Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-08-09
d9ailg Gmpire.
The Oakland Mnrder--COnGes-
3 sion OF starkweather.


From the Hartford Times, Of ThursdayJ
The shocking revelations of the Manch sster
murders, received on Wednesday afternoon,
is the addition OF the climax OF horror in the
confession OF Albert l.. Starkweather, the son,
who acknowledges that he perpstrated the
crimes that he, and he alone, butohered bis
own mother and his sister, as they lay asleep
in bed together
The confession was made by the prisoner
| in the jail in this city, to Mr. James Camp.
bell, oil Manchester, the father Of the grl to
whom the prisoner was engaged to be mar
ned. The Chief of Police, believing that be
would acknowledge more to Campbell than
TO any body else procured the latter TO 20 to
the Jail, yesterday afternoon, where the
wretched young man, discsrding all his pre-
vious lies and contrivances TO avoid detection,
made clean breast OF it, and confessed he
awful crime
de acknowledged, after some questioning,
that he had butohrred his mother, and then
nis sister, with tho AZ and then, to make
certain Of the Gendish Job, he had repeatedly
plunged bis butcher knife into their .hroats
and bosoms; winding up the deed Of horror
by setting the bed on FIRE, and then his own
Oed, down stairs -
II did it." he said, II IL, Mr.. Campbell,
out OF love for your daug hter, and nothing
else, felt must have that money, for
without il she wouldn't marry me; and got
the money"
The letter alluded to yesterday was written
blythe murderer to Mr.. Campbell IL filled
nearly four pages, and the statement was
made that the writer was now in condition
to marry Miss c., as he had succeeded, through
forgery, in getting money to the amount OF
81 900; and it also said that he was "about
to commit An atrocous - leaving the
intended crime unnamed. The forgeries al.
luded to are believed to have never been com
mitted, and his counsel will claim this letter
us proof OF the prisoners insanity, though it
may have been written to deceive the girls
father into the belief that the prisoner bad
money enough to get married with The
stupidity OF such proceeding, overlooking
as 1t did the probable effect on the Campbelis
Of it's criminal revelations, would be perfectly
III keeping with the rather stupid character OF
the prisoner from boy up, and also with his
unshrewd conduct in the crcumstanc 8 con--
nected with the mufders--hs ioolishly bung.
ling contrivRnces to avoid suspicion.
StarkWestber told the police, duri z the
examination following the murder, that he
bud purchased his mothers interest for 8 900
IN the farm that he had got deed OF the
property, which conveyed IL to MISS Campbell;
and that on their marriage it was to bs re-
corded. He also stated that he had made a
bill OF sale of all his stock-horses and cows
to Miss @ = father, aud that this, together
with the deed Of the two murderes
The funeral Of the victims WAS attended this
afternoon, aud the bodies were conveyed to
thiS city aud buried in Spring G ova Gene
cry, by the side oi the deceased husband aud
father. An immense crowd Of peope as
embed At the funeral, ana the seats erected
IN front OF the house we're filed by persons OF
Doth sexes from all the country around, eager
10 see the impressive ceremonies and hear the
words OF the partor.
Albert was engaged to Miss Campbell,
school teacher, and desired to be married as
soon as the present school term closed but
Miss G. had intimated to him desire or ,ur-
pose to delay until he was better situated Pc
cuniarily, his debts paid, DC. Mrs. Stark
weathers farm consisted Of neat, white
house, ssomewhat new, and about sixty
Eve aces OF land, valued in all at about seven
thousand dollars She moved from Mauches.
ter Station into her present place in Oakland,
some four years ago obtaining possession OF
II through mortgage TO her late husband,
aud had the old house taken down and the
present one built al that time The family
formerly lived in this city, where Mr. Bspja.
min StarkWeather (father Of the prisoner, and
brother OF Mr.. Nathan Starkweather, Of this
tity) kept u meat market on North Main
street lie was respected citizen, and he
died here ten years ago last October Soon
after his death the family moved to Manches-
ter Albert, the prisoner, now twenty-four
years old, was never regarded as q particular
ly bright, boy by his fellows here He was
addicted TO practices then, which may have
had an unfortunate influence upon bis sub. /
sequent career. His face betrays q certain
weakness of character IL not of riotous pas
sions His uncle, Mr.. Nathan StsrkweaiheP,
called upon him in jail to-day When asked
why he had not been more friendly, aud visit. .
ed more at his uneles house here, Albert re.
piled that he had never felt
that he had any near friends among bis
mothers brothers or sisters, aud he had thus
fallen into the way Of not visiting any OF his
unoes or aunts He spoke OF small family
differences and the set way 10 which his
mother had treasured up her family dslikes,
and said her sisters his Aunts, Mrs, Gleason,
Mrs Keeny and Mrs Grant, partook OF her
character that he felt that there Was no very
near friends either among them or his uneles
Wells, Frank and Johiel Buckand When
asked Abontthe murder, he said ,em phaiically
ave told them all know, aud suppose Au
arrested because hare told them all. II they
are not satisfied, ! can't help il Do you think
# bad been guilty would have left that
Knife ihere,lto be q witness against me
INy ~. L..