Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-08-06
Is HE INNOCENT?
A Convict Confesses to Murder for
Which Another Man Was Convicted.
The Testimony Was Purely Circumstsn-
tiaI Two Other Men. Who Arc sus-
Pectcd. Are StiII Fugitives From
Justicc-Great Excitement.

BALTIMORE. AUG. 3-The convict
known Is Frederick Whitney, who
committed suicide at the Maryland
pcnitcntiary Saturday, appears by his
own confession To have added murder
To his long list of crimes. Friday aft
cruoon Whitney sought out Warden
Weller and minated that he meant to
end his miserable existence. In the
course of his conversation with Mr..
Weller the man said his real name was
Frederick HiIdcbrand and that his
home was in Detroit, Mich.
The hold up" of City Councilman
Swindcll, for which Whitney was scrv-
ing an Il years sentence, occurred on
March p, 1895. In his confession he
said that while fleeing from the Balti-
more detectives he killed and robbed a
man in Altoona, Pa, in April of last
year.
while we were in Altoona" de-
clared Whitner. or Iiildebrand, to the
warden Friday, Il assaulted man on
the street murdered him and robbed
him of his money, quite a large sum.
For this murder another man was ar
rested. tried and convicted
WAS your pal, Williams, implicated
in this murdcr?" asked the warden.
No. sir, | did it all myself. am
alone guilty and can stand the strain
no longer
The warden tried TO gain more in
formation from his prisoner, but failed,
lie set apart an hour for further COM
ference with iIildebrand, hut the ops
portunity for which the prisoner hal
long waited presented itself Saturday,
and the unfortunate main threw him
self from a window and dashed out his
brains on the tagging 30 feet below:
Information from Altoona states that
April >, 1898, Henry Bonnclla, a reput-
ed miscr, was murdered. 4 man named
Wilson was arrested and convicted of
the crime, mainly on circumStantial
evidence, and is now awaiting the
death sentence.
The suicide was 81 years of age.
When inearceratel in the Pcnitcntiary
he gave his occupation "a ball
player.
John Il. Williams. who was impli.
catcl in the Swiudell "hold-up," in
this city. aud is serving 1S-year's sen.
tence in the pcnitrntiary. confessed to
Warden Weller sunday that Hide
brands statement was true.
"Ilildcbrand killed old man Bon.
ncka," he said, land secured S11, 900.
| helped him count the money. We
hid it near Altoona"
ALTOONA, Pa Aug. ST the con.
fcSsion of the convict known as Fred.
cricIl Whitney, who committed suicide
at the Maryland pcnitcntiary, is true.
that he killed Henry Bonnclla in this
city. an innocent man now lies under
There are SOME Discrepancies in
the story of Whitncy's comics.
sion, as sent frum Baltimore,
as to the facts of the murder.
Bonncia was not killed upon the
street, but was found strangled &c
death in his house here On April q. 1895.
Whitney was in Altoona at the time Of
the murder. was suspected and was
followed to Baltimore by detectives,
but not enough evidence was gathered
against him to warrant his arrest,
Three other men fell under suspicion
and finally one of them, Frank Wilson,
was ARE Stcd.
Wilson at first admitted having been
present when Bonncka was killed. lie
aftcrward re;racted his admission and
was recently tried and convicted OF
murder in the first degree. lie is now
under sentence of death i'm the county
Jail The Other two men who are sus.
pcctcd Of having been Wilson's acces.
series are sill fugitives from justice.
District Attorney Hammond talked
with the warden of the Baltimore reni.
Tertiary Sunday, and learned that
lIildcbrand was insane when he made
the confession. The news created q
good deal of excitement in this city,
especially among the people who be.
lieve Wilson and Farrell are innocC mt.
they having been convicted of the muir
der of the miser on circumstantial evi.
icncc.