The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-12
HEAVY PICKET
THE WEAPON USED TO KILL
JOSEPH LUPlNEK.
A Confession at Akron Which Clears
Up One of the Murder Mysteriestn
CieveIand-Tale of the Tragedy
Detailed by a Murderer.

AS announced, william OlAfk mas pl6hueI
guilty to murder, and he and william
Dempsey have been held for trial
Clever work on the part of Jail Keeper
Washer wrung from Clark a confession
TO the effect that Dempsey killed JOSEPH
Lupinek, a student of the Western Re-
serve Preparatory School at Hudson, o.
The confession Is as follows:
Two weeks ago last Monday, I started
from my home on Wagner avenue to e
to Mrs. Bergorf's, 453 Bolton avenue
At the corner of Woodland avenue and
the @. 81 p track, met William Demp
sey He asked me where was going ant
l replied l was going to Bergorfs. VIZ
started down Woodland avenue to Madi
son avenue. While going down Madison
avenue we passed picket fence. 1 tore
off loose picket and threw 1t down
Dempsey picked 1t up and carried Ii until
near Bergorf's place. 1 heard Dempsey
throw the picket on the sidewalk. After
doing our erTand in Bergorfs, Dempsey
and I, in company with John Hunrotb
started back. Dempsey found the picket
where he had thrown it and picked It up.
At the corner Of Quincy and Bolton,
Hunroth took car and Dempsey and ]
went on towards Madison avenue. AT
the corner of Lincoln avenue and Quincy
street, we met young fellow, whom
knew as Darby O'BrieD.
He sized up Dempsey and the club,
and asked us If we were going to hold up
some one.
Dempsey said he expected to hold up
a dog.
From there we went to Madison
avenue ana after passing Platt street we
overlook man carrying an umbrella
and satchel.
IT did not pay especial attention to him
until directly in front Of him.
II then saw Dempsey raise the picket
and strike the man a terrific blow on the
head, knocking him down.
Dempsey first words to me after
striking the man, wereN ID you think
killed him' hit hiuS Sprotty hard. 1
only intended TO knock him Gown
I'VE then went through mis- pockets in
= hurry, thinking that some one might
see us. Il bis pants pockets found a
small purse with SO IA in it. also took
a silver watch from his vest. During this
time Dempsey was going thorugh his
other pockets, but said he found nothing.
Dempsey then picked up the picket
and threw it over fence. He carried the
sRtchel across Madison avenue to an alley,
which runs from Madison to Edwards
street. Near fence, back of a saloon,
we cut the satchel open. We found it
only had books in 1t. Dempsey then
threw 1t into a yard near by and we then
ran through the alley to Edwards street,
and from there to Central avenue and took
q car and went as far as Wilson ave-
nue.. From there we crossed to Broad
way and boarded car for down town.
We remained around the square until
/ or 2 a. M, ani then went back to
where the assault took place.
Dempsey found the picket where he
had put it, and he threw it into a sewer
not far from there. We then walked
down Platt street to the G. IL P. tracks,
then down Madison to the Nickel Plate
road aud separated about 3 a. m.
II went home, changed my clothes,
then came down town and took the first
A., B. Ss G. train for Akron.
II saw Dempsey down there and he
said again that he hoped we had not
killed the man. l reached Akron on
Wednesday morning and remained there
Thursday afternoon, then I returned to
Cleveland.
"In Clevelan bought Press, and
for the first time learned that the man
we robbed had died. The next morning
Dempsey came to my house and told me
that some fellow had been arrested for
the murder, but that the crime could
not be proved against him.
1--WE went east into the outskirts of the
city, but came home for dinner and
supper. We were together around Cleye-
land until Sunday, when we did the job
on Beschwood street, and later the other
jobs, which / have already mentioned to
Mr. Washer, the prison keeper
(Signed) william Clark "
Investigation at Cleveland proves the
story of Clark to be true In detail,
III conversation at the ciUy prison in
Akron last night, Dempsey admitted
having struck Lupinek, but claimed that
he did 1t at Clark's suggestion.
"While passing along Madison avenue, "
he said, "Clark tore a picket from IA
fence. We saw a man ahead of us with a
satchel in one hand and an umbrella in
the other. Clark remarked to me:
There's a travelling man going for a
train, He's sure to have money with
him. Take this and hit him. With that
he handed me the picket The rest you
know. Clark lied when he said he got
that picket earlier In the evening and that
dropped 1t and picked 1t up again on
our way back. Nothing of the kind hap.
pened."