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Statement of Wm. H. Reese
Constable and Jailor

Davis confessed that he had committed the crime charged. I told him than an honest confession was the best for him, that he would certainly be convicted and that his only chance of obtaining mercy was to confess and then the Court might deal leniently with him. He did not know nor did I tell him the magnitude of the offense nor the punishment for it by the laws of North Carolina.  Mrs. Murrow and Mr. S. B. Glenn came to the jail and he confessed entirely to her and Mr. Glen in my presence, I heard the confession.  When Glenn and Mrs Murrow came to me first Glenn was greatly excited and wanted the keys of the jail and said he knew the boy and could make him tell him the whole truth.  There was no proof against him except that he had this and other property on his person. The only evidence against him is his own confession made to Mrs. Murrow and the identification of the property by Mr & Mrs Murrow.