The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-01-16
KEENER ADMITS
BRUTAL MURDER
York Farmer Tells How He
Shot Unknown Man.
MURDERER SAYS GIRL AIDED
Declares lorena Tawser Assisted In
Cutting the Body to Pieces and
Burning u - Some Of the Bones
Buried In Different Sections Miles
Apart-The Girl Will Be Arrested.

Burning n - Some Of the Bones
Buried In Different Sections Miles
Apart-The Girl Will Be Arrested.
York. Pa. Jan. l5.-Harry keener
accused by Lorena Tawser OF killing a
man last July on his farm in North
Cadorus township. has admitted the
crime
What physicians pronounce human
bones were found on the Keeuer farm
by searChers under the direction %
keener who pointed out the places
where he had disposed OF parts OF the
body OF the murdered man. The bones
were much charred keeuer saying
that they had been burned by himself
and the girl in the smoke house. Coal
oil and COZ nc obs we're used for burning
the remains OF the body. The body was
not buried until after IL had been
burned long enough To become so Of
lensive as To cause fear Of detection
The Tawser girl. Keener declares
cut the head. legs and arms and sew
cred the trung into pieces \ skirt
which is said 20 have been worn by
the girl when she cut Up the body was
found in the house II was covered
with blood stains Keener and the girl
both Identified IT, The girl will b.,
taken into custod, as an accessory.
Thus far the identity OF the man
is a mystery
Miss Tawser insisted that she had
nothing TO DO with the killing. and saws
she did not take part in the disposal
II the body
kcener's confession was secured
through the sweating process admin
isiered by local detectives lie corrob-
GRATED practically ali OF the details
IN the revelation made by the Tawser
girl
keener's Story of the Killing.
Keeuer said that on the night OF
July Il this strange man. whose name
he did not know came TO the door and
raped upon IT, He said that he would
kill me. and shot him four times
through the glass window in the door.
Fearing lest ! might he found oat
Immediately put the window in the
door again
carried IL down into the orchard. I
dug a hole and then buried il. found
that the hole was not deep enough. and
so when Mrs. Anna Tawser. the moth.
er. and her son came she detected the
stencil and spoke OF g. and We con
cluded 10 dig up the body and burn Il.
she came out on SUNDAY. so We dug
4 up nut ID on the wagon and brought
it up to the smokehouse We cut on
the head. the arms the legs and then
cut the body in two We burned most
of 10 IN the smokehouse with cOrncobs
and coal oil Some OF the bones car
sized over TO Brickers woods and bur
led them. and the rest OF them over 70
my fathers woods near Sfoverstown.
Parts Of the body were buried in the
cellar under the potato bin"
Cold siooded Crime, Says Girl.
Miss Tavser says that the man
came to the door and asked FOR shelter
or the privilege Of sleeping IN the
barn ana was shot down by Keeuer
Sithout giving any oftense whatso-
ever
lf Is believed by some that Jealousy
was the motive for the crime Miss
TawSer admits thai Keener was ieal-
GUS %; her it is said that he probably
returned t. bis home ON the night Of
I July y last the date OF the murder.
and finding Miss Tawser in the com
PAM Di another man. shot and killed
him