The Morning herald., 1876-10-27
solving a Great NY stery.

The New York "Sun" of this morning
says:
The mystery of the murder of little Mag.
| gle Bauer is unravelled, and the murderer
is in the Jamaica, J.. J., jail. Since the l5b
of August, when Maggic's mutilated body
was found near her parents dwelling, Kate
Hoffman and two or three men have been
suspected. Among them was Frank Nc
Conachi, otherwise known as Frank Gen.
| ME. He Was arrested several weeks ago,
aud both he and Kate Hoffman were In jail
last week, and then they were discharged
| for lack of evidence. Detective Stephen
| Payne was far from satisfied with this ac-
tion, and kept steadily on McConachi's
track. McConachi persistently insisted
| that be was in New York at the time tht
murder was committed. This was foucd
70 be untrue, the officers ascertaining thai
On the day and the day previous to the
murder he was at Decker's store in Spring
field. On Sunday, the 18th, he was there
On Monday, about an hour after tht
murder, he entered saloon kept by Ger
man between Springfield and Mr.. Bauer'e
house, and asked for something to eat. A.
his time 1t was noticed that his nose and
face were scratched and bleeding.
On Saturday night last, Detective Payne
re-arrested McConachi and yesterday he
took him from his cell 10 the place where
the murder was committed.
On arriving vt the spot where the bod,
was found, the prisoner trembled violently
and completely broke down, and made full
confession, not only of The crime, but of the
manner in which he committed 1t. At tht
request Of Payne, he showed others, who
we're near by, the spot where the deed was
committed and the way in which he accom-
plished it. His narration is as follows:
On the afternoon of the 14th Of August
be was In a cornfield when Maggie went TO
show Kate Hoffman the way through the
woods to the Valley Stream depot. He saw
them both 60 past the cornfeld, watched
Maggie's return, and as she got opposite 10
him, he sprang out at her, and grsppled her
by the throat to prevent her from making
Doise, the poor child meanwhile crying,
"Ma ma !"
At this point in the confession, th-
mother of Maggie, who was pres ent, sprang
upon the prisoner with the force of tig-
ress and grappled him by the throat. The
officer took her cff.
gle he kept his grasp upon her throat and
Na'AASu ASi tA'OuSu VIC COIuutlu W Iut
woods, where he attempted violence, anu
crammed leaves and the corner of her bon
net into her mouth-tying the strings to
gether about her neck. He also took her
waist ribbon and tied it tightly around ber
neck, which completed the work of murder
He afterwards broke down some cedar
limbs, so that e couM ind the body after
dark, for the purpose of hiding it more ef-
tectualy; but when darkness came on he
was afraid 10 90 near the place.
After McConachi had made this terrible
confession he was taken by the officers to
the Valley Stream Depot, to take a train
back to Jamaica. Here, the confession be
ing noised about, a crowd soon gathered
with rope, and the prisoner was saved
with great difficulty from immediate death
by lynching; the officers threatening to
shoot the irst person that approached him
He was returned in safety to his cell at Ja-
maica.
McConachi is twenty-.even years old and
was born in this country. The members OF
his family are highly respected residents Of
Brooklyn, and for some time past have re.
fused to have anything to do with him.