Telegram-herald., 1889-07-12
WILL sKA sKEY coNFEssEs
tie Also - Yates Eti4s Taylor aad
Jshs Hathaway.

'f41rst4t-ter AttA-5 , at1 H. - III
Saagksv las made TIE following swora
confession.
NY n4me IS William Saarkey. am
- years old l AnoN kl.as Taylor
slsaIly alse know A4eltert Anderson
and James Hathaway. / know Cole
nlaa Dupee, aAd where he lived. The
day Dupee was killed went over the
rlgeT 10 takea bath. a ben / meI Hath
away. he asked nae when | was ga.ug
70 foledc, slid said a. soon as get
come lH0ney Tor Nj. Dodge.
"ilashaUay then SAID Lets 90 and
rob lne 0lA egeman.' 1 sand: No,
WON'T TO such tlsfirg that.
Hathaway Ms hsarding With u.s..
Aiout a wees before tn3t Hathaway
went away Oh the L. ;. * NJ, and sad
that ne was going - MuskegOn. Then
Hathaway SAID, Does the egg man ever
h.tvr money" / .ald. 1 don't know
Then hc kept on talking about gong
over there 10 rob hm that night aud he
wanted to know II I had a revolver.
sald, No. Jim, | never carried ONE.
Hathaway then SAID, Il know A man
who has got one and he kept on coax
ing me. Finally said / would 80, hut
W0uldn have any thing 10 10 with rob-
bing the old man. Hathaway said
You will not squsal on me- | said. Il
didn't before and promised 10 60 over
there AZ such an hour. lie SAID they
wanted To he there right after dark
and when they thought lt was time for
me 10 come they woula whistle aad
was 10 whistle back. - left him and
went back and dit not 10 swimming.
lie SAID, i Will whistle Just once
That Mas about , o'clock IL the after
noon. | saw HIM ag,ln thatnlght ABOUT
80 o'clock. There were two besides
myself, Hathaway and Elias Taylor.
After | left MIR. Wood came around
back OF the slaughter house and came
through on a road To pupcc's house.
They heart nir whistle and all came
over there. There | met James Hath
away and Elias fagior. Hathaway
sad, Come on and 20 with mo- told
him | wouldn't have any thing % do
with roibing him. Ono OF them spoke
TIP and SAID. You come close 10 the
house. and | sad can see all want
10 from here. They said, If YOU see or
hear anybody YOU whistle They then
started toward the house and | STAYED
there. | didn't hear anything, and
when one OF them w intO the back
door the other went around to tile front
OF the house.
Il started TO run and came out on 4
road, and 30 tho rsilroad track, and
went up the track. I stopped in a barn
uutil It stopped raining. ! didn't stop
agaln until got 10 Charles Eish's, cx-
ccpt 70 speak 10 Nj. mellow the next
morning.
Il didn't hear the pistol shot. | saw
the fire wi en 1 WAS out about three
miles. | dIdut know it was Dupee's
house, or see any OF the parties have n
revolver. The next morning wnen
came % town met Hathaway. lie
asked If / heard Dupcc's house was
burned and ne with il. ! said had
not. Hathaway told me that he had
Just come ont of Jackson, where he
had been two and nalf years for
stsbbing 4 man, and SAID ne had been
10 prison most al his life. and had done
a great many things. He went down
10 DUpce's with Mills ana me. We
went down the railroad track, and Mr..
and Mrs. Covert and some small boys
were there. That was nearly noon.
eve came back to town. When we
were alone, said: Hathaway, We viii
get caught. | ought To have known
better than 70 have gone over there
with YOU fellows Re SAID: We wall
never get caught / said: Il II bet you
1 pave given Il away already by the
wav ran sroaud through the country
last night lie said: You are a darned
tine one 10 81 to rob anybody and then
ran
q looked up and laughed, saying: r
wasn't there very long, ana / guess |
didn't bother you any then asked
him II ne got any money. He said
about 1918. In the evening | asked
him what he was going 70 DO. and he
replied ne was going to fly the country.
| do not remember seeing him again
after that.
Il knew / had done something /
shouldn't. aud often thought | would
90 and tell of It, for | could not
sleep nights. ! don't know that Ander-
son had anything to do with tins. The
night of the FIRST burglary hathaway
wanted me 60 % with him, but /
wouldn't go Hathaway said he didnt
know an OLD man t. 1--we ike that but
what be had lots of money. Dupce
cpne % our house - sell egg>. ana he
sEd he had some money IN am old
chest ani tney dId1t take that. lie
wa a.iudiuc to the tme they attempt
od % rob nm.
Afterwards Jlm said IF he had some
mouev in q cflgst we m ~ltAS well have
Sc fs any one. sad, '1ou'll never get
81 bv me -o~Dg with vou.' Ile walked
.a- =. rerHa f.f k.fs-
glarv nIt / woUi1n't g.. H. SAID be
was gong over tO get the money and
went sway that uiCht about O clock.
Tho next day he told nae what he had
done. hut would not tell me Who was
with b'm. Hc sad he didn't vo oto
the house; that the old man got out of
the window and then ran. lie sad.
q Il vOu squesl on me L VIII say you
were along with nae. ~