I
1
; exwutiu:! or leha miller
At i Irarfladd, pfc, Ka. IS, lew.
I'm-I'iw will be fnnnd an aocoont of
tl.o liin.tiou of tdii nufortant wo-
mini, of w ho . rret, trial ni oon
' vidian our rcadart r all familiar.
'J ho advocates of enpital pnnibh
' iahmotit, for tlx first lim in tb lii.
torr of our county, on Wednesday, the
V l:tlh,'tiiiiHheloiMof their job," upon
oiio of tlio frailoat of their raco a
vonun-e-althangh tbo Opportunity
haJ presented Itself four or five timet
U'fiiro. According to onr recollection
. ix murders have beon committed in
tliia county within the pat twenty
year. Brother liot brother; again,
brother shot brother; husbund shot
'wile; mother dentroyed oliild; neigh
: borshot neighbor; and wife poinoned
liusbana. According to law, alUhould
Hve auflVrod death; yet but one has
paid that penalty. No other low on
oiimtatnte book so miserably eito
cutod, or fulls so far short of iu object.
ero we an advocate of capital pun
ishment this relio of barbarism w
would bo ashamed of the manner in
which the law and the rights of com-
munity tiave been outraged in this
county. But enough on this feature
of the Rulijeot for Ui present. The
facts to which we allude are known
.to all a woman hnng, one conviction
and suicide, and four eseitpea, is the
result. There is not minih in this, we
think, either to terrify or protect so
cietytwo vital points claimed by
the advocates of capital buoUhment.
TI1K (.ALLOWS.
The gallows wn erected within the
walls of the jail-yard, by Mr. George
Thorn, and in design and construction
was a magnificent piece of workman
ship. We in our time have soon at
leant four of these ornaments of bar
:. barium in this country. Had we found
them among barbarians or linlf civil-
ired beings, they might have eocaped
our notice; but when construe ted in
the midst of chnreh steeples, they al
ways attracted our a'tention very
much : henco we can say that for
work mi rihhip und design this "relic of
bmbarism" far exceeds anything of
the kind we have ever seen.
The prisoner was very much annoy
ed and agitated whilo the workmen
were putting up the structure, and
gave the Sheriff no peace until he
. informed her wbut the "hammering
and noise meant In the jail-yard."
Alter some hesitation, he told her
She at once demanded privilege to
eo the "fixin." He remarked that
she would get to see it soon enough,
and Eturtcd to leave, whereupon she
became excited and exclaimed, "for
God a sake, let me seo it." The Slier
iff withdrew, but soon returned with
a friend, und took her down into the
yard to see tho "fixin." She stood in
silence for some time gazing at the
structure, und then said, "it looks
nic," and commenced shaking it "to
see whether it is stout enough." She
then ascended the slops to the plat-
, form to "try it," and requested the
Sheriff to show her "how it works.'
He ascended to the platform and ex
plained its operations; aftor which
J' she paused down the stps, remarking,
?, "I guess it will do," and voluntarily
; started for her cell, as coolly as ever
she passed to her kitchen, with the
; additional remark to tbe Sheriff, in
a tono of pleasantry, that "I am ready
j whenever you are."
i In passing along the hall she no-
ticed the coffin in one of the cells,
f which she demanded to see. Tho
Sheriff told her to go in and examine
it. After giving it a minute inspec
tion, she remarked that it was entirely
too large, but oihcrwiso ''it is very
nico," and passed to her cell.
THE KXECUTIOFT.
For what transpired ut tho execu
tion, we reproduce the statement of
Jlr. How, which is at follows :
"At tiino o'clock, the sniritoal ad
visers of tho prisoner were admitted
ner ceil, and continued with ber
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor.
EPCBL
ICAN.
PRINCIPLES-NOT MEN.
TERMS $2 per annum, in Advance.
YOL33-WHOLEN0.201C. CLEARFIELD, PA., THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1867.
NEWSERIES-VOL8.NO.18.
to
nearly tho whole time until tbe exo
Cinion. She wasdreseed with a lornr
own areas, wim a iiiree ot white
cam brio ueaUy folded ami pinned
around her neck. She hud slept but
little tho night previous, and ato tint
Jitllo for her breakfast. She appeared
perfectly calm and self possessed,
tliong.i her face presented rather a
widened and downcast expression,
and there was observable a slight
Nervousness (during the forenoon)
which sho relieved by smoking. She
Conversed but little, and seemed rath
r alworbed in her own meditations,
l a full realization of her condition.
She, however, answered promptly all
Questions, and firmly maintained her
trust, in the mercy of God and her
illingncss to die. About II o'clock
l'iw I of ir was brought to bor ;
!ie ate about half and said she "could
"t ent any more." At a quarter bo
lero 1 o cl ick, a hymn was sung at
f er request, and a prayer offered in
r behalf by Kov. Harrison. At 1
P ' lock, Mierill' Faust appeared in the
M and announced to ber "that the
V'ur had coino." Without the least
I'jisrvnt excitement she arose itnnie
'lely, and Sheriff fastened over
cr head a black covering, which was
" the scaffold, drawn over her face.
Xim Slicriff und T. J. MeC'ullongh,
li "no ol her counsel, led tho way,
lio walked down tU tuir with
li'iu siitr,, kuoping her eyes aleadily
" the fl )ur, loaning on the arm (if.
J. (J Archer, and followed by
h v. 1'. L. j irnson, ber spiritual ad-
tlvrs. in I l,iM ,-,,.r a..n.loH eh.
prisoner, oommending her to the mar
"Mr. Archer then said : 'The r.ris
onor wishes, through ine, to express
....vin.jr ,,r vnaiiKM to the Sheriff and
his wife for their kind IIPRA lO lutl .Int.
ing her imprisonment, and nln t
nay mat sue confesses this irrut ;..
A.. ...I.:, i. ..i ... "
"uioimoe suners, and trusting i
the forgiveness of God she is willin
to uie
"After this statomont. fho RhnriiT
iiu moso who ascended the eouffold
with him. took their lnav nru,.nn.
doinnod, and all retired except Sheriff
r HUSL.
"Tlie Sheriff, after haviniT nininnnd
the prisoner's feet, dirocted her to
arise; when ho tied her hands behind
ber back, and then adjusiad the noose
with the knot on the left side of the
neud, and the cap over her face. -At
10 minutes nasi one o'clock, everv.
thing being in readinoss, the Sheriff
descended lrora the scaffold, and an
he reached the foot of the steps, he
lnnl,...l 4'.. ... I ., ' .'
iwuvucu nix, imai Hpnng, ine lrop
en, miu me prisoner was suspended
between heaven and earth. There
were -but a few convulsive movements
which did not last more than three
minutes, when the srdrit of tho con
demned Lad fled to the presence of
IL9 UU(,
"In the full, the knot af t.liA nana a
drew around to the back of her head
and after remaining suspended in this
manner lorza minutes, the physicians,
Doctors Hartswick. Burchfiwld anrt
Pernor, examined the body and pro-
nuuiiuou me extinct, ana ten minutes
thereafter the body was taken down
ana placed in a neat coffin, having ro
inaincd suspended 35 minutes. Upon
examination it was found ber fiice
was not at all distorted, and nresen
ted a perfectly natural appearance,
exceoi a siigtii discoloration ot the
lips.
The Sheriff, Mr. Faust, manfully
discharged overy duty devolving upon
him during these try ingcircumstances
He bad this woman under his care
and keeping for over sixteen months,
and as escapes from this imitation of a
jail had been frequent heretofore, it
took no little time and attention to
detain her. She made several attempts
to escape luttorly, but was always de
tected in time to frustrate her schemes.
The labors of attending to this prison
er, it must be recollected, were twice
that of a male, always being kept by
herself, and half the time waited
upon br female
But few persons, besides tho twelve
jurors and the physicians, were ad
mitted in to the jail-yard. The execu
tion passed off very orderly and quietly.
But fiir citizens of the county camo
to town on that day, and those of tho
community attended to their business.
The presence of a cavalry company
from Lumber City prevented the curi
ous from scaling tho surrounding
buildings, besides a little snow tnado
it uncnmfortablo and dangerous for
such amusement.
Of the former life and habits of this
woman, we know nothing; but as
"charity covereth a multitude of sins,"
we dare not say to her children and
the world, that "she was addicted to
falsehood, vulgarity, profane swearing,
and possessed a slavish appetite for
strong drink." We are not in pos
session of the proof to establish such
facts, nor do we deem it necessary to
add additional reproach to this unfor
tunate wbman and her friends, other
than tias been established in a legal
ay. But we will allow ber to spoak
tor herself, through her counsel.
She was a strong, robust, well-do-veloped
woman, and could endure
more fatigue and bard labor than half
her male neighbors.
The following confession was made
to her attorneys, in tho presence of
Sheriff Faust and other witnesses, for
the purpose of publication, but ahe
desired that it be withheld until "I am
dead and gone," (as the remarked.)
It was written in her presence read
to her threo times, and signed by her.
Sevorul days before the execution ahe
sent for one of her counsol, to whom
she remarkod that she had forgotten
some things, and was mistaken in
others, and requested that it be read
again. While being read, she made
several immaterial alterations. It
submitted to her the day be-
to pay my expenses, I obtained the
assistance of a few friends, and soon
after sailed, in on emigrant ship, from
the port of Havre, in Franco, and
enme direct to New York. My prin
cipal roason for leaving home was to
marry a young man, ahout 19 years
of age, by the name of Barrett an
acquaintance In the old country, and
a companion on mv vovm ti,
of Germany not permitlinir persons of
our ago or limited means to intermar
ry, we never were married, out lived
together as man and wife almost a
year most of tho time with a furmer,
whose name 1 have forgotten in the
neighborhood of Williamsburg, N. Y.
When sober, this man w Itinrt n,i
afTuetionate, but when iiiliquor which
" " groaier pari oi his time ho
was quarrelsome and abusive. H
drew from our employer both his own
wages and mine, and spent them for
nquor. About this we (luaiTolud: and
one night, while he was lying help
lessly drunk on the floor, ! put my
clothes into a small bundle, and left
the houso. I never saw or heard of
him sinoo. l'wulked to the railroad
depot, a short distance off, got on the
cars, and came direct to Bottsville, in
this Slate. I remained here but two
months; and at the end of that time
camo to Selinsgrove, and shortly after
wards to Swinefordstown, now Mid
dleburg, where I remained a year.
from here I went to Lewistown. and
thonce to Potter's Bank, in Centre
county, where I remained three years.
I assumed my real name at all these
places living .11 the time at taverns,
but with persons whose names I can
njt now remember. From Potter's
Bank I came to Bellefonte. and livd
at the tavern of Benjamin Bennott. j
This, as near as I can recollect. I
aoout u years ago. it was hero I
fnvin 1. - . ' . . ,
" v"d uviiuniniance oi Aivinr
Miller or "Joe Miller." as ho was
lamiiiarly callod, and by which nnrao
be was generally known and to
whom I was married a short time
aftor our first acquaintance. Directlv
after our marriage we moved to a
small farm near Show Shoo, which
my husband had previously bought
He sold this placo the following roar.
and we left because we could not
agree with our neighbors. From here
we moved to the J-rcnchvillo settle
ment, in this conntv. in which neicrh.
borhood we lived until the time of his
death; first, at the saw-mill of Levi
L,utK, at the mouth of Sandv Hun
.. i , . . . . ...
ncre my iiusuami attended lha m
and I kept a small tavern, bourdinir
im sening nquor to ratlmen In the
tant and got a bottle of laudanum. ! and. after w.l,;,. .. c.....'
representing to the Jr. that I was ! inquired for rat ooUon M " T.
subject to attacks of cramp in tho
stomuc.li and I was aoeustomod to keep
it about the houso and ute it fur that
purpose. I took the laudanum home
und ut supper I pourvd alout one hull'
of it in Joe's coffee, having fiibt mixed
it u,!t 1. .... ... 11. Ji
.v ".i. i ougui, iu niue , uie laBto as
much as possible. He di 'jiiih it. nil
but manifested no unpleasant or un
usuul symptoms. , '
I now ttbundoncJ tho idea for the
present, and mado no further attempts
on his life, until the following spring,
(1800,) when wo quarreled about the
sale of the place : he having promised
me that if J would sign the deed, we
would get the money and go to ihe
TV est ; incu promise no broke in
buying another placo adioinimr the
old one. I again tried the laurel
loaves, brass filiugg, berries, Ac, but
wim the sume result as before. I
now saw that to kill him by poisou
required something more powerful
than what I had already administered.
Accordingly, I went to the store of
Mr. Cranston, (this was in June. 1N0G.1
and after purchasing some goods, J
asked Mr. C. if he hud anything thul
would poison rats and mico. He re
plied that ho had, and handed mo a
box, the price of which he said was
25 cents. I asked him if it was dan
gerous, or would kill any person if
they should happen to swallow it.
He suid he thought not, but no doubt
it would make them very sick. I
fold him I only had fivo cents, and
wanted something cheupur. He then
handed me a paper which he said was
arsenic, and 1 could have tiir J J cents ;
but he said I must be careful, as it
was very poisonous. I bought the
paper, paid five cents on it, put it in
my pocket, and took it homo. I know
that it was considered a deadly poison ;
and I could not summon up courage
enough to administer it the day I
relumed from the store; so I laid it
away, and my h unhand, in a few days,
went down to Horse Shoo to haul
timber. He returned on Saturday,
the 30th of Juno, luti. He wus in a
bad humor when he returned, and
during the afternoon commenced .to
abuse me and complain that things
a noil t tne placo were neglected and
mismanaged d urine hisahsence. This
soon brought on a quarrel, and my
mind was quickly made up to kill
lii.n. I took a lea spoonful of the
arsonic and mixed it with about a tin-
full of rice which 1 was boiling, and
placed it on the supper table before
my husbands plate. 1 forbade the
les, ! I then gave it up, becMiise I did -not
ran- know ot anvt iim? whieh w.n.1,1 Lin
poison
o. wu.-eu on n,e. J told her wo 'him. Hut 1 thought of it every day,
had had somo hcloie. used a nart of nH on,, 1,1 n.,i ... i, c A'
it. and g.veii some to the neighbors. trying to think of something U, poison
I told her tins because I was afraid, him with. At lust I - reinemhered
Mr Cranston, who was j.ist outside the ih.tM.me of the neighbors had eot
door, talking to some person, would something at the store to poison rats
V)ll)l tn find UM.uft ti I.... I l i ! - i m.i .1 '"vn
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A If
.!.... ...i.i. .i... c . ... !. " l,mo 1 ' to air,
' r ui-i. paper, jjrs. a t ranslon s store, which wut in tho
"",llllul7 un vj w nai occurred and
what wus said there, was true. She
gave mo the arsenic the fame us I
had got hctiiro from her husband
mid I paid her for it. When J got
home which wnsaboul supper time
Joe was lying on the bed, and he
asked me to give him a drink of w ater.
I gave him the water. He had a mi
lling in his throat and breast, uod I
saw by bis uppearance that death
wus not fur off. and that no more
arsenic was necessary to finish the
work. So I laid the paper I had just
bought away, in the cupboard. I
never oiicned it never used a grain
of it. It remained there until HfW
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latter put of Juno, (VW.) 1 askod SOMETHING NEW IN SHAW'S ROW.
lor rat ioisoii. J he first he Kve
me, upon my uhkmg lnm, he aid
would not kill a inaji but would make
him very sick. 1 then uslied for some
thing stronger, and he gavo mo the
aronio and told nib how to use it.
(.Miller never told me to gut any "rut
;.iKon."Miid mv little cirl swore to
that because i told her to do so.J I
took it homo, but, in a day or two,
Miller went to Horse Shoe, and was
gono until Saturday, and I had no op
portunity to give it to him. He camo
home on Saturday at noon, June 30th,
ana at supper l put teuspoooful in
some rice und set it at his pluto. lie
my husband's funeral, when, fearing! took two or three knife Ms and I thon
that it might be noticed, and its pre.- got np from the table and went out
inng or the year ; afWvards.in., hiiH. ..tin .
janty or cabin which Joo had built them where they could not reach it.
'"P to tho scaffold, where the pris
r;'"r 'a sen ted on . chair: after
'k:...Li. . '
fore ber execution, and sbo remarked
that it was "all right."
CONFESSION.
I wos born in Hanover, Germany,
about tho year 128 or 1829. Jfv
maiden name was Lena Feddcn. My
recollections of my eorly life are not
very distinct j and 1 have nothing but
a poor memory on which to depend
in making up this brief statement. I
am the youngest of a family of four
children, the rest of whom two sis
ters and one half-brother I suppose
are still in Germany. I have never
henrd anything from them since I
left that country. My- futhcr and
mother both died when 1 was an in
fant ; and I was taken charge of by
old,
Jsome friends until 1 was six years
when I was thrown out on lha world
to provide lor myself. I was first
employed in the capacity of ehildren's
nurse, and afterwards lived in service
nntil V tm u 1& -nnM fif .n. vtinn I
llll'h It.m A -If A l . , I
. ' - -- . - uo .fvrwui. iu i. 1 1 1 w iu Aiiirricn,
"J flectiorf praysr in behalf f the I Kot having mny enough Of my own J
on a tiirm purchased from Mr. Luta.
hue hvinir here, one dav. durinir
Joe's absence, being under the influ
ence of liquor, I sot fire to the cabin
which contained all tho household
goods we had in the world and burn
ed it, with its contents, to the ground.
nen joe returned nome in the eve
ning, I told him the fire had cuuirlit
from tho stove pipe, and I was unable
to put it out. He believed my story,
and never made further inquiries about
it. I have no excuse to offer for what
I dono, except that the liouor I drank
had eraeed my mind and I was scarce
ly conscious of what 1 ivas doing.
Having failed to pay for this place,
it was taken from us by Mr. Lutx,
and Joe bought another from M, 13.
Conoway, lo which we moved the
following year.
My tnarriago life throughout had
been unpleasant and unhappy. My
hudiand was cross and sometimes
cruel. I was compelled by him to
assist in the out-door work at timos
when I was scarcely able to plough,
harrow, grub, thresh, fix the fences,
work with the team ; in short, do nil
the work required of a man about the
place. Our quarrels were frequent,
and often violent. At one time he
threatened to kill me with a butcher
knife, arid I believe would have done
so had not tho neighbors, attracted
by the noise, interfered and prevented
him. Sometimes these nuurrcls were
the result of bis abuse and bad treat
ment; and sometimes they were caused
by my. oh bud habits. A great part
of my life bad been passed in taverns,
where I had acquired a taste for
liquor and formed habits of drinking,
which 1 indulged upon every oppor
tunity, and which I never tried to
control. After our marriage I con
tinued these habits; bought whiskey
on my husband's crodit at tbo stores
about the neighborhood, brought it
homo, secreted it about the premises,
and drank it during his absence.
The first attempt 1 ever made to
take my husband's life, was in the
summer of 18fl5, when I tried to poi
son him with the juice of boiled laurel
leaves, which I mixed with his coffee,
and gave him to drink. I tried this
several times during the summer, but
without effect.
1 next took the filings of some old
brass buckles and mixed with his cof
fee and the juice of tho laurel leaves,
which ho drank, but still without any
visible effect. I then took tho juice
ot some berries of a bluck color, which
grew near the house, which I had
heard people say were poisonous, and
mixed that ulso with his coffee; but
the result was tho same as belore.
The next attempt was with about a
Joe had only eaten (wo or three
mouthfulls when he suddenly became
very pale, got up from the table and
walked out and sal down on the porch,
and in a few minutes commenced to
vomit This frightened ine very much,
and for a moment I regretted what 1
had dono ; but it was only for a mo
ment. Tho old spirit soon camo back,
and I was more than ever determined
to finish what I had commenced. The
next day (the 1st of July)-Joe asked
mo to give him an emetic which ho
had got from Dr. Lite several weeks
before. He said ho had boen vomit
ing a good deal and probably if he
took the emetio bo would throw up
enough in his slomuch and then feel
better. ' took the paper containioj the
rmrtic(irliici vis a white pmrilrr,) out
tide Of the home and emptied it on the
ground, and tubttituti d titiout the tatne
quantity of amnio. TLia I gave him,
and soon after ho wnt seir.od with
intense burning pain in his stomach,
followed with vomitings and rctchinc.
These doses of arsenic 1 repcauxl in
different quantities even dtiy until
vivo i-jriio suhjncion, l put it in my
pocket nnd afterwards threw it away,
along the side of a small run, between
the house of ML B. Conor .v and M
Prctctt. This was the only paper of
uincini; uuout, wnico mere was any
evidence; mid I believe now that had
I kept it, its possession by me in an
unopened stuto might have chaii"cd
the whole course of events, and prob
ably acquitted me; but from the be
ginning to tho end of my crime, the
means wim n l used fo escape detec
tion only served to fasten conviction
upon me.
My husband died about five o'clock
on the afternoon of the 12th or July.
Ho got up off his bed, and wulked
past me to go out ; but fell dead just
after ho bad passed through the out
side d our. A kind of terror camo npon
mo when 1 saw him full, and I would
have given anything to have recalled
what 1 hud done. Although 1 know
pcrfoctly well all the time what would
be my fate if detected, yet I never
seriously thought how great was my
criino un'.il I saw the dead b.sJy of my
husband lying ucros tho porch. For
weeks after, a sense of uuilt haunted
uie by day und by night. I was afraid
JUk wth:iito.
Merchant Tallorw,
Marks! turret, Clearfield, . '
nAVINO up.ned than- aw rtablithnent la
bhav'a hww, sni dir wit of thf n iml
ili Urgi, .ortmont f . ( 17
Cloths, Cassimeres, VestiDgg,
BMTfn. ,,d ll Und, Goodi tor bid ul
boy wear, art torn (.raptr U uki ut to
order CLOTH INU, fr.,ui a tingle article u a full
nil, in the laieat elyle and noil vorkunlika
atlMttim fiven to oaatoni
mark aud ending out for men and boyt. W
offer great bargilne to eonotnera, and 'warrant
n'Jia MU.faeil.ia. A liberal .bare of pnhlia
patronage it whetted. Call and m our gooda.
M. A. FRANK.
oellT-tf .13 K. H. L. BTOUSHT0H.
to stay in my house alono with my
children; and directly after tho fu
neral I took up my residence with
Mrs. I'retelt. at whose houso 1 was
arrested.
This is the brief story of my crime,
for the commission" of whh'h 1 am
- - - - ' 1 - ' ' " a .. -. i . j
of the crime of murdering my hiislutnd,
und I feci that tbo penalty of tho law
will be justly inflicted upon ine. Love
of liquor was at the bottom of it all.
1 believed that by getting rid of my
husband, I could sell tho placo, get
the money ,'and leuvo the country and
go where 1 could iudulgo my appetite
lur drink without intetlereuce. This
was my principal motivo. Our ouar-
ruls were oue of the causes, but not
tbo only oue.
1 desiro ulso to stalo, that no hu
man being except myself knew of my
intentions, doolie else is implicated
in the murder; and all stories, about
my having an accomplice are untrue. I
as arc also the stories latt 1 murdered
the man 1 first livid, with, and bad
tafton tho lives of some of my children.
1 never hud anything to do with the
killing of any person except Xavier
Miller. There may bo some errors in
this confession in regard lo date and
places; but it is because I havo noth
ing but a poor memory to assist mo
It is my honest desire in this coufes-
on the porch, where he commenced to
vomit. Iho vomiting continued more
or less frequently until bed time,
hcn ho lold me he felt better. The
next morninir I esve him what von
could bold on the pointof a pen-knife,
in his coffee. Tnis made him sick
again. Then I gave it to him again
at night; and so o", in about the
sumo quantity, two or three times a
day the number of tunes depending
nil U- MAI I . . i .. A . . . . . ,
.... ,., BUK,.r ui mm u mark Do... In 0f tb. Terr belt make:
...v. vti .v vi mwi un in me mm ui - F,i,re. in rmi rnrieif . also. Km
July, the day that Dr. LiUcaine first,
when the paper ran out ; Aiii given
him all. On the eleven lb of July, af
ter dinner, I went to the store to get
some vinegar to mix a mustard plas
ter with, for his breast, as the Doctor
bad told me. 1 could not get rid of
tho thought that 1 must not give it
up, and so 1 bought another paper of
me samo Kind ol "rut poison as 1
got before. 1 left the store about 3
o'clock, nnd cot home about four
Miller was 'much worse.- I could hear
tho 'death rattles." and knowing
then that bo was about to die. did
not give him any more. I wont and
told somo of the neighbors that they
must come over, thut ho wnsr-oimr to
die that night. He did Hie the next
day. 1 never opened the last taner
ol poison w hich i bought, but nut it
in the cupboard, where it remained
for threo (lays after tho funeral. I
then look it and put it in my pocket
book, and carried it iwn-flayn, when
r?"6 i" -ufa. t re-
telt's, 1 found it in my pocket, out of
the pocket-book, with my tobacco,
and tearing that 1 might poison my
self, 1 threw it away, where 1 said 1
hud dono it; but us I was noticing
especially thoso who were with mo,
and not where I was throwing it, I
could not tell exactly the spot. Bo
sides, the Kround was covered with
laurel, and it hud rained in the mean
time and as tho run (smull stream) is
there closo to the rond, ft may have
fallen into that, so that it could not
be found. The powder which was
found on the clock, was tho one left
by lr. l.itr, on tho 12th, lo be given
that night, but a9 he died before that.
he never got it. The pow der they
cume out to the kitchen to get, nJl
gave him tho I Ight before he died,
was a powder left by Dr. Litx on
his first visit. I gave him all the
medicine Iho Doctor left, just as ho
lold mo. .. . ..
Jly nif. live for killing him wns, be
causo he treated mo badly and abused
mo so. H" made me work hard out
doors, on the farm. He would. some
times get mud and knock mo down
11. BHIDGE.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
(Btore one door eaat of Cli-rS Id Hones,)
Market Buret, Clearfield, P.
TWERPS on hand a full etenrtnemi of Oente"
IV FornUbiag Good, meh ae ribirta, Linn
aud Woolen I'nder.btrta, Drawer! and Soeke,
Kerb-lira, Poeket llandkrrebirfi, Oloree, Hate,
luibrellaa, A in great variete. Of Pirn
Ui.od. lie keepi the
Best Cloths of all "Shades and Colors,"
Sneb aa ttlark Doe.kta of tb Terr belt make:
Coating, lieaver, Filue, Cblnrhilla. ad lrin
otereoaling. All of vhicb will be lold cheap for
Caeb, and made ap according U the laleet at v lei
be oipenenred workmen.
Aleo, Agent for Clrarteld eoontj for I. M.
Singer A Co'a. oelebrated Sewing Machinea.
Nor, I. ISSt-tf. H rlHIDljg,
tartit Works."
CLEARFIELD
MARBLEWOHKS.
Italia, and Vermont Marble finlabed la
the hlgheat style of the Art.
Tlia nlieertben beg leara la annotrao to lb
eiown.ol llrartidd nmply, tbat ther hare opened
an eitrn.lre Marl.le Yard on the wn'h-wMt corner
ef Market and Fourth atrerU. ClaarfiiiM, pa., where
ther are proired to make Tomb-Ctonee, Monu
ment!, Tomb., but and aidrTonibe, Cradle Tombe,
Cemetery l'u.u, Mautlra, Shelrn, BrackeU, etc.,
on ebort notioe. Th.-y alwari kn-p on band a
large quantlly of work Sni.bed, eicrj.l tbe letter
ing, as that peraoni raw aall and aeleot for them
atnoa the Hi le warned. The? will alio make to
order any oilier rt vlr of work tbat nay bedeeired,
end they tulter thearaelrM tbat they ean tonaneta
either in workman. his ar prion, ae they only eoj
ploy the heat workmen. ,
All inquiriee by Utter prf.mi.ttr anewered.
JolIN Ut'LICH.-
Mj!i 12. JW. llJiX RY lit I.K H.
AIIIIIjK yard
I! I tITIIKBSBURG. ,
'lilK anbacriber, baring purebaaad the entire
1 atnek and Intereit e( Mr. Uahagaa I Ibe
klarhle Yard In Lutherrhurg, takea tbii eaeibod
of Inforalng tbe pnblir that be ie now prepared
lo Inrni.r WOSt.'JIKNTS, TOMB 6I0.NKS,
MANTI.KS, ae , on ihort notlee aad rearonablt
termi, and eteoated la Ibe bigheet rr't of tb
WILLIAM 8CUWEM, Sr.
Lutherthurg, OrL 17, l7-tl fM
UsrrUanfcus.
sioa to tell nothing hut tho truth, ns
ii.doed J have no ohiect now to tell
thelOthof July.and they were always anything elso. I know I have com-1 und the marks of abueo could often be
follows! with the symptoms above milted a terrible crime. I feel sorry j seen upon my body. I could not live
described. On tho third day of his aud repentant for what I have dene ; j with him any longer, and could not
sickness I gave it lo him twice eat h and in ihe short lime that is given me j leave bira, because I oould not bear
time about as much as would lay on ibe to prepare lior death. 1 have ht-on I to l.mva mv r-hiMron .tUi I I. I
point of the blade of a common sir.ed endeavoring lo obtain tho forgtveuoas dearly. As soon, however, as I saw
of Juiu before whom I will soon ap-1 he wns dead, f was alarmed and sorry
pear. 1 freely forgive all those who j that 1 had dono it I could not bear
nought lo injure mo by the circulation I to look ut him after ho wus dead, and
of tulse Htories alter I wus brought to ! after tho fuuorul, was rchtive going
jail, and 1 ask the forgiveness ol those! all about and afraid to stay in the
iiocket knife. After this I adininis
tercd it twice, sometimes three times,
a day, but never so large a quantity
as on the first day, and always mixed
it with his food. At intervals duriiijr
his illnoashe was comfortable enough, whom 1 insy have wronged at any house on account o"iooks.!'
aud would recover sufficiently to go
out and do a little work. At other
times he was subject to the most
intense pain complained thut he was
burning up rolling and lowing on
the bed and on the floor and some
times rushing out of tbo house to seek
relief in the open air. Tho tentimony
ot the neighbors at tho t rial nooilt tils
symptoms and sufferings was correct,
lie begged me to jive him some milk
to drink; but having heard that milk
was a cure for poi.wnt, J n funed and
kipt it ou( of hit reach. A low days
after ho was taken sick he asked me
to send for tho Dr. Tearing detec
tion, I persuaded him that it wow a
useless expentt, and that he would be
well again in a few days, lie finally
became so bad that 1 sent for l)r.
Litz, in order lo keep down the sns
picion of the neighbors, who were
every day coming to seo and inquire
for him. This whs on the (Hit of July.
Tho Ir. did not get there until the
forenoon of the luili, and wliut occur
red at that time has been truth fully
narrated by ihe Dr. in his testimony
on the trial. Ho hit with mo fire
powders, to be administered every
nme in my mo. ..... . j.. Know ittitl leel tnnt 1 have eom-
1 feel very thankful to the Minis- milted a great ain, and acknowledge
ters oi tne tioxpel who mire leen in my puniHliment to bo just ; but 1 look
tea spoonful of the quicksilver scraped j lour hours; alo B bottle of mixture,
irom the back ot an old looking glass, a tea spoonful or which to be given
which I lint in with his corlee and
gave hiin, the same as tho other mix
tures. Failing also In this, I made
a compound of laurol leaves, brass
filing, berries and quicksilver, and
gave it lo him in his coffee. This
dose was repeated sevcrul times; but
it did not a uunh as make him sick ;
nor did its peculiar tasto ever attract
bis notice.
Still determined to accomplish my
criminal purpose, I went to the office
of Dr. Potter bont two mil dis
cvery two hours. J ho powder and
mixture were given as ordered by the
Dr. I administered tho last dose of
arsenic on the afternoon of the 10th,
few hours after the Dr. left. This
was the last of the paper and my hna
band was yet alive. I could not slop
now. His sufferings Ibis far bad made
lit Via or no iinprcstiinu on my fueling,
and nothing wpuld satisfy mo now
but bis death, .
'On tho next day, (11th,) I again
went to the store of Mr. Cranston,
attendance -flpon -me, and tho kind
friend who havo visited me in jnil
snd sought to amu a true state of
mind find heart within me and pre
pare mo for my approaching death;
as wrdl also to the Sheriff and bis fam
ily, who have manifest so much rare
and kindness during a long imprison
ment ; and 10 my counsel who do
fended mo and havo done everything
they could for ine throughout the triul
and after my conviction.
It is my wi-h that this confession
be published after 1 am dead.
her
LENA M MILI.EK.
nark.
Tho following we copy from the
Journal, it purports to be a confes
sion made to her spiritual advisers
llov. J. G. Archor and Jtev. P. L.
Harrison :
I first thought of murdering my
husband in the summer of lM5. Ii
tried first to poison him wilh tea
made of Laurel leaves and the filings
of a brass buckle. Then with tbe
(Jntcknilvcr ftT the hack of a looking
glass. Then 1 gave him, In two doses,
a boltlo of Laudanum, which I got
from Dr. Potter for the cramp. Then
some indigo. Then, one day, going
after tho cows, I killed a small, green,
grass snake, which I boiled and gave
to bira In coffee. All these things
were given in either tea or coffee, ac
cording as ono or the other was used
at meals. None iff ihcln had the least
effect npen him did not even make
hltn aic.k. The timo ocenpied in giv
ing them all, waaboul four weeks.
to ihe mercy of (iod, and trust that
he will forgive me.
BLACKSMITH ING.
.MSW AKHANC1KMKM.
'lHK mltrrirtrr, in tIpw nf imtn vrmJ.
X druiffn adopting ft tinw RMtun of dmtf hni
nftf nn fttid utter Ihv lot nf Mar nr-xt. From iliat
Ui vrtriU atlnft the CAMI SVSTEM, nri nil
Wink miift tberrfi.r b pAid fur bof'fUT Ifftring
tfi btj tnnkin thi diMf rrnrt. hnwrr, in furnr
nf out ru-tnmvrf : thut nr prtora ttiH W TWKNTV
PKK K NT. UKSS than in now rhatjretl Un wurk.
fMrT-TH't It now if thrmMlvrt ti.k.MC tnd
whotte Imm i k acoounti hure not bon set lint are
rupcrtM to coin forwaM and tnnkr urtth inont
hrluTT the timt afKiraj Im.icjtfd. Wt bi'p thM
blnti will not be fttrrottm. -UKm.
U. 1 A S. M () H E A SO IV.
ClrnrflcM, March 21, IJ7 tf
Clearfield Nursery,
EXCOURAGE HOME IMU'STKT.
'IHE unfjrr'ifrnfd, baviog enuMiftjcd a Xur
X vrT on the Tike, ftt"ot half wav between
Ciearteld an 4 OarwiaTilU, la prftard to fwt
ni.h allfcinilfiof CHI IT TKEKH, (itaiidard and
dwarf,) Krergreeniie r'hruhh-rT, Qrapa Vitiea.
UonaeberHfi, 1aton tllarkbrrrt. StrnwberrT.
and knnSrrry Vint. Aim. Sihwriaa Crab Treat.
Qulaee, and fiir.y acrlat Hbubarb, Order
promptlj attendad to. AdilruM,
M y CHrwennTllla, Pa
AUenlion.oldiers.
KtjUALlZATJOX OF LOt'XTY.
VI I. nl.rlrR OK s.'t.M are
ertuled tn aa INI HKACl l liOUWTY.
1 lie ani'Tniirnell ia tiroparea tn cftlhet all eaofa
It'iuuti'!. a. well aa lite incrraaed ,ae tn rililirra'
U'irtn;a. All Inqtiinre anil e.,nHnunimtmae an
ewwreil tirrimpllr. IHerharwra raoeipusl lor. Poet
Other a.l,lreee, 1'arwer.m ille, l'a. .
ar,S-t JOPUll EVASS.
I Hear, rr:i,
DKMot H A1IC AIM. AlaAtV-Thialnral-uahle
iablloitiiin 11 f ir aele at thia elliee. It
lioulil be Id tlie hanili of erery ririnoenit. It
eiinlaine full eleellnn retarne from all the ritatre :
beeiitee, Ibe tiunlier for lsr0 eontaiaa a aotnileta
li.t of the name, of all tlie arw.jtar.rri neparetivd
anil mnbniMl during Lincoln'! adminirtration; and
that f, IMI7 rontaina tbe aaenre ef all tboea eiiil
iaite who were imprieonrd dttrinr tbe lame period.
Three ewe litu, for futnr referenee, are Werth
Minre than Ihe jirioe of the pablioation. Any one
ermlinr n. hflv eenta, will rtveive hy return mail
a eopy im each j oar, free of pontage. if.
Origin and History of the Books of
the Bible.
ir ra.ir. tat.n a. irown, a. . '
VW0RK af rare a!a. ant aa alaeat ladle,
pen.ahte snaivuioa of the bible, ahowisa:
Lai the Uible ir not, what It ia, and how to u.e
it antwrrinr all tbe objections to Iu anlhenti.
alt) uried by aiedera intdelt, and eraeinf Uie
aalhorily of eaeh book aa to ill Inepired aothore,
airlne a ra.t amount of Inforaalloa kerehifora
locked ap la eery rare and eaetly raiuaaea, Bak
ing one of Ihe aio.t popular hooki ever publi.bed.
KNMI ARrnt. anted Kiperienred areata
elereymea, lediee, eckool tearaere aad ethers
bon'd ti,4 at once for eircuiars girlug farther
intoraiatlea. Adlrea,
KKIULKR, McCl RDT Co, -fMi
l fheiicot at., Ph. la. Pa.
" LIVERY STABLE.
THE minVrsirneJ hep Iruve to im'ena e pnk
lic ISat he ie now funvpn'pnrctl to accommo
date all in the wit of fi i i.h injr Hnree., Hnrciee,
owilitlee a II w -1 eh. ai,nr,..t ...u. . .
! on rceeotiel.le ternia. lice idenee on Locaet atreeC
between Third and Fourth.
VF.O. W. OSARUART.
"Icarfrld, April 11, 187. .
Ijndicft ITanrj- Fura.
AT
JOHN FAEHBA'S
(lid KaUbiuke4
Fur Manufactory,
No. 718 ARCH PI., abor
rVrenth, Tkiladrlpbia.
Hare now in air Wore, of
lay awn Importation aad
.Mannlnrtnre, one of the
larrr-et and moet heantieal
,"clc li.m.of Kanry Fare
t f.r Laiiict' and rbiMreo's
wear In the oily. Aleo, a
PMITKH.
fine apritr.rnt of () nt'i Fur tltove and Collttra.
I am enatrd In ftipftte of wt gnoA al rert re
ponlilf prirB, ani I wrttrVI ttirtfore rtolirit a ftall
fV-om my fntn. nf Clearflrld oowwtr aai vicaitj.
herurniber the name, innlrr and HwC
JOHN FAHtlR 4,
Ko ?18 Arch FUyH, aiMire 7th, aoatb aide,
fv(3-4m 1'hiladf Iphia. IV
Lawrence School District
IN arAHaow with adjunrntnent, tb 8ohol
IijmMnrp of l.awrrnor townhip mot on Putur
t, Sri da of Mnvcmbrr, lfi7. and iam Qtbor
pmettin, wleptH the folUwiej.
Mr. IUI1 fiff-n d tbe follow irf n-wlnlioni
Krwlrod. Thnt we d'.t tba foUowtag Soboal
Book fr t hrtT Trarap Tin
(Irrrtn OramitiKf.
iM-ali'a Anrhmetia. .
KtiMiUar i i Mntal Aritbmati.
Offm-d't Ttwtrri.
) tp-Wwra.
Mil. bell tieoffmpby. . '
Mr Hftlf" motion mn&i4 by Mr. 0wn
od inloptrd by rwtc of Ira ym au oaa Bay. .
nVbooia n.t aopplitv. With tbe abotc booh, ar.
Ke-rr-T intilo4 tkM Uie hrw bew adfHl by
tba Board. . J'.S. OWtNS; IWL
W. P. Itrrit, rUeV " .... t..
ikitOrMMtmnw?'. wigWiWBnj