The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
TOM NULTY'S CONFESSION.
HE KILLED HIS THREE SISTERS
AND BROTHER WITH AN AXE.
Ne nae No Motive for the Awful Grimes ana
Alleges That EIe Docs Not Remember Much
About Them-He Attended the Funeral ana
Exhibited neither sorrow Nor Reutorpe.

AIere. That ne Docs Not Remember Muoh
About Them-He Attended the Funeral and
Exhibited neither sorrow Nor ReH'orse'
MONTREAL, Nov. Tho mystery surround
ing tho murder OF tho four Nuity children at
Rawdon on Thursday last has been solved by
the confession OF Thomas Nulty. the elder
brother, that he killed his three sisters and
young brother. Tom Nulty, as TIKI Sun has
already reported. was arrested yesterday at tho
Instance Of Detective McCaskill Of Montreal,
who has supected him from the first.
The theory at first advanced was that the
murders had been committed by n tramp. but
~ none Of the girls had been assaulted and az
robbery had not been committed, this theory
would not hold water in the absence OF any mo-
tive, and tho detectives began to look nearer
home for tho guilty person.
Detective McCaskill made n bold stroke In ar.
resting young Nulty. while his answers to
questions were sufficient to create suspicion.
there was no direct evidence against him. but
when placed under arrest on suspicion he broke
down and made q full confession. Young Nulty
n about 90 years Of age and has been work
fng, of and on. in the lumber shanties. He
had frequent auarrels with his relatives and
there was considerable bad blood between him
and his sisters. His nerve is shown by tho fact
that not only did no return to the house on the
nirht OF the day he committed tho murders and
coolly surveyed tho bodies OF his victims and
talked with the neighbors about tho murder, but
he attended the funeral yesterday and sat in
the church without showing the least emotion.
RAwpoN, QUE, Nov. ITO Nulty. the muir
derer, and tho brother of the four victims in the
Nulty family, calmly sits smoking and recites
what no did before. during and after tho per-
petration of tho deed. He is about 8 feet 5
inches high, has very black hair, a mustache and
. deeply tanned complexion.
On first sight he is q pleasant looking fellow,
with his black felt hat stuck ~jauntily on the
back Of his head, ana rather pleasant
s HsnH ass wS SEe' the b back i Of hi are ! cad ep is perp ane
d &ishsy.t Tiia fss aiiei and ns Is was a % IN camp oa at ' hs
Prairie last summer under Capt. Mason of this
At his home he has never received any train.
ing. He cannot read or write. as is the case
with all the memberso of the family. His father
has no authority over him, simply because he
Yet Tom has not been known as a bad char.
although II was known that he kept late
p ponE 3 'n That d he should nSs have have m sSSa iG his
three sisters and ono brother has shocked al
and he admits It. The maryellops GOODNESS Of
the man almost leads one to disbelieve his story
After the murders he set out to keep
an appointment with a woman ar and was
S S5aS A ss f %idn ayS hours %as told I'D F of aSa
murders, quietly changed his white shirt for a
ffi oiIsrsd 0 about MH saik fns to %At the ne .si aGr'G q. s tha
house for the rest OF the night.
attended, 8n dEsddd sSs f ieo hsiRea an ID t teEl t a els vasi1%' st Sns;
S Ss his hiss dqinss on sT Th y sd H.t and on EEF cGs sk Gigh nt
newspaper men, and told practically the same
collins and on Saturday morning he followed
them to Rawdon, nino miles away. as ono
e.. sssaps Church sS5fy and sP' .da HHaas' ali in tS Sna ti% H%s S Ss
lev had any feeling was when he told DeteStiye
sisters and brother were alive.
In his isn first interxiew with the murderer.
Saturday morning. the detective quickly be.
came convinced that he had the man he wanted
He gave the word to Constable Leyesque to
:. watch Tom. and to have him detained after tho
ddS ay !. b:t %aiSa T Msc aSnii had As I +; n; f En ss' his
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on Wednesday and had gone to Alexander
Poudrier's, about six miles distant, where he
Next morning he started out to keep an appoint.
ment with his girl az Louis BeaudryI's. where he
intended to arrive about sunset. He wandered
hs met a tan, iair man, rather tough;iooking,
other with the salute Bon jour.
At $40 p. NJ he was AT Jules Grenier's. near
beaudry.s, where he remained Until it was time
He spent the evening at Beaudry, leaving
arrived at midnight sharp. On the way he met
two rigs, one containing Andre NORM, who
home. In reply to Detective McCaskill he said
that the above statement was absolutely
McCaskin then called him into another room
and charged him directly with the crime, but
Nulty did not weaken. The detective kept him
on the rack, however. and finally got the man
to change his story:
SAID "a tSae 6 aH'k first i9 'hS ga ne"'P %ds i men snd
and he was going to tell the truth. he
apS sSnH home the house Sn qhSS e saw a and strS Whsr
sight was 50 horrible that he staggered back
away. and afteEward went to see his girl.
Of committing the crime, but the latter stoutly
denied his guilt. looking his accuser traight in
He evidently quickly realized that he had
made a mistake in telling tho second story, and
without turning a hair proclaimed that tho yarn
no had Just spun was not true. but that his first
Ell excuse for his tprnabopt was. he said. that
said something different 1t would help him.
story Or I shst t Re h sd h h"f a f Gids wi t. 5 saS in III T.a iissi
on Ihursday; but this. he said' was the only
in company with MI. MoCsskiiI and High Con-
a dlSta asss' q eIIF RS s.a1' @il sst t tRo ' driSe b sh1i;
made in a light, open wagon. For three hours
during that drive Detective McCaskill kept at
and caused the hitherto unmoved murderer to
break down was as follows:
Mr.. McCaskill started out to tell a yarn and
incidentally. he worked up his own emotion
to the so6bing point, the ruse being en-,
aman in the States who was tried for murder,
he was brought before a jury of his fellow mon
and pleaded not guilty, the Jury found him
guilty and sentenced him to be hang d.
That man, Tom, went OH the sc,ffold and told
tho spectators again that he wasn't guilty.
The next instant the trap was sprung, and
that man went before his Maker. Tom, Iknow
that man wa guilty, and he died with a lie or
his lips.
Now, are you going to the gallows and be
hanged and go before God with a lie on your
lipsf You know you are guilty. Why do you
I'll did it; / an guilty" was the answer. and
then he told how he did It.. HIS story is as fol
lows. as dictated aftcrward by himself:
Il left homie on Wednesday morning at lC
O'Clock, having no intention OF returning