The evening times., 1898-06-25
HORTON FEELS no PHY'
The Slayer Of Jane Nicholson
Talks Of His Crime.
TaE STORY OF TIE QUARREL
Horton and His Victim Were Dis
cussinG the Purchase of n Pair of
sl,oes-Mrs. NishSlxoh Thfeatcncd
to Leave Her-COmpansen, When
He Cut Her Throat.

Without the slightest evidence of re-
morse, George William Horton. the muir
derer Of Jane Nicholson, recounts the de-
tails of last nights terrible tragedy.
He tells those he tqlks .Yith just how
he plunged the knife into the neck Of his
victim and severed her wfhupipe; then
how, when the dying woman raised. her
hands to. the man she loved, he pulled an
artery from her throat with his- niger and
severed 1t. z.ss, z--..-szs
Horton occupies cell No. s at the Sixth
precinct police station. The dead woman
was this morning on.;i a. slab in. the
morgue, only a few feet distant. She
presented apitifui~rfshs-tedRy when DR..
Larkin W. Glazebrook called to perform
an autopsy. Across fMe neck is a cash
penetrating to the spinal yertebrae. Deep
cuts are on the sides OF the throat. Cor
oner Carr will hold inquest, and then
Horton will be sent to jail to await trial
The murder is the cuinlination of several
years Illicit relations, that began when
Horton was on the poffce sforce. He met
Mrs. Jane Nicholson, wife of Frank Mich
olson, who at that time was serving a
term in the workhouse for drunkenness.
Horton was married but this did not de-
ter him in his loye-making
When Nicholson was released from the
III.
The irate husband one night caught Hor-
ton and beat him SO that he was con-
fined for some time in hospital. For
this Nicholson again did time. and mean
while his wife and Horton continued
their relations. At that time Horton lived
with his wife at No. 707 Seventh Street
southeast Dissipation soon led to his
ruin, and he was discharged from the
police force for drunkenness. Nicholson,
who was a confirmed drunkard, mean
while reformed and refused to live with
his wife. He moved to Anacostia. where
he opened dairy. and for several months
led an exemplary life. He brooded con-
stantly, though. over his troubles and
finally committed suicide by taking rough
on rats. This left Mrs. Nicholson free,
but she had three 44ttle children, and was
compelled to seek work. Horton was un-
employed and unable to assist her
She secured a situation as a maid in a
hotel. For short while she refused even
to meet Horton. He. however. persisted
in his attentions. Then he began TO get
jealous. and frequently charged her
with going with other men. This she
Indignantly denied. and on more than one
occasion they quareled.- but renewed their
friendship. They were togethed Wednes-
day night, and he made an appointment
to meet her last evening. For several
minutes they conversed IN friendly
way. The man had promised the woman
a pair of new shoes. and Horton was in
sisting that he only had u small sum-
and Mrs Nicholson was demonstrating
with him for not having more. Their dis
cussion gradually grew !intp a quarrel
and the woman threatened TO go home.
Horton drew from his pocketi a pen
knife Instantly tfies=woman tried to
Shrek. but the blade cut short the sound
by severing the windpiys s fen from
the bench to the ground. agd Horton con-
tinued to ply the kpi1es Ahe.did-not die
quickly enough for him. and With an oath
he thrust his hand int. the -Wvunti and
graspcd an artery. With sweep of the
knife he cut II In twain. ~ ,.9is
The patrol wagcn rasstsed.~ ~afd al the
same time DIR. r. A. Mckelden, who was
attracted to the place. came FORWARD and
examined the woIan. He5 pronounced
her dead and Horton rsbnafksd. II am
glad of it." Horton hxnded the knife to
one of the policemen and stepped In the
wagon. When he gof@To the station he
appeared faint and said that he had
taken coison. -
He was driven to the Emergency Hos
pital and insisted that he had drunk
cyanide CT potassium. The physicians
announced that Horizons condition was
due tc shock and reaction instead of
poison. Then he was taken back TO the
mads: George VIII am Horton. age
90; occupation. coffee salesman. married."
opposite the entry was inscribed the
charge, murder 1t was while In the
t&asion that he thought of his WIFE 1T
home and asked If she had been notified
Of the affair Next when they searched
him and brought forth one dollar and
twenty cents he remarked that he would
like his wife TO have the money He ex-
planned that he had intended TO give IT to
Mrs. Nicholson for n pair of shoes Horton
was led back to the cell ROOM When
safely locked IN he talked of the tragedy
without any signs of fear or reno Sc. He
said: 'Oh. but If only had my way.
there would have been more bodies in the
morgue. II l had only seen Judge KIM
ball or Commissioner Wight or Humane
Officer Wilson they would have felt that
knife, too. Wight removed me from the
force and Judge Kimball wanted to take
her children from her because she let me
go with her. would have given anv-
thing to have seen them in the park too"
The only motive that the man gives for
his awful deed is that she deceived him.
William Howell, a messenger boy, living
at No. 4o7 G Street northwest, came TO
detective headquarters today and stated
that he saw the tragedy. ''
Il was riding down e Four-and- a half
Street" he said, when I saw a man and
woman in the park. The man pulled
something from his pocket and raising
his arm 1unged at the woman. She-stag-
gered and fell to the ground 1 started
then after policeman, and saw Police
man Bateman. who went to the place"