The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-05-24
THE CONFESSION.

THE CONFESSION.
I came to the Bearings the last time
on the 2nd of March | knew that Dear
ing kept money sometimes in the house !;
l calculated to rob him but not to kill
him; l saw him count good deal of mo-
ney in the house week before the MUIR
der | was born in Erlingen, Baden l
came to this country in 1868, in the Co
lumbus; landed on Saturday, Nay 9th,
and enlisted two hours afterwards in the
18th Cavalry [ stayed in Washington
six or eight. weeks, and then deserted and
enlisted in the 4lst Infantry, and went to
Folly island after some months we were
ordered to Washington, where [ deserted
again and came to Philadelphia, aud stop
ped at Bucks (meaning tavern), Car
penter street, near Broad l stayed there
couple of times, and went to Chris.
Moore's, who took me to West Chester ;
May 2Sth, 1865, l was discharged at
Richmond and came back and stayed
fourteen days at Chris. Moore's; l then
went to New York and Hoboken, where
[ worked three weeks on the streets; l
came back and stayed two or three
days with Chris. Moore, and got work at
Levering's sugar refinery; then | went
to Maryland and spent three weeks pick
ing peaches; then came back and went
to bearings, and hired with him at fif-
teen dollars month"; l stayed with him
only three weeks, because he wanted me
to work in the rain, which [ refused to
do; he paid me up and came to the ci-
ty with Cornelius, and stayed three or
four days with Chris. Moore ; then went
to the country and came back to him,
when [ spent twelve or fourteen days
with him had no money, and had to go
the aims house; when | got out came and
stayed two days with Chris. and one day
with Lcckfeldt; then went down to Dir.
Bearings, on Friday evening I'd of March,
the second time; told him [ had been in
Germany l watched for an opportunity
to rob them, but did not get any chance
l thought of killing them all eight or ten
days before the murder; [ thought Of
getting up early and killing them as they
came down in the morning, but my heart
failed; the morning of the murder was
dark, rainy and cold; Mr. Dearing went
to the city; he said he would be back about
one o'clock; Cornelius and | went to-
work about o'clock; we worked about
hundred yards from the haystack; l
took the big axe with me in the cart to
cut the roots he sat down under a tree,
and l stood behind him; raised my
arm three or four times before | could
strike him then | hit him on the head !;
he fell, and | gave him one or two more
blows; then | cut his throat | put him
on the cart and hauled him to the hay
stack, and covered him up; | took hay
and wiped the blood off the cart; then |
came to the house with the cart | left 1t
standing at the machine house, took the
axes into the stable, and went into the
house the woman Mrs, Dearing1 was
out getting water | called John to come
to the stable and help me; | got the lit
tie axe; he went into the stable-l be-
hind him; [ struck him with the axe,
and he fell into the entry | gave him
one or two more blows, and cut his throat;
| went to the house again, and TOLD the
woman the colt was loose she came into
the stable, and hit her on the head two
or three times and chopped her throat ;
then | went and told Tom that his moth
er wanted to see him; he went into the
stable. and [ killed him the same way as
the others; then l went and told Annie
her mother wanted to see her; | took the
baby in my arms and went with her; L
left the baby sitting outside playing on the
hay; | followed Annie into the stable
and killed her in the same place as her
mother; then came out and killed the