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fretTdor. I was laying by Gates when he shot the might. The man to-day. Have lived in Boonsborough tiouslv. In for some time with Gates. Jennings left going north. We got three horses near Bulk City Tuesday or Wednesday morning. I stayed at the house until early in the morning.(ates and Jennings said they had killed a man at Polk City Tuesday night.most im|H*nel were armed kets, and wi the branchesWe tried to get out of the grove last night. waJ’ *nto l*ie We crossed the creek antf thentried to get away. I have been known by the name of Craig in Northern Iowa. My mother died when I was about ten years old. I believe in a Supreme Being. I was iu Des Moines July 4th; registered at the AIon» House as Craig. I think Gatos registered as 1). I. Bennett. I do not know how Jennings registered. We all registered at the A bora House July 4th. Jennings was sometimes known as J. C. Shuster. I surrendered because I never killed a man. and would rather surrender than shoot.Gates had a 44 Colt revolver. I had a 33 revolver. 1 believe you (to B. O. Hanger) are the man to whom I surrendered. I know that Jennings or Gates shot Clingan. They told me so. The only request I have to make is that you give ine a fair trial, I do not know where Jennings is. He went north.Kx|»ecting to bo at once hurled into eternity. lie made the follow ing additional statement and wrote with his own hand the following letter to his mother. He said that the man Jennings that he had spoken of was a myth, and that Gates, name was Crawford; that he was with Crawford when he shot Clingan. The object was to get moncv. When ihey went in Clingan drew his revolver and and Crawford shot him. He would have shot had it been necessary. Don't know anything about Stubbs.Unitlnnrn and I/vYtes: I occupy a hard position. Although 1 have not clone right. 1 have been raised right. I had a fair education. Bad company is w hat brought me to this. The man with me to-day is the only man with me and he was the man who killed all the men. Dear friends, young friends.1 ho|»e you will have mercy on me. It you consider the evidence 1 know you w ill not hang me. 1 am no murderer. The other man did all the shooting. The balls in my revolver w ill prove my statement. There are young men around me. How would you like to he in my place with no more evidence of your guilt?July 1st I started from a pleasant home in Bates county, Missouri. I suppose it will nearly kill my mother. All I want is justice. If you consider 1 should hang, hang me.I am a young man. My father died when 1 was young. My mother was a w idow , and I had to support the family. My father got a.i . i.encountered crossed the 1 scended to w. line of the ti heard, and J Marne, and dropjK'd to t by a ball in t same revolvei shot. There line, but for z detailing a slt; man. the line mined thanc the timber, tl was seen sn« jumping aero: run into a fie I two reports ol heard, and til staggered and rah. and a v the engageme lircd into theSoon quite; er« *1 around t ilv seen that t and at bct co It was discovt through his si had fractured had any new struggle to co '•it was me w Tolk City on dared that hi der. but that save his owi weajion. Alt wa.- elicited, « Gates, and in and murdererWhil.. this
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Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 19, 1883
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