Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-27
MURDER BECOMES HABIT
0hp BlnsbsKra Admits Slzsing Five
Women Because Of Mad PsEirs.
REPEETs CRIMES ne cANk6f ExPukN
Confession Clears Up Many Mysteries
Which BBmed Police and Led 10
Jack the Ripper Stories
Nine Years Age

HAMILTON. o. Feb. 96-AIbsrr Knapp,
The Indianapolis man arrested Yesterday,
who confessed 10 the murder o. his third
wife, today MADE 3 fun confession q five
mur6srs- Among them iE that o. JdB Geb-
hard. The West indianapolis girl VIM vas
found murdered II a stable July 3 1854.
KnEpp'E confession, which WAS sworn 10
before Mayor Bosch. is as follows;
On JEnuETT = 1ss. ! killed Emma Little
man IN a lumber yard in Gsst street Gin
Ecker IN wslnuf street. opposite the
Young Men CHRISTIAN association. in Gin
cinuAu On AnEuEr = 1ssl, ] killed my
canal braaEe in Liberty street Cincinnati
and threw her into the canal In lndiHnRP-
- ~. AL - -
knapp, Al g2s South Fourth street in Ham
liiun- ana threw her into The river out by
LindsuWEld. TINS Is The truth
! make this statement hy my UKn free
va n not by The rsg1sSl o. E1E gneer
oi EaZont elss kNAfP
ruEry, 1sG- c p BOSCH. Mayor.
Could Not HelP killing
INDIANAPOLIS Fen sG-KnEpp Is nov
suspected Of ~srrEnEltng three women n
Evansville, Ind. and 20 hEvs killed women
elsewhere He was in the Cincinnati house
a refuge when = years q age, and rec
Na@E n s1@-e @AA1ah A1AA
AFTER his confession Knapp Edn& ted he
hRo repeatedly assaulted women an killed
some q then.
He Sale he met The LfrtlsmEn rhld ID
the lumber yard D ohoksd her 10 5sIih
when she MADE Al cutlery.
J went into Z room with he EukhEr1
gin" ne said and she cried I ErrEnEled
her win q towel and hurried from The
house.
7 WAS mad Al ny wife. Jennie. cor
unusd Knapp. when ] killed her, We
we're walking along Liberty street ] So;
her Down under the bridge and choEsd her
10 6sEIh. ! oeny hat ] poisoned her. !
never told Euyuns cid After she WIS
dead J threw The boay into The canal
Ida Gsbhsrd ] hIIed bUt ny memory
Is not Clear "A 10 what ! did J cannot
ten made me An these people I
could not help II some kind o. q 6sETs
70 kill An snrry for ny crimes. buI 10
] hope they VII be sEFy win ne i be
CAMS a sor1 q habit win ne 10 kin"
~ the confession a formal charge q
MURDER IN The trst degree vas tiled against
the sris0Bsr.
Attorney c Z Tsunsy q Cincinnati Was
allowed 20 see KNAPP and told nm 70
make No further statement Knapp was
tlrfTlh-l AIhL Lt lDlAh lEl secured q
lawyer for him. He uEIEE much q The
Pear Bryan murder and IL afraid O. being
lyncbed- Despite Assurances thai be u n
no dEnEer. he IL frightened and does DUi
NEnI 10 be taken from TIE county JEL
may Have Burned Barns
Knapp has served I've prison sentences
three for larceny and Two for assault Re
has served Two terms a. JshersuuvIIls. Ind
oDs a. Columbus o, uDs a. JoHsl. H.
and uDs a. Michigan Cry. Ind 10 hiu
prison he was sent from lndiEnEpoIis IN
lEsf for assault on Bessie DRAPER. a hid
Since MS return 10 tins Gty ne police
feels SIRE he has been guilty q Two bari
bUr1inEE When he was convicted for ne
DrEpie assault he threElsnsd 70 gel eva
win everyone concerned II ms uurvru0n
EI-shsr1r W0mhrk thsr sheriff gained
hiE eumiIy. HIS hErn vas rscsnuy burned
and several lhousEuc Dollars worn q me
h1Hsef Ene sFFsrHl imported UErus we're
raaEted 70 dHELh.
A. BoErdmEI - u1s q lhs gurarE VIA