The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-24
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70 tile Crime
HUNTERS PoIAT, L. L, ] 40. 1S.-Ed
ward Tapran, arrested ii cenn-esiar
with The Towns nd ourtases. contest:
that his BIO her John 81 d himself aeTs
connected with The murder OF Mrs. y ~
5se and Z ugllser II D ooky.lie. Tae iol
lowing is the confession:
II know Mh1 tsok tie livss 81
LydIa aud Anhie MAJ bee nu
he tYe5iag ri November 18th
| 1t was john Is TApua9, my brother
He Was in the earn when Arss MA5 bes
Game in. WIS no. in the barn. sa y
John 60 in the barn. He weni
ia 81 lie douals deCrs. / was
Al the fToat side " my house wsaen he
Heat ia ieedlDg PIGS Whin JghH
ch0kt d the old lady 70 death Wa Il lie
front Of the barn, l saw him. He
choked hef to dsaih On Tie barn d o.,
de caught her by tue sTlsl
18th one haLd and totk her by
The throat V iih the other. | saw him
do il va, LICKING through the door.
1t WAS light enough tor msto sea IN tie
stsb.e. When J I'm ri btr By the threat
She was Oh tie gToaLd. VIXEN she came
IN Tor the leaves Joaa was Standing ID
he staole where Ihs leaves were. Il
tUok IRON ten t2 hfeen minutes to choke
her 10 death. After she was
dead john p cked her up and laid heg
IN the back stable. l Saw him throw
some leaves over het. 1 was Standing
on The barn floor very near the oPeBlng
in the door that goes DIVA Ia The
able. saw the who thing myself.
After she was dead JOHN said: I
IN g"ipg 10 wait for AHBh am
g,Hng 20 choke her too; if choke her
tap uO ons will know ab6u, il, t4tn I
eau 20 TO the house ami get the
money " Annie up, d The b 70 q aoF
ab9ut rS0 feet VIDE Hheu she 81, pptti
III the Il, or Ioha grabbed ilsr by ire
right arm and threw her dawn. | was
on the Il or abiGt the 4 ct fFoin waEre
he grabbed Der. lie t1Dw her dosn
un the floor AMI hI1 her by
the right Wi t. lie pat his
& nee upon her lett ann, md with h;s
light baud toiak her ty the t1T1at Sac
tried TO get away from hin, whel he
grabbed In by the avn. She grabb d
a. his face. She reached his fac-;
saw her hand close over his nose aud
month She sa d. LET ne CO."
fbst IS AL she said ihrn be
1eld her by tue ihr, al until she was
u NJ cuC tilftl IL u 1FNl iGt4 VI ultNSu
minutes. He ca ried her ia the stable
near her mother aud covered her all up
with leaves. ami sa Il, Now l am go
ing to the house, We bath wet out
and went into The kitchen door Old
Mr.. Maybee sad, 'Rho Is there 80
john answered, sits me-" then We vert
IN Stairs
He went To NJ $ Msyb ee's rooul p hen
Mr.. Nay lee KIN cked GA tbs Il ,or stood
by h. ur or; | saw him do H. rhcn John
came diva sfa rs AID wtnti into tbefIont
ro m; Maybe was very close to the halt
He ran has hand up and dogn MIR. May
bees breast and said: Il want that gold
wh;cA you I'D two years
age" Maybee said, Il aisd got It. |
4m blind: can't see Ia get it = L knew
ths'," ssii Joha. Helhen said o May
pee, II must Kill you teen.f' He
md struck him with II IyT.ce us
the head John went up stars
again aud came back AID said: /
have all | want We came out; he
vent to the dars Ly the spring sud
went home. I suppose he gave me $40
in bills. | have il now, tut not
with me. will Iris
il to you / wilt bring it to-day If /
can. John shaved mc the pin d. q
watch by the Goor OUTSIDE; | could
see them Il got them up-slsirs,'' he
said. He did not tell me how
much mo ~ he got; did not tell me
what he was gong To do with the watch
and Pin. | uu not know what he did
with them have not seen my brother
iohn since alone to this
day and ihjs hour | saw
him stand by the wagon house at
Maybce's auction when | rs going up
Hill wes, Of my hous4, after dinner on
my way Ia work at Henry Rushmard's
That is the only time / have
seen him since the night of the Maybee
murders were committed After john
showed me the watch and pia I went
home by the CID bridge This
was about quarter u 6;
knew il it was not 6 o'clock !;
am sure OF it NY wife asked me
where l had been al I told le- down
the road My wife does not know l had
a hand in the May bee murders
Tappan sweGrs that this c0nies sion
was made unsolicited, he believing it
was his duty 10 make q complete con-
fession in regard 10 the part he took in
the Maybee nurleFs.