The sun., 1894-04-01
TWO MURDERS CONFESSED.
TEE MYSTERY oFz RoNxNs DEATH
TEN YEARS xGOl CLEARED UP.

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Her Chrd 90 Death IN East New Horh
AMSTERDAM. n. Y. March 31.-Nicholas Nagl,
came to Police Headquarters to-day and gave
himself up. He made a confession in which
he accused himself OF having murdered his
wife at Perth Amboy. N J.. ten years ago.
NaGle has lived ia Amsterdam since May
1893 and has been employedi In shulers sprinr
shop Nngle says he was born in Germany In
1853. and came to this country In 1870. He
married Pauline Rckler In Brooklyn In 1893
His wife had child by another husband. He
did not live happily with her. and she left him
IN few weeks. They we're reconciled two or
three times after that and lived together again.
In one OF these periods NaRle says he choke
the child to death. In August. 1893. he
strangled the woman to death in u piece OF
woods between Perth Amboy and Woodbridge.
M J. He says that no account Of the murder
was published In the papers at that time.
After com Uniting the murder he went to Cuba.
and later to Austria. returning to New York
city In 1892. and coming to Amsterdam In
1893.
This afternoon NaRle said that he had SE42
coming to him from ID. ". Shuler h Sons.
where he worked until Monday, and II the
amount could be obtained for him he would
Immediately leave for Perth Amboy. where he
would give himself up to the authorities lie
said that n an officer would accompany him he
secreted the body Of his wife after he ied her
Nagle says that be XII his wife because he
in the BloomingdaIe asylum. She was about
25 years OF age, but she would not marry him
unless he secured a divorce. from his wife and
engineer in Roosevelt Hospital, in New York.
For three years after the murder he carefully
read the newsDapers to learn II the murder had
With reference to the murder OF his child,
Nagle said that on various occasions h o chok ed
the tnfant. and finally 1t died. This was while
he lived in Last New York. and there 1t was
Nsgle's confession was conf rm ed this after
noon by n telegram from Perth Am boy which
said that the remains OF the m urilered woman
Nagle speaks English quite well. and was
willing TO talk to THE .suN correspondent on
to Perth Amboy and surrender himself to tho
authorities He is held awaiting the arrival
OF fshfS mnn sG% rsFn srcS S3Hoy Oct. 10 1884,
hunting in tho woods north Of, Perth Am boy:
on the body OF. woman The head was sev-
erei. hut was found near the body. The flesh
was NIL gone from the skull.
Acting Coroner Garretson was notified. He
sent word to Couny, Physician williamson
naneIled. Williamson favored a theory OF
helped TO substantlatet the theory. The woman
had been d, al two months
Stories were told OF q quarrel or series OF
Quarrels between n cnnalboat Captain and his
wife some weeks or months before. and thoy
formed the basis OF a theory that the woman
had been murdered. The boat had been placed
at Dolly's pier near the railroad tracks and II
took n week to load. The Captain had wo-
man with him who passed as his wife. He
Quarrelad for several days with the woman
and then she disappenred. 1t was thought
that she had gone to New York. The boat
went nway after being loaded and the Captain
was never heard from again.
In his confession Magic saya he killed. the
woman on Aug. II. That would agree with
the opinion that she had been dead about two
months when the body was found. The jury
impaneled in the case ten years ago are now
widely scattered, but Foreman II. @. Cook Is
atill here. lie was seen to-day. and said that
the jury gave verdict that the woman came
to her death Ht the hands ~ u person or per-
sons unknown. He has he'll that the canal
boat Captain was the murderer and says that
he would have favored charging the man with
the crime. but his name was not known.
Chief OF Police burke has received word that
NagIe will be held,