Emery County Progress | 1905-02-18 | Page 3 | Kate Edwards Confesses

KATE EDWARDS CONFESSES declares she alone was responsible for her husband s death mrs kate edwards who is under sentence to be hanged with samuel greason at reading pa on thursday next tor the murder of her husband made a statement to her counsel thursday night in which it Is said she exonerates greason from compile ity in the murder the statement will not be given to the public until it Is presented to the board of pardons but the inference Is left that she has admitted that she alone committed the crime mrs edwards and greaton who Is a colored man were convicted of the murder of edwards and since the death sentence has been pronounced extraordinary efforts have been made to save them from the gallows the board of pardons has heretofore re fused to interfere and the state su preme court has affirmed the lower courts decision