The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-05

last. that of an old woman. Mary Docherty
In October OF the same year. This last crime
led TO the detection of the murderers. their
arrest, and the trial. conviction and eXecu-
ton OF Burke. The woman McDougal was
acquitted. Hare saved his neck by turning
Kings evidence, and his wife also was
used rs "a witness in the case. The murder
OF Mrs. Docherty was discovered by a Mr..
and Mrs. Gray. who lodged in Hare house
They heard anoise IA of quarreling and fight
ing after theyhad retired one night. and the
next day Mrs. Gray found Mrs. Docherty's
body concealed under heap of straw in the
Hares bedroom. After Bualo's conviction
he made a full confession, in which, however.
he sought to show that in each case Hare was
the actual murderer. rs he had been the first
one to suggest the execution of the crimes
According TO Burke's statement the first
victim was one Abigail Simpson. a middle
aged woman enticed 10 the house by Hare's
wife. She was carried 10 Hare's house at
night, was induced TO drink. went of in Il
dead sicep and was sufTocated in the early
morning. Then followed an Englishman.
name unknown, who came To lodge at
Haro's. He had jaundico and was about
30 years of age. The body. like the proceed
ing one. was sold 10 DIR. Knox for $40. Then
came a nameless old woman who took Il
nights lodging by chance in the murderers'
den. She was smOthered in the early
morning in the usual way, with II heavy
feather pillow and that night the body was
bihrll ~ III. MUM. VINO pau INC uSuLL SUM
for il.
Margaret Patterson. a young and exceed
inglv handsome girl. was decoyed to the
home of Burkc's brother. and there dis
patched. She was carried, four hours after
death. TO DIR. Knox. who paid IS for the
body. An Old woman and her grandson, a
3oaf mute. were the next victims. They
took lodging for the night at Hares, were
treated 10 liquor. and suffocated shortly
after midnight. They stripped the bodies.
laid them side by side TO cool then packed
them in n herring barrel. DIR. Knox paid
the assassins G16 for the two subjects. As
| chance customers AT this time became rare.
| the regular dodgers were reQuisitiOned. and
| a man known as Joseph the Miller. who
! was we'll connected. and had once posses.
! scd considerable means, was smothercd
| during the night, and his body sold
| Tor $40 10 the omnivorous DR.. Knox.
| Shortly aiterward Hare fell in with a woman
| OF the town, enticed her TO his house, muir
| dered her single-handed and carried the
| body round to the Doctor. who gave him 6
! for il. A cinder gaihcrer. known as Fife.
was induced by Burke TO enter a stable 90
| cupied by Hare. Here she was dosed with
! whisky. She fell asleep on truss OF hay
| and the two villains smothcred her in che
| usual way. For this body they received
| cl0 One night Burke encountered a police
man dragging n half drunken woman 10 tho
| lookup He induced the officer to release
| her, promising to see her safe bone TO her
| lodgings. The wretch took her round %
| Hare's house. where he and his blood
stained partner speedily smothcred her and
| sold the body for Gl0
! LIKE A LAND TO THE SLAUGHTER.
! james Wilson. commonly called Daft
| jamie" was well-known character on the
! streets OF the Scottish capital. He was q
! harmless idiot. but possessed Of prodigious
| strength. Mrs. Hare persuaded him TO nc
| company her home on the promise Of q
| drink OF whisky She then left him with her
! husband and Burke. In the latter's con
fesson he says that Mrs. Hare led poor
| jamie in AZ n dumb lamb TO the slaughter
and as sheep to the shearers: he mad,
almost constant inquiry in his own way foi
| his mother and was told that she would be
| there presently. They smothered the poor
| dat creature. nevertheless. and the com