Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-09
Guiding NJ merous murders,

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as it was Z would come
He is small of 81 c. 5eing but five
feet three and a hal thes high and
weighs 1879 pounds. color is daik
brown and he has e dark brown
eyes. His nose is is known as
barrel shaped, with IS ide open nos
trels. He has bi lear about the
size Of a dollar on Us left shoulder
caused by Durn At times he looks
intelligent, at others dull and uninter-
esting. He would not ordinarily be
picked out for a criminal.
According to Anderson's own con
fessions, his desperate deeds in Tampa
were as follows:
On the night of April last he COM
menced his criminal career there by
setting fire to building on First ave
nue. and Twenty-first street. From that
time on he started incendiary blazes
almost nightly until well into June
when the number decreased until the
middle of July when they stopped al
most altogether. The number of his
fires is numbered at nearly 100.
July 4, he shot at and severely
wounded Alphonse Martinez.
August he shot a mulatto woman
named Ada, last name unknown. Sht
recovered
August II he shot mulatto woman
named Ada Thompson, who recovered.
August 26 he shot mulatto woman
named Madge Robinson, who was
wounded slightly in the left hand and
stoulder.
September 26 he shot and killed Ma
RE Louise Rodriguez, wife of a GU
Kan cigar maker
October 8 he shot Viola DanfOrd. A
White woman inmate of house Of i'll
fame, who died in the Gordon Kellar
Hospital the mex. Gay.
October 4 he shot and instantly
killed Estephen CANDIDA, Spaniard
In addition to these he shot at Po-
liceman Goodwin, held up Detective
Killebrew and shot ~ mulatto wo-
man whom he missed.
He declares these are all the crimes
he committed.
Speaking of the xii ing of Mrs. Rod
riquez, he said he did not know he
had nothing against her, bat just vent
Il ere and shot her.
Regarding the killing of Viola Dan
ford he said h. h&G not first selec i
her as a victim. He passed the house
and saw her sitting in chair near the
window, and then he shot. He tao
never seen her before, nor did he
know anything about her.
He left Americas four years ago,
and he says has never returned here.
While in Americas he was employed
by the Seaboard Air Line railroad
and other concerns. Anderson has two
nd I1al1o Gtp-
wart who reside in Americas, and two
sisters, one married, named Bella
Smith and one single, Mary Anderson.
Detailing his movements after he
left Americas, he said he went to Al
bany and then to Macon, staying in
the latter place four months. He then
went to Atlanta, Jacksonville and Null
berry, then back to Jacksonville and
on to Savannah. While in Savannah
he shot a white man in the leg, but
escaped arrest
From Savannah Anderson said he
went to Philadelphia, working there
for four months, and then returning to
Jacksonville From there his wander,
ings carried him to Atlanta, to New
Orleans and then back to Atlanta
again.
That Anderson is a remarkable pris
oner all will readily admit who heard
his recite the history of his crimes
Yesterday. He spoke with a firm voice,
had little difficulty recalling incidents,
could detail his attempt to fire house
after house and showed a remarkable
memory for the names of streets AMI
locations. He seemed uumoyed by
his crimes, narrating his desperate
deeds in an eXulting manner. rather
than one of fear.
Ii there was a motive for any one
of the crimes he confessed to have
he quickly told it, but
speaking of his reign Of crime gener-
ally. he said, in response to questions
either Il do not know" or My mind
directed me" He never varied from
these two staten IS, using one or the
other as a reply to all such questions