The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-10
The Perpetrator of tho Internal
Deed Overtaken in His
Crime.
Frightened Into self-Betrayal, He Makes
Clean Breast of 1t Sickening De-
tails Of the Confession.
The Beast in jail, Whence He wan
Probably Come to Meet Judge
Lynch.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, September Solver
ii. Bateman, the young man who was ar
rested Saturday for the double crime OF
murder and outrage committed on the
two little Mclaughlin girls, near Flagg
Springs on August 81, last night made a
confession to reporter Of the st. Joseph
Gazette, who interviewed him In the
Savannah Jail. He related with minute
ness all details connected with the horri-
bic deed, and now stands prepared to
meet his fate. There is no doubt Bate
man will be lynched. The following Is
his confession;
my name Is Diver Bateman. ! was
twenty-five years OF age on the Attn OF
August last. Last Sunday week ago L
was at home when McLaughin's little
grs came there. The little girls left our
house at two O'Clock. | saw the little
girls at the corner by Knappenberger's,
but did not start from home until fifteen
minutes after.
HEADED THEM OFF.
81 went through the woods straight
to the corner of Dr. Lockett's cornfeld.
The girls were just over inside the fence
when | first saw them. went to them
and told them they must not be scared.
| talked to them about half an hour.
While talking to them persuaded them
to 90 farther into the cornheld. i saw
Harry knappenberger pass; was then
farther out in the corn than when killed
the biggest girl. When Harry Knappen-
berger passed We came back toward the
road.
The FIRST SHOT.
"The older girl was walking in front
Of me. shot her first with the % =
caliOre ball, and when she turned
around | shot her with the 81
calibre ball ana killed her dead. Then
the little girl started to run and | fol-
lowed her and caught her. She begged
so hard for Inc to let her go that
came very near letting her 90 home.
let 90 0. her, and knowing she wJuld
tel, | followed her and caught her
again.
Il did not hit her. threw her down
AMI cut her throat. 1t was fifteen or
twenty minutes after Knappenberger
passed before shot the older one. After
| cut the little ones throat went bac4
t. the biggest one. She was lying just
| as left her.
AT this point the confession enters in
the details Of further fiendishness, which
are of such q character as to preclude
their publication.
II went back TO the little one and
moved her into the weeds. The older
girl said nothing after shot her, and |
held my hand over the younger's girls
mouth and prevented her halloing.
"After | went back and moved the last
Cir into the weeds went out through
the bars, crossed the woods, went down
to the creek and washed my hands went
further down the creek, threw my knife
into the creek and went back home.
went into the room and laid down and
told my sister to wake me up if anybody
came.
About shutdown Ira Mclaughlin came
after the little girls. wanted to go to
help hunt them, but my folks wouldn't
let me. They thought | was sick they
do not know that committed the crime.
| should not have told it, but you de-
scribed to me so nearly how | did it that
you must have seen me.
LURED TO THEIR DEATH.
81 told the girls that there were better
hazelnuts up there in she corn, and they
went with me. l told them there We're
young rabbits out In the corn and they
went with me to see the rabbits. The
little girls had their hats off when came
to them. They said that they laid them
down to keep them from getting soiled.
split the Older girl open after l ac-
complished my work, to make people be-
lieve that some crazy man had killed
them. l did not try to shoot the last
girl. | put the small sized ball In the
pistol Monday morning after the kill
ing"