Telegram-herald., 1890-08-18
-FOUR lIEN IN JAIL
One Is the Slayer Of Christian
Rlekling.
The CRIxELOOES WORSE lsD WORSE
Further Details OF sGndsY AoFnink
aardsr-Ihe story OF the Crime az
Told By Many witnssses--A f~st-
AOrtsl4a zad aa Inqassi Today.

A44C . PaaAlLA 4lAiSA4i SrANN - --fN-- .
which the TELEGRAM-HERALD nfst
spread through the city IN the early
morning yesterday, was followed Few
/ hours later with the announcement
that the murderer had been sppTe-
hended at hls own home on Crosby ct.
/ Detective Joe Smith left the scene OF
the murder in the reporters hack, and
/ left the hack at Leonard-st. TO go
/ in search of DeMann's residence. After
much searching, the house was found,
and the culpnt was taken from ms bed.
I Although be stated that he was ex-
pecting the officer, his certainty OF cap
ture had not been SO great that ne had
settled upon the story he was to tell IN
MS defence. Hence he denied having
done the deed, and expressed his ignor-
snce that any cutting had taken place.
But on the way to the police station,
he made substantially the confession
which nc MAKE in the interview which
! will be found below.
Before leaving DeMann's house, the
officer made a search for the weapon OF
death, and found It IN the bedding. As
II now rests III the safe at headquarters
with a tag tied TO 1t giving It's late
| bloody history, IL is a common, two
bladed, wooden-handled jack knife,
with both blades on one end. The
blades, though rusty looking are still
in good order, while the wood OF one
side IS gone, and the large blade IS
wholly unprotected. The large blade,
which is evidently the one which did
the fatal work is very sharp by grind-
stone contact. 1t has probably been
used by its owner TO cut plug tobacco,
and for this reason the blood stains are
not so plainly discerned upon it as they
| otherwise would be.
DeMann was taken to headquarters
and locked up, bIt was subsequently,
taken TO the jail. where he talked FIRE e y
with the reporter last night. He Is I.
large, staggering, awkward-lookine
youth of II years, whose face indicates
more the vlclousness of ablect ignor-
ance than of active, intelligent crimin-
atty. In appearance he is an over
grown boy, who would fall into any sin
from sheer emptiness Of both moral
and mental character. A born SEN
suaIist he is, who has not yet become
steeped in actual sensuality, because OF
his youth.
Later in the day John Re,nke was
taken into custody, and also two
of De Mann's companions, named
Lem Walker and Peter Van
Bregge. All four men are now in jail
To awaltthe examination and to be had
when wanted at the coroner's inquest
All these men except the latter talked
freely to the reporter last evening
Reinke told his story as follows:
1--WE were having our dance, and a
lot of fellows that were some of them
strangers to me and some were not
came around, began to makea noise and
threaten TO give trouble. | had spoken
TO them good manc times and
told them to go away from my prem
ises. But they kept right on, and
when supper was ready one or two OF
them pushed right IN and began &c
make away with the stuff. | stepped
up to this here man pointing to Lem
Walker leaning against his cell door
and began to push him along and tel
HIM TO leave the place. While he wa:
hacking off, he stumbled over wagon
box, and IL was then he must have goI
hurt. | don't know what Rickling va:
dong all this time, for II was too dark
TO see. But | didn't strike anybody, OF
at least / don't think / did.
might have done so, but there WASH
much OF a scrap any way. Then | seer
DeMann running away without his coat
and called on him to come back ant
get his coat, and told him he didn'
have to 90 off that way. | told him L
come and get his coat and no one would
hurt hlm. But ne wouldn't come, anC
one of the boys came and got It 70
him. Then | went back into the barn
and ii was then / knew for the frs
time that RicklIng was hurt. He wa
on the floor. and bled to death IN ;
minute after got into the barn."
The story which DeMann tells. is a
follows, drawn out by various ques
tons:
Il went up 70 Reinke's from Luys
saloon about IL O'Clock with some boys
and when | got there there was bl'
crowd on the outside. But there WASH
any disturbance. I hadn't done M
pretty work at all but Just hung srount
with the rest of the boys. Oh, ther'
was lots of boys there. knowed som'
of EN-, and a good many | didn'
know I remember there was yOun
shetland and Lem Walker. and JOhl
NanderVleit and Pete Van Bregge, ans
Andy McGerry, is all / remember
Well, all at once ont com
! Relnke, and pitched onto Len
, Walker and Knocked him down
! and kicked him. | spoke to Reink'
b just as kind and decent as am speak
) | ing to you now, and asked him % le
! the boy 90. and we'd get away. Bu
ReInke wouldn't stop. and then puiie'
of my coat and sa "a if there was gOin
Z 70 be such a fight as that, couldn't se
. a boy pounded so. Just then Kicki.n
jumped a. ne. and hit me here on th
head. and 7 think there vas A boar
used. Talk about hitting him WITH
. knife, didn't have no chance. some
: how I had my knife Oiit, and RickAn
7 Just run ght onto It. I knew he IA
b cut. but ] ku0wed 7 didn't Cut him, bg
was 20 rsttled that maybe I'D thr0'
? outmy hands - save myself. Nnen
d got a chance 7 started away, aud lei
J NV coat, because didn't want no NOR
/ row. Yes. bad drank some beer. Pa
- wasn't drunk. I went right home, hg
! csuse 7 snew 7 hadn't done nothiu
60 BE- scarf Of.
During this racital. TbsNa7n's voic
tremnled through every sv Table of d
There vas not syn Of mora sorrow e
? the part Ee had taken ln the desth q
fellow creature. but there vas mGc
evidence u physics fear He admItte
nervous.7 that De wss u = bad FIX. ID
sted thst It vas more a. sccllen