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Show m GHOUL ADMITS CRIME. Injlana Thugs Killed People Solely to if Sell Their Bodies. iVlth a boldness unprcccdontod In cnnlnnl annals an organization of nftjterers nnd cutthroats has opor-atd opor-atd in Indianapolis for nearly thrco yore, unl'.nown to tho pollco and un-mtt'sted un-mtt'sted by the olllcora of tho law. ho confession ot Itufus Cantrcll, "Kng of tho Ghouls," as mado public, thiows somo now light on tho opera-tips opera-tips ot tho gang. Cnntrell's confes-Ewliaa confes-Ewliaa bcon supplemented by tho EWUve of other murders ho nnd his nwoclntca havo committed. Ho decides de-cides ho was Implicated In tho mur- dares no was impiicuteu in mo mur doSof Patrolman Wnttcrson soveral yctrs ago. This was his first mur-dcrjho mur-dcrjho says. No cluo has been found. Hejuoclares that ono of his accomplices accom-plices was William Harris, colored, now living In Philadelphia. Ho next telli of tho murdor of Wnltor Johnson, and admits numorous othor crimes. Th gang Cantrell belonged to was i known to Its mornbors ns "Tho Sign , of Iho Cross." Many of tho pcoplo were murdered simply for' tho pur-po9 pur-po9 ot selling their bodies. |
