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CONFESSION OF THE WHITTLESEA…

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CONFESSION OF THE WHITTLESEA MURDERER. The following letter from the governor of the county gaol at Cambridge has been received by Mr. George Moore Smith, the solicitor for the prose- cution :— Cambridgeshire County Prison, Chesterton, Dec. 23. Dear Sir —It will be a satisfaction for you to know that John Green has confessed to the murder of Elizabeth Brown. Mr. Wilders will perhaps have given you the particulars. In case he has not, I may state that Green confirms, with one exception, all that was stated at his trial; the exception is that, on the morning of the 12th of March, when he was seen running home, he was without cap, the cap produced at the trial being the same he had on at the dancing-room of the George and Star. It appears, according to his statement, that he had connection with the deceased Brown before he went into the inalumg; but I ought to say first that Green had stolen a bucketful of gin from the store-room of the George and Star, and that Smedley was cognisant of it, and reopened the malting door and returned with Green to partake of the gin. When they left the malting the second time the door was left open, but the big gates were locked. Well, Green and Brown went into the malting about the time they were seen by M Donald. They (Green and Brown) had some gin, and sat about an hour and he wanted to have connection a second time with Brown. She resisted; he pulled her off the settle; she kicked and knocked about, and got hold of his hair. He hit her on the body with his fists, and she fell on the floor. He then kicked her on the body more than once. She did not scream out. He felt very bad, and did not know what to do, as he felt he had killed her. He stooped down and got hold of her and shook her, and found she was really dead. He then drank heartily of some gin. There were some sacks lying about, which he put round her, and' set fire to by putting a shovel- ful of hot cinders on the sacks. He sat down on a block against the furnace, and watched the burning about an hour. He then drank some more gin, and stirred up the burning sacks. He then sat down, and unexpectedly went off to sleep. When he awoke he was half stifled with smoke, and groped about until he found the door in the cake-place leading into the vard, and got out over the wall and went running home. The above is the substance of Greens statement, made in the presence of the under-sheriff, Mr. -George Day; the prisoner's attorney, Mr. Wilders, and myself. A copy of the said statement has been sent to the Home Secretary of State, and a copy to Baron Martin.-I am, sir, yours truly, B. GIBSON, Governor.—G. M. Smith, Esq., &c.

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