The times., 1897-11-08
NULTY's HORRIBLE CRIME
Killed His Sisters and Brother
and Helped Bury Them.
THE MURDERER'S CONFESSION
Said He Saw His Eldest Sister in
the Barn and a Desire SO Kill
Her Cvercame -Supposes
That He Killed the Others, bur
Does Not Remember.

Rawdon, Que, Nov. Tone of the most
| horrible murders in the annals of crime
in Canada has been traced home TO the
anthor, and a full confession secured from
him. lie is Tom Nulty, and he delib-
| erately slew his three sisters and younger
brother with an axe Thursday afternoon
| last. Nuity VIII not be twenty-one years
| of age until Christmas Day. He is a
member Of the Eight y-third Battalion and
was in camp at La Prairie last summer
| under Capt. Mason, of this village. At
his home he has never received any train
ing, and he cannot read or write, but
he has not been known as bad char
acter. That he should have murdered
his three sisters and one brother has
shocked all; yet lac did it, ana he ad-
mits it.
Aioer the murders he deliberately Set ouL
10 keep an appointment with his sweetheart
ana remained with her for five hours. He
returned home at midnight, was told or the
murders, quietly changed his white shirt
for flannel one. went and watered the
| horses and stayed about talking 10 the
neighbors at the house for the rest of the
night.
on Friday he helped to lay his victims
out, attended the Inquest, and told q
plausible story Of his doings on Thursday.
On Friday light he was interviewed by
Detective McCaskiil and newspaper men,
and told practically the same story al
though ne admits that he knew the deteC-
tive read what was In his mind,'' when
he Interviewed linn first. That night he
helped TO put the bodies In the coffins
and Saturday hc followed them To
RIwdon, nine miles away. as one OF the
chief mourners, sat through the service,
helped carry the bodies In and out of the
church, and during all this time he dis
played not the slightest sign Of excitement,
" hie the only expression ne gave showing
that tie fellow had a shred Of sentiment
was when he told Detective McCaskill that
he wished to God his poor little sisters ana
brother We're alive.
IN lis first interview with the murderer,
which TOOK place between l and = O'Clock
Saturday morning, the detective quickly
became convinced that he had the man he
wanted before him. After exploding one
OF TWO ideas as 10 the perpeuator, he ga We
the son Tom, and to have him detained
after The funeral which was done. Yes
terday Detective McCaskill had Nulty re
peat his story.
He detailed his movements since ne left
home at ! 0 a. N, Wednesday, giving every
particular of his whereabouts up to Thurs
day at midnight, when he reached home.
lie had visited his sweetheart, he said. anu
several neighbors.
on tie way be met two rigs, one con
tanning Andre Morin. VINO told him some
thing Jf V hat ha d occurred ut his home.
In reply to Detective McCaskill he stated
that the above was absolutely correct
McCaskil then charged Tom directly
with the crime, but NuIty at first stuck
to his story, and then finally weakened.
He said that his first yarn was Incorrect
aud he was going 10 tell the truth. He had
come home Oh Thursday and when APP
preaching the house lie saw a stranger
His sister was lying dead on the ground.
The sight was SO horrible that he stag
gered back and tainted. When lie came to
he rushed ava =, and afterward went to
see his sweetheart. This storyhe a fter ward
denied. maintaining that his first story was
true.
The detective then pat handouts on the
young man and took him in buggy To
toilette jail, eighteen miles distant He
worked on the prisoners fears while on
the road, and finally Tom broke down
with d sob, saying: y did it, / am
guilty"
HIS confession is as follows:
left home on Wednesday morning, at
o O'Clock, having no intention of re-
turning home until Thursday night. l
slept that night at my sisters, Mrs
Poudrier, and left her house about 10
a, IN, Thursday, intending TO hire myself
out to go TO work in the shantes.
After going north about two miles,
suddenly took 1t in my head to 90 toward
home. / went to our house, took off my
coat and started to cut some wood.
suddenly took another notion To 90 TO
the barn, but / don't Remember taking the
AK. In the barn was my eldest sister.
Elizabeth, feeding the pigs. 1 don't know
what came over me, but l was possessed
of notion to strike her with the ak
l had no cause for doing it,
l struck her In the neck, but I do not
know whether she was killed or not.
After leaving the barn l met my second
sister, nnie, who was coming out Of the
galley toward me. | must have struck
her, but l don't recollect doing so. l
suppose / must have killed the others, but
l don't remember anything until | found
myself I'm the street with my hands in
my pockets.
rms was about p. m. ! saw my sister
lying on the ground and / again lost my
memory ana did not recover until | was
two miles away in the woods | then went
TO Jules Grenier's and afterw ard to nv
sweeuhearts, returning home at midnight
l mad no motive for committing the crime
and had no provocation.