The chronicle=news., 1913-10-06

NnNtkO. w b.-Iu" p0INf tOuuN
began their Investigation of the al
most unparalleled confession last
|night OF Henry Spencer that h. IL IL.
murderer of more than 20 persons
Producing evidence to support hi
sdminslon tina, he killed Mr. Mildred
Allison -Rearoa,, til. ,iansins In
s,rurtor, on September 80. tn" au-
thori,!c. are convinced that they Will
In y short time confirm Spcncrr'r &
guilt y. To many. n not all. the:
crimes Of his crimson career.
After his arrest last night for the
ReArnsi murder which ~as mad. u;
the home OF relative who had no
titled the police of hi, coming. de-
tcctivc- went Ia sprnocr's room
where they found the rattan sui,
case which tn. tango tea seh-r haG
TAKEN with her On her fatal trip to
Wayne. Ills.
THIS motninx Spencer iad assert
ad that he had. sent the following to
their graves:
One of two farmers shot near Zion
City. Ills. ip the spring Of 1908. OBJ
taiued $3.50.
Policemen Timothy Dcyinc and
Charles Prnnsii. shot In August. ISi2
shea they surprised Spencer and
man nsmsd Murphy br-skins Into o
house.
Fsnnis Thompson. body found
January !. 1908. Esxxed aud bound
y bsd IL Nlcbissa a,eaue roonins
Aousc. Robbed Of disnoads worth
1880.
|. Fosuss wife. NJ wsiksrsilie. On-
(Issie. Bsasss 10 death asd body
tessed. She was . Nee York wid-
ow. nsnc forgotten.
Former wife. first name Nellie.
pear Fort Montgomery. New York.
Beaten 20 death In woods. Robbed
'of $500 ind diamonds worth $500.
rot mer maid to Helen Gould.
Aged man In Washington Park
last spring. shot and body thrown
IN Lagoon. Got si:oo IN cash.
Two girls at DeIavxn Lake. Wis
consin. In June. Killed with ham
nor and body throwa In lake.
Woman In house near Cook conn
~ hospital Used hammer and
burned clothes. Got $40 and rings.
Woman In house At Fulton and
HSlstcad streets. about eight mouths
ago. Used hammer and burned
clothing. Robbed house.
SnloOn keeper ON ~ Burcn street.
near Aberdeen. Shot man and
wounded wife while Robin. saioon.
Man. shot and Killed in alley IN.
der south side elevated about n year
ago.
Mrs. Mildred Allison -Rcxroat. shot
near Wayne. september Is. and body
placed on railroad tracks.
Ida Oliver. killed with hammer No
vembcr .. 1912. Body thrown In
drainage eanal and recovered May
90. 1913.
rnknowu man aud wife killed ~
Fox Lake. Ills. In September. 1911.
and bodies thrown in lake.
Unknown man who brushed
against him at Forty-sccond street
and Indiana avenue last spring. Shot
and dragged body into alley and
robbed.
Saloon keeper In Park Row. killed
about two months ago and robbed.
Mrs. Connors. killed at st. Joseph.
Michigan.
The man who claims this almos.
unbelievable record is a Chicago pro-
duct. He does not know his real
name and the first he remembers he
WAS In the home for the friendlcss.
located within block of the scene
OF his arrest last night. He has spent
half Of his thirty-two years In the
state penitentiary at Joliet. He was
sentenced twice for robberies and
was returned twice following viola
tlon NJ paroles.
He IL short. weighs about l45
pounds. wear glasses and has the ap-
pearance OF a clerk. whose life has
known little excitement. He has
been Il worshipper ut the prayer
meetings OF the Immaculate Baptist
church and attended the wedding of
Its pastors daughter three nights be-
fore he accompanied Mrs. Rexroat
down a railroad track near Wayne