| Show SAMUEL AWFUL CRIME Tells the News How tie He Murdered Ills Wife and Three Children Attempted to Kill Himself This Morning and and Tumbled Into the Jordan River Samuel Smuel Moser who on Ha HaU May U IL brutally taUr murdered his ble wife and nd three children at his tala farm tarm ant Tremont lit III thIs morning attempted to take his hll own life by br shooting himself In the head hea and thea I Into to the Jordan Jordn river Moser had mad hi bl arrangements with great care lie got ot out on the bridge rid n tb the river at Second South tred aid aad Arid expecting that hIs II body would fall faU Into the river nver and float noet awa away The Th bullet however was Via deflected In only Dilly a flesh wound 0 that he was merely merel stunned The plunge Into the icy water aten restored him to semi ml and nIt lb the instinct of salt preservation being aroused arouNd hp he struik out for the shore and la its reaching the blink bank Then In a condition ht he mad mati hi way wal up town and tell fell down on oa Second South sired 1 Pt where he wai wac round found 1 by Palmer early this mi morning and taken to the police ponee station Moser was In a pitiable HIS Uia was al soaked and the blood WU was still from the wound would In inthe tb the forehead lie He understood the situa thoroughly and nd wept bit bitterly bitterly terly over hi his failure To the th eN he outlIned hi his story telling them that he had murde murdered d his wife sad nd children and hd had come here her to end bl blute his ute life At limit of oC course thy they could hardly credit his hll weird Ilor story believing It must he be the result of at hi his dl disordered brain In hll hi pOCket was U found a sheet or of paper on which Y scrawled crawled In vencil My 1 name SAM lAY investigate house HOUle w 2nd South opposite II IIAn An wai at once sent to UI the house and It wu was found I Moser had Imad a room there Entering this two letters Were ee found In tamped en envelopes One was 1111 addressed to the PolIce Pollet and was Va a as follow I 70 TilE POLleE I wISh to say r to the people of thi world orld It if there I is any ar truth in III Bible Hible so 0 by III my Ju Judgment nt you are in ID your ut lut hours It appears to me that mn mans do doIn doIng In Ing I is only for or that S I do not say this to alarm salt Bait I Laker In no way u ii thIS city olty 1 like and Ir if I 1 thought J I would be sate te ana and coma that I the cIme I would y tried to pull pall through but I there thees a are eai bad people tor f ir Jo ja onto If ff r I o could uld hiPe pinel t ty JI 21 UJ aid d friends an I 1 should hive have been content with my lays work and meals with a rood good appetite as as al It reached before I could agree aree to the rule or ruin creed or of Onah people of my home I choose ChOOM to dye Iliad I had been un under dr der this 4 yea years with no show or of a change agreeing to this order If m my wife could hive have content her hem self If outside of community of th these peo pie and would had respected ted me a as a husband huband by depriving some of those people idea Ida this crIme hd had been saved aved but there relatives Ia tI vel kept her from do tn Ing so 10 and for forced ed there religion how lIow however ever that pho esteem It more mort than me it II I Is Ii a hard matter to lx cx press reea All their and rule they keep there children Ignorant of thin things ot of these then world by not them have han music and u as man many wished to have the they raise them partly and thy they become becom old many are not nt for law and rule rul world I 1 beg to say IS to 10 the people eOple ot of this nil world orld tl to destroy and nd clean the fact ot of the earth erth of all such ministers between man main and wife A LeTTER TO TilE This letter Was at written lit In pencil and Ind wu was In lilac to decipher but the general nral ot of It w Was clear The second letter was addressed to the leorla at Ill and aud w was 1 and tb the spoiling wretch ell d It WN was U as follow Peoria Peona Herald do not Want to make mke myself better belter u as I am I 1 know 1 de the rope but u a a goat mam ma Viol knite me In Tasewell county count 1 think most moat people could make mke out oat What caused sue me to bring such uch dark and anet mournful days to their especial friends It If you do 40 not feel CHI to send It to nty mr ather B Moser ington Ill Salt Lake City Utah 11 May Friday 11 1 1101 r I see In the paper of my may died and so o I am ready r to die It circles In my heart that yen Ilk like to know wh where I am and what caused me IDe meto to do such uell a deed f OlD CIa d die at attar t tUr Ur tar t I know that m my II tr gli In rest relit To part I did not WaSt e d am to live a aI as asI I did was u no to mil me or family I 1 lId not see He an any chance or ne show for Cor change unless agree to o order er whereby 1 rather soH to die and oel tate m U IQ had lite t uld went home wIth Ith lilY my t lD t I UI ac lion and aDd pleasure I have havet been t tNt It w m my wife as I It appeared to lilt t or of time Ille tim time III iD sorrow aft It 10 tt tier Iter days dap of outi w e W had UI k bauble abl ot or tild MI 4 U boys be beha begin gin ha tt a It duet I aio 0 w we had t bl and It u to ta me It hurt dear little bat I e I Would be to wIth them Mm What is this tal worth It there Is no pleasure or sat rw could have bave hi di to say sayto y to sey friends and pelt and wife had ot appeared wi lager of church or th these teN Z r think I 1 would be It ti yea to te today day but si tI it wu was r I Jia good 1004 or of wife 1 dean and 04 t l ud DO of pays laY It is II ill it suit alt hy did you fOU back baak slide I u say Lord God m amy Jud judge t that t at GrId It Icy and who sIla t him IN are some IOme caUlt f I Y Ye with II Doctors Tow Towers and aM need mess but they aspI It U not able to s si family affairs are the or hardest thing In title Husbands l hould respect their and alad know that thye are the I do the same Ame and nd should 14 ke e a home bright and happy Deeds Deed at eatS cattie or are re root of oC this evil 1111 I woUld not minded hard work od and had never nevet more mon but I 1 needed It I Ionly only could associate with Uh my Iy friends I did not want any more lit of church and to to ro to another church without my family SAYS me I IS 18 4 I am a murderer or of Ill tro from Morton Tasewell Co WItS VIle to ta my father Ben Moser Co III the bod uC of there ton ion Main Was foun fount I dId not that thai they Want nt to inc any anymore anymore more FIXED UP flY BY TIlE An examInation of tile the f Uld that Moser had held beld till the t tle left lett temple at an n angle The Th bullet truck struck the b abo abose the outer corner ot of the and Ilane glanc tame ale out but a slight I Iund und When tile the main mUi the river the fell n U j lost JOlt HII 11 inJury a d dlO to lO Moser took a chair by bt the stove a at atthe t I the police station ad trl tried to dry his hll clothing who took j Ita in tb the and saw w that It would be to vat put time Ule man in ht lad had the prisoner wa carefully I TO tH Sam Moser I ao 0 yearn 0 but bul oka older Jh 13 I Is small mall clean cleM and bu baa dark hair and nd bl big basil basel eyes y Ills Uia face ip weather beaten and hIS hll hands rough and nd h he looks to be what he says he I is a He a was waa stilt crying when tb the N w approached hint this morning and the questions as al alto asto to when he be arrived here bere In a friendly manner hit he said Ild I 1 will wit tell you ou all about Klut It I am 30 years yean of age ace and r reside ld on a farm In Tasewell coun county counti ty ti Iii 10 three miles from Tremont with tb the community i YN yeats ago 0 I WIll was married m my wife Iun alto also to the community TIle The community Is II a religions having their own church The They do not net believe In any worldly such u musk olst to shows or anything of that kited kind O One e time In the I 1 took my 1117 MIl baby about eight months montha old or so 10 soon on oa my mr lap and Wl was looking at t him The minister rebuked me I was wa becoming Aft an Idolater and nd t t too mum much of DIY my child That I is part of th threll the rell not to care much for Cor fatally J I WIle was NOt happy In the community and at laM tWO or three years sura ago lot got my mr wit ie leave ye and we t went away But I they to her bel and lOt got her to ro go goback back I remained a away a little while lesger hut could not bear to be separ Ipar separated ted u frera my children sad so 10 Ire I re returned turned Then they interfered between us and was broken up In my beme WITH HIS JUS I could not have bave m air friends at my hem heme spy more and the Uttie boys boy to It The asked why It was 88 It here 11 Moser covered h his er eyes wept ept for tor a few minutes mea hi b control of himself b W 14 IM voIce lIt My wife would Z meals with the boys borl and then I 1 weaN go to time table The boys bol inked wD It was II It hurt them and nd It him m me I tried everything but mitteN U did not mend There wu was no chance for lor lora fora a change SUN SUNDAY AY AYOn On 0 iuD May 11 my mr wit went to church with the children sad aad I 1 WI was left In slone la in the house Between 4 and Ind IndI I d In th time afternoon th thy returned end aad lilY my wife If commenced making PM for tor upper supper Time boys were out outI I In the tim yard ard and lid she weal at doWn cellar for something JULIAI JIll W JD I followed II her down sad u she b looked at t me J i lust one ODe shot Ih leno know anything about It She WI was dead I shot bet ber falbe a the head THE BOT OT I Ib eldest bo boy came cam lit hi and went t tto In Into to the bedroom or I took b him theme I shot hot died right never felt It st t all I called tim the second boy In and nd I 1 seat at him for lor a of water W Whets he be came cam Ira In Inand and went Into thi pantry I fired again In It dit till kill him at once and I fired again that killed him TH DEATH or OF TJI liMiT I went b back k into tb the bed room w wk the baby aby wu was six months old I Iliad and nd hit her ber but she b moved moed I did Want an t hr her to sugar ot of course and nd th three ea It Win all over THE Did you ou leave a at once No Mo 1 went do down Into th the cellar Milar aid I threw a pet over oer my wU wife Then J I put pat ae e dresses reu over Oer the other bot locked un lP the house and left Why did you rOil cover th the bodies loci up p pr that way r rOt for J want nt them to find dod the bodies aU all it once you know one and then an another other and Ihen iben another and 10 On 01 Where lid Aid you go 0 then I walked th three to and tou took a traits did you 1011 buy your ticket to buy bur a at all 1 14 ID a fUll fare rn on the train and aaG lOt got oft at t Bloom ington Did Sou ou atop there No I bought a ticket to Kansas City At KansaN City I bought on one to Den Dennor Denver nor ver and at Denver I 1 bought one to Colorado Springs At that place I bought a to Silt Bait Lake Lak sad aDd came right through arriving here beNl Thursday morning W s1 x to 10 I I hi bus amer I 1 got my meis II at a on Thursday and l looked about That night I got a room morn at the harris house houle When hn did you YOl make up your Jour mind to kill yourself I 1 I left tt home last Lut I night 1 bought a and aDd read the account of oC m my crime Then J I went tat down to tb the river I 1 J to shoot In the brain and tall fall Ito into the river That wu was tb the best beat w way lie here Moser moaned and burst Into tears tean I die I would have hav been better Im I am no rood good now DOW no rood good any mo but non trou ble NO Are you OU sorry 10 you your I and aud children No I 1 am glad llad they are at rut At I rest reIt restA AN A MANS DEED Do you HI realise that thaI you OU w was insane Inne when vow lUlled killed them 1 I 7 bear It any longer living that way WIth those people interfering ntH men and wit wife and nd the little boys boJi I 1 had to do It I do ml liP else liPAre Are you 01 conscious or of being In your our net t mind now Oh y Of course this is II a great sorrow awl and I should have died I 1 want to Moser Mated In conclusion that his hb parentS wars Germans German It I had been better educated I 1 could cHIld have withstood this But Zut you ou see lee I am an Ignorant mean aa American born bona and my faTher rich That I the way ay of oC the though Chief Hilton this morning the authorities of county ot of the theof arrest of Moser Moer and nd an aD answer is Ia ex ax this afternoon It I is a foregone CO that Moser will be returned to |
