“‘He paid me one thousand dollars down, and the balance he promised to give me as soon as the will was broken.
“‘I entered into the plot.
“‘Papers which would have cleared Mr. Alfred Lawrence of the charge of forgery I stole from his safe.
“‘These papers I have always kept in my possession, and they will be found with this confession.
“‘One of the papers was a statement of the lawyer who had drawn up the will and who had died just before the contest.
“‘From time to time Simeon Rich has tried to get possession of these papers, but I would never give them to him.
“‘Another paper was a letter written by Mrs. Lawrence to Rich, in which she outlined the whole plot.
“‘Mr. Alfred Lawrence in some way got hold of this letter.
“‘He was sent to State’s prison a year ago to-day.
“‘Mrs. Lawrence and Rich have gone abroad together.