Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1902-10-23

Miss 0Hube. Ih6 Sheriff was placed
on the stand and denied ever having
made use of such words, nor had he
held out inducements of any kind
whatsoever to Job to get confession.
The Court again retired and were
out over an hour, when Judges Hen
Erickson and Trenohard returned TO
the main Court room, and an opinion
OF considerable length, the findings
on the preliminary inquiry, was read
by Justice Hendrickson. After de-
failing the facts, the opinion set forth
that the confession was voluntarily
made, and therefore admitted as eyi
dence In the case. Mr.. Chas. J.
Flthian was recalled and identified
written paper as being the state
ment made by Job Williams on the
night of September Sd. Witness said
that Job Williams had dictated the
statement, it was taken down in writ
ing and then read over to him. The
paper was also given to him to read
himself. Witness asked him if he
understood what he was reading.
Job replied that he did, and that he
would rather hang than go to States
prison. Job further stated that the
thing would never have occurred if
he hadn't had the revolver with him.
Frank j. Lore also identified the
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Prosecutor Fithian then took the
witness stand and said that the words
of the statement were the same as
came from the lips of Job Williams
himself. The confession was then
cad.
The Confession in Full.
I, Job Williams, of my own free
will and without any force or COM
pulsion, and for no other reason than
because I want to tell the truth, do
hereby make the following statement,
without any inducements having been
offered to me to make the same, of
the occurrences surrounding the death
of John S. Holmes and Catharine
Shute on Wednesday, August 27, 1902.
After Mr.. Chas. Holmes left went
upstairs and began dressing and be-
fore I got completely dressed I came
downstairs and went into Mr..
Holmes bed room and opened his
desk and got out his purse of money.
Mr.. Holmes was sitting in the shed.
When got the money I started out of
the room and met him at the door.
He said, "What are you doing in
here?" did not say anything but
saw 1 could not get out without 60
ing by him and without thought /
shot him with my revolver in the
head. I was in the middle of the
room and he was in the door. He fell
to the floor. Miss Catharine, she
came into the room when she heard
the noise and I knew she would have
known who I was and up and shot
her in the head. She fell and strug-
gled some, but not much. Mr..
Holmes struggled very little. Then
I went upstairs and for while did
not know what to do. l knew /
would have to do something and I
came downstairs because I heard the
picnic coming by and went out to the
road. l got cigarette off John
Staten and stood there a minute talk
ing to him and went back to the room
where they were, and drug them both
to the barn. l dragged Mr.. Holmes
first. 1 caught him with both hands
and dragged him behind me upon his
back, first out into the entry and then
out of the back entry door and around
the kitchen and across to the wagon
house, into the wagon house and
down the walk to the door between
the wagon house and the barn and
up to pile of hay right side of the
driveway and partly on top of the
hay. Then I fastened all the doors of
the barn. Then I went back and got
Miss Shute and dragged her the same
way. laid her right alongside of
him. She was the nearest in the
driveway. They were close together.
I put Mr. Holmes head toward the
west. put Miss Shute's head the
same way. Then I went back
into the house and afterward I
went out to the barn and lighted a
match and touched fire to the hay
where they were. Then l came out
the way 1 went in and shut the door
from the wagon house into the barn,
then shut outside wagon house door.
Went out to the main road, down the
main road to the railroad, then up
the railroad few yards and then
dropped down into the gully on the
left hand side. Then up the railroad
opposite Windertown, then across Mr..
Krauter's field, through by Jake
Corsely's, then through the woods to