Show A confession of murder the other evening a man entered the police iu salt lake and made the foli ng confession which was taken 1 v in tinz my name is jacob stump and I 1 want to make r then I 1 want you to lock me i and keep me until they come after me for I 1 an milling to go back and answer for my crime pre to january 4 I 1 had been working for a time as fireman on engine on the louisville nashville railroad I 1 lived in nashville and boarded with a named enoch well on the night of january I 1 committed a dime that has followed me ever since no matter where I 1 go it haunts me and 1 can stand it no longer I 1 was walking alone the river bank about four blocks north of college street in nashville and came upon a man unknown to me I 1 biad a large club in my hand and with it I 1 struck the man killing him instantly after throwing the bloody weapon with which 1 had murdered the man into the cumberland river I 1 searched the body and found 20 which 1 put into my pocket but the papers which he carried I 1 left undisturbed not even looking at them to ascertain his name 1 buried the body where I 1 had committed the murder then came away since then I 1 have tramped all oyer the country between here and nashville and I 1 cannot stand it any longer I 1 give myself into your custody F e afterwards denied the statement saying he made it to get something he is held however pending communication from the nashville officials |