, 1866-07-20
From tie Barbados Vest Indian, Juae 49,
CONFESSION OF PROBST, THE
MURDERER OF THE DEERING
FAMILY.
(Concluded.)

ThenI went TO the stable, and walked
behind him | took the axe behind him
in my hand I walked behind him and hit
at him right on the head with the small
axe he fell right down on his face; |
turned him over and gave him one or
two more on his head aud cut his throat;
he never spoke 10 me, or said q word
he told me was that steer hurt very bad
he did not look so bad when l saw him
| will go right over to the barn and see
him then | put a little hay over him
and left him laying there | killed him
at the place where you 60 up to the hay
mound, where the blood is on the boards
| pat a little hay over him going out, l
put my axe in the same place, the small
axe !; | had the hammer there.
And then Miss Dolan called me over
there in the house ; | said the horse would
not stay there; | would walk around
and put the horse out Of the carriage
[ walked over there and said Mr.. Deering
wanted to see her over in the stable she
asked me where the woman and children
are ; | told her they are all in the stable
(smiling) that is all I talked to her she
walks right in the stable I took the
hammer with my left hand and she was
five or six feet inside the door /; I hit her
on the head once with the hammer, and
She fell right down on her face !; | turned
her round, hit her once in the head, and
took the little axe again and chopped her
throat then | went 10 Mr.. Deerfng and
took the watch and pocket book from him
aud put them in my pocket; and then
l went back to- Miss DOlan to see if she
had any money I looked into the pocket
and took a pocket book and put it into
my pocket /; after that I took Mr.. Deer
ing's boots off, and laid him in the same
place where you found him, and put Miss
Dolan there, and covered them up with
hay.
Then I went out to the doors :
went over to the house +; put the carriage
and horse into the stable, and took the
gears off of him l gave the horses some
thing to eat, oats, corn /; then I shut the
door l went over to the house and put
the carriage In its place in the carriage
house this was about halfpast two
o'clock; [ cannot tell exactly what time:
then ! went into the house inside, shut the
door, and fastened the door I took nv
pocket-bOok out to count the money (:
took first the big pocket-book out, Mr..
behring's pocket-book F.; I found ten dol
lars in it in g~reenbacks, and two two dol
lar notes, and a counterfeit three dollar
note ; that is all the money I saw I
took Miss Dolan's pocket-book, the little
one ; [ opened it, and saw nothing in it
but postage stamps ; | am certain there
was none in it | will not now lie.
l thought they had much money
Qaughing); | left the watch and pocket
book on the table and went up stairs f.: T
found a pocket-book of Mrs. Deeripg's.
that little one, on the bed there, with a
yellow clasp on it; it had So in it, in
~greenbacks, and about sixty-five cents in
small change; under the bed there was
a little revolver loaded; I got down
stairs | looked all over and | cannot
find more | took the r~evolvers down,
and put them among the other things
then | went up stairs and looked all over
L searched about butt cannot find any
other thing: i took The three shirts and