The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-06

was going to take her to Michigan
tiiid kali her there. but finally decided
~ would Lc less trouble to take her
littlo way out on the car line and
get it over In 4 busincss-)ike way.
She thought we were going to be mar
ried She came along just us / told
her
when Ne got out at the station It
was nearly s o'clock. We turned around
got where it was dark. took her by
the arm pulled out my gun md shot
her through the head. Then l laid
be tore up took what few dollars
she had and her diamond ring. l
opened her. suitcase and dumped her
Chicago with me- l took the next
train back about ten minutes after l
shot her.
Spencer said he had married four
women killing the first one near West
Point \ y He didn't know exactly
h ,% in l petrost he said and w another IN
Chicago lie gave details of his al
legged murders at the Wisconsin and
speut most OF the summer as hotel
thief, committing an occasional muir
der
Kills Girls for Money.
II killed the two girls ut Paw Paw
for their money and rings" he said.
.tr" OF them one time let me see that
!
shot her and sank her body in the
lake. The other girl ! killed the Same
WAY. but she did not have much money
tie same gun with which J killed .Irs
..When go, back to Chicago met
Il man onc night who looked as if he.
had nvrcS. | shot him in an alley on
the Seuthside lcvec. He didn't have
uuci money. but enough for me to
so Ia n hotel for n few days. and there
/ met ancther man. an old fellow who
said he WAS Il broker We got friendly.
and hc 1T on to have 2 me business
money | was disappointed in that
late one afternoon in jackson Park,
and I Shot him there and went through
aim. He told me had n lot more than |
found. rolled him into a swampy
place where they were dumping Thc
papers had a lot about ii. and called
il a case Of suicide.
SUICIDE was that OF U woman killed
on the Northwest Side killed her
I" i'm hammer, tore UP her clothes and
Sc, fire to them. The last woman
- dcau With a hammer. She had two
I.ln.g,s ana $500 This murder was done
warmed il, a towel by the railroad
tracks. They thought the hammer had
something 10 do with the ReXroat
Spencer claimed to have held up many
II the restaurants which recently have
leen robbed by highwaymen here.
Charley Vests last week." he said.
Police Doubt story.
The police doubt that Spencer COM
mtttcd The large number Of murders
and hold-ups 10 which he claimed but
believe he is guilty of many OF them.
and probably is the most dangerous
The Fannie Thompson murder. the
killing Of the two policemen. the muir
der Of an old man iii jackson Park,
the killing Of woman near the county
hospital. and the attempted killing of
: family OF four on the West Side, all
had been catalogued as mysteries.
The attempt 10 kill the family Spen-
Ger Cnaracterizes as one of his failures.
An old man and his wife We're found
by frtmen tied in their beds in their
apartments four months ago. while two
we're stunned and lying in an
adjoining room. The flat was on fire.
and the occupants were taken out
years old. had been shot twice. All
recovered The police had the robbery
aud arson on their list of unexplained
crimes Spencer's account OF it con
WINGED Captnin Halpin that he was the
man who ola the work.
The entire list of crimes confessed by
spencer viii he investigated by the
police 10 check up how far the mans
account is correct. His coldly planned
inYrder Of MIS- Rexroat and nine other
he was on parole from the State peni-
tertiary for highway robbery.
The inurderers name, if it ever is
learned, for he says he does not know
IL will be ranked by the police with
those OF ii. II. Holmes. OF Holmes Cas-
lie" notoriety. who confessed 10 twelve
murders and was suspected of a total
OF twenty seven, and Johann lloch,
who admitted four murders, and gen
orally was considered guilty of many
moro. Holmes. many Of whose muir
dcrs were committed in the Castle"
in Chicago. was n forger, bganist, in
cendiary and swindler. Hoch married
women and Killed them Tor Insurance