The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-11
Frank Peterson confesses to Killing
George Fulton In 6urIn0-
ton Wednesday
Evening.
CUT HIM IN ABDOMEN
Woman Who Was Held by the Police
10 Cieared-M embers Of
the Party Were In
toxlcated.

| BURLINGTON, Iowa, Sept. Ill
Frank Peterson, section man on
the Rock Island railroad, last night
confessed to the murder of George
Fulton, Burlington fisherman. The
confession clears Mrs. Ida Young
and several other suspects who were
being detained by the police pending
investigation of the crime.
The murder was the elimination Of
a big beer party at the Peterson cab
in. About II O'Clock wednesday even
ing Peterson drove the halfdrunken
crowd out Of his cabin and few
minutes later slashed Young in the
abdomen with butcher knife. The
other members Of the party were too
intoxicated to know Of the deed.
Young went of into the willows and
was not found until several hours
later His condition was critical and
when doctors arrived it was too late
to save his life, and death occurred
last night.
The following Is tho signed confes-
sion:
| I, Frank Peterson, on the 9th OF
September or early on the morning of
the 10th, stabbed George Fulton with
| a butcher knife which was nv prop
erty. | further state that we were
all drinking and intoxicated and had
some argument. 1 ordered them out
of the house and followed them out to
1.-THE steps and Mr.. Fulton and
argued and then I stabbed him but
did not want to kill him. I fully rec.
oxntze the knife as being my property.
FRANK PETERSON.
| witnesses: Alfred WESLEY, B. A.
Prugh, l.. c. Hedge, E. G. Willard,
Chas. McElroy.
|
! The woman's story.
/ At the police station last night be-
fore Peterson had confessed, Mrs.
Young was questioned regarding the
/ crime. She said that she, George Ak
larly and Lew REYNOLDS were in Frank
lPeterson's cabin and were all more or
LESS intoxicated. She admitted that she
Twas 30 drunk that her remembrance
of what occurred was very hazy. They
had played the graphaphone and
lahout II o'clock to the best of her
RECOLLECTION Peterson ordered them all
out of the house. Before they left the
house Akerly called Peterson a vile
name and the latter hit him in the
fare. She remembered that Peterson
followed them down the porch steps.
Mrs. Young started for the river
hank hut looked back and saw Fulton
land Peterson with their arms around
leach other. She admitted that Peter.
son might have stabbed Fulton at
THAI time. She said she had a faint
jrecol1ection of some one taking her
Inv the hand when she was in the
woods. but she does not know who 1t
was She went to the river bank and
|fel asleep and woke up just as it was
lbeginnine To get light. She walked
hack TO the Peterson cabin and saw
Fulton lying on the ground. She
Thought he was drunk and tried to
rouse him. She put her arms around
him to help him up and felt lump
at his waist, where his intestines
were falling out, and saw that his
white shirt was discolored with blood.
when she realized that he had been
lstahbed she asked him who did it.
Ibut he refused to tell her. saying, Il
know who done it, but I won't tell"
Mrs. youno helped him to the cabin,
E>,,ton crawlinp along on his hands
and knees when they got to the
cabin she pounded on the door and