Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-14
Confession Of the skupinskis.

VIM. Is Mum, sEsq,, Acting District
Attyfiiey for philadelphia. Has lJean pit
in posse sioh uf a confession ffom tle
brothers Btupinski uow ttltier sentsifpe
Of leatli, which IA se startling IN iks elssr-
aetss as 10 cause d Universal sliudder at its
recital. The North American says!
I'm readers will remember d statement
published about a mouth since. giving the
details of IL confession made Ivy Matthias
Skupinski to a eellHtl YDiai, Of his own,
iiafned slinwinski. That Individual lad
tornisflY beef atqutihted with Tie elder
Ekiipinsli, aud visited bin at the Moya.
nietisi~t prison Matthias made d couG.
datt Of him, and told him Il fearful tale Of
crime ai'd Dloodslied. ia wliicl, lie had been
. conspicuous actor. According to this
statement. the aggregate number Of per.
soils murdered by hin and his friends was
hot less ihahi eighty, willie 80 houses
were burned by the satire party.
This confession, II viii also bc feinem.
befed, When it was subsequently t%fansia.
ted to HIN, Matthias positively denied
having made, and charged EhaWiliski with
fabricatihg it. Now, however II appears
that Blaise, the y6fuigef Of tie wfetchpd
bi6thers, wis shown The confession or
Matthias ut tile time it was first published,
and acknowledged its truth. This Ell
defsetneht lie his not Withdrawn since.
Oil Thursday last. Matthias eviiieed
solne little signs Of cuhtfitiob, audi hi the
f,oftiil,g, IN tile presence of tie TI8tis
Tottsiiilt, tile sw6rii Interpreter, lie made h
full confession Of his crimes. lie said
that he killed lie boy Lehman by striking
him OH tlie lead with the iron leg Of a
stove, md that he aud Kaiser cut Up The
body. Btaise. lie SAYS, was hot present
at the time. lie told Of d series Of crimes
which lnllt torroliofaies the statement
made by Mf slawkins 10 this terrible
tale Of blood, Matthias aided the details
OF several fearful Scenes, in which he and
bis companions were The actors.
On the afternoon Of tile same day, Mat.
tl,ias made a%ilotliet confession, which tai.
lied with the first in all its Stacking details.
This second Disclosure was made III tie
rresebce Of Sheriff Deal. Deputy Sheriff
Miller, Rev. Mr., Alexander, Mr.. Anthony
Freed, keeper Of tile prison, Mr.. Henry
q. Snyder, and Mr.. Toising. The inter.
prefer, Matthias says that Blaise acted
Id concert with llilh HIl Kaiser alias
JOHN Blitfiowski, the butcher, (Who Is still
at large) III most Of these oiittares.
FROM The story told by this monster, ii
is believed ny some that he aud his asso-
eiates were the perpetrators OF the Cosden
a,,J FJlreyts ,X,t.ttt,ezh ST. a..t ...... ~ I'M.
which have beef, involved iii mystery.
Tile feeliiig Of eonttitioii evidced by The
eldest Of tie bfbtliers, on Thursday, HI.
feared but temporary. During Tie recital
Of Ills tfisdeeus lie displayed n great deal
Of listeet1es=, and said tint he Wis no
worse titan other folks. lie murdered
peol IL, but The Americans murdered hin,
SO they were all alike, he totitended.
The number Of murders and their horrible
details, OF witch Matthias confessed him. !
self guilty, were SO terrible as TO faitly |
hewilder those who were listening 10
them.
During Thursday tile miserable bro.
since they were Sentenced. Blaise was
taken into The cell etciipiel by Mhnl,iaz.
They embraced each other when they
met, hit neither of, them. exhibited The
emotion which might le expedited under
the circumstances. They eonversal free!
" il, the Polish language. The Mirtiien
of their conversation was Of Il reorinina.
ting character. Those who Were present
Cleaned from what passed that they were
compelled to leave England al,ot,t two
years since III consequence OF crimes tl,eyI
had committed there Blaise said he
wanted to 50 y Kls4ia. but HAT III this
he was oveftuleI By Matthias, who insist.
ed BIZ coming 70 tile United States. Tie
younger brother said that lie thought this
The worst place they could 60 to.
They will have %anotlief interview on
Thursday, The dizzy before flat fixed for HE
execution Of Matthias. 1,laiss Is not kept
chained. The letters were taken OF Mat.
atikle sofnc time sitlce, hut were
replaced At die time III tho disclosure
made by Mr.. Shaw inskt..
The health Of Matili.ias las suffered
much during his confinement. lie has no
appetite md Il growing quite thin end
BIaise, OH tile contrary, On.
10 enjoy his food aud is quite neshy.
Tlie prisoners .are attended, by two Cath.
priest4af Neither Of the cnlpritG seen1-
disposedlo seek consolation ia rcligion
The eldest on every occasion, rails at thai
Americans for sentencing him to the gaE
.ows. lie keeps strict count Of the days
rs they pass, and watches with fearfuLI
for the coming Of the time fixsa1
for tie eSplation Of his great crimes.
The Philadelphia Ledger has some re-
marks on this repetition Of the S~kupinski
confession, says 81. 81. 4s,.e, IN
From the enormous amount of criffia
confessed by this fnan. many suppose that
he Is insane, aud therefore that his confes.
sion Is entitled to no credit. More than
eighty murders 3 certainly an nwi,.samount
atrocity for one man, and well fitted to
stagger the belief 81 even the most credu.
Gus. But we believe That he has not told
HE whole truth, and that the translator OF
his conie ssions, for he made them in his
own native language. has not clearly .uu-
lerstood some paris Of the narrative. Did
ne say, orSintend 10 say, that all these
murders were committed 10 the United
States. Were not the greater part oil
them, as lie las confessed. committeds bv
IN bis nfiti7e country! Sncll a thing
is possible.
This wretch Skupinski and his murders
oas companions in this country, f may,
probably, have been employed by tie
Government i'll these GalIician