The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-02
HAS CONFESSED
Mrs. FanIling, Widow Of Slain Han, Says
Gordon Is Guilty.
SENSATIONAL WITNESS
Trial at Hinesville, Ga, Of Alleged
Slayer OF Former Berkeley Man
Reaches Sensational .CimaX-Mrs
Faulling Claims Gordon Threaten.
cd to KIN Her if She Told.

FaulIing Cla1nS Goruon x " "
ed to KIN Her if She Told.
A dispatch from Hinesvlle. Ga.
says Mrs. Helen Faullinag, widow OF
slain William N. Faulliing, Jr,, for
whose murder Charles A. Gordon Is
on trial at that place. Wednesday
on the witness stand made a sensa'
tional confession of intimacy with
Gordon and ended her story by de-
claring that he told her he killed her
husband and threatened to Kill ne!
if she should tell on hun.
The confession was unexpected to
the big crowd in the court room,
though many believed to be true just
what Mrs. Faulling declared is, true,
II aEa confessing because l don't
want to go to Heaven or hell with
lie on my lips" walled the unhappy
woman through her tears at the end
of her sordid narrative.
In part her confession follows, and
since it has been made it is believed
Gordon's trial will end in rather
short order.
The last time 1 saw my hus-
band alive" said Mrs. Faulling, was
on March 26,., 1909 when he Left
our home about sundown to mail 4
letter to his father at Monck's Cor.
ner, s. C. :
81 met Mr.. Gordon in Florida and
have known him three years. My hus-
band and moved to several. places
in Florida, and each time Mr.. Cor
don moved also. We first became
intimate af L6ftman, Fla. Our meet
ings continued up to the time OF his
arrest. The night lefore the officers
came for Mr.. Gordon, he spent with
me. - q
nMy husband left at sundoRn and
at supper. time he had not returned
and so several friends had supper
with me and we did not wait for
him. Just before we finished sup
per Mr.. Gordon came. in and, calling
me aside said: II have done it.
have killed the d.. s.ie
81 was very much frightened and
nearly tainted, but MIR. Gordon
caught me and told me to be calm as
he was not afraid. He then tried
to get me to go and help him bury
the body, but l refused. So he left
the house and returned in about an
hour, telling me he had buried the
body. He said he had had great
deal of trouble taking the body to
the place as it was so stiff.
Mr.. Gordon told NE that last
night that if 1 told he would kill me
within the. next twenty-four hours.
That was the reason for my silence,
Since he has been in jail he has writ
ten me a letter trying to concoct a
scheme to prove an alibi for him.
Gordon Convicted.
A later dispatch says for the muir
der of William F. Faulling, Jr., at
Walthourville, Liberty county, Ca,
Charles A Gordon has been found
guilty and sentenced to life imprison-
ment. Mrs. Helen Faulling, wife OF
the slain man and confessed cause
of the murder, was tried as result
of her confession of intimacy with
Gordon and was given her choice OF
6 months in jail or exile from Geor-
gia. She chose exile and before the
Gordon jury returned its YER
dict was on the way to Florida.
Rumor that relatives of Gordon
would attempt a rescue should the
verdict be adverse were apparently
unfounded as there was no demon
stration.
Judge Paul E. Seabrook, sentenc-
ing Gordon, told him he should feel
grateful the sentence was no worse.
Gordon killed Faulling, the widow
said, as a result of her husband s
knowledge of her illicit relations with
Gordon, the slayer fearing that he
and the woman would be punished.