Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, April 1, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 14 Davis Confesses Crime Notwithstanding the fact that in court three months ago the negro, Frank Davis, swore before God and man that he was innocent of the murder of Laura Taylor on the Frankstown Road last fall, he on Wednesday, confessed to Warden Reynolds and County Commissioner W. S. Stutzman that he and he alone was responsible for the death of the woman. The colored man has acted for some time as if he had great load on his mind. When he was approached by the Messrs. Stutzman and Reynolds and asked if he had really murdered Laura Taylor, in reply he said that he had. According to the man he was at first sorry that the razor with which he committed the deed was not sharp enough kill him also but that since he had received sentence of death he was glad that he would have time to prepare to meet his maker. Davis said that there was no necessity of informing his mother and other relatives who live in Savannah, Ga., of his incarceration in jail and his approaching death on the gallows. His mother, he said, was a Christian and he wanted to meet her in Heaven when he died. Jealousy or spite had nothing to do with the murder of the Taylor woman, according to the murderer. It was the result of drink. Davis, in his confession Wednesday, did not dwell much on the terrible crime in Cocaine alley but instead attempted to give what might be called a dissertation on the uncertainty of life. He said that he had never imagined for a minute that he would ever be in a murderer’s cell. He told his listeners that he was getting prepared to die on the gallows. He stated with apparent sincerity that he would walk to the place of death happy. The condemned man was born in Savannah Sept. 23, 1874, and is therefore 30 years of age. He has a mother, six brothers and three sisters living in the Georgia city. “Billy” Bell is Acquitted Jury Also Decides in Favor of Mrs. Gablotz of Lilly. Frank Davis receives his Sentence. _________________________________________________________________ Store, manage and share up to 5GB with Windows Live SkyDrive. http://skydrive.live.com/welcome.aspx?provision=1?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_102008