The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-01

.,ro that what her husband told her
- trna ana whether what she mad
80 yyas 4 spirit or only the dream
- q dtsordered mind. she could hol .1i'
-, sbe was so fully convinced lh@I
George Ray was her husband assassin
tbat she could not rest until he WIS
brought before her.
nav finally daUned, and the anxious
nrisoner told her 1ailer her dream. -
fr,,ly was he IMPRESSED by its viVidnes5
tbot he consented to send for George
Pov deputy sheriff visited Kay anu
told him Mrs. ThCrnton wanted 10 sec
him at the Carriage jail. lie went ".''
the officer. and together they ehIereu tne
voman's quarters, where she met 'H'Ni'
After a few commonplace remarks were
passed between them, Mrs. IhoInpoH
turned 10 Ray with a look that seeHA0"
- penetrate his very soul, and said:
.,Georee I'm in prison, charged with a
terrible crime. and II you have any loea
vbo murdered John Thornton, for God
sake tell me for / don want 10 sule'
for this crime ~
raw sat motionless ana almost dunn
founded. The woman's earnest ana m
nressive manner completely unnerFed
Rim and the %abruDtness Of the question
threw him off his guard. For seNeIdl
minutes he was silent, but the Woila" >
ewes were riveted upon him, and he seem
cd powerless to turn his eyes away rom
here penetrating gaze. He looked AT her
pleadingly and p~iteously' ana theh OioN'
down and began crying.
ADMITTED HIS GUiLN.
.r done IT." were the only words he
ssid until the deputy sheriff began 70
question him. when no made a clean
breast of it and told all. He said he went
10 the engine room and found Thornton
,eleen In a chair then he shot him. When
The bullet struck Thornton he opened MS
ewes and seemed 90 recognize his assassin
az he fell from The chair. Then Kay oreW
a razor. and. to make sure or the Joo' cut
the diving mans throat from ear TO ear
almost seyerinC the head from the oody.
lie then took ThOrntOn's money, a ron OF
biIls. and his ring. and returned TO morn
toms house. arriving at $40 O'Clock,
raw gave as his motive for klIlng
Thornton the hatred he bore the latter LOT
repeatedly cursing and abusing MN ior
loafng about the house ana living OH nm
,pstead OF going to work. Ray Is a con-
s,untIve In a very feeble condition. His
feet are swollen with rheumatism, and he
fs,t unable TO work. On the day preceding
the night of the killing. Thornton had
heen very abusive 20 Ray. ana the con-
sumptiye boy. driven TO desperation, de-
,srminad 10 XIII him. He took the money
and ring 10 give the idea thai Thornton
bad been murdered and robbed by tramps.
raw told where the roll OF bills was con-
eealed i'm an old stove. and where the
rezor had been driven into the u
IN the stable. The money was found as
he described Il. il being n roll ar bills
Amounting to SIS. and the razor was dug
IN In the stable. Ray showed the Officers
an old mining shaft. into which he had
thrown the pistol. but ss II contained sew
eral feet OF water. and they were con-
WINGED OF the accuracy OF his confession
the .ficers deemed further seareh I'M
necessary.
Raw was committed TO prison and Mrs.
Thornton was released. her Innocence hav-
ing been proved by the discovery of the
murderer OF her husband, as revealed 10
her in q dream