The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-27
EIsrMlNGmrrI CONFESSION.

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bIins aud Had Company.
Tho confession OF John Eiaiminger,
Of Waynosburs. Pa, who Is condemned
TO hang for tho murder Of Samuel Me-
Coy, n huCkater, 10 u remarkable docu.
ment IN o than n respect. The
confession, which was voluntary, was
made to a minister at q time when tho
murderer'B case wa, before tho pardon
boArd oi tho state. and details the hor.
riblo crime for which lIe was convicted.
1t was u prcmodi,n,od murder for
money and carried gu. with tho cold
bloodedness OF an experienced hand.
Tho main "details OF tho killing arc
familiar to readers Of tho INrELLIdrScER,
but m interesting feature OF tho con.
~iession, which appeared in tho last Is.
suO OF tho Waynesburg Independent
Tor the first time, ID an Rccount oil tho
escape Of Eisimingor from the Waynes-
burg jail, his waudorings in distant
statc,, his return to West Virginia for
tho purpose OF committing a burglary,
his second light. aud final capture, and
IL OF some local interest to people OF
Wotzel county. whore his last crime
was committed. That portion Of the
confession reads n, follows:
Attor giving IN account OF how he
broke jail. Eisiminger says:
| started for home. going up Greene
street, and Parker started for West Vir-
ginin by the Smith creek road. When |
got near SCOTS wool house | met Nor.
val look. who thought no recognized
mo, aud at once informed Sheriff Moore,
who, tiudiug the jail doors open. started
with some others after me, and was
only q isw minutes behind me at my
homo. | was standing in the yard talk.
ing 10 my wife when 1 saw them con.
ing. | made for tia creek bank, near
b.. where | cropt under some low hang.
ing willows. and laid there very quietly.
Some Of tho men were within thirty
feet OF me. but | ga, not seen. This
was Wednesday, night, August 10. 1894.
| did not return 10 the house until
Saturday, then | came back TO the
house four times until tho next Wednes.
day, when a little alter dark took a has.
kct oil grub and started for Cameron,
where | arrived Friday night; 90, n train
from Brnwood 10 Bellaire. o.; lei, there
Saturday morning for Chicago and
stayed there two nights.
| went from Chicago to ST. Louis,
thence through Indian territory to Fort
Worth. Texas. Here | stayed a short
time. working IN 4 dairy farm. and had
an opportunity to shove" a trunk for
about S65. This with what | had made
me about so. went to Dallas. Here
sat in a poker game and at . Il n.
had not q cent. Had TO beg enough TO
sleep on.
might say here that in all the travel
ing | did while out, all tho money |
spent for car fare was from Fort Worth
TO Dallas. about ninety cents.
l was in Il hurry TO get out OF Fort
Worth. | went from Dallas TO New
Orleans. whore I stayed abou, 4 week.
From there TO Nashville, Tenn, stop
ping ut many small towns. From Nash
vile 10 Cincinnati, and 10 Lafayette,
lud.. and back to Chicago. Here | mo,
Jack Derby. told him OF a store in
Earnshav. W.. Va, that | though, We
could push" for a pile We lei.
Chicago. stopped in Newark. Ohio,
where | was again locked up over night,
but a nice talk. you know, does them
people. and the next day VIC started via
Il Baltimore & Ohio freight for Earn
shaw, where we arrived IN December is.
Tho store was near the house and tho
people had not gone to bed whom We
arrived. We watched them getting
ready for bed. Derby watched them
while | removed a pane OF glass. put
my arm through. pulled out tho nails
that held inc window down, and went
inside for the rocks" | knew just
where they kept it. I got a good sized
bowl full, and q tin cur full and n lot OF
small stuff from different places. |
poured 1t all into n stocking. and you
ough. TO have seen the lot OF it wo had.
I thought 1t would null the stocking
in two. Jack was n Californian, and when
he saw tho pennie. by moonlight he
thought they wero s. gold pieces. You
ought to huvo seen aim. He thought
We had n pile, but We were sadly dis
appointed when We found it small stuff,
only about $50. He carried 1t all to
Cincinnati. Ohio, where w had about
$50 to SS5 apiece.
We Travelled together to New Or.
leans. stopping Al many email towns in
Alabama and Louisiana. | was in New
Orleans abou, a wcck when | was arrest.
ed aud turned over to Sheriff Moore,
who landed mo in tho Waynesburs jail,
January Il. 1895.
From tho dav OF his conversion he
spoke frequently OF Mrs. Mccoy and
er"dcar little Children" and expressed
himself M being very sorry for her and
them. That's what makoa it seem SO
much harder just to think OF robbing
thcm OF n father and husband.
You ask mo what became OF tho
money | got from Mccoy? Well, l will
tell you. 1t had behind tho picture, MS
| have said. 500. After | was arre.tcd |
told father whore it was, and told him
to uso il for mo-. hut he never know
where | 20. it, rs | had always Camb!ed,
and WAS out tina. night. he thought |
made it gambling, md never know any
better. | suppose my CASE Ia, coat
father 5000 or 500. and it was all hard
earned money; and now no is old and
needs 1t very much. suppose have
ostShsrill Moore and tho county $1,000,
mysnlf many years OF usefulness, and n
lovin: vito n good kind husband, and
three children aIood and tender father.
a pretty big price TO pay, isn't it, for
one rash net. God have mercy on mo.
"And now | will tell you what led mo
to all this crime. It was cards and bad
company. I played and Loaf. | wanted
money. II | hnd taken fathers advice
and stayed n. homo Mt night. and had
attended Sunday school as they wished
me to, all might havo been dilloreut.