American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-05-16
NUMBER 90

my carpet bag there and gave it to him
to save for me, and an umbreIlo .u,
certain | did leave it shere.
am sure that was saturday night !; il
was not SO that | was there on SUNDAY
noon | treated him and another fellow
there, one Dutchman, big man do
not know his name; they called him the
beer brewer; it was not Heinrich Rae, :.
then | went to Front street, about seven
O'Clock or after, anyhow eight O'Clock and
styed there about half an hour. then eo
over 70 Germantown road, to Stropes !; I
told him had pistol to sell, and told
| worked in Camden, over there in a saw
mill promised to bring the pistols
back on Saturday, at half past ten
or eleven O'Clock; | went over there on
Leckfeldts; staid there the whole night
with that woman, and then next morning
l went to Chris. Moore's then to Leck-
feidfs, eat my dinner there, and drunk
lager beer; I stayed there then In the
evening, and then went home with that
other big woman I was there about fif-
teen or twenty minutes, then | went back
to Leckfeldts L gave her the So note:
offered to give her the watch in ex-
change for it, when she came over there
for other money, but I offered her the
watch, the silver one; she would not
take that watch she told me she would
take revolver if had one Il told her
| had none /; | staid at Leckfeldt's Sun
day night, Monday night, Tuesday night
and w ednesday night; then 1 slept down
on the wharf, on Brown street wharf;
there are plenty of boats there, / s lept ia
one Of them then | got out in the NOR
ming, about six O'Clock, and sold the
watch on Thursday morning to Dir. AL
geler, he gave me 81 then went back
to Leckfeldt's and paid him So and about
sixty cents then had about forty cents
left; I took my dinner there, and, in the
evening my supper.
About half past seven o'clock went
away with that Heinrich, and walked
about two squares with him; then told
him | would go back to Leckfeldt's; then
walked out Market street; wanted to
go into the coentry; | wanted to go right
through the whole country [smiling1; |
felt bad had seen an account of it in
the papers; I looked into them every
day; | seen it first on the morning was
arrested that was the first time; was
then in Leckfeldt's it was in German
paper; had talk about it there he
talked the whole lime about it, Leckfeldt.
and every body who came in there the
police came in there inquiring about that
the we're talking with Leckfeldt this
day | stayed there; expected to be ar
rested.
l did not sec the officers doing any
thing when | went by them, near Market
Street Bridge; heard them talking, and
heard them say that is the man and
then l walked; | walked pretty smart
Qaughing), and when he came behind me
tsmiling) | could not do anythingj he
asked me, right on the bridge, do not
know exactly what; he told me I wassa
Duchman told him ne, l was French
man Laughing and playing with the
beads of the rosary1; he told me to come
to come back with him; I could do moth
ing with him ; could not do anything
more, nor I would not have done any
thing then, if could have done any,
thing; I did not care whether I was
caught or not; I had no money; laugh
ing]; | feel not right was sorry for
what had done.
THE MURDERER's FEARS.
I feel better since I have told the truth
about this thing; l feel relieved was
afraid to say 1t at frst-afraid of being
lynched, afraid of the crowd, and that
the police force could not keep them eff;
Tam satisfied / haG tair trial and the
witnesses testified to the truth, except
Leckfeldt, showing I went and stayed
there only one night, when 1 stayed every
light.
Chief Franklin-Well, Probst, how
could Leckfeldt remember exactly, when
he may have had a hundred boarders
coming and going?
Probst-He knew nothing about this
case; opened the carpetbag there and
showed my pistol; I sold the other watch
in Second street, near Poplar.
Chief Franklin-I searched for four
squares around there and could not find
it.
probst-I am sure of that. I got two
dollars for it; Isold it to man behind
the counter; one of the hands was broken
off; / got nothing else but what was found,
everything was there but that watch and
umbrella; Itook the boots off Mr.. Dear
ings feet after he was killed, before Ikill-