The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-30
HICKEY, IN FULL CONFESSION,
TELLS STORY OF HIS GRIMES
Admits Murder OF Seven-Year-
Old Joseph Josephs, Of
Lackawanna.
ALSO SLEW MICHAEL KRUCK
Suffering With Renorse. He Is
Willing to Pay Full
Penalty.

Buffalo. n Y. November 29.-J.
Frank Hickey. Of Quincy, Mass, re-
Gently arrested I'm New Jersey. has
confessed to the murder of seVen-Sear-
Old Joseph Josephs. OF lAckawanna'
the crime of which he stands indicted
He has also confessed TO the murder
Of Michael Kruck. the young New YORK
newsboy. ten years ago.
The confessions came as the resuit
OF conference by District Attorney
Dudley with the man. and were made
public Dy the county prosecutor short
~ after noon to-day.
Tells story Of Crime.
Calmly and deliberately. Hickey told
the tory of his crimes. He related
th.. facts leading up TO them with the
consummate sangfroid OF an arcnhena
md tn. face Of child. but when ne
came to the actual tale OF the COM
;nit,ing of the murder he broke down
and wcpt
Drink. drink. that's what caused
nv downfall exclaimed tn" man as
as frame shook with sobs. I've stood
!. as long as 1 could, but I've got 10
confess. Oh. that he'll OF lie tnat mas
been mine since that time. when late In
the afternoon OF October IL. / inred
taat little Syrian lad TO his awfni
death.
Yes. / wrote the postcards. wrote
them mostly when ] was drunk.
crank TO try and get away from my
..mor.e, and for a time IL seemed That
would forge, II But in these spells
I used TO become conscience. stricken,
though In a different manner. ana
writ. the cards. telling o: my state
Of mind"
Il experienced the most poignant
bangs of remorse, after ! had killed
the little New York newsboy, Dat
whsn l stranSled the little Josephs
lad. to satisfy the demands Of my ter
riple lust. while IN a state OF lntoNi-
cation, l went nearly crazy with re-
morse
Il was near to suicide many times
but somehow always chung 10 Ire
with a sort of hope that sometime
that somewhere I would be able 10 for
get but all to no purpose.
Now ] am ready 10 take the coase-
ou.rces Of my terrible acts. l am
gcady TO pay the penalty which society
Will demand"
Joseph Josephs, aged seven years
sen OF a Syrian merchant in Lacka-
xauna. disappeared on October IL, 1911.
He was last seen in candy store
that afternoon. The father peleEed
the child had been kidnapped. but no
,ner, Of police or private detectives
couid bring to light a clue 10 the boy
rewards were offered in vain
BoAy Found in Clubhouse.
November Is last the child's mansled
body vas found in the vault OF an out
louise near a saloon on the RioSe koau'
in Lackawanna. The search OF the po-
lie. 10 ,hA, spo, had been directed by
the receipt OF postcards and letters
from some unknown writer from New
York and Boston at different times
during August. September and October
.rhe writer, in his notes. declared
that he had slain the child and then
mad thrown the body into an clubhouse
in Lackawanna- In several notes ne
declared that he had killed two other
children and had attempted 20 strange
dozen others
None of these postcards was taken
very seriously. though Police Chie'
Roy ellison. OF Lackawanna, !nVesu-
rated as well AZ he could. But Inc
"a ritter mentioned no definite place IN
MS rambling COZ. munications until ne
sent 4 postcard ON New York city
dated November
In this he dire the authorities
10 search the closet. This was done
and the bones of the child were dis
covered.
photographs OF the postcards APP
peared in newspapers. and were recog
nized as the handwriting of Hickey
who had been employed in Lacha-
wanna and Buffalo. These clues were
followed up and led TO the arrest Of
Hickey in whiting. y. j.. whittier ne
mad conc from New York TO take treat
rneut in the Inebriates' Hospital at
Keswick-
The killing OF Michael Kruck oc-
Cured In. Central Park. New York
city, in 1902
Hickey was arrested al the time In
an intoxicated condition in Buffalo. and
in his delirium accused himself %
killing Kruck, but later denied know
ledge Of the murder. and was dis
charged for lack OF evidence.
sospeeteA Of ws0a.'s Murder.
Hickey is also suspected of murder
ing Mrs. Carrie c. Turner in Lake
wood. y. j., last April
The police. have established the fact
that Hickey was in Lakewood on the
day that Mrs. Carrie Turner was Eur-
dered. and i, IL believed that Hickey
killed her also in one of the frsnzi"s-
Hickey will be tried in Buffalo Tor
the murder Of the Josepns boy. after
which. IL he escapes the death chair.
he will PROBABLY De brought back 60
New York for trial oa the charge o:
numbering Michael Krvck.