The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-03-07

ALBERT KNAPP.
tried here, and the matter will not
be decided until every effort has
been made to recover the body" The
search for the body continued FRI
day, but with hardly any prospect OF
success, as the Miami river rose q
foot during the night and the search
ers will be called off and not sent out
again until the waters have fallen
considerably.
In anticipation of Knapp possibly
being tried elsewhere, he was Friday
interviewed on three cases at Cincin-
natl and he went over each of the cases
to which he confessed Thursday. Civ
ing the minutest details and most re-
voting particulars.
In making his confessions Knapp not
only told how he killed victims, but he
acted it, and when he did his face took
on look of fiendishness. His fingers
drew up with tension and looked like
the talons of bird of prey. His face
drew itself up into hard lines, the eyes
dropped toward the nose and his nos
trils were dilated and pulled long, hiss
ing gusts of breath. His whole body
became rigid, and then Knapp was
ready to tell how he killed people.
81 always kill from behind" he said
from between his closed teeth. ~ get
them in front of me. Then / clutch
them by the throat, placing my knee
on the back and bend them over. They
struggle, but not long. They look into
my face, but don't mind that"
Ever since Knapp has been left alone
and maintained enforced silence, he
seems to be gloating over the sensation
he caused by his confession of the Han
nah Goddard (wife No. 81 murder, at
Hamilton, and his additional and gra-
tuitous confessions of the Mary Elk
hart, the child Emma Littlemann and
the Jennie Connor (wife No. q muir
ders in Cincinnati, and the child, Ida
Gebhardt, at Indianapolis.
Every possible effort is being made
here to find the body of Hannah God
dard Knapp, so as to establish her
death, and the facts for an Indictment.
Meantime, it is understood that three
indictments against Alfred Knapp will
be had at Cincinnati, so as to make sure
OF trial of some one case in the near
future. 1t is conceded that Knapp will
never be tried on more than one case,
as either of the cases in Cincinnati will
take him TO the electric chair If the
body of Hannah Goddard is not found
so as to try the prisoner here.
That part of Knapp's confession re-
lating to the murder of his third wife,
Hanna Goddard Knapp, was almost
completely verified here Friday night
when Charles Mllspaugh, the rural
mail carrier who drove by Knapp as he
was about to dump the box containing
the body in the Miami river, called on
Knapp at the Jail. Mr.. Millspaugh re-
called the man perfectly, and his iden-
] tihcation was absolute. He saw Knapp
at the exact spot by the sucker hole
where Knapp claims to have thrown
the body.
Had you not been arrested would
you have killed the wife whom you
now have in Indianapolis" was
asked of Alfred Knapp Friday.
THAT is hard to tell" was the re-
markaDle answer.
The question did not disconcert
Knapp, but seemed to arouse in him
speculative sense that caused him
to go into an explanation of this an
| swer.
Il know that she woke up several
times since we were married and
found my hands on her neck when l
was asleep, too. She would wake
when 1 grabbed her and wake me
and ask me what l meant by taking
hold of her neck that way, and
could not tell her why, because l
was asleep and did not know had
done it. just last week she woke up
| just in time or she might never have
woke up at all. / grabbed her so
tight and was choking her so that
she was near gone when she came
to and woke up. / can't see what
makes me do that"