The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-18

engage in the business of saloon and
Doarulng- house keeping. He said that
he became "partly married" to a woman in
that place, named Mary Harsel, and contln-
ued there until this summer, when he dis
posed OF the saloon and came TO Cleveland.
There was considerable money due him from
parties in Negaunee, and he had been in an
ticipation of receiving il ever since his arri-
val here. He met Andrew Johnson in Mon
umental Park, about five weeks since. for
the inst time since he saw MIN in Toledo,
and induced him to accompany him to Ruf-s
boarding house, where ne was stepping.
The two had remained together more or less
ever since, and contemplated going into
partnership in The saloon business. During
this forenoon Chief of Police Schmitt ordered
the men brought from the cell into his
Office. There johnson was confronted by
man named Brown. who keeps a saloon at
the junction of Champlain aud South
Water streets. Brown said that on Monday
Johnson went to him and asked him TO 20
to the bank and identity him, as he wished
to draw the money on two checks. He
showed one for $500; the other was for $3.50,
drawn in favor Of Andrew johnson, the
deceased. Brown did not go. When John
son was reminded of this circumstance and
was met with other evidence OF his guilt. be
made point blank denials until after Chief
Schmltt talked TO him in the persuasive
way for which he is somewhat noted. the
fellow came down and promised to lie about
it no longer, but
TO TELL THE TRUTH
He said the fact was, he and Andrew were
drunk, got into quarrel, and he killed him.
He then, while Mr.. Schmitt wrote it down,
made the following confession:
myself and Andrew Johnson left this city
about o'clock Saturday afternoon, August
/, 1874 on the st. Clair street cars. to 90 to
the race track. We went in and looked
around. We saw that nothing was going on,
and Andrew suggested to me to 20 out fur
ther. We went up to the place in the woods,
and sat down. Then we got into dispute,
from having drank some whisky. We com
menced talking about this country
and Sweden. I took the part of this
country and Andrew the part of Swe-
den. Our conversation got very high, and
Andrew commenced calling nee bad names.
He called me a liar and s-n ola b-h. L
told him If You don't stop will strike you.'
Then he did it, and / strnck him in the
mouth. Andrew then fired the pistol ut
me, and did not hit me- / rushed in on
him and took the pistol from him, and fired
at Andrew. I believe / hit HIM the frat
time, because he fell to the ground. went
up to him, and he called me, saying, 'Yon
s-n of b-h, why did you do that
forT / got mad again, and got hold of
the stick you showed me yesterday az this
office, and pounded his head. 1 do not
think he was dead when left him."
He afterward confessed to pulling the
man over the fence and finishing him, where
the body was found. 81 took his
silver watch and O yellow chain and $
aud some cents in money l also took his
trunk key out of his pants pocket, and
afterward (that is. on Monday morning)
went TO his trunk and got the two checks,
one of $500 and the other of $50. Took this
property across the bridge and buried It,"
The prisoner, alter this confession, was
asked if he would go with the officers and
show where he had hidden the stolen prop
erty. lie said he would, and conducted the
detectives TO a place between the Lake
Shore railway and the lake, west of the
river, where the two checks and watch and
chain were found hidden between two
large stones. johnson was then taken back
TO prison and locked up.