The full text of this confession was printed. The reader of this tale
has heard enough of it, in one way or another, to determine for
himself the chief facts in connection with the murder of old Mr.
Jenison. It was Frank Jenison who shot him, deliberately laying his
plans so as to direct suspicion to David. The nephew played into his
hands in a most startling manner. A more convincing set of
circumstances could not have been imagined, much less prepared.
Isaac Perry was the first to propose the plan of substituting a forged
will, but at the time neither of them contemplated the assassination
of the old gentleman. It was not until it became known to them that
Mr. Jenison intended to deed over a great part of his estate to David
before his own death that they saw the necessity for hastening the
end. The will was prepared in Perry's room at Richmond. The names of
the witnesses belonged to men who were dead and could not repudiate
the signatures. Then came the signing of the quitclaim deed which
provided an opportunity to substitute the will, and which, as far as
Isaac Perry was concerned, was a _bona fide_ transaction.
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