The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-14

The examination Of the prisoner by the Mayor
and our admirable Chier OF rohce was fully re-
ported in our issue of yesterday taat very lit is
lett to say to-day. The following facts apprO-
pliate addition to the statement OF YESTERDAY 3
Antoine Probst, the mIrdercr, reached the Couuty
Prison between IL and II O'Clock yesterday, aud
at once placed III the cell, on the second corridor,
convict side, recently occupied by Berger, the mur-
Gertr OF MISS Watt. He showed no slgG OF emo
uon spoke lreel To such OF the officers of the prison
as asked hlm questions and when dinner served
TO him, he ate somewhat voracOusly.
To one OF the inspectors OF the Prison, who
yersed with HIM IN the German language, ne told
the sto OF the murders much az he had narrated lt
to the dayoT, bur entered more mto delal, describ-
ing how they were done. To this gentleman he SAID
That he was i1om Baden, where his father aud motl
er ana brother and sisters reside 1t was during Shls
conversation that he, tor the first TINS, showed any
thing ike sensibllitY, and 1t when he asked
what ms parents would think when they heard of
tl G commission of the drea u CRIME by HIM
tear was then observed stealing down MS cheek.
one OF the officers OF the Prison put the question to
HIM :-"How was 1t, II you killed d the bOv, you
say, and your companion KILLED all the rest, that the
boy was killed IN precisely the same manner the
others werer" He paused tor moment and th9n ans
weTed-"He tOId Rs0 hOjU tO do tt"' such answer,
probably the best he could give, is calculated in
crease the doubt of his having had an accOmp ice.
The last time Pro0st was VISITED esterdav afternoon
he had Bible N his hand and appeared TO be read
mglt.
The police made on arrest, yesterday afternoon, Of
a man answering the description gwen by Pro 1st
ana took HIM 10 the County Prison where he was
confronted with Antoine, who at once said he was
not the person. 1be man was then discharged
While Chief Frank in was AT the Prison on this bus
ness, he naO q luIJDer COnVerSatlOn Win the prl-
soner, and asked him more particularly as 10 the
manner of the killing OF 1r Dearing and his III ace
and as it differs somewhat nom that given before
the MaVor we add it 10 the above:-
=. what were you doing twas asked) when
GMIther kllleu DeaTmg?
4. | was holding the horse. Ganther knocked
DeariDg down with the axe rs soon as ne got from
tire carnage, and ms niece started to rum when he
caught up with her. and strigiug her ALONGSIDE or
the mead ith the axe, knocked her down. He then
cut the throats OF both.
q. How did the woman's bonnet get in the
house.
A took it off her head and carried If in.
Tire bonnet was examined an o'd-iasnloned one,
winch came well over the face, and no marks OF
blood could be lOund upon it, or any Indication that
1t had been on The ground.
The prisoner VISITED the saloon of Mr.. ckfeld,
No 445 n wv Market street, on Sunday last, ana
again on Monday, where he slept. He left on that
day and returned again on Wednesday. On Thurs
dav he returned again and remained until nearly
O'Clock, when he lett in company with man whom
the police are now endeaVoring to find. Probst,
the account ofthe murder, as gwen in the German
DeD1Okrdt, but nothing in hs conduct led any one
to'uppose that he had anything to DO with IT. -
bis accomphce, Ganther, was found yesterday At
Mr. LIckeld's saloon, where Proost had eTt 1t. A
pair OF earrings, some trinkets, revolver and a
discharge IRON the 6h PennsyivanIa Cavalry, made
out in the name OF Antoine frobst, were toqqd
therein. Mr. Lckleld ta~en TO the prison AID he
recognized PrODst as the man who lelt It,
Late last evening the deec ives discovered watch
maker III the Eleventh Ward to whom ProoSt had
offered god watch tor sale ON wednesday. u viii
be noticed that PrObsJ in his statement to the Mayor
and the officers, asserted that his accompice took
the watch, and vet the matchmaker identities the
prisoner by the absence of his thumb.
lhe following additional particulars were oc-
taued yesterday in terence TO the Dearn9 amly
CHRISTOPHER came TO tbls country seventeen years
ago rom Dubl n, Ire and, soon after his arrival he
engaged in the service OF Commodore Engle, and
remained IN it Tor several years Alter leaving the
employment OF the Commodore ne went to Mary
land and was there Tor time, Upon his return he
went into the moi business and from that took to
drOylng In 1855 he married Julia Duffy, his first
cousin; who was few years older than hlmSelt
MISS Dolan, his cousin, mad been but aoou6 SIX
months in the country Her mother paid Visit Ia
Ire and last year and brought her over. tier age as
fixed by members OF the family, was twenty-nine
| years. On the uay she reached this clty, the as
seen Oh her alive, she had just left the house OF he
uncle, IN burlington, and he COMPOUND interest
notes she had with her were to purchase Govern
| living IN New York, who reached this ciGy Oh
Thursday.