Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-11-17
Buffalo Police Receive Mys-
terious Post Cards Telling
Them Where They May Lo-
cate Body of One Victim,
SEARCH RESULTS IN
FINDING OF CORPSE
Sick with RemorSe and Crazed
by WhiSkey Unknown SIay-
er Describes Shocking Incl
dents in Minute Detail,

dents in Minute Detail,
IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.
| Buffalo. \. Y, NoV. l6.-Conles-
sion to at least three murders and
admission that there are "still more. -
is the startling disclosure contained
in postal cards from the slayer of SIX
year-old Joseph Josephs. received by
the police and made public here to-
night The murder of the Josephs
boy, whose body, badly decomposed,
was found today IN a cesspool near
his home in Lackawanna, \. ". after
a search OF more than a year is be-
lieved by the police To be one of the
long series Of similar crimes COM
mitted throughout the country by the
man, who, according to his own con-
fession, has an Irresistible mania for
killing boys. Todays gruesome dis
covery was made by following the
minute instructions contained in the
cards.
Young Joscphs disappeared on the
afternoon Of october II, 1911.
1t was at first believed he had been
drowned, but his father, George
Josephs, prominent merchant Of
LackaWanna insisted that the boy
h"u peen kiohappeu' ~" sou''''N
"iue s"arch was ihs'''u,eo. me 'ase
a''i"V'eu Niuespre"u at,e",oi'' "S ny
ia'"'i i'oi' 'i''e W ''''o Nv"
anonymous ie''ers warming nun 70
discontinue 'he search uhuer 'he
threat that ms so" "o"'o pe ni"r-
aereo' iouaS ueVe'"phien's inu'ca' 's
'ha' ,he '''uruerer 'ooh 'n's means o.
crea'ins 'ne oeiiei '"a' '"e BOY was
sun "'F''
IN one poS'ai caru' 'llai'eu iro'n
nos'on' t.e uhhno"n writer speahS
ol 'i"i iuei'iis '"N J." 'eh'iai az ~
ne" orN .i'S' II reauS'
eohesuas nisn'' Dece'nper ~
l soz' eh''ceu Mic''aei hlcaco hruvk'
heWspoy' INTO the PARK opposite the
arsenal ponce sta''oh. strahgied
nim ana JUST escaped the oiIicer VINO
louhu hiln' ihree umes nave takeh
me- tweise tunes nave 'rieu' ana
heip y
'h announcer unsigned cara. dated
BOSTON Mass November - lsl2, ana
written apparently ~ 'he same per
soH' the writer says ne uhlorluhateiN
had 100 'nuch money that ne was
= prominent iraierfltN man OF h'gh
uesree' hoi'oreu ana respected
Wy SON 1t coh'ihues' ~ mar
'leu ann happy. Gan nhder the
give hiysen up
'ah' ol course pht there are stlll
iloi l'lu'ucrs l nave not toiu YOU Oh
7iaIi | come
ne 'lrs' POSTCARD received was
'os'nlarked bostoh' Mass, september
l. l'i%, ana was addressed to SUI
perln'ehdeht heasah OF the Buffalo
'o'ice department " read;
am SICK OF Trying TO 1901 my
'el nave hoinic'dal mania
<llled Joseph Josephs at Lackawan-
a. ~ S''H HhS'eu hl'i' as diu /
'tneis ilease aaNer'ise the ta't.
'os' II or write the ln'ofmation-
ONE To- INK smudses make
ne rest "l ih:' caro- llleElule'
me second postcard. addressed I"
fhiet ''ilson' CT the lackaWahna po- /
ICE ioiioWs'
Boston Mass. sept. a. l9l2.--It
gu ohiN knew the rehloIse IN my
le"r' ON account OF the murders
'aNe committed AS lhe result "I my
'o'iilc'ual mama even you ahu
feoree JosepnS Wouln ply me
IN "rltlhs 'hls' Just S"t ing over an
''her drunk !" Wy ana get 'h'
mes killed iut IKE banpuo %h"sl {
VIII not down am fas' go. I"
'ieceS h'e"iai'N ana SPliltu"lN
ne neNt '"r", d'So i'oil h"S'o.' =
''.""'i ~ i''-' re'u
Ai,' 50 s'ck ~ thls ""s''l'ss '""i
ma" go I" h"iial" next HunuaY ana
~ eau YOU on 'l'e ,elepnohe' NY
- N"'Se an" an '"'i'N ~ -