The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-31
YOUTH CONFESSES
ATROCIOUS CRIME
In Gruesome Detail. He Tells
How School Teacher
Was Slain.
HE SHOWS NO REMORSE
After Completing His Revenge,
He Goes Home and
to Sleep.
He SHOWS NO REMoRsE
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Poland. n. Y. March 3o.-The an
nouncemcnt to-day by tho Herl<imer
County authorities that Jean Gianini,
the sixteen -year-old boy held OF the
charge OF numbering his former school
teacher. Miss Ida Bccchcr. had made
Il complete confession of the crime
was no great surprise in view OF the
chain OF circumstantial evidence which
District Attorney Farrell. Coroner
Huyck and other officials had woven
about nm from the moment Miss
Beccher's body was found in the little
swamp near Poland on saturday. un-
I'll the youthful murderer broke down
and made clean breast OF his atroci-
Gus crime.
Tells brutal Detniia.
District Attorney Farrell Yesterday
and last night parricd a direct answer
TO ., me question rs to whsthcr or not
Glanlni had formally confessed the
crime, but to-day, after Mir. Bcecher.
father of the slain girl, had come. out
OF The Herkimer County jail after a
five-minutc interview with the prison
er. and stated that ali doubt i'm his
mind had been removed as to the per-
petrat9r OF the crime. the officials be-
came less reticcnt. and this afternoon
~ was definitely stated that young
iiahini had acknowledged the murder
ana mad given District Attorney Far
reii ana Coroner lluyck all the details
FcSarulnS MS movements ON Friday
evening before he met Miss Beecher
he told OF the circumstances surround :
ing the actual killing. his flight to his
l4thcrs home 10 remove the traces
or his crime and his escape from Po-
iand on saturday morning before
Farmer John Fitch. driving to Poland
BODY of the murdered school teacher
Sccreted behind the willows
Giahinns confession, in the opinion
OF me ofiicialS, indicates that H.. lur.d
Miss iieecher to the scene OF the mur-
der primarily for the purpose of mis-
treating her, but that he had also
na.T.o,. GaroiuaiS planned TO KIN her If 1t were
necessary To accomplish his purpose
or cover up the lesser crime I'm his
confession To the authorities he de-
aIiiis WIN great accuracy how he met
MISS bcechcr near the Poland most
once, ana how he renewed his request
10 her that she visit his father and
tST tS the eh;,! Il. ne De pGrmitted TO return
expelled nearly Il year ago.
Urged 10 Keep On.
- Mss ,h .ifecntr hesitatcd at first to go
consented. Vending their way out or
me ne ddmly lighted streets of Poland,
residence within a few minutes. the
boy said. Then the lad remarked to
me school teacher. that his father was
SSpenuihs me evening at the home OF
friend named l1olcomb a short dis
tancc down another road. However.
as lone. as they were out that FAR on
the Cold Brook Road. he sug."stcd
"A house his father was building be-
Hond the brow of the hill on the slush-
covered highway over which they were
walking.
Gianinl told the girl they could SEQ
the new dwelling from the summit
of the highway. and Miss Beecher
was finally prevailed upon by the bov
70 continue about 500 feet further.
hill. Wv
When we reached the summit of tho
road said Gianini Miss Bcechcr re-
marked to me that she would go no
further. and furthermore that she
would have TO hasten back to the viii
lage. She also remarked that she
would not endcavor. TO see my father
that evening in my behalf. but instead
would write him Il letter"
The confession OF the boy then mar
rates how he drew the iron wrench
from his pocket ana struck the girl
twice on tho head. n moment aftcrwnrd
plunging the knife into her neck SOW
ernl times ms she sank to the snow.
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