Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-19
A HORRIBLE STORY.
1he Confession of the Accomplice In the
Aurder OF Hack, at Betoft, Wis.

1he Confession of the Accomp!tce in the
Murder OF Hack. at Beloft. Wis.
gainesville Special dec. 12) to Chicago
Tribune.
The interest in the Mack murder trial ia
undated, the court room being uncomfort-
ably crowded, and fully 500 ladies being in
the audience. Nothing of importance was
elected until Frank Dickerson, who is under
indictment as an accomplice in the murder.
was placed on the stand. Dicksrson is
young man about % years old. Attorney
Ninans objected to his testimony, standing
as he did in the role of an alleged accom-
piice, and being already indicted. The OBJ
lection was not sustained, but note was
made of it, and the witness proceeded: /
am 2s years old, and my home is in Horizon,
Wis. In March last ] first became &C
qualnted with Mack, going to work for him
in March last, and continuing in his employ
Tor two months and half or three
months. had worked there three weeks
when learned that Mrck and his
wife had not lived happily. / heard Mrs.
Mack call him a-fool and sold Granny
Mack" They qdarreled sometimes every
DAY, sometimes not as often, and sometimes
three Or four times day. [ had never
known or seen Mr.. OR Mrs. Hack before l
went there to work. While was there. at
first. my relationships with Mrs. Mack were
proper One day when l was in the buttery,
three or four weeks after l came there, Mr..
and Nus. Mack were having some words
She came into the buttery where [ was strain
ing milk, and she put her arm about my
waist, and said she could never use me as
she had Mack. We then Rugged and kissed.
few days after Mack and I were out in
the field at work. I quit early to do
the chores, and was standing st the
well watering the horses when Mrs. Mack
asked ne to come into the house. She said
she wasn't going to sleep with Mack any
more. She was going to sleep in the front
room, and could come down and sleep there
toe. Two nights after she said she would
lock the doors so that Mack could not get in.
ana could come down to her room with
safety. | came down from my room that
night about II O'Clock and went TO her ROOM
where found Mrs. Mack and her Youngest
girl. After an hour or SO [ went back to my
own room. They had at one time some
difficulty about her going over to her folks.
Mrs. Mack aud 10 Watsic were in the buggy,
ready to drive over to her folks, when Mack
stopped the horse, saying the horse was not fit
to drive. He unhitched the horse and took it
TO the barn. Mrs. Mack called him all SORTS
OF names, and said he would like to keep
| her there all the time and never let her go
home. Mack came up and tried to quiet
| her, but she said she wonil not live with
J hun. lie grabbed the little girl
and pulled it away from her and put IT
in the buggy, and then tried to get her IL.
but she would not do it. She picked ND a
stone, bat do not know whether she hit
him or not. After [ quit working for Mack
frequently went TO his house at night and
had criminal intercourse with his wife They
continued TO occupy separate rooms, and
quarrelied necessarily. She told mo she
would get divorce from Mack and marry
me. One night she drove Mack ont of tie
mouse with loaded revolver. This was the
Friday before the murder. The Saturday
night that Mack was killed, Mack, Watsie
and the children went to bed about s o clock,
and few minutes after-a short time
after-Mrs. Mack appeared al my door
and said: Frank, get up and come
down here" I did so. Mack follow
ed her upstairs and she turned upou him
and struck him over the head with stick OF
wood. lie fell as though dead and did not
move q muscle. was going to call up the
nelghbors, and she said, Don't make fool
OF yourself. If you do | will lay it all upon
you. All &c u need do is to help me carry
him TO the barn and put him under old Jen Is
feet, and We will say she killed him. ] will
call Joe Watsic early To feed the horses, and
ne viii find the body We wrapped old
clothes about hls head. so it would not
bleed, and carried him to the stable and pu
HIM back of the mare. She then backed
the mare over the body several times. We
put the bloody clothes IN the priyy-yault and
went to bed. She asked me if /
would be true to her, and ] said / would.
In the morning Watsic got up first,
went to the barn, and came running back
saying, "George is dead in the stable
went out with him, and we carried the BODY
into the house ana laid it down in the kitch-
en- One time, while riding with Mira. Mack
/ IN beiolt, she wanted me to go to Chicago
and buy poison which 10 doctor could dis
cover, and she would give ito Mack. Since
have been IN jail Mrs. Mack has written
me two notes, dropping them down from
her cell Window on the upper floor by a
string, in which she wanted me to swear
that man who formerly worked for Mack
told me he would come back and fix Mack
and his wife some day. | replied [ thought
it good plan.
/ The notes were shown. In the cross-e1-
animation Dickerson acknowledged that he
Tad been IN the State Reform school twice
tne 'lrst time when but years of age, for
| stealing. lie could remember but little Of
his whereabouts and life previous to three
years ago. The court adjourned till o clock
Tomorrow morning.