A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2623 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=44279 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: St. Louis Globe-Democratr Article Date: October 4 1875 Article Description: Death-Bed Repentance That Was Premature. Article Text: A remarkable instance of death-bed repentance has just occurred in Butler county, Ky. A man who was very ill, confident that his last hour was fast approaching, sent for a magistrate, and made a confession that in the year 1870 he had murdered a man named Charles MITCHELL, on Green river. His story was that during the war he and MITCHELL had robbed a man named DAVENPORT in Warren county, and that in the division of the spoils MITCHELL had taken more than his share. In revenge, the self-confessed murderer watched his victim for ten years with the purpose of killing him, and at last, he shot him standing on a barge and his body fell into the river. It was never found, and though suspicions of foul-play were entertained, there was no proof even of his death. The man who fired the fatal shot, having eased his conscience by confession, immediately began to get better, and now promises to regain his health entirely. In the meantime the officers of the law are preparing to ar! rest and prosecute him whenever he has recovered sufficiently to be safely removed from his bed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com