The Butler weekly times., 1895-12-12
CONFESSES TO MANY CRIMES
William Stone Reveals a Long
List of Bloody Murders.

He was a MeuDer OI lHe DdItoIi
Gang, and One of His Crimes is
Said to Have Been Committed i'll
Kansas City-Henry Donnelly, Il
Policeman, Implicated in the Con-
fession.
Ft. Wayne, Ind, Dec 4.-William
Stone, formerly a member of the
Dalton gang, under sentence of ten
wears here for shooting deputy sher-
if Harold, has confessed to commit
ting murders in Chicago, Cleveland,
Kansas City and several other places.
His story is one Of a life of murder,
burglary, train or stage robbery,
and is startling confession.
Stone says that he and his part
ner, William Walrath, killed man
at Kansas City in 1888 and robbed
him, but later gave the money to
Henry Donnelly, policeman, for
protection. He confesses to the
murder of Mrs. Stewart and her son,
Clarence in Cleyeland. The bodies
were cut to pieces and thrown into
Lake Erie. He says the following
morning he killed boy in the Big
Four yards in Linndale, o.
In Buffalo he and Walrath and a
man named Burns, a saloonkeeper,
killed wealthy western farmer who
was looking for good time. The
money was divided and Stone and
Walrath returned to Chicago and
with their share started restaurant.
Here Walrath married Stones sister.
Mrs. Walrath died and Stone and
Walrath left Chicago. Later Stone
returned and was implicated in the
murder of father and son named
Prunty. Three men are said to be
serving life sentences at Joliet for
the crime, but Stone was not arrest
ed.
He then tells of murder at Dun
kirk, N. Y, where Duffy stabbed
pal-"Buffalo Jack"-four times and
buried him in the woods. Another
murder was committed at Union
City, Pa, the victim being an old
man named Horton or Norton. An.
other murder was committed by the
trio near Youngstown, o., the vic
tim being a resident OF Ashtabula.
The last murder committed by Stone
and Walrath was on April 20, 1895,
on a Pennsylvania freight train. At
this time Stone was shot and did
not receive medical aid until South
Bend was reached. The next des
perate act of the trio was the rob-
berry of q Grand Trunk train in
Michigan, where five watches and
some money were secured. Two of
these watches have been identified
since their arrest here.
Advices from Cleveland say the
police of that city think the confes-
sion of John Stone at Ft. Wayne,
Ind, is based largely on imagina-
ton. Nothing is known here of the
crimes which Stone says he and
Walrath committed in Cleveland,
and it is certain the pair were not
arrested here, and that they did not
escape from Jail by feigning insanity.
This afternoon when the officers
learned that William Stones confes-
sion became generally known he was
hustled out of the city to the Michi-
gan City penitentiary to serve a
teTu Ol leu yours w ueu .Otoue
made his private confession two
months ago he implicated his pal,
John Duffy, as the leading spirit in
the bloody highway robberies. This
sensational confession was kept con-
cealed till Duffy was placed on trial
yesterday for assault with intent to
kill posse of deputy sheriffs. The
confession became public too late to
have any effect on Dutfy's case, as
when the jury retired at night the
wild tale of crime had not reached
the jury. Duffy only received four
years sentence, six less than his
squealing pal, who was implicated
in the same crime. The officers, or
at least some of them, are inclined
to think that Stone has painted and
embellished n few molehills of erin