VOLUME 3. #rigittal poetry. For the CITISSft. DEATH OF LAURA DALE. AIR —Tht Soldier to hit Mother. Calmly, fell tho gilvrr moonlight Over bill, and over vale, A* with mournful hearts we linger*! Uy the coach of Laura Dale. She waa dying, gentle Laura, She win pacing like a nigh. From this world of love and beauty, To a brighter world on high. Cnonutf—Laura, Laurn. still we love th*e. Though we nee thy f-rin no more. And we kit >w thou wilt come to meet ua, When »e reach the mystic shore. Brightly downed the morrows morning, Over hill and over Tale, A* with mournful heart* w«* lingered. By the side of Laura l»ak. fihe wart alnnwt ai the rirer. When thf light hr<»ke front the sky. And she smiled, and whitpaied f.iinily, 1 '<m in»t afraid to die. CHOKU*—Laura, Laura, Ac. S<>ftly through tho open wind 'W, Came the we*t wind's j'-ntle breath, lint she heeded not its mildness, tor she slept the aleep of death. And beyond the silver moonbeams, Ay. beyond the stars <»f night Now idie dwell*, our darlin* Lanra, In tho home of angela bright. Caoitus —Laura, Laura, Ac. AN ADVENTURE IN ALGIERS. Algiers is the Paris of Africa, or rather not a portion of Africa, but a part of France, that has been created by the ar mies in times of peace as it has been con quered in war by the French arms. Algiers is like Paris, of course, but in becoming French it has rut lost all it* oriental peculiarities, an J in this it is as much more attractive than Paris as ro mance is than real life. When I was ordered to remain in Al giers with my regiment coming from Marseilles, I came with most delightful anticipations. I was a young lieutenant then and my success with the fair sex in various gar rison towns where I had been, gave iuc most brilliant ideas in regard to the ad ventures that would befall nie in Algiers, llouris, with eyes like stars, enveloped in cacheniire, covered with diamonds, living in pal.ces with fountains of rose water and bowera of orange flowers rose before me. Indeed, the officers talked so much and so eagerly about the charms of the eastern women, their passion and their devotion, that I felt ready to risk tny life to ob ain a sight of one of these lovely creatures who haunted ray dreams. Now this was to be the romance of my life. The reality was already all arran ged and settled in Europe—and to tell tho truth, though my imagination was in Algiers, my heart was in France with rhe girl to whom I had been betrothed since my infancy Like all Frenchmen, I knew that I could nnrry only the young lady who would be thought by my parents to be suited to me in station anil fortu ie.— I knew that only such a wife could suit me, and had not the slightest idea that my eastern romance would interfere with any of my engagements, not even with my love. For 1 loved my betrothed, though I had not seen her since she was a child. Tho daughter of an old friend of my father's, she had been brought up by her mother in the strictest seclusion, and ' n my wandering soldier's life, had not seen tier for six years. But this was my last year's probation ; at the close of the an tumn I was to return to Marseilles ; Ce cile was to come with her mother beneath my father's roof and we were to be mar ried. Dear little Cecilo : I had always treas ured her memory as she appeared to me «heu last I had seen her—a sweet little girl with a short white dress, and tho tin iest little feet imaginable, in red satin slippers. It so happened that at one of the cafes, I ma'e the acquaintance of an intelligent ond rich old Sew merchant, who, from the first, appeared to take extraordinary interest in me. He amused me with tales of oriental life and manners ; told me the legends of the oountry, and, in fact, seemed to be a living page from the Arabian Knights. In return I told him all the circumstan ces of my life, my military adventures, and even in a moment of extraordinary confidence went so far as to tell him about . Cecile and our future marriage. This was done rather to give him an idea of our Europesa dustoms than with any idea of confiding in him. I scarcely felt the fudelicacy of tailing about Cecile, be cause he was so utterly a stranger to her. I had been some weeks in Algiers watching anxiously for an odventure, when one day a note was put into my band. It.was highly perfumed, and tied instead of being sealed, with a gold thread. It was written ; n a most elegant band and was in the purest French, and U bade me repair at nine o'clock to one of the mosques, where a most important revelation would be made to we. Here was an adventure at last. In the excite ment of th* I rushed to the old Jew. AMERICAN CITIZEN. " What am Itodo 112 What does this _ mean 1" "It means that you are a handsome dog. and that some of our lovely women have fallen in love with you." " What am I to do ?" " Goto the rendezvous, of course." " Will there be danger ? Must Igo armed ?" " It would be more prudent." At dine o'clock, as the clock struck, some one touched me on the shoulder. " You are exact—that it is well"—and as I turned I beheld an old woman dressed in the costume of the country standing near me. " Are you Lieutenant Itaou Duehe ver ?" asked she, speaking in French, and with only a slight accent. "Yes." " You are lately from Marseilles?" " Yes." " You remember Cecile ?" " Cecile," I cried, "Cecile Valazo ?" " "J.'is she who has written to you." " Cecile, my betrothed ; she is in Bor deaux with her mother." " She was, but she is now here a slave in Algiers." " But the letter is not in her writing ?" " Not as you knew her writing for merly." " True, a slave—Cecile a slave ! How did she know I Was here?" " She saw you from behind the grating of her window." " Take me to her encloister !" " Not until you have given me your word that you will save her." "At the risk of my life; but how in heaven's name did she get here ?" ".She will tell you all to-morrow when you meet." " Let me see her to-night!" " Impoasible !" "To morrow, then. I shall not rest till then." " To-morrow, but remember, silence— an indiscretion might ruin all!" I was obliged to be satisfied, but my excitement was so great that I could not restrain it. I confided all to my friend, the Jew. '' ■ " Be very prudent," said the Jew, "and remember that the French Government al lows the natives the exercise of their re ligion, and the freedom of their own spe cial tiades. To interfere between a mer chant and his slave would be dangerous." I listened, of course, to no arguments; and at nine o'clock the next night was at the place the Arab woman had indicated. Cecile, mv Cecile, the pure and gentle young girl in the power of a Maliomedan, it was horrible. •' Follow me," said the old woman,"and we entered a low gate, and after various windings found ourselves in a white mar ble hall most brilliantly illuminated. " Here is the danger. Once we can L'ct through here into Cecile's apartment., we are safe." We crossed the hall without irapedi imcnt. We entered tho apartment which seemed dim to me after the hall, but bright, indeed, all appeared, when from an inner room a lady advanced. She wore the Costume of the country, and the heavy silver veils with which the" women are concealed in Algiers, fell over her In another instant she raised her veil, am] I beheld the loveliest creature I had ever seen in my life—her large brilliant, ' yet melting eyes fixed upon me. I threw myself at licr feet. " Do I then see you again ?" " Raoul," she replied, in a low soft | voice, "have you not forgotten me ? Do you not love me still 112" ."Lore you still! Never have you , been out of my thoughts, but how are you hare ? Here and a slave! How did you conic in this man's power?" " Listen to me, Raoul, and you will see ] how naturally I fcl! into the foils three | years ago. A young Arab was sent to Bordeaux to complete his education. He cauic to our house. He fell in love with , me. A marriage between us was, of course, impossible, even had I not been ( betrothed to you. Hassan understood this, and seemed to have abandoned all , the feelings of love he had entertained for me. A month since he announced to us his departure for his native country, < and as a last proof of friendship, asked , my mother to honor him with a visit on i board the vessel that was to take him i from us —a condescension he called it.— ; My mother comwnted. We went, accom- < panied only by Hassan, who came to fetch us. It was easy to separate us, both cu— ] rious as we were to see the various parts i of the ship. When at last I tried tore- 1 join my mother, she was gone. Wpat i became of her I cannot tell you. All I | know is that the vessel sailed, whilst I i 'fell in a swoon at tin feet of Hassan. 1 ' j " When I recovered, he told me that , he ha 4 (determined I shouhj be liis; ' "Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do ou. duty as we understand it"— A. LINCOLN BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1866. 9 he had sacrificed everything to obtain me. So lam here, and Providence has 3 sent you to my assistance." i •' This very night we will fly !" " That cannot be. I should be missed, traced, and again captured. No, Raoul, you must take me hence taa French ves i set ready to sail that very night." " But I cannot go with you. I dare not quit Algiers without leave of ab sence." " I can reach Marseilles in safety.— There I can await you Only get me be yond the power of these horrible people." I swore to free her—to obey her; she was so beautiful, so tender, so snd, that I would have dared anything for her deliv erance. Kach night, introduced by the Arab woman, I came to her. She was more lovely even than I had ever dream ed. She had grown into a different being from the one [ bud cherished in my heart; often, in our short interviews, did I refer o our ear'y days, bu., the remembrance seemed too sad for her to hear the names of those we loved, her family—mine, all brought tears to her oyes. There was an ineffable joy to me in these interviews, stolen and dangerous as they were, and but of a few minutes' du ration ; still I burned to free her from the power of this Hassan, even at the pain of not seeing her. I would have tried the French authorities, but what hid I to prove the truth of my story or the identity of Cecile? Then the French authorities are chary of interference with the native customs; in fact, as Cfecile said, our only safety lay in her secret flight. Hassan was away. Once Cecile had been in his power —he had made no efforts to force her love; he trusted to time, to absence from nil other ties, and to his devotion, to ultimately obtain her love. At tho thought of this my heart beat with rage and terror. I resolved to delay no longer Vessels were sailing every day to France, but I wanted not a vessel full of passengers, but some small mer chant vessel, whore none would know even of Cecile's presence. At last it was found, and all was ar ranged. A European dress was procured and conveyed to Cecile, in which one night, without any interruption, she pas sed out ol Hassan's palace the way I en tered it. We were in the street; I dared bring no conveyance; we had to walk with rapid steps down to tho quay. On we rushed, when suddenly a man darted from one of the dark porticos and stood be fore us. It was my friend, the Jew. "You are pursued," said he; '-her flight is discovered. Trust her to me, here is my house.. I can shield her—no one will suspect mo. You can save her only thus, and only thus save yourself fr >m the disgrace which as an effieer will fall on you." " Disgrace!" cried Cecile, starting from me; "take me, lead me anywhere. Kaoul, fly-" " With mo she is safe ; come to-mor row, she will be reidy." But she will miss the vessel —it sails to-night." " There will be another then ; but I hear steps approaching ; fly." Tho Jew and Cecilo disappeared into one of the houses, and I, bewildered and deeply mortified, went slowly to my quarters, The next day there was a great rumor in tho town —tho French authorities had been appealed to—a most daring robbery been committed ; one of the favorite slaves of the dethroned Dey had escaped from his palace with jewels of enormous value. She was a European, too; some dancing girl he had picked up from Al giers; she had sailed for France, it was supposed, but where and how, and who had been her accomplice it was impossi ble to discover. I heard this with indifference; and as 1 I deemed it safe proceeded, rtcked with anxiety, to the Jew's house. _ 1 I reached it, and on the threshold stood tho Arab woman. " Cecile," said I. She presented me with a'note without speaking a word. I tore it open : "I am safe; you will not betray me, for if you do I will swear you are my ac- i oomplice. I have long been waiting this i opportunity, and I thank you for helping ' nie and tho Dey's jewels off together.— I I was merely the Dey's slave—a Parisian 1 with only her bpauty and her wits; now I am rich, and will pray for you, my jpjl- < lant and credulour cavalier. You should 1 not have confided your secrets and your I love to the Jew ; he is with me and we | will not forget you. "CABMEN." 1 I stood as if turned to stone; I could ' not collect my thoughts- Cecile an ima 1 poster ! no, not Cecile at all, and I the * dupe nud accomplice of this bold, bad ' woman, i My first impulse was at all j"sks to de i nouuee her—to tell the truth. But the fear of ridicule, the dread of disgrace at last restrained me, und made me consent , to endure the terrible complicity, i Careni was never found—nor were the jewels traced ; probably she had sailed from France for America, and so evaded the police. As for Cecile, six months later I found her by her mother, pure, fresh and inno cent; and not until we had been married two years did I relate to her my adven ture in Algiers. TIIE mit ifru I*IIOBST. Full and Frank Confession. He Alone Murdered the Dearing Family. We have already given a brief tele graphic accouutof tho confession of Anton Probst, the murderer of the Dearing fam ily of eight persons, which, while it eased the public mind in reference to the es cape of an alleged accomplice, gave but a slight sdea of the ferocity of the beast who made it. The Philadelphia Inquirer of Tuesday morning contains a phono graphic, and therefore complete report of the confession. From it we learn that Anton Probst is a native of Baden, aged 24 years, and arrived in this country on the 9th of May, 1863. The afternoon of his arrival he enlisted in the 41st New York Infantry, served nine months, de serted and re-enlisted in the twelfth Pa. Cavalry, from which he subsequently deserted, again enlisted in the sth Pa. Cav., from which he was discharged May 28th, 1805. He worked at odd jobs in New York, New Jerseys Maryland and about Philadelphia until last winter, when he was employed by Mr. Dearing, for whom he worked three weeks. He was ordered to do some work in a field on a rainy day, which he refused to do, and said ho would leave, when Mr. Dearing paid him and he left. He had seen Mr. Dearing coun ting a large nmount of money, and ho re turned to Dearing's on the 2d of Febru ary, having made up liis mind, he said, to get some of the money. Mr. Dearing again gave him work, and now com menced HIS NEFARIOUS SCHEMES. I was watching an opportunity some time, to get hold of this money. (The prisoner kept on slowly, drawing deep breaths for a few moments.) I planned every day to get tho money, and never had a chance. I never thought of murdering before that morning I mur dered them. I had tried no way to get the money before that. Mr Perkins, Jr.—Probst, what did you say before—about eight days before tho murder ? Probst—Yes; eight or ten days before I had thought of that, of murdering him and tho whole family. My first plan was to kill him and get the money; I could not get the money in any other way. I thought of killing them in the house, as hey came down in the morning. I got the axe sometimes ready for them when they came down, in the evenings some times. I did not do it then; I never could do it. I got sometimes a good chance, but my heart failed it. Dearing was home always iTi the cvcuing. HOW TIIE HORRIBLE MURDERS WERE DONE. That morning was dark, raining and cold, and Dearing went to the city; then I made up my mind to do it that day; I calculated to kill Dearing as he came home; I did not know whether the mon ey was in the house or not; I did not know whether he had it. THE KILLING OF THE BOY CORNELIUS. Me and the boy were working out on the bank; wo went to work that morning about 7} or 8 o'clock, I guess; Mr. Dear ing went up to the city before we went out; he said he would be back about one o'clock; we went to work in the meadow about one hundred yards from the hay stack; we took the horse and cart and went to work together; I took with me to kill him the axe, the big axe for cutting roots out also. We were standing under the big tree when I killed him; it was raining a little; he sat down under the tree, and I stood above him, behind him, with the axe in my hand; he sat there and talked of , something about work while I stood right i behind him; I was going to kill him, and • drew my hand back three or four times; ] I hit him on tho leftside of the head; he , did not holler; he fell down: I gave liirn ] one or two more blows, and then cut his i throat; he bled much (the prisoner stop ped, looked down on the rosary, and ran his finger over the small beads of the ro sary) on the tree; I lifted him up and put him into the cart; he ha 4 (he strap every time round him, to keep his ooat np; that was all in full view of Mr. Wiles' house; } was not afraid of them seeing me; I looked first; then I drove the horse up, i and lifted him up and laid him in the hay-stack, and covered him up with the hay; there was a little blood on the eart; I took a little hay and wiped it off; I took some outside hay and threw it over him. BUTCHERY OF THE MOTHER AND LITTLE CHILDREN. Then I went, took the axe with me to the house, and also took the horse with me; this was about 10 o'olook in the morn ing; I came to the house with the horse aud cart, and had a little wood on the cart, and put the wood down in the yard; I left the horse and cart stand at the ma chine house; did not uflhitch the horse; I went into the stable and laid the two axes and the hammer in the corner, right on the left corner, near the narrow door that faces the ditch; well then I would goover in the house and had a little blood on my pants; I took hay and took it off; then I went over in the house, and the woman was out at the ditch for water. I took the oldest boy, John is his name, and told him togo over in tho stable and help me with something I had to do; he goes; I stood inside the door, got my axe in my hand, the little axe, and then he comes in; through the long entry first he comes, right on the corner; I knocked him down and he fell inside, where tho little blood was; he did not holler; I gave him one or two of the same, and cut and chop ped his throat; I brought him in, hauled him in through the hole, and put a little hay on him; then I put the axe to the same place at the door; then I came out in the house and told tho woman to come over, there was something the matter with the little horse, the colt, I could not tie it myself. I went over; she comes in two or three minutes, alone; I said nothing to her; she comes in the stable, I stood inside and struck her on tho head; she did not hol ler; I gave her two or three more blows, and chopped her throat; I took her on my shonldcr aud hauled her in; I had to crawl in first and then pull her in; then I put the axo in the same place as before, at tho door. Then I go over and bring the boy over there; Thomas is his name, the next old est; I told him to come over, his mother wanted him; lie said nothing at all, and comes over right awt.y; he came in the same place; he walked before me; I walk ed behind him; ho walks right in the sta ble; when he comes there I killed him by striking him in the same place; nobody did holler; I hit him on the head when he laid down; I hit him once more; I do not know whether I mashed his whole skull in, I did not examine him; I brought him in the same place with his mother; then I left tho axe in the same place. THE LITTLE ONE. Then I went over to the house and took Annie; I told her her mother want ed to sec her in the stable; she did not say a word; then I took the little baby; I took it on my arm; the little girl walked alongside of me; I left tho baby on the first corner as you go into the stable; I left the little baby thero playing in tho bay; then I go in the same place where 1 killed the others; she looked around like for her mother, who was in tho hay [smil ing]; I was not warm; she did not say anything; I knocked her down at the first blow, and cut her throat the same as the others; then I went back and got the lit tle baby, and struck it on the head in the same place; then I hauled them in the same place. Then I took the new axe and washed it off, and put it on the bench on tne porch, and left the little axe in the stable, by the door on the left side; then I went over into the house; I took the horse out of the cart and put it into the stable; then I went over in the house and stayed there watching for him to come; I did not search the house then. MURDER OF MB. DEARINO AND MISS DOLAN- I guess about half past 1 o'clook, I do not know the exact time, I saw him com ing, out of the window; I looked through tho window and saw him coming, and went out down stairs Mid saw Miss Dolan in the carriage, and then I was worried; then I go out of the house and stay out side until he come; when he is eome with the carriage; I stepped out to the carriage and told him that the steer is |iok over there io the stable; I told* him he looks very bad, he had better see him, I would like him togo over and see hi Li; then he comes right away, walking over there; he left the horse standing there; Miss Dolan went into the house with all her clothes. Then / went to the stable, and walked behind him; / took the axe behind him in my hand; I walked behind him and hit at him right on the head with the small axe;, ho fell right down on his face; I turned him over and gave him one or two more on his head, and cut his throat and chopped his throat; he never spoke to me, or said a word; he told me was that steer hurt very bad; he did not look so bad when 1 saw him; / will go right over to the barn and see him; then / put a little hay over him and left him laying there; I killed him at the placo whore you go up to the hay mound, where the blood is on the boards. / put a little hay over him; going out, / put my axe in the same place, the small axe, / had the hammer, there. And then Miss Dolan called me over therein the house; I said the horse would not stay there; I would walk around and put the horse out of the car riage ; I walked over there and said Mr. Deering wanted to see her over in the stable ; she asked me whore the woman and the children are; I told her they are all in the stable ; (smiling) that is all I talked to her ; she walks right in the stable ; I took the hammer with my left hand, and she was five or six feet in side the door; I hit her on the head once with the hammer, and she fell right down on her face; I turned her round, hit her once on the head, and took the lit tle axe again and chopped her throat; then I went to Mr. Deering and took the watch and pocket book from him and put them in my pooket; and then wont back to Miss Dolan to see if she had money; I looked into the pocket and took a pocket book and put it into my pocket; after that I took Mr. Dearing's boots off, atid laid him in the same place where you found him, and put Miss Do lan there, and covered them up with hay. THE ROBBERY OF TIIE UODSE AFTER THE MURDERS. Then I went out and shut the doors; went over to the house ; put tho carriage and horse into the stable, and took the gears off of him ; I gave tho horse some thing to eat, oats and corn ; then I shut tho door and went over to tho house and put the carriage in its place in the car riage house; this was about half-past two o'clock; I cannot tell exactly what time ; then I went into the house inside, shut tho door ; I took my pocket book out to count the money ; I took first the big pock«t)book out. Mr. Deerings pock et book; I found ten dollars in it in greenbacks, and two two dollar notes, and a oounterfeit three dollar note; that is all the money I saw; I took Miss Do lan's pocket book, the little one ; I open ed it, and saw nothing In it but postage stamps ; I am certain there was nono in it; I will not n>w lie. I thought they had much money (laughing) ; I left the watch and pocket book on tho table and went up stairs; I found a pocket book of Mrs. Dearing's, that little one on the bed there, with a yellow clasp on it; it had $3 1n it, in greenbacks, and about sixty five cents in small change ; under the bed there was a little revolver, loaded; I got down stairs ; I looked all over and I cannot find more; I took tho revolvers down and put them among the other things; then I went up stairs and looked all over; I searched about but I cannot find any oth er things; I took the three shirts, and pants and vest down stairs; and after that I shaved myself with Dearing's ra zor, the one in tho carpet bag; then 1 washed myself, and dressed myself, and put his clothes on; then I cat something, bread and butter. I saw the big butcher knife on the mantelpiece many a time before, but I did not notice it that time, and did not put it there; then I eat something (bread and butter), and went up stairs again ; looked all over again, and did not find anything; I took all I oould in my carpet bag down stairs Miss Dolan's car pet bag, and packed it up, and made ready togo away with , I staid in the evening until G or 6i o'clock ; it was not very dark then ; about sunset j I did not then see anybody coming through the yard ; I had the doors locked, and the window, too, in the yard; I had nothing in the house to defend myself in case any body came. HIS FLIGHT AND CAROUSINIIS. I left thereabout went down Jone's lane to Point House road ; I carried the carpet bag through the meadow; did not go by Mr. Wiles', but across tho mea dow ; I left the door open in the barn for the cattle togo in and get some hay but I fed the chickens and cattle all of them before I left. Question—By Chief Franklin—What did you think they would do for wa ter ? Probst—l thought they had water enough there outside; I went up to the Point House ; one dog follow me ; the little yellow dog; I drove him away for a time, but he followed; none of the dogs followed me before arcund the barn ; I went in Third Street car; then the dog did not follow me ; I went up Third to Callow hill street; I got down aad walk' NUMBER 23 cd f,oui Callow hill along to New Market street, and then to Leekfeldt's , [ took my carpet bag there and gave it to him to save for me, and au umbrella; am certain I did leave it there. lam sure that was Saturday night; it was not so that I was there on Sunday noon ; I treated him and another fellow there, one a Dutchman, a big man ; do not know his name; they called him the beer brewer ; it was not Heinrich Bael ; then I went to Front street, about seven o'clock or after, anyhow eight o'clock and styed there about half an hour, then I go over to Oermantown road, to Stropes ; I told him I had a pistol to sell, and told F worked in Camden, over there in a saw mill; I promised to bring the pistols back on Saturday, at half past ten or eleven o'clock; I went over there on Leekfeldt's; I staid there the whole night with that woman, and then next morning I went to Chris. Moore's ; then to Leok feldt's, eat my dinner there, and drunk lager baer; I stayed there then In the evening, and then went home with that other big woman ; I was there about fif teen or twenty minutes, then I went back to Leekfeldt's ; I gave her the 82 note; I offered to give her the watch in ex change for it, when she came over there for other money, but I offered her the watch, the silver one; she would not take that watch ; she told mo she would take a revolver if I had one ; I told her I had none; I staid at Leekfeldt's Sun. day night, Monday night, Tuesday night and Wednesday night; then I slept down on the wharf, on Brown street wharf; there are plenty of boats there, I slept in one of them ; then I got out in the mor ning, about six o'olook, and sold the? watch on Thursday morning to Mr. Al» geler, he gave me #4; then I went back to Leekfeldt's and paid him S3 and about sixty cents ; then I had about forty cents left; I took my dinner there, and, in the evening my supper, About half past seven o'clock I went away wilh that Heinrich, and walked about two squares with him; then I told him I would go back to Leekfeldt's; then I walked out Market street; I wanted to go into the coeutry; I wanted togo right through the whole country [smiling]; I felt bad; I had icon, an account of it in the papers; I looked into them every day; I seen it first on the morning I was arrested; that was the first time; I was then in Leekfeldt's ; it was in a German paper; I had a talk about it there : ha talked the whole time about it, Leckfeldt, and every body who came in there ; the police came in there inquiring about that the wero talking with Leckfeldt; this day I stayed there; I expeoted to be ar rested. I did not »ee the officers doing any thing when I went by them, near Market Street Bridge; I heard them talking, and heard them say that is the man ; and then I walked; I walked pretty smart (laughing), and when he came behind me (smiling) I could not do anything; he asked me, right on the bridge, I do not know exactly what; he told me I Duchman ; I told him n». I was a Erench man [laughing and playing with the beads of the rosary]; he told me to come to come back with him ; I could do noth ing with him ; I could not do anything more, nor I would not have done any thing then, if I could have done any thing; I did not care whether I was caught or not; I had po money; [laugh ing]; I feel not right; I was sorry for what /had done. THE MURDERER'S FEARS. I feel better since / have told the truth about this thing; I feel relieved; /was afraid to say it at first—afraid of being lynched, atraid of the crowd, and that the police force could not keep them eff; /am satisfied I had a fair trial and the witnesses testified to the truth, except Leckfeldt, showing 1 went and stayed there only one night, when 1 stayed every /ght. Chiif Franklin—Well, Probst, how could Leckfeldt remember exactly, when he may have had a hundrod boarders coming and going ? Probst—He know nothing about this case; / opened the carpetbag there and shewed my pistol; /gold the other watch in Second street, near Poplar. Chief Frauklin—l searohed for four I squares around there and could not find it. Probst — l am sure of that;. I got two dollars for it; I sold it to a man behind the counter; one of the hands was broken off; / got nothing else but what was found, everything was there but that watch and umbrella; I took the boots off Mr. Dear ng's feet after he was killed, before / kill ed Miss Dolan; but / did not put them on until after / killed Mire Dolan; / took them off because /guessed he had gome thing in his boots, some money; / put oil his boots and took off my own shops [
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