Year: 1869

ing her mother, Then what is a more natural thing
to be done by the prisoner than TO make a
murderer and be the accessory after the facti
She cannot be injured save in reputation. and
sse sss aas a o s n' @
gain. and therefore II Is not likely thar
he would make a confession accusing her OF
thac this. We expect that she win corroborate the
confession. Now IN this position OF affairs, what
does Twitchel dor he makes Just such a conies-


He says his wife committed the murder.
That That he was lying n 70 , ms room S% Nv, when nss ne
her mother. That he then went over to the
dnng-room and helped her pitch the body out OF
the window. This is the whole substance OF the con-
fession, for we leave out the melodramatc touches
Of oaths and all such embellishments. A man who VIII
side with murderess OF her dear mother Will not
hold very closely TO oaths. Let us look at the
statement Is 1t borne out by the facts OF the caseY
Not at all. There are dozen different facts proven
on the trial which show the utter falsity of the
woman committed the murder how came those
spurts OF blood on hls clothesS How were the
rushed out at every blowf II his wife was the nur-
deress and STRUCK the deadly blow, where are the
marks on her c0thingf The fact that the wall had
seml-crces OF drops Of blood proves that the first
blow caused the blood TO squirt on the person of the
murderer as well as on the wall. How did Mrs
Twi,chell escape all those dropsf No. The silent
witnesses which spoke so strongly on the trial are
still as eloquent nOw and are proclaiming that the
confession" like the theory OF innocence adduced
on the trial. is a deeply concocted falsehood.


Again. II Mrs. Twitchell set up such crying as to
reach the ears Of her husband In his bedroom, how
was 1t that Mr.. Montgomery, who was In the next
house about the time OF the murder, never heard
the callsf This OF itself is small link against the
confession" But 1t is the blood SPOTS 1t Is the
sprinkled and the spouted blood on Twitche which
still affords the most convincing ana undeniable
proof OF his guilt and as long those spots continue
so long will every confession be proved false which
does not do away with them. Looking then at the
relative position of the two parties, what ls
more natural than that the confession"
should come Just now to influence the judges
Of the Supreme Courtf and the flight
of Mrs. TwItche, when she IS certain TO
be caught. and the confederation of the
confession" would be more dramatic from
fore, the confession" We think 1t a device to in
fuence justice, and beleve that the same hand
which wrote it murdered the woman on whose
bounty he lived in her own home, with malice afore
thought.


The Philadelphia Ecenfag Bulletin, OF last night,
says, in reference to Twitchell's conlesson:-


There are some facts to corroborate this ex-
raordinary confession, but there are many
things about 1t which Will find very partial
credence among those who are familiar with
the details OF the case. Twltchell's state.
nent while II does not relieve him rom the
0nus OF the crime, overturns some OF the es-
further confessions shall explain away some
OF the garlng Inconsistencies OF the present
statement with the evidence given at the trial,
receive the statement OF a dying man. The Com
monwealth having abandoned the prosecution Of
Mrs. Twitchell, and the jury having, under
OF mot Guilty" In her case. the confes-
sion can have no effect in bringing her to
justice. If Twitchels story Is true, he


AS 1t stands now 1t is full OF improbability, but
those who have access to him and have won his con-
fdence by Kindness and sympathy will doubtless be
emned man will either establish the truth or the
asehood OF his remarkable confession.