Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-06
worthy production and one not 20 be
missed.
SPENCED, SLAYER OF TANGO
DANCER, C0NFESSES.
CONTINUED from Prge one,

train going out after she had come to
meet me.
ION our way out there we talked
about our love affair. We were to be
married. We arrived out there about
7:45 p. m.
81 got off the train and walked down
the main road as far as the railroad
tracks and then down the tracks to
the viaduct. l then drew my revolver
and shot her.
THE bullet entered about an inch
off her mouth and think entered her
brain. l just shot her once. l then
put her body across the railroad
tracks"
Captain Halpin asked Spencer to
give an illustration of how he shot
her He was given revolver and
with Captain Halpin gave an illustra-
ton.
She was no better than 1 was. l
took the ring off her finger. l think
it was on the second finger of her left
hand. After laying her body. across
the tracks l took the suitcase and re-
turned to the railroad station. About
$40 l caught train for Chicagoand
on the way back l threw her clothes
cut the window"
Did she say anything of being in a
delicate condition?" asked Captain
Halpin.
81 think she did say something about
that, but l am not sure. There was
nobody at the railway station while
was waiting for the train. Tuesday
night or Wednesday morning l gave
the ring to a girl who went to New
York"
DO you ever smoke, drink or
chew" asked the captain.
81 smoke hop and chew tobacco.
At times | smoke 10 or 20 pills in half
an hour.
How long does this affect your
| asked the captain.
"Oh, should say an hour and half
or two hours. OF course, l walk
around after l smoke. The last smoke
had was two days ago..
TWO OFFICERS VICTIMS.
Spencer gave further details of the
murder of policemen Devine and Pen
nell in August, 1902, in Chicago:
! Il had pal named Murphy" Spen-
Ger said We were on the back porch
Of a house preparing to ener the
! place. Murphy knocked over a tub
and we hid in yard near by. Then
! the police came and we emp,ied our
( revolvers at them and ran" The pris-
oner told of killing two girls at Lake
( Delavan, Wis, last October. He shot
one and killed the other by hitting her
oyer the head with hammer. The
bodies we're then thrown in the lake.
He 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 Del
AVIAN Lake was a school teacher of
! Oskaloosa, Iowa, and the other the
wife of the auditor of the Milwaukee
/ road a. Minneapolis" Spencer said
Il guess they were on a vacation when
/ got acquainted with them. Both had
! jewelry and money. | told them of an
] tANluSlNC AdlltC anu 'liCg NduLtu ~
/ go. took one to the side of the lake
/ and shot her. The other | killed with
| a hammer and pushed the body off a
high pier"
MAN AND WIFE KILLED.
| Two other victims were added to the
long list in an amplified confession
when he told of having murdered a
man and woman at Fox Lake, H.,
! Sept. 10, 1911. Il was working around
| the lake. A man and woman got off
the train by mistake. They wanted q
/ go to Fox Lake. | quit my job, got
a horse and buggy and drove them to
/ Fox Lake. They showed me some OF
/ the country. One day | took the man
out and killed him. / told the woman
her husband had gone round the lake
for the day l took her in a boat
killed her and threw her body in the
water. Previously had thrown the
mans body in the lake. / hit then
with hammer and shot them / rob
bed them after they were dead.
enjoyed my stay AT Delavan Lake"
AAC tuihEd 4ui ll4tA VI hi-liBG tAt
men a number of years ago on thu
shore of Lake Michigan. near ZloI
City. Ill "Neidermeyer. the street
car bandit, and l killed the pair on m
way to Zion City,
PUT BODIES ON FLANK.
The prisoner said: TT was long be
fore Neidermeyer was hung, but can
not remember the date. We place,
the bodies on plank and shove
them in the lake
According, to officials, Spencer ma
be prosecuted for the murder Of Far
mic Thompson of Chicago, instead G
: turned over TO the Outage county az
thorities for the Rexroat murder.
Il believe robbery was the motiy
. for so many murders" said Assistaa
slate-s Attorney Sullivan. Diamond.
: jeweiry and money was what he wa
= Liter. In most instances the victim