The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-05-11
Menu bis, May 4.
The Murderer of the Deeripg Family
His Terrible Remtrse..confessioUs


see him any mole in his cell, except those
whom necessity compels TO do SO. Rev.
Father Grundner. of the Roman Catholic
church, corner Of 4!h and Reed streets, is
trying 10 prepare him for death. Thus
far the man adheres to his original stets-
ment about an accomIlce A certain
man, hand cu.led and persouating a mu!>
derer. was some days ago put into the celf
with Probst. TO him l'Eobst gave he
same statement, but said that bis accom-
pIice went away with 1909 in money
from Deering's house.
Even to Chief franklin-w we may not
know what be says to his confessor-
Probs: expresses no regret for the death
Of the Deering adults. He describes
them as arbitrary and tyrannical, Sat
fails TO tell why he killed the boy, whom
he liked as much as lie could like any>
body, leaving his accomplice to deal with
those whose life he begrutsed to them:
When questioned in this way be breaks
down, and can give no answer.
The man wants 10 die. He says thst
at most, half an hour At a time, is as long
as lie has slept since his arrest. He sees
the murdered baby before him day and
night, and there are mufled sounds IT us
ears, uttered by the children while the
massacre was in progress, that he cannot
exclude. lie is ironed to the floor and
at night that he may not commit suicide,
his arms are so fastened behind him that
he cannot use them. He is constantly
watched and unless he broke piece Of
glass from the loopho!e in his cell, can or.
tain TO means Of terminating his own
life. He said to Chief Franklin, at the
last interview with that official, that every
minute he lived was unutterable agony.
The baby is the Nemesis that haunts him.
and yet be stou.ly AYERS that when the
| butcherv was tanned, his accompiice
pledged himself that this one OF the child
rem at least should be spared.
The detectives have worked up the case
thus far in manner mos. thotough:
They have traced the man back almost to
the day of his arrival in the country, and
in the German beer houses in Greenwich
street. and along the docks 10 New York,
have learned his entire history since hs'
came to this country. In no case do they
find anything to give credence to the
prisoners statement that other hands
| shared in the late deeds of blood
On the 9th inst, he made confession
OF being the sole person engaged in tho
tragedy. After describing the murde. o.
the boy CAREY, he says:
"The sight OF the blood Of the boy
produced in me devilish, blood-thrsty
feeling, and determined at once to lnur-
der the whole family lie disposed Of
the body Of the boy and then deliberately
walked over to the house. lie entered
and told Charlie, tie little boy next ID
years to Willie (who was absent), that he
wanted him to bel p him do some work ID
the barn. The boy followed him, and as
soon as'h be got him inside the barn door,
he espatched him with small axe he h.d
secured. lie then went back to the houye
and told Mrs. Deering there was some>
thing the matter with one of the cows,
and he wanted her tc come to the barn.
She went and he followed, and as soon >.
she entered he struck her on the bead and
killed her lie then went to lie hoG.y
and Brought the children out, one at a
time, and, taking them inside the barn;
despatched them, cne by one, Aith the
same axe. !n each instance he cut their
throats and placed their bodies in chy
corn crib himself just in the position they
were found. He then covered the bodies
up and proceeded to wire out all evidences
of his guilt.
He then went back to the house anil
awaited the arrival of Mr.. Deering, not
/ expecting that Miss Doan would accom-
panv hin. As soon as Mr.. DeerinC ars
rived in bis carriage, be got out add
Trobst tod him something was wrong
| with one OF The COWS, and asked hirp IS
| % over TO tie barn with him. Mr.. Deet-
! ing went along with him. ard Miss Dolah
going in the house, took off her botdet
and furs. Mr. Deerine did not even take
off his & oves before going to the basn,
but proceeded there at once, followed by
| Probst, who had tue axe concealed feadv
for use: as soon as Mr. Deering entered
| the door, Probst stated thai he struck him
On the head aud feled him TO the earth,
and then chopped at his neck with the
edge OF the axe Miss Dolan vas thS
next ard last v;c.im. She proceeded 70
| the barn after coming down stairs, not
finding any Of the family ia the boase,
and Probst who was in waiting for her
treated her n the same manner a. be had
the rest Of the family.
After laying out the bodies and eorty-
ing them up with hay, the murderer vent
into the house and commenced searching
for valuables lie states he got no mo-
ney. but expected to secure a cons,dsfII
bic amount. lie atates tha: Miss Dolan's
pocket-book contained very little III. T.
He says nothing wha'eve. Of the two fifty
dollar compound interest notes, and =
twenty dollar bill Of the same character,
that are missing,
he remained about the place for soNs
time. picked up the articles found 10 the
black vaise and left about dark His
further movements were really as brought
out on the trial Probst states that he
would have confessed to all the murders
before, but he feared that if he did 30 he
would be torn to pieces 10y tie mob,
PRoBsr, on the lst inst wSs sentenced
to be hung for the murders rs comni,ted.
lie received his seatshce wii!os, visible