The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-05-18
Horrible arurder.

HHiESA, May s.-Ms. Sarah Holmes, the
nurse 10 whom Mn. Eckert made confession
concerning the murder Of John DEM, has
made public The confesaion. OF al crimes
psrpetrated In Montana, this wa the most
brutal and mysterious. Three men have al
ready been called upon by the ~vigilantes to
sufIer for Il, each OF whom escaped the
moose By mere accident Prominent men
have been suspected, and ono Of them, John
6hober, mentionedin the confession, has sui.
fered much from the insinuations cast upon
him. A reward Of tl9,O00 was offered for the
criminal, and now aftei nine y.ars comes the
Sensational end. Mrs. Holmes said:
At about 3 O'Clock In the morning Of the
S4th day before Mrs. Eckert died she called
me to her bedside and told me ehe had . ter
rible confession to make. Partly rising - by
some supernatural power she threw her
sunken eyes upon me and said: "Promise
me that you will never, so long AZ I nm alive.
give away what I am about to tell you. Will
youW
"Pleaee don't tell me anything, Mrs. Eek.
srt," / replied.
.slf you love me you will listen to me" che
said 20 loud as her enfeeble voice would per
NIT.
81 have suffered the tourtues Of hell tor
long. Icannot sleep. cannot die wlthou,
telling It. Listen. Mrs. Holmes, do you
know who killed John DennW
MOI, I replied, then she said: ~ always
thought that q mar (now dead) named WIN
iams did IT,
"You are away OFF, said Mrs. Eckert
Listen again. shober has been blamed;
have tried to blame him, aud I have told til,
officers - much, but there is nothing In it. 1
was not Shober. Now close all the doors ant
come to me quick. I will tell you-sce 4
Maggie is asleep; cover her up. Is Lo,
asleep1 Close the doors-sh, eh, Oh; oh, Mrs
Holmes. this 10 a fearful night. Horribl,
phantoms fit before mel must tell you; 1
is Weighing me ~down-killing mt. Oh, In
siderable torment! They tell mt to leav
here. Ha, ha, leave here; don't l leave her
and don't I come back. cannot leave here
What hideous power draws me, and holds NJ,
to this damned spotf Dem was mlrdere,
here, and 1 am glad my boy Harry wa
not here at the time. Comet" she shrieked
''You must hear! I cannot sleep. Put you
arms around me-"
KILLED JOHN DENIM!
Ny God, ] don't believe It; 1t cannot be, Mrs
Eckert. Yeu are neutrality-suspicious."
eyes, yes; Madam Eckcrt killedJohn Dem
with . hatchet-with q Ratchet. Is Lou chop
ping wood with q hstcheti II she onl,
knew what that Ratchet has done she woul,
never touch 1t. Horrible murder! I went II
the night to Dem, called him up, took a bot
tic, wanted liquor, went in the cellar Will
him and hit him q lick" There she stop
ped. She asked me for some wine. sh
drank q little, then said: 81 swear to this
Twenty yesrs hard labor-worked twent
years for this. There are no papers to con
denim any one. What there were I have de
stroyed. I feel relieved" Her mind wa
perfectly clear as she again warned me sNo
to give 1t away" She subsequently said sh,
thought she had been Swallowed through thi
country and Europe, but that no one haibeci
smart enough to catch her.
The Lou and Maggie referred to by the VIC
man are her daughters.