The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-26

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tempt TO blow up with dynamite the
home Of ex-C0ngressman l.. Z. Wal
Ter on Sept. 10 last. Knorr IA the one
who made the confession referred 10
and II Is OF a character 10 turn ones
blood 10 ice In his veins. The confess
slons Of young Clifton Knorr revealed
series Of attempts 10 murder 80 ox-
traordinary In plot. 30 cruelty carried
out. that Il Is doubtful II their parallel
Is 10 be found In criminal Jurispru-
dence. Though only % years Of age.
well born. carefully reared and a grad
uate OF Lehigh university Knorr has
told with a wealth OF detail how be
fired a mass Of dynamite In the expee-
tatlon Of killing four persons. and
how. while living under her roof. he
sought 10 murder his step-mother. flrst
BY putting poison into her teacup. and
later BY sprinkling the bacilll OF diph-
iberia upon her clothing Money was
his motive. and his confession charges
Wintersteen. ono Of the most promi-
nent lawyers and business men Of
bloomsbury. with planning the crimes.
and with instlgating him 10 carry them
out by promising 10 pay 5000 TO him
n the murders were done. Winter
fteon was the law partner Of Knorr'a
father. and the executor OF the latter'a
estate. AZ tho elder Knorr's death. ave
years ago. his son was left a hand
some property. This he proceeded 10
squander In high living and disslpa-
ton. With bis last 1880 Of his for
tune young Knorf launched a comic
opera company. which wa swamped
within a few weeks lie appealed 20
Wlniersteen. The latter was being
sued by the young mans step-mother
for mismanaglng her share In the es-
tate left by Col Knorr Levi +. Wal
Ter. whose once Is In the same build
ing and directly opposite that OF Win
tersteen. was Mrs. Knorr's attorney In
the action. The relations between
winiersteen and the Waller family
were never cordial The former came
TO bloomsbury In 1875. after having
been discharged from the position Of
superintendent OF Calvin Pardee a Co.
Al Hollywood Colllery. Nine years be-
fore that Wintersteen was a black.
smith IN HaEelton. Pa. II Ia said that
the Walters. who are leaders Of society,
objected 20 this lowly origin OF the
lawyer and did not invite him 20 their
home. In his confession. parts Of
which are still known only 20 the
prosecution. he mentions both the sui
and the alleged social snub a. reasons
Tor wintersleen instigating the at
tempted murderA The latter declares
his innocence strenuously. Younl
Knorr declares that during January
1896. he met wintersieen frequently
and that the latter constantly referred
10 the great injury" which he de-
clared Waller was doing him by press
ing the suit In equity by the samue
Knorr estate against the Bloomsburl
Iron Goa concern which the eide
Knorr and his law partner had pur
chased between them.
Il met Mr. wintev,een again Il
June. 1895. at his once. head the con
fcsslon. "He again expressed his an
tipathy 20 Mr. Waller. and said some
thing must be done shortly 20 cauu
Mr.. Waller TO vacate the equity suit
The subject OF blowing him up wa
brought up and briefly discussed. IA
said he would get somebody 70 do Il
He told me whore ! could obtain IN
dynamite. and promised me 5000 a
the conclusion Of the equity suit. an
several hundred dollars immcdlatel,
after the scheme against Mr. walle
was carried out got the dynamic
and took Il to the front Of Mr.. Waller
house. M the fuse and ran up n
alley about two squares when I hear
the explosion Of the cap. when
heard the report and knew that onl
the cap had exploded returned 4
Mr.. Walters house. took the dynamlt
on the porch and carried Il back to "a
lot again. hiding Il under the boar
pile. then stopped TO think awhil,
after which | went Tor more dynamit,
| took the dynamite. placed Il on nj