The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-02
Ha,rkD EDITION
CONFEssING MURDER.

EDREWS TELLS HOW THE OLD NAM
NMFs~ RABER WAS DROWNED.
READING, Pa, Sept. The Leban-
> az Daily Times Of this morning pub
lisfSss statement Of Drews, who is i'm
sprisoned there. l. st evening at 7.3O
SS'clock Messrs. Miller, Weidman and
Adams, the Comm ,nwealth attorneys
fsin the Raber murder case, received
NSRprd from Charles Drews, now under
A,setStencc of death as enc of the princi-.
!, pals in the Raber murder, that he was
ready to make full and free confess
sion. = His confession wa gwen In
German, and is substantially as fol-
sSHI went to Brandt last summer and we
y Nsat on the porch. He treated me to
beer we both felt the effects Of 1t. He
said we could make money, and told me
how, Before he told me he asked me to
drink again, and then he said he and
A oehers would insure Raber and "work
him out of the way" He told me how
to do it. | said would consider it.
Finally asked he was alone. He re-
: piled that there were three others with
him. He mentioned Hummel and Wise
and said did not know them. He
Y than offered to bring them up to have
! me. see them. saw them, but | Ouly
knew Wise.
From boyhood up 1 knew him. l
then agreed, and they also insured Raber.
!. 1 said it was hard thing to kill Raber.
He said they could make money. When
they again met -. said there were five
= interested. Hummel also spoke about it.
Wise came and asked whether was to
kin Raber. told him was not Ger ain.
He urged me to go ahead, and said they
would shoot me if didn't. promised
but never intended to do it. They af
terward often urged me 10 do 1t, as the
insurance had all been effected. Brandt
afterward said they had he plan ready,
and il / did not kill him they would
shoot me, and to save my life promised.
knew not what to do as my life was In
danger A week or two afterward Wise
said should not do it so far as he was
concerned, as he said he did not like the
job. Think it was the same day he SAID
had to kill Raber, as testified. l then
asked Frank Stichler to do it, because
could not. Stchler said thai he did not
care.
He could kill any one, but he bargain
ed t. at l should go along, which l pro
posed, but declared | would not touch
Raber. Then Raber came to my house
and we went off together, with Stichler
was first. Raber was 10 Il e middle
wi h Stitch er following. Invent over tn,
pi nix AID Raber got on it. S ichler go
Raber by the legs with his hands, threw
him il and jumped OH top Of him. Ra-
Der fell below the plank. then ven
g. back to the fence. 1t W IS first intende.
81 to down Raber in the dam. b andL ha
planned that Raber was to 90 fishing a
X tzmillsr's to catch fish for IS wit
aud then as to drown him. We wen
AID Peters went with us. When saw
the dam l could not do it and said ",
would return, whe I,aber replied: aye
II Is too cold anyhow" l pltied hin,
The drowning at the plank afterward wa
also the plan of Brandt.
Brandt had Promised me $30Qand thai
the others SHOULD get the same. He
prom sed Stichler nothing. l had tried
TO c AK Elijah Stichler,but he would MOI
60 with ME. said to Frank l would
Rfve him $500 after | was paid. When
1T Vas done they tried to swindle me oui
tf'al and kill me. THIS was plann'C
behind The shed at Bsandt's, as sified
Th thy told me in Jail Whei they
asked me 10 20 IT, - via Rsnkstown
lucy W Nil inC Ihth
Bra III always urged me- in Jail to keel
quiet about Thu matter, as they hop d Z,
get 81 ar. | did not see be cunspirat r.
SO often about the matter. l engaged
Frank Stichler to do the job after tn,
Kttzmiller plan failed. did not 60 int,
the water. After the drowning Stitch e
walked up to my house and went u
Bandit. did not see the old mans strug
Gle. The plank was made wet by tin
splash wnen Raber fell.
Brandt had Rabsr insured in auothe
COMPANY, but the company failed, ant
with 1t the plan. Brandt told me wha
to say before the Coioner's inquest. l
was part of the general plan. Brand
often urged me while IN jail not to con
Tess. He called at my selI to-day for tina
purpose. / am afraid of him. but not O
the others. II you hang me you vii
hang an innocent man.
OTHER DISCLOSURES EXPECTED.
Brandt was the leading spirit in tn
drowning, he having kept low taverl
at Indiantown GAP, and it was he VIII
plotted the murder. He asserted to tn
sheriff yesterday that after the drowning
he had been IN constant fear of beinl
poisoned, so as to avoid the payment o
'~ the 81 800 offered him. Other confession
90 are shortly expected that may place Jh
"blue-ey ed six" side by side GU d CON
mon scaffold.