Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-06

woman IN house at Fulton and
Halstend streets. about eight months
ngo, Used hammer and burned cloth.
ing Robbed house.
Saloonkoeper az Van Bureu street.,
near Aberdeen. Shot man and wound
ed wife while robhinr saloon.
Man shot and killed IN alley under
South side elevated about year ago.
Mrs Mildred Allison Rexront. shot
near Wayne, September 25. nnd bcdy
placed on railrohd tracisa.
ida oliver killed with hammer
November 2. 1912. Body thrown IN
To dfhinaHe canal and recovered May
10. 1919.
Unknown man and wife Killed at
Fox Lake, m, in September 1871.
and bodies thrown IN lake.
Unknown man who brushed against
him at f2nd street and Indiana avc-
lrue last spring Shot. body dragged
I into alley and robbed.
Saloonkeeper ia Park Row killed
about two months ago and robbed.
Mrs Connors. killed az 81. Joseph.
! Michigan.
Tho man who claims this almost
unbelievable record ia "a Chicago pro-
duct ile does not know his real
nnmo and The first ne remembers ne
was In the home for the friendless
located within "a block of the scene
of his arrest last night Tie has spent
half of his 22 years IN the state Deni-
tentiary nt Joliet lie was sentenced
twice for robberies and was returned
twice following violation Of paroles.
lie H. short. weighs about 145 pounds,
wears glasses and has the appearance
Of a clcrk. whose life has known lit
tie excitement Ho has been wore
shipper nt the prayer meetings Of ln-
manuel Baptist church and attended
the wedding of its pastors daughter
three nights before he accompanied
Mrs Roxroat down railroad track
near Wayne and killed her.
The proceeds Of Spencer's crimes
have amounted 10 more than $4,000
in the last year according 10 his con-
foasiOn. Tie has spent the money Ia
the Twenty district. whore he
said he has been n big spendcr In the
cafes. Il killed Mrs Rexroat be-
cause She was trying to make q suck
or out Of me-" he said. "Shc told
me ! wns responsible for her condi-
tlon and how badly she needed $500.
We Intended going east 10 be mar
ried but I decided right then To put
her out of the way and save MI that
trouble ! didn't murder her for the
ring took II Just because Il was
there"
Zen Of spcncer's victims werc wom-
en-
Spencer gave further details of the
murder of Policemen Dovno aud
peuuell la August 1902. az West Con-
grcss street and south Ashland ave-
nue.. ~ had par named Murphy
and we we're on "a back porch of n
house down there preparing to enter
the place, said Spencer. Murphy
knocked over a tub and we hid Ia a
yard near BY. Then the police came
and Murphy and I cmpted our re-
Volvers al them and ran"
The prisuner told the police Of kill
ing two girls at Lake Dclavan. Wis,
last October. tie said he shot one
and killed the other by hitting her
ON tho head with hammer lie said
both bodies were thrown In the lake.
Spencor said he robbed nearly every
room IN the leading hotels at Delavan
Lake before committing the murders
and fleeing. "one OF the TWO women
killed at Delayan Lake was school
, teacher from Oskalooaa, lowe and
the other was the wife of the auditor
Of the Chicago. Milwaukee and 81.
Paul railroad az Minneapolis" Said
Spencer. ~ guess they were there on
"a vacation got acquainted with
them They both had jewo'ry and
money / told them of an exclusive
o dance that was supposed To- bs held
H | ffaH a.. 4 fnnA
{ around one side OF the lake and shot
= her and the other { killed with a ham-
mer and pushed her hody Oft a high
pier"
J Two other victims were added Ca
spencers long list In his amplified
{ confession whom he told of having
: murdered "a man ana woman az Fox
y Lake. M, in september, 1911.
~ was working at Round Lake, Ill
J. aud man and woman got off q
= train there by mistake. They wanted
. 10 go 10 Fox Lake I quit my iul
u and got q horse ANA buggy and drove
; to Fox Lake with them. Then j tOot
s them around and showed them th'
country one day I took the man ou
= and killed him. I told the woman
. her husband had gone to Round LAKE
j. for the day, and then took her ou
p IN boat and killed her and threw
q the body in the water
u Spencer talked further Of the KIT
10 Ing of two men number uf year
p ngo on the shore OF Lake Michigan
- near Zion city lll
"Niedemcyer tho street car bandit
q and ! killed the pair ON the way q
p Zlon city. the prisoner said 'il wa
not long before Nledomoyor was huns
p but ] cannot remember The date
N "Thc two men came 20 Chicago an'
" wanted 20 20 Ia Zion city, Niodemey
. or started with them and killed then
- on the way We placed their hodie
~ on ploaks ana showed them Ia IN
= take"
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