A Murderer's Confession

Marshall Orain, one of the WïUiamson County (111.) Ku-Klux, who is now in jail awaiting execution for the murder of Wm. Spence and Capt. Geo. W. Sisney, has made the following written oonfession. We give it verbatim : On the moming before Spence was killed that night, me aud sam musick went to the back of the widow mary hamptons field. I was expecting to meet alen baker there. Sam musick dident know it was allen who was to meet me there, so i did not teil him lioo we would meet, as allen did caütien ine to not teil any one he was in it for fear he was betrayed, so we me and sam music was to brake some weeds or bushes to show him we had come, me and music got tbere in the morniifg; we stayed till 2 o'clock in the eveniug of the same day. baker did not come at all. music left, said he would go home i staid there till late in the evening started to crainvill, got there where i was to meet muíic between Mr. pribles and John Crains. I got there about dark, and no one with me, sam music come after I had bin tliere a few minutes no one was with him but mv self. be says to me whsre is your man. i , saya he never come, i told music he had went back on us., sam says shall we go ahead ? i i told him i would do my part so we went to j where we had put our guns in a house that no one lived in at that time. we stayed till about 8 or 0 o'clock went f rom thero to spencee right up the public road. we got to speaoes store. Jio was in betl up Etiirs in bis store houae, me and Sam went in front of the door ; aud i ealled to mr. speuce. i hallowed, ■■helo mr spence twice. he answered me, ast hoo il i was, i told him john sisney. he said he would j be down in a few minutes" he come down with the ligbt in his hand Sam music was standing j in front of the door about i feet i'rom tlie door. i was standing on the west side of the walk i next to the front side of the house with cay ' face towards the weat when Mr spence got down the stares aud started to the front door. sam music stepped forward oue step cocked both barrels of his shot gun aud shot spencö with both barrels, he turned to me and says "give me your pistol be's coming out." i ! handed sam my pistoï and he fchot him through the head, the ba,lf"going in ander liis right eye passing throngh bis head killiug him instantly. after he shot him we both went in the howa. we was in over 5 minutes, i went out and left Ham music in the house, i stayed out there a little while not over a minute, theu i went back in. sam Mueic was tiying to open a drawer that spence kept his money in. he was hunting for money. i dont no whether he got any ar not. he told me he didnt finil no money. we both went out where we went in at the window on the east side of the house wher we broke in after spence wa3 shot. we got a pocket or day book, left tlio store got on the rail road, & went up hit about 100 yard. we droped the book there on rail road. there was nothin in hit. we Jeft the rail road, struck a erom lcuding pouth. we parted ontho road leading from lañdums mili to rube bilis, sam musick said to me we have pjaied heil haiut we. i told him if he eyer hinted it we would bo huug with out law or gospel. Sam said he was going home and was going to bed. i left sam and went homo, i got home a bout day light. . i dont no where sam music went. Marshall T. Ceain. P. 8. - tho above is the statement in snbstauce i made November 'Jth 1875 aud handed to george youEg and N E noria and charla denison. In this connection it rnay be of interest to add that John ÜJulliner, who in in the Jolict Peuitentiary on a twenty-five-ye.ir nentence, is a raving mamae. Mai-sh Crain is visited by scores of friends and relatives almost daily, and his situatioa evidently distresses them greatly. His most constant visitor is his wife, a rather delicate, but fine looking little woman, who lias stuck to him I nobly, and who has the ShërifPs permisj sion to see him at almost any time. Bome years ago a traveling ti-oupe played " Oauiillo " in one of ouv Western rovinc'H. The gentleman who acted Armand was an advertising agent for ! Parr's pills. When the curtain feil on the Í ast iet, he lifted the curtaiu, came forward and made his bow, sáying : "Liidies and gentlemen: Yon have s;'.'ji tlie death of Camiile. 8he died of consumiptión. Had ahe takm IVrr's pui:-, Bhe would be living now." Cauiille, who overheard lui, c&iné ruBiiiog out, Mid excluiiiied, aiu'Jidead ad all, euid she never took any of Tonrqtwrk medicine, either."