, 1890-04-10
SOUTH BEND MURDER.
The Preliminary Trial at
Bay Center.
CONFESSION OF YOUNG ROSE.
He Gives the Details of the KILL
ing OF Fredrickson and
Wife.

ASTORIA, April i-The preliminary
examination of George +. Rose, John H.
Rose, John Edwards, Edward Gibbons
and George d. Jones, charged with the
murder of j. r, Fredrickson and wife,
near South Bend, Pacific county, WASH,
the last week in January, took place at
Bay Center yesterday.
After the hearing of the necessary
testimony regarding the finding OF the
bodies, the autopsy and other matters,
the confession of George +. Rose, son OF
j. II. Rose, and one of the four who com
posed the killing party, was introduced.
II was made on March 80, and is In sub
stance as follows; My father wanted
this 1G0 acres of land that Fred
ickson took. He wanted Edwards or
Gibbons to take it, pay up on it, and
then deed II to my father. This Glib
bons is one of the meanest men that ever
came into the country. Edwards and
my father made 1t all up as to how they
would kill Fredriokson and wife. After
Edwards made up his mind TO take the
place for father, he cut down some trees
on the place, bat father found out after
Fredrickson had built shack shanty
on the claim that he had commenced a
contest to get the land. On Monday or
Thursday of the last week of January,
father, Gibbons and took a boat and
crossed the bay to fathers ranch, where
we found John Edwards. We ha d II all
made up as to how We were to
do the killing. Father and Ed
wards went up to Fredrickson' 5
home to get him TO come down and help
ttur B. tafl A
wards, Gibbons, Fredrickson and |
went down TO the woods west oi the
house. Edwards went first, father next,
then l. then Fredrickson, and Gibbons
In the rear. About one-half mile west
of the house Gibbons said Look here,
Frcdrickson,' and Frcdrickson turned,
and as he stood about four feet from
Gibbons, he hret shot gun, striking
him in the face. We buried him just
where he fell. Before We buried him
father took all the money he had
! in his pockets and divided II between
the three of them. AfIer we had buried
the body we went to father house. This
was In the forenoon. Between 9und 10
o clock father and Edwards went to
Frederickson's house and made some
excuse to get Mrs. Frederickson to come
down to fathers house. When we got
there, Edwards, who had fathers rifle,
raised at and shot her through the head.
| helped dig the grave for her. We all
worked together and put her face up and
filled the grave up. We scattered loose
dirt on II and agreed that the rain would
tx everything. After burying her We
all made up that we should tell the story
that we saw Frcdrickson and his wife
starting in boat for Bruceport
and that they got drowned. Edwafns
was to take Eredrickson's boat and
swamp 1t.
After detailing the subsequent move
ments of the assassins, the confession
concludes: | also wish to say that
voluntarily offered to go with the sheriff
and showed him ana the party of search
ers for the body Just where Mrs. Fred
rickson was buried. | could not hang
/ OIL any longer. ! wanted her buried be-
side her husband. ! could not stand 1t.
/ The above is the truth and all the fact 5
concerning the murder of Jens and SEM
/ Fred rickson, so help me God.
GEORGE 4. ROSE,
At the conclusion OF the hearing, John
Il Rose, George +. Rose, Edward Glib
bons and John Edwards were rcmanded
to the custody of the sheriff to await the
action of the grand jury at the July
term of the district court.
There is little danger of lynching. as
other confessions are expected which
may clear up some former mysteries in
that section, In which murder seems to
have been done at the lnstigation of OF
nv John h. Rose