-
cused of the murder and maybe hung I
was prepared for that, but did not like
20 think had thrown suspicion upon you