Year: 1872

complexion, heavy built, some 5 feet
or 4 inches high and would weigh
about 14O or las pounds. He was
rather prepossessing in appearance and
had high reputation in the communi,
w. lie was of good parentage and
the hosts of friends he had were 10th
to believe him guilty of SO foul crime.
But alas eve know not what day
may bring forth "


THE BURIAL.


The community, for miles around,
were so completely overcome with sor-
row and indignation that they could
scarcely retain themselves, and on the
day the mortal remains of Miss Mollie
Holt were confided to their last resting
place, there was nota heart but throb-
bed in anguish nor an eye but shed
tears of bitterness and regret.


THE CIRCUMSTANCES.


Miss Mollie Holt and Robert w
Norwood were to have been married
on the 9th day of November, but on
account of some i'll report 1t had been
postponed until next fall. He being
unable to understand why it was, and
attrlbuting it to the opposition of her
family, he insisted upon an explana,
tion' This the young lady declined
to give, and persisted in withholdi.s
1t up to the hour of her death.


THE INVESTIGATION.


God works in mysterious way


Ills wonders to PERFORM


The jury of inquest continued to
SIT until the matter was thoroughly in.
vestlgated. A pain spring of pis-
tol was found where tie murder was
committed, and this was the clue that
led TO the detection of the fend. The
pistol chat that spring belonged to had
70 be found. 1t was proposed that
every man who had that kind of a
pistol in the neighborhood should pro.
duce it. Norwood having broken his
pistol conceived it to be necessary to
produce another one-as it was known
that he had one on the day of the
murder He therefore went to Muir.
freesboro, and borrowed one from a
friend, and, when called upon, pro.
duced 1t instead of the one with which
he committed the murder. But un,
fortunately for him, that same pistol
had been in the neighborhood before,
and was at once recognized as belong
ing to Mr.. Davis, at Murfreesboro,
although he alleged that he had traded
for it from traveller. Mr.. Davis was
at once sent for and he disclosed the
whole secret. After this was discov.
cred to Norwood he made a full


CONFESSION,


which / give in his own words. He
SAYS:


Myself and Miss Holt were in the
room together at Mrs. Nelson's (l3th, }
she promised to send me note. She
had wrote me a note before that stat-
ing that she would send me another in
a few days and tell me what she would
do. ] asked her to tell me then
what her reasons were for putting il
of. She told me she would send me
an answer next morning. She told me
there had been great deal said about
it more than l knew. asked her tc
tell me what it was but she would moi
tell me. She told me that she had
told some of her people what she would
do, but would not tell me. asked hel
if she intended to marry me. She tolc
me that she would do it if she could dc
it in peace. l came home and put ur
my mule and staid at home little
while, and then went down to the cor
ner of Mrs. Nelson's field. Stayed
their until she came. | walked to the
road and spoke to her-I told her
wanted her to tell me that evening
what she had promised. She told me
she could not tell me then. She be-
como frightened when | came up tC
her. / told her to please tell me (sov.