The evening world., 1912-11-29
HICKEY CONFESSES;
TELtSHOW He SLEW
TWO CHILDREN
Continued from First PsseJ

brought the detective from New YORK..
He worked around Buffalo In isOs. and
several times In subsequent years
drifted INTO thk city. In the fall OF
1slf i've appeared In Jackawanna and
went to- work for rhe Rokeu. Brown
Iron Company.
In Lacks wanna Hickey was often In
the company OF little boys, but no sus-
picion was aroused. lie WAS not al
work on Oct. II. 1911. and spent part OF
the day In McGovern's saloon in Ridge
ro-!. Lackawanna.
GAVE eov A PENNY AND EN-.
TicEp HIM TO BARN.
The Josephs boy. a child Of . Syrian
merchant OF Lackawanna, went home
from school at o'clock on the after
noon Of oct. L. left his books and ran
out TO play. Half an hour later he
bought penny's worth of candy In n
store next to .McGovern's saloon. Hickey
rays he gave the boy the penny for the
candy and when the little fellow left
the candy store enticed him to n barn
,n the rear OF McGovern's place. where
ne Alled him. The body OF the boy was
thrown into q cesspool and Hickey went
about his business.
The disappearance OF the Josephs boy
created such a sensation IN Erie County
and western New York generally that
Hickey bscAme alarmed and fed from
I.ac,sawanna on Oct. Is. He came TO
Buffalo end lost himself In tihe s1ums.
On Dot. 70 Chief OF Police Gibson re-
caved an synonymous latter. mailed In
BufiASo, sssatanG the details Of the
msv,der Of the Jossphs boy and stating
that Tn body could b found In csss-
pool taok of Mc0overn's saloon. The
dirsoions ware Indefinite and policemen
ds<Aned 10 make . search failed to md
the corpR.
Although pua1ce onscers and private de-
tsctsvss worked for months on the DIS
appearance of tho Joscphs boy nothing
was dons toward soly1ng the mystery
untdl eeptsmber Of this year when Chisf
OLSON began to receive anonymous let
ters and post cards. They were all On
the sans handwYstiag. On Nov. Q q post.
card, unAilsd In Boston, carried minute
directions ~ to how to and the body Of
little Josephs and tho body was found.
PosTcARDs LED TO THE Ar.
RECT OF HICKEY.
Facsimiles Of the letters and post
cards were printed in the newspapers.
They attracted the attention Of . fore
man at the Lackawanna Coke Ovens
who had an old letter written by Hickey
which he turned over 70 6hs police.
There was no doubt that Hickey had
penned the postcards. II was shown.
when they we're compared with the let
ter.
Then John ffoskyu OF LAckawanna.
an acquaintance Of Hickey. related to
the police that he had just eecsived q
postcard rotating to . patent. mailed ut
Writings. N. J., and signed by Hickey.
The postcard, compared with Mo anony,
nous communications, showed such
n striking similarity In penmanship that
orders we're wired to the New Jersey
authorities to place Hickey under ar
rest. He was promptly indicted here
and ellison and Dudley want after him.
Drink. drink, that's What caused my
terrible downfall" says Hickey In Ills
confession. I've stood II as long as !
could. but I've got to confess. Oh, the
he'll my life has been since that time,
when late In the afternoon Of Oct. u I
lured that little Syrian lad 20 his awful
death.
Yes, ] wrote the post cards. wrote
them mostly when ! was drunk I
drank 10 try and get away from my re-
morse. and for time It seemed that ]
would forget II. But IN theee spells !
used to become conscience stricken
though In o different manner. and write
the cards. telling Of my state OF mind.
WENT NEARLY CRAZY WITH re
MoReE, NE SAYS.
II experienced the most poiEnan
pangs of remorse after I had killed tn,
little New York pewsboy, but when
rtranEled the little Josephs lad. Will,
in a state OF tntoxication. l went near
~ crazy with remorse.
u was near to suicide many times
hut some how ] always chung TO M
with sort of hope that some time
some where, would be able 10 forget
a.. hut all 10 no purpose.
Nov ] am ready to take the conse
quences Of my terrible acts. l am read,
10 pay the penalty which society will
demand"