Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-07

hammer and pushed her DOoy on q
high pier"
Two other victims were added to
Spencer's long list in his amplifed
confession when he told of having
murdered a man and woman at Fox
Lake, ILL.,, in September, 1911.
Killed Husband and Wife.
."I was working at Round Lake, ILL.,,
and a man and wife got of train
there by mistake They wanted to 60
to Fox Lake quit my Job and got a
horse and buggy and drove to Fox
Lake with them. took them around
and showed them the country. One day
I took the man out and killed him. l
told the woman her husband had gone
to Round Lake for the day and then I
took her out and killed her and threw
her body In the water. ~
Il used q revolver and hammer IN
both cases, First hit them with q
hammer and then shot them. robbed
them after they were dead. 1'enjoyed
my stay at .Delavan Lake"
Works With Car Bandit.
Spencer also told Of having killed
two men a number OF years ago on
the shore Of Lake Michigan near Zion
City, Ill. .tr@s%a. @s@
"Niedemeyer, the street car bandit,
and I killed the pair on the way to
Zicn City" the prisoner said. 1T was
long before Niedemeyer was hung but
cannot remember the date.
1.-THE two men came to Chicago ana
wanted to go to Zion City. MED.
emyer started with them and killed
and robbed them on the way we
placed their bodies on planks ana
showed them In the lake."
It was announced that a conference
would be held between Chief Of Police
McWeeny, Police Captain Halpin and
States Attorney Hoyne to, decide on
the course to be pursued In the prose
cution of Spencer. g
= According to the officials, Spencer
may be prosecuted for the murder OF
Fannie Thompson in Chicago instead
OF being turned over to the Du Page
county authorities for the Rexroat
murder. E
~ Robbery the Motive. i-.s
S"I believe that robbery was the mo-
tive for the murders committed by
Spencer" said Assistant States Attor-
ney Sullivan today. Diamonds, all
Kinds OF jewelry and moneylwere what
he was after and in most instances his
victims were young women whom ne
met at dance halls. He spent the
money he obtained on new victims. It
was an endless chain, according TO
Ills confession and he finally admitted
that he could not tell the number Of
persons he had slain. He says 1t was
passion with him to rob women OF
their Jewels and he didn't care how
many he murdered. He said the kill-
ing of a human being had no repug-
ence to HIM
For months Luidens, a stenographer
at the detective bureau, had carried.
the picture Of the confessed murderer
in his pocket. Luidens eats at res
taurant at 1908 West 47the street.
About four months ago Spencer says.
lie was working there as a dishWasher
and was known by the name OF Hamil-
ton. He, was friendly with waitress
and had given her picture OF hlm-
self, he said. The owner OF the res
taurant, Mrs. Laura Jacobson left q
pocketbook containing $500 on coun-
ter. Spencer said he took;it and ran
out unobseryed Q RAW sI.
The theft was soon discovered and
spencer's absence noted. The waitress
gave the picture to Luidens. The lat
ter has been carrying I the picture
around with him in, an endeavor to cap
ture the. thief. He had no idea that
the original Of the photograph had any
connection with the Rexroat murusr
or any other mysterious murders and
robberies which Spencer claims to
have committed. sese tr va~ NJ
I Last Friday night Spencer told the
police he was in q motion, picture show
and saw the waitress from Mrs. Jacob
sons restaurant She saw him and
hurried out to get a policeman but
Spencer escaped before she returned.