The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-27

 conscious.
 Sworn to before me this 26th day of February. 1903
 (signed) c. F. BOSCH. Mayor.
 Had Committed Frequent Assaults.
 After his confession Albert A. knapp admitted he had repeatedly assaulted women crminally and killed some ot them. He said he met the Littleman child in the lumber yard and assaulted her, and choked her to death when she made an outcry.
 T went into the room with the Eclterr girl sat down with her and assaulted her, She cried, and l strangled her with a towel and hurried from the house.
 "I was mad at my wife. Jennie Con ners Knapp, when I killed her. We were walking along Liberty street when l got her down under the bridge on pretext and choked her to death 1 deny that 1 poisoned her. l never told any one l did. After she was dead I threw the body into the canal
 Ida Gebhard, l killed. but my memory Is not clear as to what l did It Tor.
 T cannot tell what made me kill these people. I could not help it. Some kind OI d ueSlTe to XIII lOOh nOlu ol ne anu l could not resist the temptation to kill. I am sorry for my crimes, but now 1 hope they will be easy with me"
 After the confessions. q formal charge of murder In the first degree was filed
 Knapp talks much of the Pearl Bryan murder and Is afraid of being lynched. He does not want to be taken from the county Jail.
 Unless prevented by his attorneys it Is expected that Knapp will make further confessions tonight. He is now suspected of strangling three woman at Evansville, Ind. and to have assaufted and killed women elsewhere. He was in the Cincin- natl House of Refuge when F years old and new records are being discovered almost hourly.
 Knapp Pervert.
 Knapp, the self-confessed murderer, made an extensive statement tonight at the jail He adhered to his written con- fession and added some points. Of these the most interesting relates to his first wife, Emma Stubbs whose fate had been overlooked. Knapp declares that she Is still alive and is now in Louisville. Ky. He says that she got divorce from him and that he lost track of her except that he heard that she was in Louisville. An other chapter was added to Knapp's reer when he asserted that he was im- plcated in several hold-ups here last De- cember Knapp was asked why he com mltted his various crimes and how he felt when he was choking a woman to death He said:
 "I can't tell. l was seized with an lr- resistible desire to choke them, and I can't help 1t. I could not let go when once began, even If l wanted to. I never feel any remorse, only feeling of satls- faction when l know that they are dead. l used my hands in every case except that of Mary Eckert. 1 choked that wom- an with a towel, but I could have done it with my hands. l got acquainted with Mary Eckert In Dayton, O., through an advertisement, and when she went to Gin cinnat I visited her at her room and choked her to death one night"
 Knapp denied that he assaulted little Ida Gebhardt at Indianapolis before he murdered her. Every doctor who has seen Knapp here agree that he is a pervert, similar to Jack the Ripper
 Several Mysteries Solved.
 Cincinnati, February 26.-The three murders which Alfred Knapp confessed committing in Cincinnati could never be solved by the police. Two were dropped as suicides" and third as "strangler mystery" The dead body of Emma Lit- tleman was found on Jone 21, 1894 in the lumber yard here designated by Knapp in his confession. The girls body was about half under a lumber pile. The police made an exhaustive examination, but were able to secure no evidence of a tangible nature Despite the position in which the body lay, the detectives finally said 1t was their opinion that she had committed suicide.
 The finding of the dead body of Mrs. Jennie Knapp In the canal few years ago was a crime which puzzled the police of this city and Hamilton. The body was cut and there were marks on the womans throat which indicated that she had been choked to death. The mys- tery in the case had remained as deep as ever until the confession of Knapp. Mrs Jennie Knapp was Cincinnati woman and before her marriage was well-knowfi in Cumminsville. She was Killed on Au- gust :, 1894. Knapp says he killed the woman under the canal bridge at Liberty street. and then threw her body into the water. He evidently strangled her as he had other victims before the body was cast into the water. Knapp was never suspected. He said at the time that his wife had left home without telling him where she had gone, and he went to the home of her sister to search for her. The iN~-+ND woman had committed suicide.
 The Mary Eckhart murder had been enshrouded in mystery until Knapp mado his confession. The woman was found strangled to death in house on Walnut street. A towel had been used to strangle her. This crime was committed August i, 1894. Detectives worked unremlttingly on the case without unesrthing any evil dence.
 Parents of Knapp Claim Insanity.
 Cincinnati. February 26.-The parents of Knapp tonight said Albert was insane and his confession should not be believed They believed he would be better dead. Mrs. Sadie Wenzel his sister. said her brother. when years of age. was kicked by colt at Twenty Mile Prairie. Ill. and later struck by lightning at Terre Haute and but for her parents she would have had him adJudged Insane.