Year: 1869

| Henry DaniH D0ugherty ana nSany 0thers, the
! most substantial men OF the city alit Stase. Bu


for Heavens sske don't you go to any ef these


persons or to aly one else for II must appear 70
csms yasyS ySu a.o Mou saye me- from tSs % awful


make either Of these confessions whichever YOU hike


but yop must make one ln. oly y or yo to So


bur then 1t VIII not take yeu long to 90 IT, ana ted
my life VIII be saved. If ycu do not DO TINS II WI
be just the same II you hSd killed me, because
| you could have saved me and would Dot. Gamma
for Ged's sake do not stop to say am AFRAID u WI
| you must know that I would nos ask you to make
Jour POSITION any worse than y wMn1a' seye,a'
times You would a, it; don't for heavens sake fail
me now. 'Tis your last chance to help me, and there
b not an hour to be lost You can say TO- MT Brlng na
told what you know, snd tell him to ask me TO Tor
give YOU This viii leoS natural. think. PERHAPS;
inc last confession wiz be the BEST bat either wi
DO; but whichever one you make. You must write
IT,, down Tor future reference Don't forget
member that the time is very short
and, for my sake, Canallla, don't delay. on.
yourself 10 ny position ma and %e in yours snd yos
Knew Knew could save you and won'd not make the only
faiI me; only do it as tell yoG Dont think TINT you
know better way. for II cousd only have q short
conversation with you alone YOU would know that L
an i'en' DespA'r'nsS yours liz nope cEoRos.%


On the reverse side of this page. h the solowng:-


CAMILLA-if you should make tae last confession
you must remember that you were perfectly furious
AMI also that when YOU first tried 70 Inf the body





such strength as you never had before; and don't
forget II you arc asked, that all the nprudent
from yourself II you are asked If any Of your coun-
sci knew anything about your confession you must
say say ap anu De very decided ABOUT H. S9g may say
asked anything about the doors OF the dining room
or our bedroom say they were shut. l VIII tell
father to see you to-day and wish YOU 70 see him
alone.


SEVENTH LETTER..


CAMIILA:-Here are two confessions; ChCpsc which
one you please. First, you killed your mother; you
got up out OF bed on that night; you. could not
you would go down stairs and sit and talk awhile
with your mother; you used to often do when
your husband was asleep he went to sleep almost
as he got in bed and always slept very sound
80 that you could hardly wake INN; you wen5d0wn
Ing room You saw her asleep On the sc You don't
know what came over you-it must have been the
spirit I'm Of ner the co ns told g
seemed to say, 'Kill her. and you can get
and the then Won't have to give her


must be done. The devil told you to go down stairs
came up again it seemed to tell you to go and get
your husbands shirt and coat and put them on, so
though he did it. You did not think he could be
convicted. You thought his good character would
you then came down and strnck her great
many times me- no Win the poSer r ad Jast as you
to o''t the window, which was was up: It frightened
you for moment and then when you
had got There she nau 1allen out Y0u supposed IT,
was her last strength You then went down stairs
and took the money and struck her several times
again, and then washed your hands at the hydrant.
letting it run few moments. You wiped your hands
on a towel that was hanging there. You then went
up In the dining room and looked at the money. 1t
had blood on IL, aud you were afraid TO keep 1t, and
you put 1t in the fire. You found after you went up
TO your bedroom that you had blood on your night
cap. and you put it in the stove and It burned
up. You then got INTO bed. This was about half an
hour before Sarah Campbell came home. After you
heard the bell ring several times you woke me up,
and asked me to go down. and let her In, and see
where mother was This must all be in your own
language.


Gambia, II I should die, who would nurse you
when you were SICK? Who would be the company
for you that canS have nursed you through many
weary hours OF pain. III you should falter ieel
too weak to do this, think OF tat think how lonely
you would be without me, and all the world against
you; but know you Will not leave me 9ionc now.
You will be asked great many questions but You
must not contradict Yourself when you answer them.
Is the only thing that can save my life ana would
have done this to have saved yours If you had been
convicted. Ii had done IL, 1t would have cost me
my iiie but they can't do anything at all with you
nowcant even hold you under bail II lhave to die,
the pubic generally will still believe that are
guilty and If live VIII go with you to some other
state under an assumed name. / will never, never
leave YOU, M VIII wSrK aha 'tarve m II necessary 10
cape this awful, awful death, ana 1 know you Will
do 1t. You will not deceive me In this dreadful hour
OF peril. DO not tor anything let any eye but your
own see this AZ soon as you are done with II burn
tup. viii give you all the necessary instructions
how to do II, when TO do IL and where TO do II.


SecOnd-Y0n did not do 1t, nor see II done but you
know that your husband did not do It, You had
made no arrangements with Mr.. Gilbert to
have it done. lie first spoke to You about
Il afternoon two months before it done. You
happened to meet HIM At the corner OF Fifteenth ana
Piae streets, you were coming down Pine. having
been taking walk; he spoke TO you and walked
down Pine TO Twelfth street with you. He asked
you how your mother was, and remarked what a
trouble she must be TO you. II she was to die how
nice yO1 would be fixed. The next time you saw
MIN was about three weeks after. You met him on
Eighth street. below Race lie again asked about
your mother how she was If she was not rather
lsl his inn IN ali nnf
a good deal OF money about her. You asked him
how he knew anything about it, lie said that your
husband accidentally mentioned II once wnen he was
talking about her, and also that Mr.. Henderson had
told him. He left you nc the corner OF iber street.
About week afterwards You met MN In the car on
Ninth street. He spoke and asked how your mother
was. You got out at the corner OF Ninth anu Arch
streets ad left him IN It, Two or three days after
wards you saw him again. fou were looking III the
window at the pictures at Guiekunst's, IN Arch
street above seventh. when he cane up aud spoke
the street. You told MIN you were. He said he
would walk up with you. He walked no to TENTH
on this walk he asked YOU how your
mother was, and again sad how nicely You and
your husband would be ixed II she should die, and
how imprudent IL was for your mother 10 carry
her money about with her, and asked YOU II she aid
stay up very late at night, aud whether you and
your husband stayed up with her. You told him
that we went to bed very early. This was all about
TO you for reading 1t to your mother You never
told your husband OF meeting him, for he did not
like him, and said he was a bad man. You did not
see him again for about two weeks, when you agan
met him IN Eighth street. above Chestnut. lie spoke
to you and walked up Eighth to Arch where he lett
you, gong down Arch. lie again got TO talking
about your mother, how troublesome she must be,
and II she to die how nice we could live-nothng
TO trouble lie also asked about our servant |
whether we had a good one; how hard 1t was to
get good one. That they always wanted an alter
noon aud evening every week. lie asked you Ii we
gave our servant this. You told him that she had |
every Thursday afternoon and evening, and every |
other sunday afternoon and evening. lie then |
asked you II your mother allowed her 60 stay out
late. You said she came home generally between |
nine ana ten o'clock. lie also asked you II you |
waited up for her gave her Kew. You told MIN |
that your mother always waited up for her: that you
and your husband went to bed lie asked what |
time. You said gbopt eight O'Clock. He then told
you that he mad been on 10 New York, and had an |
elegant time lie said that he took the world very