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MURDERED FIVE WOMEN.
Three Of Them His Wives-C0nfessio of
Albert Knapp, Notable IL the Annals
Of Crime.

Five murders, the victims of which
were all women, and three of them
his wives-such is the revolving
record of Albert Knapp, of Hamilton,
Ohio, given on Thursday in sworn
confession by the murderer before
Mayor Bosch. The murder of bis
third wife, Annie Goddard Knapp,
which led to Knapp's arrest yester.
day in Indianapolis was done, 81
don't Why" to quote the prisoner.
HIS VICTIMS
Knapp's confession, which was
sworn to before Mayor Bosch, is as
follows:
"On January 81, 1894, 1 killed
Emma Littleman in Il lumber yard
in Gest street, Cincinnati; on Aug.
l, 1894, 1 killed May Eokert, in
Walnut street, opposite the Y. nj. 9.
A, in Cincinnati; on Aug. 7, 1894,
L killed my wife, Jennie Connors
Knapp under the canal bridge in
Liberty street, Cincinnati, and threw
her into the canal. In indianapolis,
in July, 1865, killed Ida Gebhard.
On Dec. %, 1902, l killed my wife,
Annie Knapp, at $3.50 South Fourth
street in Hamilton, and threw her
into the river at Lindenwald. This
is the truth.
(Signed) Albert Knapp.
81 make this statement of my own
free will and not by the request of
any officer or any one else"
(Signed) Albert Knapp.
The confession clears up the mys-
terry ct least of one desth-that of
Jennie Connors Knapp, Knapp's
second wife This woman's body
was found in the sluggish waters of
a canal near Cincinnati. Bruises
we're discovered On the head but an
investigation led to no definite con.
clusion concerning the manner of
her death.
The most recent of The murders to
which Knapp has contessed--that of
his third wife, Annie Goddard Knapp
of Hamilton, led to his arrest at the
home Of his fourth bride in Indian
apolis. An uncle OF the victim,
hearing of Knapp's marriage to a
Miss Gamble in Indianapolis few
days after the mysterious dlsap
pearance of his niece, formerly An.
ME Goddard, started an investiga
ton.
The police we're prepared for a
grewsome story today, Knapp having
admitted his guilt Ct the Goddard
murder last night, but they were
dumbfounded at the revelations
which the prisoner made when put
under oath.
After his confession Knapp admit
ted that he had repeatedly assaulted
women. He said:
81 met the Littleman child in the
lumber yard and choked her to
death when she made an outcry. |
went into the room with the Eckert
girl and sat down with her. She
cried and | strangled her with a
towel and hurried from the house.
81 WAS mad at my wife, Jennie
Connors Knapp, when killed her
We were walking along Liberty
street. | sat her down under the
bridge and choked her to death. |
deny that | poisoned her | never
t,ld any one 1 did. After she was
dead | threw the body into the
canal.
Tda Gebhard | killed, but my
memory is not clear as to what | did.
I cannot tell what made me kill
people. | could not help it. Some
kind of q desire to kill took hold of
me and [ could not resist tho temp
tation to kill. l am sorry for my
crime, but now | hope they will be
easy with me-"
After the confession formal
charge of murder in the first degree
was filed.
Attorney .. e. Tenner, of CIncin-
nati, was allowed to 500 Knapp and
told him to make no further state
ment. Knapp was surprised that bis
people had secured lawyer fol
him.
KnaDp tAlks mnch Of tho Paur