Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-04
IS GUILTY OF
 SEVERAL CRIMES
NEGRO IN WASHINGTON CON FESsEs TO WILCOX CRIMES
Ringer" Baker Thought He Was
 Going to Die and Made peathbed
 confession-Has Killed Six Men


 confession-Has Killed Six Men
 4 negro now serving term in the state penitentiary at Walla Walia, Wash, thought he was dying the other day and made a deathbed confession of all his sins, and as a number of his crimes were committed in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. the criminal is known to the old officers in this section.
 "Nigger" Baker. alias Chas. Greene, alias Frank Loftus, alias Lester Ran dall, alias Billy Robinson, is the man who made the confession
 Over fifty major crimes. including bank robbing, robbery. safe blowing, highway robbery, vicious and deadly assaults. second story window grat ing, administering knockout drops burglary. pocket-dipping. rolling freight car hold-ups and six murders are detailed in this confession, which is in manuscript form, signed by the convict. Bakers confession covers thirty-seven closely written pages. 4 more condensed, connected story oi crime is rarely written. The convict arose en what he thought his death bed to write it and handed 1t over signed, to the warden of the peniten tiary. Then, unexpectedly, he recov cred and was sent to his prison ce, again. The confession remains OF record
 From the last and probably the most trivial of his transgressions, Baker was caught in King county and sen; up for five years. He was born forty years ago in New York City in the slums.
 In his confession. Baker says his father and mother were crimanls and that he took to crime and followed il as trade. and that he was proud ot his record.
 Baker tells how he perpetrated ar atrocious murder at San Marcial, N NJ, in March. 1888. when he gave E | discharged soldier knockout drops took his jewelry and transportation and over $500 from him and threw his body in the Rio Grande river With the cunning of bloodhound, he had trailed this man from For Apache, Arizona, to San Marcial The soldier was Trooper Charles A Greer of the Tenth cavalry, discharged March 20, 1888. The murderer oi Green was never known. ! In April of the same year he stol, $500 worth of diamonds from ar Albuquerque house.
 Baker says that he robbed a sport ing house in Fl Paso, burglarized |; number of homes and fled to Mexico and robbed bank in Juarez of s1 ,90 He came back to Fl Paso September 2s. 1891, and go. s25o from room rob beries, and that on or about Octobe l1, 1891, he murdered and robbed al unknown boy in this city. A nontl later he secured 5000 worth of jew elry from a private house.
 Following is a partial list of Baker crimes in New Mexico and Arizona:
 On July 20. 1891. rolled stockmal for $100 at Deming, ". NJ
 Got $500 in jewelry and money ou of Harvey hotel, Deming. July 2s, 1891 fed 10 Wilcox, Arizona Robbed Mexican miners of $500 Jul , 30. at Wilcox.
 Stole s1.100 from woman at tow , near Wilcox. August, 1891; fled | Hog Ranch. Arizona.
 Robbed Lill Williams of s250 at Ho Ranch. Fled to Wilcox again an held up faro bank. dangerously shoo , ing dealer. getting $500. August. Ise1
 Broke into two houses in Las Vega , for s2e0.
 Highway robbery at Raton, sam month.
 korged check on MaDzanares whols sa,e grocery house in Socorro, N. NJ for s120; escaped to Springer. N. NJ. Held up Mexican in freight car o Southern Pacific out of Gallup, N. N threw victim from car and killed .niu ! October, 1881.
 Robbed Station Agent Brady a Wingate of s100 and jewelry.
 Latter part of October robbed banl of Chihuahua. Mexico. of s2 500: va arrested and jailed at Ciudad Carcel knocked taller senseless. climbed wal and esosped to FL Pas6
 Rakar confessed fo six murde-s an,