Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-01-05

last, that OF an Old woman, Mary DOcherty,
in October of the same year. This last crime
led to the detection of the murderors. 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 as a witness in the case. The murder
of Mrs. Docherty was discovered by Mr..
and Mrs. Gray. who lodged in Hare's house.
They heard noise as of quarreling and fight
ing after they had retired one night, and the
next day Mrs. Gray found Mrs. DOcherty's
body concealed under a heap of straw in the
Hares' bedroom. After Burke's conviction
he made full confession, in which, however,
he sought to show that in each case Hare was
the actual murderer. as he had been the first
one to suggest the execution of the crimes.
According to Burkes statement the first
victim was one Abigail Simpson, middle
aged woman enticed to the house by Hare's
wife. She was carried to Hares house at
night. was induced to drink. went off in a
dead sleep and was suffocated in the early
morning. Then followed an Englishman.
name unknown. who came to lodge at
Hares. He had jaundice and was about
40 years Of age. The body. like the preced-
ing one. was sold to DR.. Knox for f1O. Then
nights lodging by chance in the murderers'
den. She was smothered in the early
morning in the usual way, with a heavy
feather pillow. and that night the body was
taken to DR.. Knox. who paid the usual sum
for it.
Margaret Patterson, young and exceed
inglv handsome girl. was decoyed to the
home of Burke's brother. and there dis
patched. She was carried, four hours after
death. to DR.. Knox. who paid f8 for the
body. An old woman and her grandson. a
deaf mute. were the next victims. They
took lodging for the night at Hare's, were
treated to liquor. and suffocated shortly
after midnight. They stripped the bodies.
laid them side by side to cool, then packed
them in a herring barrel. DIR. Knox paid
the assassins f16 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
Sed considerable means, was Smothered
during the night. and his body sold
for f1O to the omnivorous DIR. Knox.
Shortly afterward Hare fell in with 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 fS
for it. A cinder gatherer. known as "Effe.
was induced by Burke to enter stable oc-
cupied by Hare. Here she was dOsed with
whisky. She fell asleep on a truss Of hay
and the two villains smOthered her in the
usual way. For this body they received
f1O. One night Burke encountered police
man dragging half drunken woman to the
lookup. He induced the officer to release
her. promising to see her safe homo to her
lodgings. The wretch took her round to
Hare's house. where he and his blood
stained partner speedily smothered her and
sold the body for f1O.
LIKE LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER.
James Wilson. commonly called Daft
jamie" was well-known character on the
streets of the Scottish capital. He was
harmless idiot. but possessed of prodigious
strength. Mrs. Hare persuaded him to ac-
company her home on the promise OF a
drink of whisky She then left him with her
husband and Burke. In the latter's con-
fession he says that Mrs. Hare led poor
jamie in as a dumb lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep to the shearers; he made
almost constant inquiry in his own way for
his mother. and was told that she would be
there presently. They smothered the poor
DAFT creature. nevertheless. and the COM