The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-10-25
FOUR TIMES 4 MURDERER
Startling Confession of Convict in
the Minnesota Penitentiary
Made to the Warde
SAYS he HAS KILLED FOUR PERSONS.
Declares He Slew Two Men and One
Woman at Geneva, Ill, and "a City
Marshal I'm Kansas - Authorities
Are Investigating the Details of
the story.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. ga spe-
cial to the Times from Saltwater, Mimi,
says: j. C.. Mcbride, convict at the
prison, received from Jackson county
in December last TO serve three years
and five months for an assault, has
made a remarkable confession, show
ing him to be one of the most high
handed murderers in the country. His
confession was made to Warden VOL
fer in letter written October s, and in
it he related the murder of two officers.
Joseph Grant and John McNott, at
Geneva, ILL.,, August 20, 1856; the muir
der of Julia Buckmore, at Geneva; a
post office robbery and the murder of
the marshal of Ossawatomie, Kan. the
burglary of a hardware store and the
shooting of policeman at Guide Rock,
Neb., and many burglaries and high
way robberies. If the story is true he
has been a veritable terror.
Killed Two Officers.
Speaking of the circumstances of the
murder of Grant and McNott at Geneva,
he says:
ct shot Joseph Grant and John McNott
Three of us, two pals and myself, were in
the act of committing burglary at Geneva
at about one o'clock in the morning August
29, 1886 We entered the house of an under
taker for the purpose Of robbery about two
blocks south of the courthouse and one
west My two pals were arrested by these
officers. / walked some distance away
from the place of robbery to the courthouse
and secreted myself behind a maple tree,
when the officers came along with my two
10 7 ch hap killing n
stantly and shot officer Grant, who lived
until the next day.
Murder of a Woman.
"I also murdered a woman by the name
OF Julia Buckmore, In the outskirts and
east side of Geneva, about two weeks before
/ murdered the officers. My object was rob-
berry. cut her throat with razor because
she recognized me while In the act of COM
hitting the robbery. / carried the body
to a hen coop and set fire TO the house. The
body was found in the hen coop the next
morning"
a Long Life of Crime.
Mcbride says that his right name is
George Bullock, and that he was born
of respectable parents, who have re-
sided in Geneva since 1871. He has
served two prison terms in Illinois and
one in Nebraska. After receiving the
letter and calling Mcbride into his Of
flee for more explicit story of his
crimes, Warden Wolfer communicated
with the authorities at Geneva and
elsewhere. He learned that the crimes
were committed, but has received no
additional information. Mcbride is now
80 years old, and says he has followed
the life of robber and murderer since
he was ten years old. While relating
the story of his crime he gave all the
details in a matter-of-fact manner, and
evidently felt relieved. He claims TO
have confessed because his conscience
bothered him, and says he is anxious
TO be punished for his many crimes.
In the murder of the officers at Geneva,
he says he had two pals, one of them
Harry Ester, later arrested and SEN
fenced to Joliet penitentiary for Is
years. The confession covers four large
manuscript pages.