The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-30
HICKEY POISONED
FIRST VICTIM IN
SCHOOLBOY DAYS
Seventeen Years Old When He
Killed Morey in Drug Store,
He Confesses.
TWO NEWSBOYS NEXT.
Murder Fiend Gives Details of
How He Slew His
Younger Victims.
TWO NEWSBOYS NEXT.

BUFFALO Nov. 90. Frank Hickey,
who confessed several murders, inch,d-
ing those of boy victims, In the pr.s-
ence of District-Attorney Dudley and
Attorney E. w. Mcintyre, made the
following supplementary confession to-
day:
tive got an awful load ON my mind.
boys. I suffered something awful. This
mad oosession took hold Of me and I
took to drink to drive It away. That
incident In the drug store at Lowell,
Mas. was the beginning. and couldn't
shake away the eyes Of the dead man
az he look. d at me and seemed to cay,
You KILLED me-
BEGAN MURDER CAREER As
SCHOOL BOY OF SEVENTEEN.
When I was seventeen years old
was attending the Lowell High School
and working at odd times IN the drus
store of Frederick Morey. There was a
man around that store who was named
IA Morey. He was once prominent.
bot he went down with DRINK. He came
to the store for whiskey. and the aun,
Of the man who ran tho store didn';
want him around.
Il didn't mean TO lun him. but one
nGht gave him tho whiskey with the
laudanum IN II He dropped to the
floor and I ran ovt and got DR.. DAILY
The police came and walked him up and
down. but he fell over and died. He
opened his eyes and looked at me just
before he died. couldn't forget that
look"
During his recital Of his crimes
filckey's face was drawn, beads of per.
spiration stood on his brow and hii
hands were olinchsd tightly. He EN-
phasdssd points by hammering ON hill
lusss - he sat on . stool in front o.
his cell door.
- did not try 10 tals . life until nv
ysnss later" oonlnued Hickey.
twsnt 70 Boston and was working in Pie
{Auay, In the Newspaper district. knew
TIA nowadays and one night two o!
them came to me and asked me fol
money TO get . lodging. I knew them
and / did not have the money. %
ia them that would take them HON.
WITH me. They asked for bed and
was willing TO share mine. / took then
lhome and then the insane desire 60 XII
thsm seized me.
i nut them 10 bed and then went on
70 ret some whiskey. drank tt ana sheI
started out to commit the crime and
"a and my own life. padded tho DOOR
and Window.
POLICE SAVED DEATH OF THREE
BY GAS.
~ r,,ped of the gas jetS ana thei
acopped on the bel to die with rh'
poyx. The next thing i knew l a~ok
in the city hospital. DIDN'T knoW
,hat some one had seen me take IN
~. snto rIne room and they called tn
ponce.
I '.Ine SECOND time this thing got HOLT
~ me was at Quincy. Mass. ] was oil
tn WAY home ono night and a tttl'
SsISow came along and asked me 10
u,osnav knew that he was a wh1ske,
dr,uyer and I told him that I had tw'
hotf1sas at my room. The desire TO kH
came 10 be again. The boy had gone =
t,rd and was asleep. 1 said to mysef
I'm Going 10 dispose OF you ] knew
that I could do 1t in the stiffness OF tn
niean without attracting attention.
, woa,ld wait until he was thorough,
satsep. I dozed away and when i wok
I'M the boy had disappeared. l wa
never 80 disappointed in my life"
/. Hickey then told of his arrest Il
NIAWrenCe, Aus ., 4atst. fT M deV&NH
41I> said ne was fined for disorder
Hbonduct.
faokey diverted from the thread o
IL story and told about the Joseph
aAA
"a ',Rsmenber that you are TALKING an
Svsrything might be used against you
(, Id Attorney Mcintyre.
:, shall l tell them any nore?'' aske
mickey.
MI guess they have enough" said Nc
tyre and Dlstrict-Attorney Dudley a
D same time.