Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-15
From the Baltimore Sun, May 9th.
PRICE BREAKS DOWN.
He COnfesses that He Alone Murdered Poor
SalIie Dean.

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| Marshall E. Price, who was convict
| ed of the murder of Sallie E. Dean, in
Caroline county, Md, and who was SEN
fenced to be hanged, exonerates Grant
Corkran of any completely in the act.
F.! He has made another confession in
which he gives detailed account of
the murder. The confession was to
Sheriff Berry, of Caroline county, and
was made Tuesday night in the Jail at
Dentou. Thes sheriff said Price detain
ed him when he went to the cell with
supper, saying: II want to tell you
something" After a slight hesitation
Price extended his right hand and said:
1.-The detectives said Sallie Deans
| throat was cut by a left handed man.
l want to say to you that this is the
hand cut her." He then gave the
sheriff the following account of the
murder:
when came out of the woods after
cutting the material for names on the
day of the murder l crossed the road
about ten feet behind SaIle Dean She
spoke to me pleasantly and remarked
that it was lovely day. Joined her
and walked short distance, convers
ing upon matters of no Importance.
| "a sudden impulse took possession
of me. Without warning | raised the
axe which l carried in my hand and
struck her on the side of the head. She
fell to the ground partly stunned.
| dragged her to one side of the road and
cut her underolothing, then tore the
clothes with my hand. She revived
about this time and said: "Oh, my
head. how it hurts !" l then caught
hold of both her hands, dragged her
into the thicket, cut her throat, but did
not violate her person. | covered the
body with cedar bush and buried her
dinner bucket and the knife with which
| cut her throat. | was alone. Grant
| Corkran had nothing to do with the
murder,
AFTER the body was found took an
active part in the search for the MUIR
derer. thinking l could in that way di-
vert suspicion from myself. The detec-
tives were too smart for me, though.
When reached Baltimore | determin-
ed to confess to Marshal Frey and to
implicate Grant Corkran, partly
through revenge, because Corkran got
| the better of me in a trade we made of
a watch and a knife and partly because
/ was afraid the people of Caroline
county would lynch Inc if they thought
| was the only person concerned in the
N urder."
| Price said he had been thinking for
several days of generating Corkran,
and that his mind was made up after
reading a letter which he received Tues
day from lady in Baltimore, in which
she urged him to make his peace with
| God by repenting and confessing his
sins.
Sheriff Berry brought Price to Balti-
more yesterday and put him in the city
Jail. The sheriff said the determine
ton to remove the prisoner from the
Jail at Denton was made Tuesday night
insecure, and it was necessary to keep
a constant watch ON Price for fear he
would escape. Besides" continued
the Sheriff, Il was afraid the prisoner
might be taken from me and lynched.
The people of Caroline county are in
dignant because Grant Corkrans name
was associated with the murder by
| Price, and | did not know what their
| indignation would lead to. We left
Denton at o'clock in the morning and
drove to Queenstown, where we took a
boat for baltimore.
! The letter referred to by Price in his
statement to Sheriff Berry was written
by Mrs. s. NJ. Jarvis, CT 1923 West Fay
cite street. Mrs. Jarvis said she nevo
saw Price and never heard of him until
he was arrested. She felt Christian
solicitude for his future and wrote to
him in the hope that he might be led
to confess his sins and ask God to for
give him. Mrs. Jarvis was gratified to
know that her letter had some influ
ence with Price and was partly the
cause of his generating Grant Cork
ran.
A dispatch from Denton last night
says the confession was also largely due
to the influence of Rev. Mr.. Webster, OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church at
| Denton.
After the departure of Sheriff Berry
for home, Price denied to Warden Con-
stantine, of the city Jail, that he had
made the confession attributed to him.