Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-06

night; after leaving the saloon | went
to grocery store kept BY German
and purchased some cigars, and candy
for the children, l don't know the
name of the store keeper, but had
been there seferaI times, think l was
at the store about 9 O'Clock in the
evening. Just as was leaving it came
into my head that l must have Ham
nett, money. l thought he had good
deal OF morey in the house, and as |
felt so queer all at once in my head l
thought must get it. | went direct
ly to the house but don't know how i
got there. | suppose | mus; have been
out of my mind. After getting into
the bouse found that Mr. aud Mrs.
IlamDett had not come home.
1t occurred to me that to get the
money 1 must kill the children. 1
found the AK in the kitchen, and taking
that with me l went up into the room
over the kitchen where Robert Smith
aud M self slept. The bed "as 10 the
corner of the reom, and | saw that
Robert was sleeping soundiy, with his
face towards me- took position at
the front of the bed, and with cue blow
killed the boy. He never moved. L
cant say how il "a. that the boys
throat was cut, may have struck hiiH
twice, but be never groaned.
After the boy aas dead, | went into
the adjoining room, where Ida aud little
Emm. weIs sleeping. There were two
beds IN the roou-one in the corner
and the other, the one occupied BY the
children, near the center. Both the
little girls were sleeping. Struck Ida
first and she never moved. | then
raised the az and struck at Ennie, she
uttered a cry, and l hit her the second
time, she did not groan again.
After tins l went down stairs and
took position just inside the door Of
the room sdjoiniBg the kitchen, and
waited for Mr.. and Mrs. HaDnet, to
come home. They came between ten
and eleven O'Clock. Mr.. Hamuett
eame into the room frs:, was standing
so tLat he could not see rne, and |
struck him from behind, using the ak
he fell to the floor; Mrs HamDett
then came rushing into the room, and
as she passed through the ioor l struck
her but did not kill her, she shrieted
once or twice sob john" and then l
struck second blew which killed her
Instantly, Mrs. Hamnstt and tie baby
were the only ones | hit twice, the
others were killed with one blow, 1
used the ak all the time.
L committed the deed TO get Mr..
Hamnett's money. l searched Mr..
Hamnett's pockets and obtained his
pocket-book. 1t contained only fifteen
dollars in paper money. i found Mrs.
Hamnett's pocket-book on the sewing
machine there was only Fifty cents in
it. | looked over the house, but all
the money | got vas fifteen dollars,
The silver money spent yesterday |
brought with me from Germany. | did
not get it from the house Nv only
motive for doing this deed was to get
the money. | never had any iIl-feeling
towards any of the Hamnetts: l al
ways liked the little children, and al
WAYS bough, them candy when | went
to Homestead. The boy Smith and |
we're good friends, and | always liked
Mr. and Mrs. Hamnett.
did not FIRE the house, and it was
not part of the plan TO cover up the
murder. When searching the house
put an oil lamp ia the sitting room, aud
when rushing away from tie building it
was overturned. thought it would 90
out | did not think the house would
burn AS soon as | left the building
proceeded at once TO the railroad, and
walked direc; To Pittsburgh.
alin'zing is native of Studtgardt,
/ WIriemhefg, and is % wears old. He
has been in this country about eigi teen
mooihs, and worked un farm in New
/ Jersey, previous to taking up his abode
with tue Ha,nnetts in January last. He
also served in the BavarIsn army dur
ing the Franco Prussian war, partici-
pated in several battles and the siege
of Paris, aud escaped all it. dangers
Gold ll3. Wheat at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania red 81 20; amber 81 II
al so.
MONDAY, 4TH.
a fv.t ton boiler exploded at Shaw
aneuuk, n. Y, killing seven men and
fatally injuring three others. The ex-
ploded boiler was thrown six hundred
feet. Ice houses, containing 1900
tons of ice, the property of the Chest
nut Hill Company, at Newton, Mass,
was burned. Loss $4,000. Tao
hundred workmsn in the Allegheny
railroad shops at Plt,sburg, struck for
three months back wages.
Gold ll2s. Wheat at Philadelphia,
Western red 81 50al 60.
TUESDAY, 5TH.