The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-19
THE MAYBEE MYSTERY.
tits Cleared Up by the Confession Of the
Murderer's Brother.
Mother andiDaughter Deliberately Choked
to Death for the Sake Of Plumber.
The Townsend Outrages Also to be
Fastened Upon the Tappau
Brothers.

HUNTERS POINT, +. l., Jan. lS.-Ed-
ward Tappsn who Is under arrest on sus.
picion OF being implicated In the Townsend
outrages, has confessed that bis brother
John and himself were concerned in the
murder of Mrs. Maybee and daughter, at
Breakville, on the evening Of November
9th, Of which detsiasd account was given
in these dispatches at the time. He says;
II know who took the lives of Lydia and
Annie Maybes on the evening of Novem-
Der 18th. II was Jshn B. Tappan, my
brother. He was Ia the barn when Mrs.
Maybee came In. I Yves not In the barn,
but saw John 90 In. He went in at the
double doors. l was at the front side Of
my house, feeding PIGS, when he entered.
When John choksd the old lady to death,
| was In front Of the barn and saw him.
He choked her to deaSh on the barn floor.
lie caught her wrists h one aud and took
her by the throat With the other. saw
him do It, was looking through the door.
II was light enough for me to see the sta.
BILE. When John had her by the throat she
was on the ground. When she came in for
leaves, John was standing In the stalls
where the leaves were. II took Is minutes
to choke her TOT death. After the deed
was done, John picked her up and laid her
back OF the stable. | saw him throw leaves
over her. He was standing on the ar
floor near the opening door by the
stable. l saw the whole thing myself.
After she was dead John said, Il am going
to wait for Annie. am going to choke
her too. II choke her no one will know
ahn kkar IN nd
get the money. Annie opened the barn
door and stepped in. John grabbed her
right arm and threw her down on the floor
and held her oy the right wrist while he
put bis knee upon her left arm, and with
his right hand took her by the throat. She
tried to get away from him when he
grabbed her by the arms. She grabbed at
his face. saw her hand close over
his nose and mouth. She said,
Let me o.. Then he held
her by her throat. He carried her into tn e
stable near her mother, and covered her
with leaves, saving, "Now Pm going to
| the house." Both he and / went. We
entered by the kitchen door. Old Mr..
Maybee said, "Who's there?" John said,
It's me.' Then We went upstairs to
| Mrs. May room. When Mr.. Maybee
knocked on the floor stood by the door. I
saw him do II. THIN John came down
stairs and went in ron OF Maybee and very
Q Ose to him. He ran his hand up and
| down Maybee's breast and said. II want
that watch you had two years ago." May.
be said, 81 Amt got 1t. l am blind. l
can't see to get it, II SNOW said
John. Theu he said, ''I'il kill you,"
and snatching his cane from him, struck
him twice on the head, then John went up
stairs, when be came down again he said:
~ have got all want When we came
out, We went up through the cedars, be
gave me ten dollars In money. Tve got
1t now. John showed me pin and watch
outside the door as we come out. He
didn't tell me how much money he got or
what he was going to do with the watch
and pin. | went out towards the barn,
crossed the bridge nearest the school house
and went home. This was about 4:45.
| l have only seen my brother once since the
murder. My wife was sitting at the table
| eating supper when came in shs asked me
where l had been, told her down the
road"
There are no new developments in the
Townsend case. Detectives say they have
no doubt they will fasten the crime upon
the perpetrators of the Maybee outrage.
The whole expense Of this thing has been
borne by Mr.. Corbin. He says "cost
what 1t may, ard without regard to the
turn 1t takes, / am determined that no
murder or other serious crime be com.
mitted In Long Island, without the crimi-
nal being hunted down and punished. -