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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1924)
Judge Im tills I Fear Into Heart of "Attic Ogre" Man Who Boasted of 14 Mur ders Attmipls to Shift Blame on Alleged Accomplice, Courtroom, Hanover, Germany, Deo. 5.—Frit* Haarmann, the attic ogre, turned craven today. In a hysteria of mingled threat and denunciation, Haarmann tried once more to shift the responsibility for his many murders on Hans Grans, the youth who helped him. "1 won't bring h'm Into It, he's too young,” had been ITaarmann's atti tude Joward his fellow defendant when he pictured himself f.i a hero killer before the trial opened. The burden of his story Inday was that he had been the instrument of Grans and the latter's pal, Wetowskl. "When I'm soft. I ran be led like a child," declared the killer, who con fessed at least 14 murders and "per haps 10 or 20 more," and admitted he chopped their bodies to bits. 1’iihlie Kvclutlcd. \ The puhllc was excluded again when Haarmann detailed the killing of the first boy victim. He told how he sank his teeth in the hoy’s throat, Vulture-llke, while In a sort of trance. Then hs fled and remained away a week. "When I eame hack the body al ready had started to decompose. I had to hurry to remove It," Haar mann stated. ► His attack on his associate brought violence to Haarmann's manner. "I've ahielded Grans all this time, hut If he lies In this court room and deniea that I supported him for four years I'll tell a lot of things,” he said, with his voice rising shrilly and his fist banged a table by the witness chair. Bo.v Falters Denial. The Judge turned to Grans for veri fication, but the frightened boy could only stammer a faltering denial. "He saw the bodies. lie knew everything!” Haarmann stormed. Continuing his testimony, Haar mann, with an expansive smile of good humor, revealed (hat a third person was Implicated. This man, he said, was Wilkowskl. Grans and Wilkowskl alone were responsible for one of the fiendish murders, Haarmann said. "Six years after the first murder,” Haarmann testified, "detectives had ^ me under suspicion snu they came end searched my room. They were shrewd fellows, poked here snd there, questioned ms. looked very serious snd even etudled the floor and wood work with' a mlcroecope.” Here, the prisoner peueed end laughed as though In antltlcpatlon of aprlnglng a good joke. "But," continued Hsarmann. “as smart as they were, they overlooked a box In which I had hidden the head of one of the victims I killed. The box we# covered with bloodstains **nd I could not understand why they did not see It.” Spectators Stand. Hsarmann, then switched his testi mony to ths story of his first crime., So graphic via his description of Ills emotions and his reactions that many spectators in the crowded courtroom unconsciously rose to their feet. Their Interest was tense. There were shouts of protest from those In the rohr whose view thus was ob structed. "I cannot tell you Just how 1 killed my first victim or why,” Haar mann continued. "All I recall Is that I went to bed as usual one night. My thoughts were peaceful and I had not eaten anything that might cause me to rise from my good bed 1 when still asleep, but when I awoke In the morning, the sun was shining Into my room, and there was the body of a boy on the floor, a body horribly mangled.” Haarmann gesticulated damatlcnlly. "Ths boy's mouth was open and there wsrs teeth marks on both sides of the Adam's apple," he resumed. "I cov ered the face so the staring eyes could not see me. Then I cooked strong coffee, drank it, smoked a good cigar and then fell asleep again.” Haarmann again referred to his reputed accomplice, Grans, aaying, "Grans always smelled of blood after ons of the murders. He would go away snd would remain sway until I told him he could come hack. Burgess Bedtime Stories __* By THORNTON \\. Bl R(iKSS. A ruined homo ran nov#r b*» Tho aattio a^atn for you or mo —Roddy Fo*. „ A UiiintMl Home. The dogs which, led by Bowser (he Hound, had found the home of Reddy Fox in the Old Pasture showed by their excitement that they were sure that Reddy was inside. The hunters had no doubt of It. They put down their terrible guns and hpgan to gather material for a fire. This was started right. In front of Reddy's door way. When it was burning brightly some damp material was piled on it to make a thick smoke and then the whole thing was pushed as far down Redflv’s hallway as ]x>ssible. Then the hunters picked up their terrible guns and stood around waiting. You see they half expeeted that Reddy would dash out. They thought he would have to dash out, or else choke to death down inside. They wailed and waited, hut there was no sound of Reddy Fox. By and by. one of them noticed smoke rising from behind a big rock In the middle of a patch of brush a little distance away. He went over to see what it meant. There he found a well hidden opening under that rock, and out of this opening the smoke was coming. Bowser the Hound had followed him over there. Suddenly Bowser Buy the Folks a Victrola for Xmas This Beautiful Model Is Only $110 Now, on Very Easy Terms t . . fi for Xmas JThe New One* Are Now Here Visit our Record Depart ment. We will enjoy playing j 1 the new number for you and 'smile just the same whether you buy or not. Don’t Leave Without Seeing Our Xmas Radio j Display See Our Xmas Special at $65 I The Music Store of the West I M1CKECS AT 4361 15th and Harney s f / f i X ■ threw up hi* head and bayed long and Imid. Then away he started with his nose to the ground, haying aa only he can bay. Instantly the other dogs were after him, and their mingled voire* made the music that hunter* love. The hunter who had found thi* opening understood Just what had happened. He knew tlint he had found a back door to Reddy's home. He knew that while he with the other hunters had been waiting and watching [he front door Reddy had slipped out the back door. What choke to death in I heir home. he didn't know was that two Foxes instead of one had slipped out that hack door. They were Reddy and Mrs. Reddy. Reddy and Mrs. Reddy had known nothing about the hunt for them until they had heard those dogs barking around their front door. Even then they had not been much frightened. I I , *. U ' --- — fnf they knew those dogs rotild not get down Inside. But when they had heard the voices of the hunters out side they had become uneasy and anx ious. Then the first of the rhoklng. stinging smoke had come down to them. It had grown worse very rapid ly. They knew then that they must get out nr choke to death in their home. Silently and swiftly they had crept to their hack door, made sure that no one was watching them, and then darted away as fast as their legs could take them. They had been just in time. Not more than two minutes later the voice of Bowser the Hound told them that their trail had been found. The hunters waited only long enough to make sure that they could safely leave without danger that the Old Pasture would catch Are, and then had scattered for places where they thought they would be likely to get n shot at Reddy Fox. Behind them they left a ruined home. They didn't give this a thought, but Mrs. Reddy did, and so did Reddy. They knew that now they were homeless. They knew that they would never come back there to stay. They knew that If they could escape the hunters they w;ould have to make a new home. (Copyright, 1924.) The next story: "Reddy's Worst Day." Falls City—Chester Thompson of Humboldt, who escaped from jail after being sentenced to a short term for passing a worthless $3 check, and was recaptured at Marysville, Mo., has been sentenced to the state reformatory for one year by District Judge .T. B. Roper. HUBBELL BANK FOUNDER DIES lfubbrll, Per. 5 —William H. Conk lin, 85, banker, early and widely known resident of Ilubbell, died at a Hebron hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for kidney trouble for the bast two months. With his family he settled in Nebraska 45 years ago. and came to Ilubbell with Hie building of the i illway in 1880. He founded the Ilubbell bank, the first one In the town, and has lived here continuously since. For 30 sears he had the only bunk In Hub bell. Mr. Conklin was born In New York He was credited with lifting many men out of seeming failure and start ing them on the road to success. It lj What a Delightful Dish | I Baked Beans fi I ran hr bought ready ;; rooked and they really ~ 1 make a far more appe- I ■ tiring dish when sea* B 1 noned with the famous I LEJUPERRINS ■ SAUCE | ItHE OM6IHAI WOBCESTPtSHIOt J la said that h* navar lnat a dollar on hank Inina. Ilf Is survived by ona son, J. A. 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