The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-23
Confession Of a Monster-The Bloodiest


telegram sent to the Post:
am sole proprietor of the assassination of Jean
kinck, OF Gustave Kinck and Madame Kinck and of
her i've children. The 18th of August last went to
meet Jean kinck, whose coming expected at the rail-
way station. We got in the omnibus together and
went to soutz, where he left his luggage. After eat
ing something at the bakers went to Waltawille
where we bought bottle of wine and kept on our
way toward the ruins of the Chateau de Herinheet
Before We had got there we had already drank por-
ton OF the wine in the bottle. | carried the bottle
had In my pocket phial of prussc acid which N.Y.
self bad made. Taking advantage of a moment when
Jean kinck did not me, poured the contents of
the phlal into the bottle, and when reached the
brow of the hill invited Jean Kinck to drink
He did so, and instantly fell dead This took place
about o'clock Pm. The place was completely de-
serted | dragged the corpse FIVE or six yards
from the road and dug with my hands grave 10 the
ground which is there composed of gravel and friabe
earth, and buried the corpse near large oak Be-
fore inferred it searched Kincks clothes and took
possession OF all his papers. Among them were two
blank checks, two one hundred franc notes. his WATCH
and twelve francs in small change.
returned to my fathers house and stayed there until
the I'd OF September, when set out for Paris. While
remained at my fathers house I assumed Jean
kincks name and initiated his handwriting and kept
up correspondence with Madame Kinck at Roubaix
also filled up the two blank checks had found in
|
tor $500 francs whose proceeds ordered to be sent
to me at Guebwiler. When went to Roubaix, some
time afterward, gave the second blank check which
l had filled up for 500 francs to Madame Klnck in
her husbands name. Being unable to get the $500
francs sent to the Guebwiller post office set out for
Paris, and the day of my arrival took the train for
Roubaix.
told Madame Kinck that her husband, who was de-
tanned by business in Paris, had asked me to 60 to
Guebwer to get the $500 francs, but the postmaster
having refused to deliver them to me- had returned
to Paris. found her husband waiting at the station,
and he told me to return instantly to Guebwiller and
get the $500 francs gave Gustave Kinck the power
of attorney from his father. forged this power of
attorney at Lille, where had stopped to enable him
to get the money
Gustave Kinck went to GuebwiIler but he could not
get the money his fathers signature to the power
of attorney not witnessed received at the Hotel
du Chemin de Fer du Nord the letter by which Gus
tave Knck Informed his father Of His inability to get
| the money at Guebwier. l had written to Gustave
knck in his fathers name, not to come to Paris IN
til he had received the $500 francs But he tele-
graphed me- thinking he telegraphed his father, the
10Th of September to announce his arrival the mex
day.
went to meet him at the railway station. 1t was
90 pm, the 18th of September. He told me be had
been unable to get the $500 francs at Guebwler
informed him was going to take him to his father
We took the omnibus at La Yillette and we went on
the telds-t was then 1890 P.A.-we walked side by
side took out table knife which had bought the
day before, and dealt Gustave blow in the back
He did not scream once, but fell his face and did
not move If gave him several other blows, and
do not remember to have done So it was doubtless to
prevent him from being recognized. I do not even
remember where left my knife. l afterwards heard
it remained sticking in Gustave Knck's throat had
before this bought shovel and pickaxe and had hid
them hard by under ground. | dug grave with
them, and placed Gustave Kncks corpse in it. after
having first taken his watch papers, and the four or
five francs in small change be had in his pockets
buried near him the shovel and pickaxe had used
Before carried Gustave Kinck to Pantin went with
him to the Hotel du Chemin de Fer du Nord, where
made him write to his mother to announce his arrival
to her, and tt tel her Paris with the other
children.
Madame Knck reached Paris with her children the
10th of September, about 10 Pm. met her at the
railway station ard told her was going to escort her
to her husband. We took hack to Les Quare Che
min. urged her to get out and leave the children in
the hack, saying her husband might wish to return to
Paris, and that would not take the children; but
the two Youngest insisted upon going with their
mother and started altogether 10 the path across
the fields. Madame Knck walked foremost with her
little daughter in her and little son walking by
her SIDE When we had gone some distance from the
hack plunged the table knife with which was armed
into her back. She did not cry in the least do not
remember whether she tell lnstanty-all remember
is struck her repeatedly but more cannot say II
also struck the children the little girl first, and then
the little boy; neither of them gave cry. 1 then
went at for the three other children left in the
carriage.
Before reaching the spot where the corpses lay |
made the children stop, and then brought them for.
ward one by one l made the first one put on silk
handkerchief around his neck, under some pretext |
and when we got his mothers corpse strangled
him with this handkerchief The child gave no cry |
went for the second, and afterwards the third in the
way, and successfully strangled each in the same
manner. They fell without uttering sound 1t was
only after the death of these three children struck
them with pckaxe to dsfgure them. do not re-
member whether | struck the mother and two other
children in the way. did not search their peck
cts, but instantly dug, with second shovel and Sec
ond pickaxe which had bought and secreted before
hand in the field, grave, in which placed the six
coTpses. 1t was about o'clock A. NJ when finished
covering them up
killed Jean Kinck to get possession of his money
be told me he had at his Bankers and which would be
paid presentation of his check. intended to forge
bis name to a check for the amount After had as
Jean Kinck under a necessity so to
say, to kill all the members Of his family for every
one of them knew Jean Kinck had gone to Alsace
with me-
Traupmann afterward retracted his confession, and
tried to fix the guilt upon accompces also.