Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-05-17
II,AND HE Aid.
FRIDAY, MAY IL, 1866.
r., Confession of Probst.

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rho confession of Probst the muir
,,or Of the Deering family in Philadel,
Js was made to his priest, This con
..s,on in all its details would be too
~, for our limited space, but the fol
.n,oo somewhat extended synopsis OF
!, 10 enough, to disgust the moral and
|.nTcbtened sense of all readers, After
| Ia.crblng the murder Of the boy Cauy,
! essays;
/ The sight OF the blood Of the boy
..5uced in rue a dcvliish aud Giool-
.sr,,y feeling, aud l determined ~ once
4 murder thr whole family,
n. disposed Of the body of the Doy,
Il 5escribpd before, and then deliber-
r. walked over 70 the house He en-
H. and told Charlie, the lIttle boy
Esyt ia years TO Willie, who was absent,
H. ne wanted him to help him do some
Eorl in the barn, The little fellow fol.
|wcd him. aud aS soon as he got him
Inside the barn door he dispatched him
|rib small axe he had secured. He
e. went back to the house, aud told
H.. Deering there was something the
E. with one of the cows, and he
Ean,ed heI to come to the barn. She
H. aud he followed and as soon as
kbp,atered inside he struck her on the
6pmand killed her. He then went back
N the house, and brought the children
Nm. one at L time, and taking them ill.,
Ill the barn dispatched them, one by
H. with the same axe. In each in
Es1ce he cut their throats and placed
.ey bodies in the orn-crib himself,
Ntn the position they were found.
Iii then covered the bodies up, and pro-
6yied to wipe out all evidences of his
bull.
Il He then went back to the house, and
|ystrd the arrival OF Mr.. .Deering, not
IEpCting that Miss Dolan would &C
ampeny him. AS soon as Mr.. Deering
aryed in the carriage, he got out, and
Irobst told him something was wrong
Nth one of the cows, and asked him to
10 over to the barn with him. Mr..
Deering went along with him, and Miss
Dolan went into the house, and took off
her bonnet and furs. Mr.. Deering did
bot even take OF his gloves before going
10 the barn, but proceeded there at once,
iOlloWed by Probst, who had the axe
concealed ready for use. AS soon as
lIr. Deering entered the door, Probst
Bates that he struck him on the head.
lnd telled him to the earth, and then
th0pped of his neck with the edge of
BE- axe. Miss Dolau was the next and
lsst victim. She proceeded to the barn,
,tter coming down stairs, and not find
be- any of the family in the house, and
9IObst, who was in waiting for her,
heated her as he had the rest of the
kmily.
After laying out the bodies and COW
Fing them up with hay, the murderer
Ielt into the house and commenced
EarChing for valuables. He states he
b tho money, but expected to secure
knsiderable amount. Miss Dolan's
Pcket- book had very little in it. He
BIZ nothing whatever of the two fifty
aO.ar compound interest notes and
twenty dollar bills Of Ithe same charac-
hT that are missing, He remained about
b house for some time, picking up the
aticles found in the black valise, and
e't about dark.
After describing the manner in which
she behring's were murdered, he stated
aow ne killed the infants, as follows
Then | went over to the house and
R0h Annie and told her that her mother
Fsnted to see her in the stable. She
td not say word. Then | took little
fa0y took it on my arm. The little
gT- walked alongside of me- left little
Ra5Y on the first corner as you 90 into
" stable, playing in the hay, When l
Rent to the same place where | killed
u others, she looked around like for
feI lOther, who was in the hay. She
VI lot say anything. Knocked her
koT1 at the first blow. and cut her
al0at same as the others, when | went
1&k and got the little baby, and struck
4 OF the head in the same place, |
Raued them into the same place,