The times., 1899-05-19

that Horton said to the officer who ar
rested him: Il am the man who did it,
William ]. Travers. who resides at 311
| Missouri Avenue said that on the after
noon cf the killing of Mrs. Nicholson he
was sitting at his front window, when he
| heard the cry Of murder. He went out
| immediately and saw Horton stabbing The
| deceased. The witness states that when
| the defendant killed the woman he said:
I'm glad | dcne it,
Alice Forester, colored. gave a very
graphic account CT the killing which was
corroborated by the statements of the
other witnesses. She heard Horton say to
the woman: Damn you. amt you dead
yet-I'll finish ycu" and then stoop over
her and again stab her with a knife.
Policeman William w. Bateman, the off,
Ger who arrested Horton few minutes af-
| ter the murder. was called and told of the
circumstances of taking the defendant into
custody. He testified that he saw Hor-
ton while he was stabbing Mrs. Nicholson
After the killing, the witness said. Horton
said to him. when asked why he killed the
woman: We'll, / feel better now, better
than for months" The witness also said
that Horton said he was sorry he had not
killed Judge Kimball also.
Wanted to Look on His Victim.
Policeman Phillip Mansfield. who is in
charge of the patrol wagon of the Sixth
Police precinct. stated that he was with
the wagon when it went for Horton at the
corner of Four-and-a-half Street and
Missouri Avenue. Horton. the witness
stated. wanted to get out of the wagon
TO look at the dead woman, whom he spoke
OF as Poor Jane" When Horton was
taken to the station he collapsed. Some
one said Horton had taken a drug so it
LEFT tn tolyo
gency Hospital for treatment.
Mrs. Elizabeth Engel. who lives at 3i5
N Street. which is next door to the house
in which Mrs. Nicholson lived. stated that
she had often seen Horton visit the de-
ceased; saw him often go to her house He
generally went in by way of the back gate
The witness stated that she heard Hor-
ton quarreling with Mrs. Nicholson be-
cause OF his having heard that the latter
had been in the habit of visiting Frank
Nicholson. the deceaseds former husband,
from whom she was divorced.
Mrs. Silvia Hipkins. in whose house
Mrs. Nicholson lived. said that Horton was
| frequent visitor at the house. and that
she had ordered him TO stay away.
| The last two witnesses who testified for
| the Government were Frank B. Lord, a
Post reporter and Eugene J. Tighe. of
| The Times reportorial staff, both of whom
interviewed the defendant within an hour
after he had committed the crime. The
stories of these witnesses were substan-
tally the same as to the material facts in
the case To them the defendant stated
that he met Mrs. Nicholson on the after
noon of the murder by appointment; thai
he had accused the deceased of having beer
untrue TO him in that she had been out
with another man the evening previous
that the defendant had admitted to them
while In his cell at the Sixth precinct, thai
he had also been in the company of the
deceased on the afternoon previous to the
murder. and that she had asked him 20 buy
her pair of shoes: that he declined to dc
so. giving as an excuse that he did no
have the money: that on the afternoon o.
the murder, when they met near the park
| they went and took seat ON one of tn,
benches to the east of Four and a-hal
Street, where they chatted pleasantly fol
a long while.
Mrs. Nicholson started to go home. Hor
ton told the witnesses, and when she go
as far as Four -and-a-half Street he in
duced her to go into the park on the wes
side: when they had walked about on.
hundred and fifty feet from the pavement
he took out his knife and killed her Hor.
ton, the witnesses stated, also admitted
STOPPING over the PROSTATE form of the
woman, and, seeing her jugular vein pull
sating, inserted his forefnger, raised it
and then severed it with the knife, which
he still held in his hand.
The witnesses also stated that HortoI
expressed no regret for the crime he hat
committed. his only sorrow being that h
had not deferred the killing of Mrs. Mich
olson for few days in order that he coulC
have had an opportunity to kill Commits
sioner Wight and Judge Kimbail, of tn,
| Police Court, before he killed her.
The hearing will be continued this morn
ing in Criminal Court No. before Justice
Clabaugh.