The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-09-05

aeth. Of the murdered woman.
Sufficient evidence had now noe
octed 10 prove the previous sMtei
y tha nrisoner false, and have
i i =, s. .ess ~ psck D here the
NOR was confined and confronted
Nth u the damning facts. When as;
"a fhat he had not long TO live, ne
with the most perfect. indifiere
= q 1proceed gentlemen, you cannot h.
!, Ian INT! once,n9 He was then as
. - raveal the particulars Of his .cri
~ when he made, In substance, The follt
ing confession sos I've .q41p,
ANOTHER coNFEsslos.
ai4. cave his name as Tanzey and s.
u wes not Osburn as stated IN his y
on,.s a. That HIS home was At
ia In~a, where he had wife
nGs ,.h;,d. The parties he had murd
"a were five In number. -
nth IA Wife and two children
i s,,.,4har man ,rho wassuTanlarfied.
sa;d thew were.travelling In iuin
|, wsron and that they were return
. Gon Kansas to their home IN MINI
s , ne met them first, last Thu
. iav. the 18th. Having no mons
! tr.vellinq in the same direct
1 Kindly asked him to join the
q he aid. The wagon being lar
a All. SIX ii number, slept N " Ins
y ried man, his VIE ana wv ~
I = slept on,a platform raised ON S
= !, Of the wagon, while ne reI Iva h,e,
= slept in the bottom q inc ueu
afl Last SUNDAY nlgn. my S.,,ss n4
4 within hall mile ~ rssca III
a Burr OAK grove. e. s.s mon4da,
- wretch conceived :le p,a sn I'M thea
g. ing them and makS NY AZ lthr,
-. horses ana wagon, u.ei. "a 49, ,vbetev
u. or four n nuMpe sn .h.;r nosses
re- money tney MY; ;a - ,,,, = s them
in sion: Alses - sa.rote tham in the
II. he intenaea Y a ~ W. ,,s.r M
Ia. orusn oh S ~ s'is \. = = e a9i
THE SLEEP OF DEATH. sqa
n That Sunday night, little dreaming
H.. - the 4: M -hearted wretch they hac.
h;s t.lsr rndsr their shelter and the awful
'an' csts avaitinr them. they lay down in
IL ~. wsron for the night, and all save
md Tho murderer were sound asleep.
M sstisfvino himself that all were
"a ,s.s;s. rs took 4 loaded pistol which
d., .w n the, waron and placing 1t ct the
49, i.:y.5 ~ the man Who was sleeping by
e - th;s side AIRED. He instantly killed
~ Ess, 80 sgF sl4oae tts9 tN
Fsy / !. sTha rnarrieil man being aroused by
MIC. I+he .yar,ort az the pistOl rose up, Gant
w. th;rring Tanxay had fred at . strang'
.nch - which had been annoying then
;ned inr,rrl the night by barking, sal'
snts e Coed Good ~ The assassin i'm
med;stalv turned and shot him. an
4 Az, ;nmned from the wagon to tn
@ronnd. The wounded man attempt
a., s "a ~ Tc,,ow him when sranzey seize
..;sa ~ - s,,d Asrafchad him ut once. Tt
Sinc ~ n IA r;fa ~ the Murdered ms
- -. 49, rmnnino arounu. the wage
va. ,,tse,;nr fearful cries. and fenying h
rh"y W. .ros.j5 alarm the people at TIT far
!. ana hn,, - !, ear nv he also killed her vii
,.;nr -, ~ q, ciuh, lust which he does III
= The romemhar.
:. The two infant babes. aged thrt
) wo- and fiffeen months. now alone remain
with Cd living. and r. seems that he did nj
They d;snnse If them until sometime aft,
the the rest had been killed. When aske
muir how he co,Ild have the heart to kill Il
NIGHT two heln,ess children. he replied TIL
men he did so with reluctance, bat Thu
, evil when he had murdered their moth,
thew ANNOYED him with their piteo,
were cries and being alarmed lest the moi:
the should lead to his detection. he G,
q ex- their throats nom ear to ear, and thu
ough comnleted his work of destruction.
.eady SPEEDY JUSTICE,
,eedy After the confession had been mad
jared two hundred Determined men collec
com ed at the place where the prisoner W,
arful confined. and it was plain that they il
tended to take the law in their ow
lrs as hands, and mete out to this inhuma
he at wretch the speedy Justice he SO rich
g the deserved The prisoner having finisl
was ed his confession. was bound hand an
Being foot and taken to a black walnut tire
ruth, the place selected for his executio
lie re- Arrived at the fatal spot Tame
lfess. was cool and collected. pc
take fectly unmoved, proving himse
and to be man Of iron nerve and one
at of the most hardened villains the wor
reich ever knew. A rope was then place
d be- around his neck, one end thrown ov
nos MI. " Ane IIes' wnen lai1es ~
make m;m MIN s w . he GIVEN him 10 mo,
copy any last request. He replied that j