HICKEY, IN FULL CONFESSION,
TELLS STORY OF HIS CRIMESj
Admit* Murder of Seven-Vcar
Old Joseph Josephs. <<i
Lackawanna.
ALSO SLEW MICHAEL KR?CK
Suffering With Ke.norse. lie Is
Willing to Pay lull
Penalty.
Buffalo. .\ V.. N'ovi mlici Ml?J
Trank Mefcey, ?,i Qtiinc> Maas., re?
cently arrested in .v.-* Jersey, has
camssasjed ?<. the aaureV i af seewn-jreavr'
old Jeeeah Joseph* ol l/r luwaiim,
the crime of which be Staads ladletod.
He bun alr>o I uafsaaia io lbs murder
of Mi. hai l Ki u.k. the VOaag \? w York
newsboy, te> 11 years :igo
The e.,nfess.ons came a' the result
or a conference bj District Attorney
Dudley with the man. and were made
pjr.lic ii th< county prosecutoi short-,
Iy aft< r noon to-day
Tell* Story of ? riaer.
Calmly and deliberately, Mickey tuM
the tory of his crimes. Me related
lb*, facts leadline up to thein with the
consummate sangfroid of an archfiend |
...id the face Of a t hi!u. but when titsi
came to the actual tale ol the com-!
.oittins of the murder he broke down
and wept.
"Dr'nk. dr.nk. that s whsl caused
ir.y downfall exclaimed Hie man as
? s frann shook with subs. ' I've stood
it as Ions as I COS Id, but I've Kol to
i-oofasa Oh. that bell of life that lias
?<en mine sine- that Ume, ? hen late in
ihe afternoon of October 1-. I lured
tnat little Syrian lad t" his awful
death.
"Ves, I wrote the postcards. I wrote
them mostly when I was drunk. I
urank to try and get away from my
I small ai. and for a time it ?eejaed that
1 would f?ryr?rt it But In these speiis
1 u??-d to become conscience stricken,
though In a different BUBW, and
wilt* the cards. telling of my state
of mind."
1 experienced the most poignant
pangs of romei se. after I had killed
the little New York newsboy. ,t
when 1 strangled the little Josephs
.ad. to satisfy the demands of my ler.
iitile lust, while In a state e>f intoal
lation. I went nearly crazy with re?
im.i sc.
1 was near to suicide'many times
out ?is' how 1 always dunx to life
with a sort of hope that sometime,
that somewhere I would tie able to for?
get, but all to no purpose.
"Now I am ready to take the conse?
quences of my terrible acts I am
. eady to pay the penalty which society
a ill demand."
J'iseph Josephs, aged seven years,
sen of a Syrian merchant in Lacfca
Sansta, disappeared on October 12, IS11.
lie was last seen In a candy store
that afternoon. The father believed
the child had been kidnapped, bat no
i ffort of police or private detectives
ouid bring to light a clue to the boy.
lie.wards were offered in vain
Hear fr'eaad la Oathoaee.
November IS last the child's mangled
i odd was found in the vault of an out
. ' .be near a saloon on the Ridge Haan,
in Uckuwanna The seari-h of the po?
ll't to that Spot had bwen directed by
tne rece;;u of postcards and utters
hum some unknown writer from New
York and Boston at different times
during August. September and October.
The writei. in his BO tea, declared
that be nad 6iu.ni the child and then
1..1I thrown tu? body into an outhouse
in Lackawanna. In several notes he
Jet lared that he had killed two other
. nildren and had attempted to strangle
a dozen others.
None of these post "aids was taken
very seriously, though Police Ch*e*]
Hoy Ollsen, of Lack a wunua, investi
gagad ae well as he couid. But the
writer mentioned no dennite place inj
his rambling cor. municaiions until he
sent 3 postcard mi New Turk City
*.ate?i November ..
In this he dire I the authorities
to search the -.loset. Thl* was done
and the bones of the child were dis?
covered. I
Photograph* of the postcards ap?
peared in newspaper*, and were recog?
nised as the handwriting of Hickey,
who had been employed in l.acki
wanna and Buffalo. These clues were
foilowed up and led to the arrest of
Mickey gs Whiting. N J. whlth.r he
iiad gone from New- York to take treat?
ment in the Inebriates Hospital at
Keswick.
The killing of Michael Knuk ex -
' urred In Central Park. New- y..rk
City. In 1?02.
Mickey was arrested a*, the time in
SJt Intoxicated condition in buffalo, ami
in his delirium accused himself of
killing Kr?ck, but laUi denied kasw
i'-dge of the murder, and was dis?
charged for lack af evidence.
fjaapi chad af Wernas'? Warder.
Hickey is also suspected of murder
in,r Mrs Carrie C. Turner in Lako
woed. N. J . last April.
The police have eatablis'r.ed the fa.-r
that Hickey was in Lake wood on th'
day that Mrs. I'arrie Turner was wr
dered. and tt Is believed tb-^t HI-key
killed her also in on* of the freaadea
Hickey will be tried in Buffalo f..
the murder of the Joseph? boy. after
which. If he escapes tr.. death chair,
he will pro.ably be broignt back ti
New York for trial or. rrt-.- charge ->f
murdering Michael Kr?ck
J. FRAAK Hit KEY.
SUNDAY FLOUTS
SOCIETY WOMEN
I Tells Them They Ar.- "Frames
on Which t... Many
i Clothes."
I _.
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TALKS OF "FOOL RELIGIONS"
I'amou- -Billy" Turn: Mrs.
Flinn a Decorous Noon Service
Into a Surprise Part}-.
Pittsburgh Pa.. November J?.?A de
'onius noonday religious sTVicr, ar?
ranged ??> Mrs. William Flinn. in the
j Sixth Cnit.-d Presbyterian Church, was
(turned into .-? sui prise parly i,y Biliy
Sunday, form"! big league ball player
and now noted evangelist.
Mest of th. city's society and club
work Kaders attended. as Mrs. Flinn
was giving a luncheon at the Ritt'-n- !
house after the services, and. besides, |
Billy Sunday promised c> t>e "<juio.Be.' j
IH- was.
"Too so .? tf aronssa are mere
frames ip-u. winh to bang fash.on-j
able clothe*." asserted S?seler, as he i
viewed the elite of the Smoky Town.
The eompoeiti gasp of the audience
was audible.
"Moot s ?ci-t> women are daffy. ehe*
insj after all sorts ..f fool religions
that will i'.ii ;. ou nowhere except to
hell." siiout.d th< Rev. Mr. Sunday.
"Vour i iass is culture and education
?Ttaii.' said Sunday. "Ton are accept
ng eve-y ism' and 'ology' that w ill i
get you away from fiod. You ate m<-re
v.nci rned with culture than witlt your
seaTs SSlIBll >n. Your world Is chas
'ng after silly fads.
"Some of you women would yell at
a map if he shied a bootjack at S
i night-prowling cr.t that was making
I an unholy racket, oeceanse you fear ,
j Ih'- spirit of a daughter who ones i
I Look music l."?f'ti> :s < m'' 'd.od in
.hat cat.
"Some of ron wom*!i go to tue mit
niee. have ewtertalfSBSeats, take a tax
Seah boase aad then borrow two bits,
."rom the lured mrl to start the gaa j
aieter. I
?The foretellers of the erd >t the !
world at<- a 1??< of false alarmists, j
<otir-ll:isfi' rs and common liars. Xo
;.ody knc.ws when Christ will < ?rie. j
He will come when He's go.?l and j
.-e;idy. <it.d ?Inn II- ,in..-s there will be'
* lot -f res p. epic and a lot of jreac'i- i
ers. too. who wil' be left disconsolate, j
? ittir.g iti their pews.
"Too many prea- hers BpeadJ theit [
time or. et'-.-al cu.turc ins'-ad of
learniria QedTs Word All the yperial !
aerviec i leas a.id pretty philosophies)
lhat you w en-cn ncrept won't save you I
from h. II. so don't go along t >o!!ng !
?oiirself and trying to cheat vour a ay
Into heaven."
Sundav toM the women that if tliey
would oast p.- r. g th-ir sara for silly
jewe's sr.d st-ifllng tbeSr hair full of ,
fllthv raSa and thT d -s and pay ;
moee attention t.? their in? als they j
?.c:ld !?? 'IT express tbe d- sires ot :
That Amount of Insurance Car?
rie. 1 on Big Warehouse
Partially Destroyed.
BLAZE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
Quick and Efficient Work by
Firemen Prevents Total De?
struction of Building.
? V? hile ijur loss is v^ry heavy I
ranaot now say just what the damage
Kill l>. . We carried $170.000 insurance
on the property, jj.ij 1 suppose we are
folly cover.-d I have been so busy
seeing, that our business, just at this
time nnaaually heavy, has not i'een
interrupted, that I have not had an
i p port unity to find out exact!;, what
the loss will be."
This stat?m<-nt wa- niaiie last night
by K. A. Saunders. Jr., president ot
K. A Saunders' Sons Compeay, im?
porters and Jobbers, whose lug storage
warehouse, 114-11? South Seventeenth
Street, was partially destroyed by tire
early yesterday morning.
"We have already secured quarters
t-> take the place of our damaged
warehouse. The fire has caused us no
??jes of time," Mr. Saunders said.
May Hmrr Itullriing.
Mi Saunders said that one section
<>f the warehouse was so badly Jam
: ged that it would probably e neces?
sary to raze the walls and r, build
The origin of the blaze was a mys?
tery- The building was closed Th?rs
A $175,000 LOSS
mm* flBSaTkfM? 9?mw **? VfM( ' tftMrt? by fun r.
f
"No matter! You can
preserve your teeth and
fly sharpen your appetite,
Wk besides aiding digestion,
I with this beneficial
?ft dainty.
V
Look for the spear
The flavor lasts
BUY IT BY THE BOX ^
It coats
any
I ? ? 1=3
day. a holiday, and ther<- was no on*
on the premises.
The blaze in the northern portion ot
the big four-story structure was Urn
core red* by men on their way to work,
j and an alarm was turned in from Box
I Xo. 21?. Seventeenth and Dock Street?,
at :>:H o'clock.
When Chief Kaffo. in charge ot
Companies Xo?. 1. i. 7 and S and Trucg
Xo. J. arrived on the scene he found
that the fire had gained great head?
way, and immediately sounded a second
alarm. Companies 3. i and 5 and No.
1 truck responded. Companies ? and
S came when a third alarm was turned
iu.
Fight Fire laser Difficulties.
For' the first hour the blaze was
fought under difficulties. The watet
from the many streams which wer?
' pouring into the bui'.ding froze upon
the clothing and helmets of the lire
wen as it gushed irack. But this did
not cause the slightest lef-up. In the
I stiff fight which was made to beat
i down the flames it was due to speedy
and efficient work by the department
th it th.- warehouse was saved from
j total loss.
When the fire started it had no
tray We in sjpickly feeding its way into
I the contents of the building, princi-,
pally staple groceries, including iarge
? luantities of matches, crates, boxes
al.u barrels.
< on find to Oae See t los.
It was by confining the flames to
tht section of the building in which
it originated that the department II
rally sot it under control, and in about
j four hours practically had it out. How.
i ever, two streams from fire-plugs were
I kept pouring into the building until
last night.
The Interior of the northern section
I \va" gutted, while the adjoining sec
| won. into which the fire several times
licked its way. was principally dam-j
afc.-d '???y smoke and water.
l.aedes Carver.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Cliarlottesville. Va.. November 29.?
Robert Landes, of Fort Defiance, and
Miss Mollie Garv.-r. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Garver. of Free Vnion.
this county, were mai. ried at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the bride's
home, the Rev. Mr. Mason, of the Kpis
copal Church, officiating. The brides?
maids were Misses Susie and Mary
Garver. sister of the bride: Miss Anna
Wood and Miss Landes, sister of the
groom. The ushers were John Garver.
uncle of the bride: John Cuson. Wil?
liam Profit and William Landes, cousin
of the groom. The groom is a youngl
farmer of Augusta County.
WILLIAMAHO MARV
GETS $25.000
Wealthy Brooklyn Manufacturer
Credited With Donation
to College.
Williamsburg, va.. November 29.?It
is currently reported that CoJonel
Georsre Clinton Bachellor. a wealthy
I Brooklyn manufacturer, has donated to
I William and Mary College the sum of
i $2."..000 for an assembly hall. Details
I of the Rift are lacking. Dr. Lyon G
Tyler, president of the institution, not
i having returned from New York, where i
he has been the past two weeks on
: business in connection with the colleg ?
ICeSssesl Bachellor has already been a I
generous friend of William and Mary j
having donated liberally to the new
library. The honorary dearree of LL. D.
was conferred upon Colonel Bachellor
by William and Mary several years |
ago.
I Dr. J. 3 Cates. editor of the Southern ;
Planter. Richmond, will he the prin?
cipal speaker before the WIHIamsburK
Educational and Civic Association]
next Tuesday nicht It Is probable I
that T. O. Sandy will also be one of I
the speakers the same evening.
Winle passing throush the Mai'l
street depot in Richmond a few days
ggo. Dr J. H. llurre. <trti;rjrist at the
Eastern ^tate Hospital, p'lt down his
suitcase for a rr ?rnrnt and when he
I turned his b*rV a fhtef walked away
j with it. The suitcase curtained $IS
in checks a'.d i onetderable wearln?
apparel the total value bein?r about
j $4), The '.ollce were notified, but no
trace of the missing grip has been
found
Man- reastliei sad friends of Miss
Bess. Sper....:. ?hos. marriage to
Herbert W Vaden w.ll tak ? plare In
B-uton rarish Chur-h to-morrow af
I ternoou at 3 o'clock, have already ar?
rived in Williams-burg. Among them
I are E. p. Spencer and wife, of New
I York; Peachy and Dalngerfleld Spen
cer, of Washington, D. C
(?Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
Charlotteeville. Va.. November 29.-*
William M. Bailey, of Wlnston-Saleta*
N. C. and hUss Clara Elizabeth Sand
j ridge, of this city, daughter of Mr. C %
\ D. Sandridge. of Free Union. Albe
,; marie County, were married at it
o'clock yesterday at the home of I eith?
er Via. the Kev. Gilby C. Kelly. D. D^
of the First Methodist Church, officiat?
ing. Upon their return from a trip;
'North. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey will reside
in Winston-Salem.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Chariottesville. Va., November 23??
Charles T. Evans, a well known em?
ploye of the Chesapeake and Ohio)
Hallway, and Miss Emmie C. Lane.
J eldest daughter of Professor James W.
Lane. principal of the city publia
schools, were married . esterday in
Washington. The young people were
accompanied to the capital by Alfred
! Short and Miss Maybelle Lane. Im?
mediately after the ceremony Mr. sad
I Mrs. Urans left for Cincinnati. Chicago
I and other Western cities, where th<,
j honeymoon wili be spent.
Aged Ceearie Weda.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.J
Frederlcksburg. Va.. November S3.?*
A unique marriage took place in LoMisa
County this week, both >f the prin?
cipals having passed the age of sev?
enty-live years. The bride w?s Mrs. J.
Samuel P.owles and the groom R>v. J.
Samuel White, a Baptist minister, whs)
still pursues his ministerial work.
(Special to Tile Times-Dispatch.)
Weldon, X. C, November 2*.?Jthn
Joe Lee. of Emporia, Va.. and M'sa
Annie Maud Edwards, of Southampton
County. Va.. were married at the Ter?
minal Hctei here yesterday by Magis?
trate Staiuback.