Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-22
DEAD MANS CONFESSION.
Rose Rceounts His Daring Deeds
To Guard Pugsley, His
Death Watch.

n Roses confession. made 10 Guard
Pugsley last night. Is true, he was
mixed UP In number OF murders and
holdups In St. Louis, Oklahoma Ter
ritory. and In California. The confess
sion WIS given out shortly before noon
today by Warden Pratt II seems that
Rose did not cOnhde In any other guard
except Pugsley, To him ne began the
story OF hls crimes on Wednesday. In
opening his statement he said that he
always did believe that President
Roosevelt hired an assassin TO kill Nc
Klnley. He further said he had seen
the time when he would do trick "
that kind for little piece OF money
His first crime he said. was committed
when he was II years old, when he
burglarized a store In Middleton. Mo-,
and secured SlS2S5. He then robbed a
drugstore at Montgomery CITY and was
responsible for number Of lesser rob-
berries there, In St Louis he was mixed
up in a number Of cutting scrapes. the
first OF which occurred on Sixth street.
At that time he was only 20 years Of
age. Three men Jumped onto him, he
said, IN that fight, and one Of them
was killed. Rose said he started to the
police station TO give himself up, when
the thought struck him that he would
have TO make up some kind Of a story
to get out OF the trouble.
lie met a boy and borrowed knife
from him, With the knife he inflicted
wound upon himself, and tho boy
sounded the alarm which resulted In
Rose being taken 10 the station az a
suspected would-be suicide, His wound
was dressed and he was taken TO a
hospital where he soon recovered. He
was released without ever being charg-
ed with the murder he claims TO have
committed His next crime was COM
mitted at Bowling Green, Mo. where
he robbed man In a saloon,
At Roses ranch, near Hannibal, Mo-.
rendezvous was established for all
sorts of criminals. Here Rose made his
headquarters and lived for some time
with girl who was not his wife. One
night three men came 10 call on tho
woman and Rose engaged in quarrel
with them, shots were exchanged, and
one Of the men fell over, dead. Rose
then made getaway" ana went TO
the Indian Territory. where he Joined
the famous Dalton gang Of desperadoes.
After engaging I'm a number Of encoun-
ters with officials Dalton was killed.
ana Rose then said he Joined the Starr
gang,
In 1896 Rose married his FIRST wife,
whose maiden name was Ann Holman.
BY that wife he has son now five
years Of age. named Frankyn p. Rose.
The only term, besides his recent Inn
prlsonment, was two years IN the state
prison in Jefferson city, Mo, for grand
ldltfUN anu 'lllb'HltNlINlt lNbNt NtUN
under six different aliases at various
times IN his criminal career but he
served his term IN Missouri under his
real and true name,
In 1900 he married Maudc Eliza Nor
ria, the woman whom he murdered, and
for which he today paid the penalty.
shortly before his marriage, he was as.
saulted by the father and two brothers
OF the FIRST wife. After he recovered
from the effects OF the wounds received
IN that fight he started out to kill tho
three men, but got on the wrong car
IN some way and landed IN the out.
skirts Of the city, some miles distant
from his Intended Victims residence,
Rose said that fate saved him from
that crime. so that he could live for this
one Between tho time Of his first and
second marriage he was on a protracted
spree for three days, during which he
did not know where no was, or what he
lN.att.u.l