The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-24
Copyright by p. I. Nelson

often that decided to follow its coun
| ell.
It was getting late. MY son was
likely to come In at any moment. /
lifted up the body, put it in the bed
room, and covered 1t with the cot that
Bodies had slept on. Then set to
work to destroy all evidences Of the
murder. had hardly got through
| wiping up the blood when the boy
came in. told him Bodies had gone
ito Chicago and would not come back
How was ! to get rid Of the body!
I thought Of burning it up. selling it
to medical students, throwing it over.
board. Then ! hit upon what / thought
was the best plan. but in my excite.
ment overlooked the very things
that would have saved me harmless.
thought was cool, but, in fact, |
must have been at a white heat. On
the day following the murder went
out and bought saw and large rub
Der cloth. I drank whisky to steady
my nerves. pulled out thesbody and
laid it on the rubber cloth, which I
had spread on the kitchen floor. The
very carving knife which Bodies had
intended to stick me with I used to
! cut off his head. It made me sick
at first, but I had a flask of whisky
which helped me-
l put the head out of sight, as the
eyes, which We're wide open, made me
uneasy. Then the work was easier
for me. | used the knife and saw to
cut off the legs and arms. Then I
took the body and forced it into Bob
les trunk. / put the legs and arms
on top of the body.
The head carefully wrapped up
in old clothes and newspapers, and
put in a bureau drawer.
I got the room cleaned up late in the
afternoon, and went out with the trunk
on my back. 1t was heavy, but I
managed to carry it to liquor store
in Grand street, where l arranged to
leave it over night. Then / went to
the room and got the head. / thought
as walked along the streets that
everybody was looking at the head. I
could hear the voice of Bodies in my
ears all the time. got On the Will
iamsburg ferryboat at Grand street,
and stood in the cold in the rear Of
the boat until the middle Of the river
was reached. Then dropped the
head overheard. I thought heard
cry as 1t sank out of sight. When
the head was disposed of / felt that
the crime could never be discovered.
/ slept easy at home that night.
The next day was Saturday. got
an italian to help me carry the trunk
to Henry BenseIs saloon at 395 Kent
avenue, Brooklyn. 4 got a label mark
ed John A. Wilson, Baltimore, Md,
to be called for" and pasted it on the
trunk. Then made arrangements to
ship the trunk. ! called upon Mr..
siegel in Brooklyn. a friend Of Bob
les, and told him Bodies had gone to
Chicago to live. I had examined ev-
erything in the trunk, and did not
find any thing that would lead to iden-
LITIGATION, in my opinion. ! returned
to Bense's saloon on Sunday, and
learned that the trunk had been sent.
I felt safe then. In the reaction
drank, drank until could drink no
more. There did not appear to be
any way in which could be con-
nected with the headless body that
would be found some day in the ex~
press office in Baltimore, and actu-
ally felt happy. began to scheme
how to get $1,000 out of the bank
that was in Bodies name. Then with
out warning the blow fell. was ar
rested on the charge Of murder.