The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-03
Awful Disclosures, IT True.

prison for year, before which sentence Of death
cannot be enforced does not reach the of Davis.
Awful Disclosures, If True.
DEVELOPMENTS IN RELATION TO THE MURDER or
YOUNG LEHMAN, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF MATTHIAS sKUPINsKI.
From the Pennsylvania Enquirer, Juno SOL
Pole called at the Mayors Office, on Monday and
asked permission to visit the Moyamensing prison stat
iLg that he desired to have talk with the SkupinsA
brothers lie informed that they had authority
Mayor Gpn yesterday afternoon and stated that no had
had an interview with the prisoners and desired to make
accordingly sworn by Lieut.. Buckley and made the fsl-
lowing strange developements =
was Captain of the cavalry in General Bem's corps
In Hungary, and now reside in this city, and
poyed in mandatory here; have had for long time
desire to the Skupinsks especially Matthias
learn everything relating the crime charged against
him. l desired to Matthias, because l thought
could induce him to tell everything and because he
esteemed !. me very much I mean that would have
permission visited Matthias in his cell in Moyame ning
prison.
mised to tell me the whole truth about everything On
my asking him who killed young Lehman he answered.
!. kilied him myself with my own hands by taking
leg OF The stove and striking him the head. which
killed him ut once and then threw him in the cellar
There were present with me, cousin Blase and
whom have heretofore called Kaiser but whose real
ame is John Rutk0wski a butcher.
Afterwards We three cut him up in pieces and put
him in the bags, two of which were old bags aud s.s
new. formed from Lehmaus coat the old bags had
feathers Obey lived on hens and geese partly, which
they stole and immediately plucked off the feathers to
young Lehman with kitchen knife. Baise staid at
home TO clean up the blood. Matthias and Rutkowsh
to The river having before arriving At the river put
stones in the bags TO sink them They then threw them
into the river. The chief aim possess
th mselyes of young Lchmans license to sell jewclry,
and not at first to kill They had means, and there
fore felt they must kill to obtain the license Matthias
ard the others bad inquired infinitely into young Le-
mans history his fathers mothers sisters, &c.. &C.,
and every connection Of his family They intended to
GO TO California and set up business in ewery there,
and to correspond through man here with young Lsh
mans father, as if he a. had gone there The goods
which young Lehman had were not valuable the whole
not worth over fifty dollars. Matthias said he
knew man by the Of Kaiser but knew Rutkowski
he Is The man called Kaiser Kutkowski was in tn:
house with them. lie Is very short thick set and
stout, light hair. moustachss beard. large nose,
vey heshy in the face ford complexion blue eyes very
strong Matthias he lives in the woods or noun
tains Philadelphia On deponents expressing
prise and showing it in his looks Matthias observing it,
said, why you surprised,
You remember that in April of last year (1851) whca
ldept lived in New York and We lived in New York,
Matthias Baise, and Rutkowsk) entered there into
an agreement to buy hogs Rukowski being butcher;
but when Blase and Rutkowsh gone out into tho
country as If to buy hogs they murdered and robbed
every body they met Blaise and Rutkowski killed thr-
teen persons, Ilase killed eleven persons, and Rutkow-
Xxi two persons. Their agreement to rob and
der their chief aim TO obtain 10000 with which to deal
in money and jewelry in California. In Newark, j.,
and Ru,kowski.
The father was first killed. then the mother and next
two servants There three daughters. whom
they violated before they killed They got S73 and
jewelry. They then covered them while thoy
their knees praying for their lives. The house
set on fire and all consumed together. Matthias
said this to the deponent yesterday Matthias was will
ling to spare the lives Of the three girls put Rutkows6
said II they did they would he witnesses against
them and then they killed them
In all cases they had with them tar and rosin, with
which they besmeared the bodies after they killed them,
that ii the house should be entirely consumed,
they might be certain the bodies would burn up at all
he m Me Nuy N DprS
came by their deaths would be secret This family was
German family and farmers Murders Of this charac-
ter committed in the vicinity Of Baltimore. When
they found children they taken by the legs and
their brains beaten out. Rutkowsi, by reading
paper in German (Which he und rood after reading to
Matthias and Baie an account Of murder published in
that paper aughngy said to Matthias and Biaiae no
body knows that we have done it."
his murder and house burning in the neighb0r-
hood Of baltimore; The most part Of the murders we're
Baltimore. Whether the Newark was the Newark,
Del. or Newark ~ j.. is not known to deponent. Mat
thas said they had killed three persons Philade
phia, in Philadelphia Matthias told deponent they
had altogether killed eighty persons. lie said MIR.
k. Pole living in Newark twenty years they UNI
derstood TO have $1,000 the second story and his SER
want $500 In the third story of his house They pansed
to rob and murder him and his servant but were pre-
vented putting their plan into execution by some crcun-
stances
bushel OF owory stock and about six hundred Watches
silver and gold with chains and without They are me
in c2e mountains, under the care OF RutkowsM inns
Matthias said to Kim: II shall not be hanged kutkow-
ski has a band who will free me; he has many men wen
armed they will come around the prison before the 6
July 1852 try to in; the keeper who comes 70
the will be killed and then they VIII rush In and
nberute me and Blase.n He said he had communication
with Rutkowski; Matthias said he had pegnard and
500 he wanted razor and scissors from dePonent to
shave and prepare himself WITH
Their plan IL to go to Liverpool after getting out al
prou in the way spoken Of take their money with them,
leaving their watches behind They have vessel In view
now in which sail to Liverpool. On the night they
ret out Of prison they have half dozen houses TO rob
and kill and afterwards to 90 to Newark and kill
and lob him, and then go to New York. The
persons to be killed after liberation of the brothers
skupink as follows 1.-THE names not given OF
those in New Yorkhere five OF whom Is said 10
be dragon in the United States army, and all are
polesl
(Among those to slaughtered the two officers whs
arrested them, and a black man who was witness
against the m, besides the richest jcweler in
sueet The jeweler referred 70 Is the one nv whose
house lives an old shoemaker with whom Rutkowsn
made contract to rent for which he was to pay
S1l0 lie kill the old shoemaker as part OF tne
plan They bad all three sworn 20 the two exremtie5
OF either being rich altogether or to be hanged -
They had burned between thirty and forty houses ato-
eether Matthias asked Opponent If he wanted money;
that he M could give him $500; but deponen deciued
lie sad that II deponent told ofi-what IS mere sau
- he (dopoprnt) would be killed also .
Weayr the above affidavit for what 1T Is worth. There
are certain points in IL which altogether mprobaos
Sbilt other paris are plausible
fgkupinsk nov denies that no ever made any con-
fssien similar to the above and has expressed wish
Il 81 concnted with the person who teses TO Us cot
recptss latter is said 10 be man Of gloo cbaeac-
ter ara coat hayB rcaeon for giving lunllGty go
fltahsas consequently II s deencd probable -hat sku-
yipsN az actupuy make tla statement narfa'eal