Daily Republican., 1885-10-10
Coming East.
mONTGOMERY COUNTY,
Pa, FOR TRIAL.
RECITAL OF HIS CRIME


shortly after O'Clock John M. W ilson, ,aIia
Saylor, the self-oonfrssed mur 1erer OF An
thoHy l. ally, at Chestnut hill, Pa, . yea
and q halt ago, was brought from ths
urbs, and placed in private room at the
Central police station. A few mo nen,i
thereafter Constable Cornehu. Bates, Of
.Jenkintown, Pa, entarod the room Dy
door, while J: J. Daily, q prominent citi7 n
OF Terre haats, lni., who spent six mo- this
In Philadelphia searching for the brother
that had disappeared, quietly entered / y
another door in the rear Of the pr soner and
took sest- 1t Was tho d rst time that O. n.
stable hates and Wilson had come toge, he
In Ohicaa D the police reports OF their met I.
ing yestefd day having proved errOne Gus, and
as soon as the prisoner saw his old acquaint-
ance he manifesto d considerable pleasure.
=" am. sorry 10 see you in this 11. High
Jenney, :" said Bates, addressing Wilson by
nickname which had been given to him
during his residence In M0ntgonserJ
County.
" Yes, it's bad box" replied Wilson.
I" but you don't know how much better i
feel. no~ that the Devirs got out Of me.''
The constable then commenced 10 q aestion
the prisoner concerning the details Of the
crime. Wilson seemed to reyel In the
pattic nlsrs, and need ID little questioning 70
bring out tho details. Stripped of tina ques-
tions and verbiaSe, his confession was az
follows.
WILSON'S SHOCKING RECITAL.
went home tnat night i think 1t was
sunday. >nuary 20-and found Tony lying
on the lounge, with his head On pillow,
had been drinking some, but not so much
but what knew what was about. He owed
.se some monsJ, aid asked for 1t, but be
wouldn't give me any. That augerei me.
and, after semc woris caught hold OF a
sieaver that WAS lying near and struck him
across q f)rehead wltl the back of It. he
never moved from the lounge, but his face
gave few twiches and i saw he was
dead.
Then put the corpse into wheelbar.
row, wheeled IT. into the barn and went back
to the house after a lat torn When return-
ed to tbs barn first took off all Of Tony's
clothes and then chopped the head Off, put
Il into bag. chopped Oh both legs and ut
them and the trunK into another bag, and
niled botn bags up with stones All the
time was afraid that some one would come
anu catch me. After T. 1s was done / har.
messed up the sleigh,ppt the bags into 1t and
drove through tho s0u,h part OF chestnut
Hill. On the way two men asked M to let
them gei In aad ha 70 ride, but l whipped
uo the horse and got ahead. Whan l got to
the bridge throwed the bags into the water
and then drove back and but up the herse in
the stable.
On the next day John q. Riley and
house looking f,r MIN. told them he had
gone down to the citv, mesning Pbiladel-
phia- On Tuesday or Wednesday / sold the
COWS and pawned Tony's waton Ia gold one
"oith pASoBs lVt W. ulKQL N .
up my mind to leave tie neighborhood, and
l went down TO Pat Tierpey's Union Grove
saloon, at Abingdon, and told the Cys was
going TO leave tnem While was setting up
me drinks at looked at me kind OF hard and
said be believed knew where Anthony was !.
rhat gave me fright, for was afraid the
house might be searched and Gony's clothes
found. SO next morning l made believe to
leave the neig hborn oof hid around till night.
and then went back and set the house afire "
Wilson then proceed ed ut length TO nsrrate
his subsequent movements; how no remained
several weeks in Philadelphia. thence went
TO New Yorg, and finally came West. He
raid that, while he was in New York, he one
day drank heavily, and that same night the
devil appeared In his room. "He was .
hideous looking creature" said the prisoner
=" and gave me scare that 1 hain't gstten
oyer TIL this day. never want to See him
again, and guess won't, now that have
made clean breast Of It,"
A DRAMATIC MEETING.
All this time the brother OF the victim, sit
ting In the rear, was drinking in every word,
his face pale as death, his hands clenchsd,
and mis- frame twitchinR. He Is said to bear
q remarkable resemblance to mis- dead broth
or, except that the dead mans hair was light
or red, while that of the living one is dark,
suddenly Wilson remarked: ~ hear that
Tony's brother is coming up here 10 see me-"
Constable bates glanced meaDingly n,ross
the room. The prisoner's sharp eye took in
the look, and he turned his head in the same
direction, when, quick as IL flash Of lightning
and with cry OF horror, he sprang to his
feet, and, shaking in every limb, gszed with
wild eyes upon the man before him. The
latter he'd also risen to bis feet, and with
deadly pallor upon his cOuntenance and hts
finger nails ground into the palms Of his
hands, he riyeted mis- eyes upon the seif-con-
fessed murderer OF his favoTite brother The
scene was thrilling one. ANY pos .ible de-
monstrati0n. however, was averied by the
entrance at this luncture OF other parties. and
the PRISONER, limp and shaking fell back into
his scat, while he brother, no longer able to
restrain his varied emotions hurriedly left
the room. The prisoner was then removed TO
cell In the b. sement. emanlfested great
anxiety lest he should be mobbcd upon ts
arriv 4, bur wac somewhat assured by the
emphatic declaration OF, f,Constable Bates that
he would see hitn safe inside tho laiI walls at
even the risk Of his own life.
Constable Bates emu his prisoner, accom-
panied ny Chicago officer, left for Philadel.
phia later In the day.