The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-23

F the solemn statement Of Franklin
P Rose, made shortly before his
death. is to be given credence. he
was guilty Of some dozen murders. in
Guiding those of not less than five wo-
men. He committed. burglary. robbery
ana nearly every other crime on the
calendar. Human life was nothing TO
him. and he gloried in slaughter.
Shortly after the execution the
confession told about exclusively
IN The Herald Of yesterday. wa z
given out. The statements were made
TO Guard George PUEsley, a member
OF the death watch He reported then,
10 Warden Arthur Pratt. Immediately
the sanction and at the suggestion of
the warden, repeated the state
ments for publication. Nj Pugslev
IS unwilling To express an opinion as
10 whether the story detailed by Rose
IS true or false. Warden Pratt does
not care TO commit himself The state
mentS are given as they were made
as nearly as Mr.. Pugsley can remem-
Der and they are TO be taken for what
they are worth.
Rose was unwilling 10 make Il signed
statement. He gave names and dates
IS the story went, and related the cir
cumstances in great detail, hut Mr.
JuESley did not make any notes dur
ing the telling, consequently. he mas
forgotten n number of the names. He
was trying to get some Of them yester-
day morning for a permanent memo
IancUm when an interruption came and
Rose closed his mouth like q clam The
execution followed not long afterWard
end his lips were sealed forever The
opening wedge came Wednesday. Rose
had taken A fancy TO MI. PugsIcy. and
talked with him freely.
Believer in Dreams.
Il had a dream last night" he said
81 dreamed that Roosevelt would bo
defeated. OF course, 1 haven't got long
20 live, but 7 really would like 10 know
81 that came true. I've had dreams
that way before, and they always came
out right. 1 dreamed about the St
louis cyclone in advance, and il came
aH right according TO my dream"
There was a pause, during which
neither the guard nor he said any
thing
DO you know" he remarked pres
emily, 1--WE always believed that --
--- - Roosevelt had Mckinley
shot?"
"Oh. I don't believe anything like
that, Frank" said Mr.. Pugsley. Who
could he get to do a trick like that"
"Oh, I've seen the time when ] would
DO thing like that FOR Il piece OF
money" was the reply
The subject was dropped.
Thursday Rose became confidential
again. The newspaper men had been
out TO see him. and had gone He had
become started on talking with them.
and he continued in conversation with
Mr.. Pugsley holding up the other end.
in a short time ne had begun a de-
tailed account of his life. telling about
the many alleged crimes of which he
accused himself. In the course of the
narrative he remarked that Mr.. Pugs-
ley could do with the facts whatever he
wished after the execution. but he did
not care TO have them published before
that time.
You wonder why I'm hardened" he
/. remarked at the beginning Of the story
fYou don't see how 7 could do what
did. Man. you don't know me. You're
pretty decent fellow, and I'll just
tell YOU 2 few things"
As near as Nj. Pugsley could re-
member 70 yesterday. Roses confession
was as follows. ... .....
Tells of His Criminal Career.
The first job ] ever did was to rob
Fo0inson's hardware store in Middle
ION. Mo. where I was born. when I
was Il years old. I got $1S235st
How did you account for this money
that you got in this way?" asked Mr..
Pugsley
Well, ] was gambling right along
then, and people couldn't tell how much
won and how much I lost. so they
didn't suspect me.
THE next trick i turned was To rob
Csson's drug store in Montgomery