The Calumet news., 1913-10-06

murder of Policemen Dcvcnc aud PEN
nell in August 1902, in Chicago
4 had a pal named Murphy 81
Spencer said. we were on the back
porch Of u house preparing To enter
the place Murphy knocked over a tub
and We hid in the yard nearby. Whcr
the polio" came we Cmpticd our re-
voNcrs at them ANA ran"
me prisoner told of killing two girls
lat Lake Dclavan, Wisconsin, last Oc-
tobcr He shot one and killed the
other 10y hitting her in the head with
a hammer The bodies were thrown
into the lake. He said ne had robbed
nearly every room i'm the leading hotels
at DclaVan Lake before committing the
murders and llccinE.
ono of the two women killed at
Dclavan Lake was school teacher at
OsluLloOsa, Iowa, ana the other was the
wife Of the auditor ol the Miwau-
kcr road at Minneapolis" Spencer
said
II guess they were on vacation. |
Lot acquainted with them Both had
jcwclry ana money | told them Of an
exclusive dance that was To- he held
and they wanted To 20. ] took one on
one side of the lake and shot her, and
the other | killed with hammer and
pushed the body off high pier. | en-
ioycd my stay at Dclavau Lake
Killed Man and Woman.
Two other victims were added to
the long list in the ampIincd confess
sion, when he told of having murdered
man ana woman al Fox Lake Illi-
Hois. i'm September, 1871.
Il was WORKING at Round Lake. and
a man ana woman got of the train by
mistake. They wanted to 90 to Fox
Lake quit my job, got a horse and
buggy ana drove th"m To- Fox Lake.
Then one day took the m1u out aud
killed him. | told the woman her nus
band had gone To- Round Lake for the
day and | took her To a boat, killed
her aud threw her body i'm the water.
Previously | had thrown tho body of
tn" man in the lake. hit them with
4 hammer aud shot them. robbed
them after they were dead"
spencer talked further of killing two
men numhcr of years ago ou the
shore of Lake Michigan near Zion CITY,
Illinois.
"NcidcmcNcr, the street car bandit,
ana | killed pair on the way To Zion
city" the prisoner said. 1T was long
before Nicdom yer was hung, but !
,annot remember the date We placed
the bodies ON plank and showed them
into the lake"
Confesscs to Other Cr'mcs.
Il intended To- kill Mis- \ j. Sho-
Gcld. lroprictrcss of the ruuminr
house whcr" have been living,
Spencer said. nc I hadn't been ar.
rested at just This time | would have
Killed her"
He confessed To- killing an unknown
man in Chicago last spring, aud a sa
loonkccpcr in Park Row, Chicago, two
months ago; and q Mrs. Conuors at
st. Joseph. Michigan.
Sore on World, He Says.
Spencer said hc did not drink nor
smokc.-cNccpt opium. II have noe
touched pin for two days" he said
My head is as clear as a bell. You
Iot m" dead to rights un the Rex Roat
knew | would bc hanged in
n couple at months That's why
wanted To tell "vcrythng else and then
be treated dcccntly until they pun the
rope"
Asked why ho had lived as he had,
Spencer replied.
II have been ia aud out of prisons
sine" was boy. ! have been hunted
and bounded all my life am sore on
the world My own life does not
amount to much aud nobody's life
meant much to me
The proceeds of his crimes amounted
to more than ten thousand dollars last
year. according to his confession.
Robbery His Motive.
According To officials Spencer may
he prosecuted for the murder of Fan
nie Thompson, of Chicago, instead of
being turned over To the Dupage coun-
ty authorities for the Rex Roat MUIR
der.
Il believe robbery was the motive |
for the murders said Assistant states