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Fitzgerald Leader. FITZGERALD, GEORGIA. —PTJBLI8HBD BY- It is said that the world’s wheat harvest never ends, being in progress somewhere at all times in the year. Says the Chicago Chronicle: Uten- tenant Peary insists on being allowed five years in which to discover the North Pole. There is really no occa¬ sion for all this hurry on his part. The Pole is on ice and won’t spoil perhaps for a century yet. Military experts estimate that Spain has lost 80,000 soldiers in Cuba since the present war began. Weyler’s cruel campaign appears to the New York Mail and Express to have trans. formed the island into a first-class Spanish graveyard. The Superintendent of the Pennsyl¬ vania greenhouses at Altoona has been directed ,to prepare one hundred and fifty thousand ivy and Virginia creeper vines for use in ornamenting the rocky cuts along the lines of the railway. Oui railroads are becoming more lesthetic every year, There are many rough places in life which would be the bet¬ ter for a bit of clinging ivy to relieve their ruggedness. Since the immortal Weller, “vid- ders” have come high. One was doubly dear to John Gernand, of Danville, Ill., who wrote a check for $54,333.33, to meet a jury’s requirements in a breach of promise suit. What is puzzling the rest of the world, maintains the New York Press, is whether the thirty-three cents stands for the widow’s affections, while the rest of the sum represents the value of a lost husband. An English newspaper has collected some amusing typographical errors, Mr. Asquith ouce referred to the Gov¬ ernment’s “pique or temper;” the re¬ porter wrote “peacock temper.” A speaker at Exeter Hall, replying to an attack, said it was “a double lie in the shape of half a truth,” which, by the ingenuity of the reporter, appeared as a “double eye in the shape of half a tooth. ” Lord Bussell, the then Canon of Windsor, had been trying, he said, for forty years to cure drunkards by making them drink in moderation; the local newspaper had it that he had been trying for forty years to drink in moderation, but had never once suc¬ ceeded. Sir James Grant, in a speech in the Canadian House of Commons, once referred to a man’s thorax; when in print it read “a man’s pickaxe;” and on another occasion his reference to “food for the gods,” appeared “food for the cobs.” In setting up a speech of Sir Henry Irving the composrtoi made “many journeys in small boats’’ read “weary journeys in small boots.” Complete returns ot fatalities on the railways of the United States for the yearj’ending June J 30, 1896, show a very high death rate among railway employes. One out of every twenty- eight men employed on oar railroads was injured, and one out of every 444 killed. The total number of railway employes last year was 826,620. Of this number about 30,000 were in¬ jured and 1900 were killed. There is an immense discrepancy between the number of passengers and the number of employes who are victims of rail¬ way accidents. The number of pas¬ sengers injured last year was one out of 178,132, while the number killed was one out of every 2,827,474. The frequent injury and death of railway employes is due in large measure to the failure of railways to take advan¬ tage of the best safety appliances. Five years ago Congress passed an act requiring that all cars, freight as wel as passenger, used in interstate com¬ merce, should be equipped with air brakes and automatie couplers. Few of the railways appear to have taken steps to comply with the requirements of this law. The latest interstate commerce report shows that only 379,- 000 out of 1,221,887 freight cars used in interstate commerce have been fitted to the requirements of the statute. According to the terms of the law all cars which cross State lines must be equipped with safety ap¬ pliances by two years from the first of January. The railroads have pre¬ pared iu five years only about one- fourth of their cars as the lawrequires; they have only a little more than two years in which to prepare the other three-fourths, and the number of in¬ terstate commerce cars is constantly increasing. It seems probable that when the time limit expires many rail¬ roads will be found unprepared to comply with the law which is designed to give better protection to the lives and limbs of their employes. As very heavy penalties are fixed for failure to do so, it behooves the railroad author¬ ities to quicken their pace. V ! ! PROCEEDINGS OF HOUSE AND SENATE SUMMARIZED. IMPORTANT MEASURES ACTED UPON Many Bills of General and Local Interest Receive the Attention of Our Law-Makers. i Wednesday'* Proceedings. | The anti-barroom bill was reconsid¬ ered in the house Wednesday by a vote of 61 to 60. Several members who voted against it Tuesday were ab¬ sent and the motion to reconsider was carried by a bare majority of one. The bill to attach a penalty to the failure of telegraph companies to promptly transmit and deliver all messages was a special order for the day, but went over until Tuesday. The majority report of the Brown in- vestigating committee was presented to the house. It is a strong endorse- ment of administration of the state university and in that way diametri- cally opposed to the report submitted by Hon. Pope Brown and two other members of the committee. The afternoon session was devoted exclusively to the Jefferson county election contest, which resulted in the seating of James Stapleton and J. H. Polhill. The populist members who lose their seats are B. A. Slater and i R. P. Wrenn, The fight was strong while it lasted. A number of speeches were made and a minority report in favor of the populist contestants was offered. The vote to unseat the popu¬ lists was 74 to 38. A strong fight was made for adjourn¬ ment- over to Friday, but it was unsuc- ccssful The bill of Senator H. W. Hopkins, providing for the election of superior court judges and solicitors by the peo¬ ple, was the speeial order of the senate Wednesday, and was taken up imme¬ diately after the reading of the journal. The bill provides that at the first gen¬ eral election in January that the peo¬ ple will be called upon to vote on the amendment of the constitution as pro¬ posed by it, giving the people the right to elect the superior court judges and solicitors. The bill had been referred to the committee on general judiciary, and was reported back with the reo- ommendation that it should not pass. Senator Hopkins defended his bill in an able and decidedly pointed man- ner. Senator Kilpatrick spoke against the passage of the bill and gave as his main reason for opposing it that it would lead judges into temptation. Senator Hopkins, at the conclusion of Senator Kilpatrick’s remarks, moved that the bill be displaced and made the special order for the next legisla¬ tive day. The motion was carried by a vote of 25 to 15. A bill to change the time lor hold¬ ing of sessions .of the superior court of the Middle circuit was taken up by unanimous consent and passed. The house bilk changing the charter of the town of Thomaston to the city of Thomaston was passed. On motion of Senator Starr the sen¬ ate adjourned nntil Friday at 10 o’clock. No Quorum Present. The lower house of the Georgia legislature, after having repeatedly and stubbornly refused to take Thanks¬ giving holiday, met Thursday morn¬ ing and adjourned. Deep disgust was depicted on the countenances of the few faithful members who remained at their posts of duty, while the others had returned to their homes to partake of the fattened turkey and ’possum. Every one of the 56 present at the roll call felt that he had a personal griev¬ ance, and many expressions, unknown to parliamentary usage, evidenced the fact. Friday’s Proceedings. Messrs. Polhill and Stapleton, the democrats who were successful in the Jefferson county election contest, were sworn in as members of the house Friday morning. Mr. Felder’s Australian ballot bill was the special order for 10 o’clock, but on motion of the author was car¬ ried over and set for Monday at the same hour. An interesting matter was then brought before the house by Mr. Branch, of Columbia, who moved to disagree with the adverse report of the committee on his bill to prevent the making of gold contracts in this state. A number of Democratic members voted for the measure and the result w-as close. The motion to disagree with the unfavorable report, however, was lost, the vote being 49 to 45. The object of the bill was not to declare gold contracts void, but to make them payable in any kind of money other than gold. The convict bill, which had for sev¬ eral days been crowded out by other business, came up as the regular order at 11 o’clock. After a few speeches it was the con¬ sensus of opinion that no two mem¬ bers of the house are agreed on any one point affecting a settlement of this perplexing question. As a matter of fact, there is one point upon which there is unanimity and it is that the house is hopelessly muddled. A catechism was finally decided on. Six questions have been prepared, and, by beginning atthebottom.it is hoped to arrive at some idea of the general opinion. Those who have no opinions are expected to receive impressions from the answers of others. Tuesday at 11 o’clock was set for the time to ex¬ amine the legislative pupils. From the results thns obtained a committee of three will draft the measure which will relieve the painful embarrassment under which the honso now labors. The following is the list of questions presented: continua¬ “First—Do you favor the tion of the present lease system as to all felony convicts under state super¬ vision? “Second—Do you favor the pur¬ chase of a farm and erection of build¬ ings to care for the juveniles, women and aged and infirm convicts, and that the able-bodied convicts be hired or leased under state supervision in terms of not longer than live years? “Third—Do you favor a central peni- tentiary for all the convicts, as recom- mended by the principal keeper of the penitentiary? “Fourth—Do you favor state super¬ vision of the misdemeanor convicts, at the same time leaving the direct con¬ trol to the county authorities? “Fifth-Do you want a commission elected or appointed? “Sixth—Do you want a principal keeper elected or appointed?” During the session Speaker Jenkins grew very wroth at the way members left the hall during the transaction of important business, and intimated that he would use force to have a ma- jority present if the occasion again demanded it. The senate had just enough of its members in the chamber Friday morn- ing when the roll was called to begin business. The first thing in order was the consideration of the bill of Senator Hopkins providing for election of judges and solicitors of the superior court. This bill was discussed at some length on Wednesday and was then made the special order for Friday morning. exceedingly light at¬ Owing to the tendance Senator Hopkins moved to displace the bill and make it the spe¬ cial order for Wednesday, December 1, Senator Battle objected, but the motion was carried and the bill went over. Senator Gray introduced a joint reso¬ lution memoralizing congress to refund the cotton tax collected during the war. The resolution was adopted. A few local bills were passed. These bills received only 23 votes, which was just a constitutional majority, and had one vote been cast against them out of the 23 they would have been lost. When it became apparent that there was but little business before the senate and that it would be a hard matter to obtain a quorum Saturday, the senate adjourned until 12 o’clock Saturday In tlie House. At Saturday’s session of the house, Representative Felder, of Fulton, came forward with a solution of the convict question of his own. Mr. Felder wants to buy the Dade county coal mines and operate them in the interest of the state. He introduced a hill which pro¬ vides that county authorities may hire the felony convicts for working the public roads, but shall not pay less than $36 per annum for each convict. The bill carries with it the idea of a reformatory for the boys. To carry out the provisions of the act the sum of $250,000 is appropriated. providing A resolution was adopted that leaves of absence should not he granted except for providential causes and for business that makes it imper¬ atively necessary for a member to leave. The members will now be forced to stay in their seats. The manufacturing committee of the house made a favorable report on the bill by Mr. Awtry, of Cobb, which provides that all convict-made goods shipped into this state must be stamp¬ bill ed as convict manufactured. The does not effect goods manufactured by convicts in this state. Although not more than forty mem¬ bers were present, the house passed a few unimportant local bills. The clerk developed the faculty of seeing double and managed to count from 95 to 100 members on every vote. After remaining in session two hours the house adjourned until Monday at 10 o’clock. Monday’s Proceedings. Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, and Dr. J. D. Curry, agent of the Peabody and Slater edu¬ cational funds, were the guests of the legislature Monday. In joint session the members of the general assembly listened to addresses from these two distinguished men. Secretary Wilson spoke on the pur¬ suit of agriculture as a science, while Dr. Curry appeared as the champion ■of intellectual development. Secretary Wilson’s address lasted ■not more than 30 minutes, while that iof Dr.Curry was almost twice as long. The latter devoted the main strength ■of his argument to common schools, but the tone of his address was favor¬ able ito the university. At the beginning of Monday’s ses¬ sion of the house Mr. Hall of Coweta, offered a resolution to prevent the dis¬ placement of the regular order of bus¬ iness during the subsequent days of the session. The resolution was passed. Mr. Felder of Fulton then offered the following resolution: “Whereas, the United Confederate Veterans’ as¬ sociation has honored the state of Georgia by selecting its capital city for the next annual reunion. “Therefore be it resolved by the house, the senate concurring, That as the representatives of the people of Georgia, we tender the heroes of ’60-’65, forming this association, a most cordial welcome to our state; that the capital of the state is hereby tendered to them for convention pur¬ poses.” The Confederate veterans’ pension bill which went over from Friday’s session as unfinished business, came with up and it was increase passed. of This $40,000 bill carries the an over regular appropriation of $150,000. There was no opposition to the meas¬ ure. ■ Owing to the fact that the senate was listening to ttie addresses in the house of representatives at the hour of assembling Monday an adjournment Immedi¬ was taken until 1 o’clock. ately alter the reading of the journal the bill abolishing the county court of Lowndes and establishing the city of Valdosta was taken up. A house bill by Mr. Armstrong of Wilkes, providing that all moneys re¬ ceived from fines and forfeitures from the county court of Wilkes be divided, pro rata between the court officers of that county, was passed. Ayes 26, nays none. A bill by Senotor Stewart of the 27th, to prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors in the county of Meriwether was passed. Ayes 26, nays none. On motion of Senator Battle the senate adjourned until Tuesday morn¬ ing at 6 o’clock. Keep abreast of the times and en¬ courage home enterprises by keeping up your subscription to this paper. If you arc not on our books now, send us your name at once. NITROGLYCERIN CAUSES DISASTER force of the Explosion Is Felt For Ten Allies Around. An explosion of nitroglycerin oc¬ curred half a mile west of Chester¬ field, Ind., at a late hour Thursday night. lifted Persons one mile away were from their feet by the concussion, and the jar was perceptibly felt for ten miles. Fire followed the explosion, but the flames were quickly extin¬ guished. nitroglycerin had Sixty quarts of been hauled there for the purpose of shooting a gas well. The explosive was placed in a large zinc tub, located at the end of the steam exhaust pipe, for the purpose of thawing out the mixture. It is the theory that the tub became heated. A hole ten feet long and several in depth was torn in the earth, and the engine was blown to pieces. remarkable Two drillers had a es¬ cape. They were standing within thirty feet of the scene of the accident, and were hurled twenty feet by the force of the explosion, but with the exception of a few bruises they escaped unhurt. MINERS RESUME WORK, Twelve Thousand Diggers in Illinois En¬ ter the Pits Again. The coal mining strike in the north¬ ern Illinois district ended Friday. Twelve thousand men have gone back to work in the Coal City, Braidwood, Carbon Hill, Spring Valley, Bodia, Seatonville, La Salle and Oglesby fields. One thousand men remain out at Streator, the only point where miners and operators have not agreed, A settlement there is expected within a short time. The victory is with the miners, although they have not won all they asked for. t The strike had been on since July 4th. It started as a part of the gen¬ eral strike ordered by the United Mine Workers of America. The Pennsyl¬ vania and Ohio miners settled their differences early in September. In Indiana work was resumed about the same time. The 30,000 miners of Illinois refused to ratify the terms of the agreement made at Columbus, O., and continued the strike. TO GEORGIA FARMERS. Commissioner of Agriculture Nesbitt Ad* dresses a Timely Fetter. After carefully summing up the sit¬ uation, Commissioner Nesbitt of Geor¬ gia has decided that the farmers of the south must vary from the rule of old and change their plans of farming so far as the cotton crop is concerned. Commissioner Nesbitt says the farm¬ ers cannot raise large quantities of cotton at 5 eents and expect to pay the expenses of the farm alone from the sale of the cotton crop. He tells the farmers they must plow deeper and depend more upon nature’s boun¬ tiful hand and buy less fertilizers. Instead of devoting all their acres to cotton, they should sow other crops which will sustain the stock as well as bring in ready cash to the market. He warns the farmers of the south of the evil results of a burdensome cotton crop, and advises them to plant fewer acres in cotton and to plant more corn, peas and similar rotating crops. WOMEN BARRED OUT. Methodist Minister Did Not Approve of Female Preaching. A Chattanooga dispatch states that a female revivalist, Mrs. Harris, has concluded a revival at Hillsboro, Ala., a few miles east of Courtland, on the Memphis and Charleston railroad. Large congregations attended the ser¬ vices, including many of the adjacent counties, going forty and fifty miles to hear her. The meeting was commenced in the Methodist Episcopal church, south, by authority of the board of stewards, but Rev. Anson West, presiding elder of the Decatur district, learning of the use of this church by a female revival¬ ist, went to Hillsboro and overruled the action of the board, interrupted the proceedings and caused a consid¬ erable flurry by officially closing the doors of the church to women preach¬ ers. The affair has created gi'eac con¬ sternation among the Methodists and it will be taken to the district confer¬ ence. Mrs. Harris is the widow of the late Robert Lee Harris, a noted evangelist of his time. Subscribe for tills paper and keep posted on affairs in general. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAINST HER. THE OLD WOMAN MUST HANG. Her Only Hope Now Lies In Success of Her Cause Before Governor Atkinson. A Washington special says: The United States supreme court Monday reviewed the decision of the Georgia supreme court in the case of Mrs. No¬ bles, convicted of the murder of her husband. She claimed the process of law had been denied her. The decis¬ ion is that the old woman must hang. There is no hope left unless her cause may be successfully advanced before Governor Atkinson. The case has been argued in its varied ramifications before all of the courts from the superior court of the county where the murder was com¬ mitted to the United States supreme court. There is nothing left it is thought by the attorneys but to take the case before the governor, where it has already been once before. A Heinous Crime. The crime for which Mrs. Nobles must hang was committed nearly two years ago, in June, 2895. The Nobles place was about twelve miles below Jeffersonville. Here the family, con¬ sisting of Mr. and Mrs. Nobles and their two children Debbv aged 18, and Jack, about 10, lived. They were typ¬ ical Georgia crackers, knowing and caring nothing about the world out¬ side. The family life may or may not have been harmonious. Opinions on that point are widely at variance, as Mrs. Nobles claims that her husband cruelly mistreated her, while the neighbors maintain that exactly the reverse was true. Living on the place in the capacity of farm hands were Gus Hambies, a former Macon hackman, his wife, Mary Fambles, and Dalton Joiner, all negroes. in the These were the participants horrible tragedy of that June morning. Mrs. Nobles was accustomed to labor in the fields as a-common “hand.” One day, while working by the side of Gus Fambles, she began to complain most bitterly of her husband’s ill treatment, when Gus, with a brutal frankness, asked why she didn’t get rid of her trouble by putting the old man out of the way. When Mrs. No¬ I bles answered him with her question as to how it could be done the first step towards the commission of the crime was taken. During the three weeks which fol¬ lowed, the plans for killing old man Nobles were developed, and it is sur¬ mised that iu the making of those plans Debby Nobles, Mary Fambles, the wife of Gus, and Dalton Joiner materially assisted the two chief con¬ spirators. which At the trial of the case oc- i curred a few weeks after the murder a : verdict of “guilty” was brought in without any recommendation to the mercy of the court, and Mrs. Nobles and Gus Fambles were sentenced to be hanged August 16, 1895. Just why suspicion should have pointed from the very beginning to Mrs. Nobles is not known, but she was arrested, together with Gus Fam¬ bles and his wife, Mary, Dalton Joiner and Debby Nobles. The excitement was intense, the un¬ usual heinousuess of the crime, and the unique character of the criminal made it a remarkable case. Dalton was successful in proving an alibi, was acquitted and immediately left the state. 'Debby Nobles was ac¬ quitted. Mary Fambles was sen¬ tenced to life imprisonment, and so far she is the only one of the five im¬ plicated who has as she yet paid any pen¬ alty for the crime, having been at work in the coal mines since her sen¬ tence. Whether or not Mrs. Nobles will go to the gallows is a matter of much speculation. Her weird case is full of interest to the general public, due not only to the extraordinary story behind it, but also to the repeated trials and continued publicity it has been in¬ dulged. BIG FIRM FAILS. Ashland, Ky„ Improvement Company Makes An Assignment. A general deed of assignment was made Monday by the Ashland Im¬ provement Company at Ashland, Kentucky, to its general manager. The assets are $119,583 in lands and lots; $105,285 in stock and $6,250 in notes and accounts, making a total of $231,118. The liabilities in notes and accounts are $140,702. The old town site corporation known as Kentucky Iron, Coal and Manufac¬ turing Company, and the Ashland and Catlettsburg street railway, also thus held, will not be embraced in the fail¬ ure. LUETGERT’S SECOND TRIAL. Chicago SauBagemaker Again Faces a Jndge and Jury. The second trial of Adolph L. Luet- gert, for the murder of his wife was called before Judge Gary, at Chicago, Monday. The big sausage manufact¬ urer was represented by ex-Judge Lawrence Harmon and Attorney Max Riese, Attorney Phelan having with¬ drawn from the case after a heated in¬ terview with Luetgert and the new lawyers. PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH. A Number of New Industries Preported as Established tlic Pant Week. Correspondents at southern trade send in encouraging reports as the condition of business the past The volume is satisfactory and outlook for the new year very en- There is no decrease in the produc¬ of iron, but the plants are mostly on all orders and it is expected the decrease in the demand will the furnaces to accumulate stock at an early date, in order be ready for the heavy business ex¬ in the spring. Textile manufacturers report a steady demand for their product and lifting of the quarantine regula¬ tions has given new life to the lumber Among the new industries for the are the following: Bottling works to cost $14,000 at Birmingham, Ala.; electric light plants at Tifton, Ga., and Boerne.Tex.; a $20,000 grain elevator and grist mill at Galveston, Tex.; flouring mills at Lowryville, and Leon, W. Va.; au ice fac¬ tory at Boerne, Tex.; a stove foundry at Sheffield, Ala.; the Sanford Water and Light Co., capital $25,000, San¬ ford, N. C., and novelty works at San Antonio, Tex. An oil mill will be erected at Denison, Tex.; the Harper’s Ferry Oil Co., capital $250,000, has been chartered at Wheeling, W. Va.; a large tannery will be established at Big Stone Gap, Ya.; the Charleston (S. C.) Knitting Mills Co. has been incorporated with a capital of $25,000. and woodworking plants will be located at Clinton, N. C., and Elizabetkton, Tenn.—Tradesman (Chattanooga,Ten¬ nessee). * HYPNOTIZES CONGREGATION. Holiness Preacher a Great Success in Passing: Around the Hat. The most remarkable religious de¬ monstration ever witnessed in a civil¬ ized community during the nineteenth century is now being enacted daily near Brunswick, Ga., according to a dispatch. With the mysterious power of a hyp¬ notist the strange preacher of “holi¬ ness” in his tent at the six-mile cross¬ ing continues to work communicants into frenzies of religious excitement. For days wonderful stories of the extraordinary scenes have reached Brunswick, but the half has not been told. To this strange religion now being expounded is charged the death of young William Hickman, who died in a religious trance several days ago. His main forte seems to lie in tak¬ ing up collections. Contributions of all descriptions poured in, jewelry was discarded and emptied into his hat, pocketbooks were turned inside out, eoats and vests were torn off and thrown on the altar, while their for¬ mer owners, unmindful of the shiver¬ ing blasts of a northeast wind, stood with swaying bodies laughing and shouting “Glory to God.” TO SAVE A FINE. Train on Union Pacific Alakes 519 Miles In 559 Alinutes. The Union Pacific road made another record for fast running on last Monday. A mail train was rushed across the country from Cheyenne to Council Bluffs, 519 miles, in 559 minutes. This is actually elapsed time, and in¬ cludes all stops. Engines were chang¬ ed twice and two engineers were re¬ lieved. All the regular stops were made and one extra, when an air brake hose burst and had to be repaired at the expense of several minutes of time. A burned out bridge near Medicine Bow, Wyo., had delayed the mail five hours and thirty minutes. The train reached Cheyenne five hours late. It was necessary to reach Council Bluff's on time or pay a heavy fine to the government. It was a most re¬ markable run against time. Chey¬ made enne to Sydney, 102 miles, was in 107 minutes. Engines were then changed and the run from Sydney to North Platte, 123 miles, was made in 118 minutes. On this run a stop was made at Julesburg to get the Colorado mail. From North Platte to Grand Island, 138 miles, the time was made in 154 minutes, engineers being changed at Lexington and other stops being neces- sary. From Grand Island to Council Bluffs, 156 miles, the time was 165 minutes, including a stop of over five minutes to fix a bursted tank hose, regular station stops, a delay by a Missouri Pacific freight train entering the Omaha yards and other annoy¬ ances. EX-AUDITOR FOUND GUILTY. Nebraska Official Will Be Sentenced For Embezzlement. Eugene Moore, ex-auditor of Ne¬ braska, charged with the embezzle¬ ment of $23,000, was declared guilty at Lincoln, Monday afternoon, as charged. Sentence was deferred. Moore and his attorneys admitted the shortage, but contended that it was not embezzlement, inasmuch as the money taken, consisting of insurance fees, should have been paid, accord¬ ing to law, to the state treasurer in¬ stead of himself and that he was re¬ sponsible only to the insurance com¬ panies. Judge Cornish overruled this, technical defense and committed him. AIKEN WANTS REWARD. Claims That He Knows Murderer of Hon* John M. Clayton. Governor Jones, of Arkansas, lias received another letter from Luther Aiken, of Pitts, Ga., the prisoner guard, who claims to know who mur¬ dered Hon. John M. Clayton in Plum- morsville, Ark., eight years ago. alleged! Aiken incloses a copy of an confession by a prisoner in which the confessor murder. tells how he committed the]