The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-02-07
Says He Killed an Unknown
Fl e e. Sioux ,sssew.a,. e's,; 'ss.; to
be Taken Back for Trial.

Harry Hartman. . convict 10 the
state penitentiary here. serving Gu.
r.uiat!ye sentences aggregaiing thir-
ty years. on Tuesday OF this week
made q formal confession before Jus
tice OF the Peace John r. Kennery.
with Warden lyman and District At
tornsy T. Lee witcher "a witnesses.
That On October goth. 1872. he mur-
6ered q twelve-year-old boy In the
railroad yards at Sioux City. Iowa.
and buried the body in u pile Of saw
dust IN an empty ice house noar by.
Hartman on Monday wrote q letter
10 Warden lyman stating that ho de-
ssred 70 make a confession In relation
10 crime he had committed before
coming to Colorado and asked that
ne might be given an opportunity of
making his statement before properly
accredited officials.
As he outlined to the warccn In the
letter. the character OF hls offense and
the place OF it's commission the latter
ttlt<Il lpt4t-o 70 II. Aha A<ai Nt<f~s
OF police al Sioux csF. inquirins
IL such a crime had been perpetrated
there nj the time mentioned BY the
prisouer and received an affirmative
-epiy. Acting upon this information
the warden communicated With Dis
trict Attorney witcber and asked him
TO take Hartman's affidavit concern
ing the matter. At ) o'clock Tues
day afternoon the District attorney.
accompanied by Justice Kennedy. a
notary public. went TO the pfteon for
the purpos5 OF making formal rec
ord OF what he had TO say in regard
to his selfaccusstion- In tho pres
encc Of tho Witnesses abovr men
toned the prieoecr msxs the follow
INK statement:
HARrMAk's CONFESSION.
Harry Hartman. OF lawful age. be-
Ing first duly sworn. on oath depos-
eth. and says as Follows:
1 What tn. statement hereinafter
,on,ained Ia confession made by
him Of his own volition and without
my coercion on the part OF the au-
taorities OF the Colorado State Peni-
..ntiary or any other person. which
said confession IL as follows. to-wit:
-on or about the date OF October
70ih, 1912. having previously drlfted
from place TO place. and not having
any permanent address. came to
sious City, Iowa. 4; being early one
Saturday morning. and cloee to the
river ,ha, met this boy. His name
! do not know. and Is the boy after
wards killed. He was dressed In
knee pants and overaIls and between
the aze Of II and II years, Hc being
alone, and so was l. I enticed him
TO 20 with me by Offering TO give
him job to help me 10 do ao,ne work.
After walking around for about an
hour We came to an old wooden build
ing. which was an Eco house belong
.nr 10 railroad company and which
was empty. Losing control of my
temper because the boy would not
40 inside. I grabbed him and strang.
he'd him until he was unconscious.
Fearing that I had went too far and
that was in danger OF being caught.
j took an iron bar and struck him on
sfhe head five or ak times.
Staying long enough to satisfy my
rcif that he was dcad. dug hole In
the sawdust in the corner nearest the
main part of the town. not knowing
the direction In the city. After kill
ting this boy who did me no harm in
tn, world. ! stepped out OF the build
ting and caught q street car which
runs alongside the Ice house and rode
up town and changed clothes. for the
ones had on were bloody.
only stopped once on tho street
TO talk to the boy and that was by n
i. church across the street from the leo
house In which I took this poor boys
hfe and here he told me that he had
M: father but had q brother II or IS
years old working In some factory.
4 am tired of prison life 80 Pam
) aiding this method to bring my mis-
erysfo an end. for eonsider i,fe a
fait.rc." "
HARRT HARTMAN.
Asfiant-
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