Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-05-27

SYRACUSE. n. Y. May 26.-Ernest
Hecht, who murdered Mrs. Louisa Fos-
ter Thursday night. made a fun con-
fession to-day. He said:
Il came to Syracuse in the early
part of December. 1899. and about
Christmas. 1899, / met and became ac-
quainted with Mrs. Louisa Foster at
her home. | called on her at her home
four or five times. and she in turn
called several times at my boarding
house. l learned to love her and be-
came much infatuated with her.
About ten days ago she spoke to
me about being tired OF life and de-
manded a promise from me under SOL
emn oath, that when she would send
for me TO do so, | would come and kin
her, and agreed to do so and also TO
die With her.
Il next saw her on the morning OF
May "a, as | was about going to work.
but had little to say to her or she to
me.
Il called on her again at noon, and
she told me that she had all prepara-
tons made for her death and burial.
and that she had made full ang
ments with some one in Rochester. n.
Y, to get her jewels, come after our
bodies and see that we were buried In
Mount Hope cemetery side by side.
Il then ven to my work and about
4 p. m, | received q letter frop-her-en
closing a key to the spring. =
door. | went to her rooms
to persuade her to deslst from her SAr-
pose.
Il left her a little after 6 p. m. as
cended to my room, took the Bible and
read it and brooded over what was to
come. / returned to Mrs. Fosters
rooms about s p. m.
When | reached there | let myself
in with the key and found Mrs. Foster
lying asleep on a sofa. She awoke az
/ entered and at once showed me the
preparations she had made for her
death, she having placed on n dresser
IN the front bedroom. first. a bottle
filled with chloroform; second, a smait
via containing pills which she said
We're morphine, and third, a loaded re-
yolver. She acted in a dazed state
and | surmised that she had already
partaken of the morphine. She pre-
pared a cup Of coffee, then counted out
twenty-four OF the small pills In the
vial, which she said amounted TO three
grains, put them In her mouth and
drank the coffee afterwards. upon
this | again demonstrated with her.
asking her TO give me one substantial
reason why she desired 70 die; that I
did not wish 10 pry into her affairs,
but simply wanted to know the reason,
but she wouin give me no reason,
simply saying, there is no hope LEFT
for me-
Then in accordance with our agree
ment, ! took some Of the pills. per-
haps a dozen OF them. and swallowed
them. at the same time asking her
what effect they would have on me "a
/ had never taken morphine before.
She said she did o know. ] then
DNMaA IFlAA1E nEi AhF LILY VI NY pdaE
life, what hard luck and misfortune
had experienced since leaving my
home in Europe, and asked her why
she had singled me out among all h0r
friends 70 do the act and that / now
positively refused 70 kill her.
= finally consented 10 remain with her
until she was dead. She was lying on her
bed at this time and asked me to hand
her the bottle Of chloroform on the dress-
er. / handed II 70 her. she saturated =
handkerchief which she had lying beside
her on the bed with the ehloroform.
placed Il over her mouth and nose and
taking Old OF my hand. pressed Il over
the handkerchief with her hand. shs
pressed mn hand upon the handkerchief
for some moments and began breathing
hard. but the stun did not work faAe
to suit her. 30 she told me 70 get
a towel. wet q and lay in on her face
over the handkerchief I saturated tha
handkerchief again and replaced Il over
her mouth and nose and pot ne towel
ou 81 directly altar Hhfeh Sis died -