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'
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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 [