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Show r-.. . 1 IS MONSTER. OF CRIME I H BY&HIS OWN CONFESSION ! No moro fearful creature than Alfred Al-fred Knnpp, now In Jnll nt Hamilton, Ohio, has ever lived. Ho is tho most Inhuman, tho most dreadful monster that tho world bait ever known. With his hands red with Innocent blood ho cnlmly linnnts of his crlmeH mid scorns to find an Infinite delight and relish In rocltitii; the details of his terrible deeds. The crcntiiru Is n homicidal mniilnc. In IiIb heart Ib tho lust for murder. Like a tiger that has tasted blood his heart knows no other desire. To kill for the Joy of killing thnt hna been tho ono object of his awful llfo. To satisfy tho horrlblo craving for huinnn llfo has been his ouo ambition, Awake or nsleep hla thoughtH hnve all been or this desire. Ills present wlto has often been awakened in tho night to find the cruel liatidn about her neck In a deadly grasp whllo ho was asleep. Ho killed without motive: ho killed for no object; neither tnonoy nor fenr moved him to commit his crimes; ho killed for tho love of killing. Surely nothing so horrlblo us thnt haB ever been known before. Already ho has confessed to murdering mur-dering flvo helpless wc-men, to two of whom ho wns married. Over and over ho has told to tho authorities tho stories ot theso crimes. Ho seems to relish tho recital and find delight In tho awful details. lie acts out tho scenes of tho killing. "I always kill from behind," ho says from botween his troth, "t get them In front .of mo. Then I clutch litem by tho throat, placing my kneo on ' . back, and bend them over. They strut; glo, but not long. Thoy look Into my face, but they find no mercy there "I kill them, and thnt Is all. How do I know when they aro dead? 1 don't know. When thoy stop breathing, breath-ing, then I stop choking. I llBten to tho heart, and If that 1b done beating then I nm dono. None of them ever pleaded for morcy. They couldn't nnd It would havo been no use. I couldn't have stopped until they wcro dead. "No, I cannot tell any one why 1 killed them. Thoro was something behind be-hind mo pushing mo on, and I could not resist that feeling. It pushed mo j H on and I killed. Yes, 1 foil, good attar T ' 1 H It was over It wnn quickly donO. x jH When tho body fell limp from mo my H fit sL thought wns to dispone uf tt." t H In another detailed confession In ') 'H the Jnll Alfred Knnpp told how he had j H murdered Ida (llbhnrt, the llttlu West 'j M lmllaunK)lls girl. After Knapp had I) H murdered tho child, tie doubled thu J H body up ami put It In n tool box In IH thn barn, ho said, mid fastened down '1 (he fH Knnpp says he was In tho crowd of tsiiifl Indlgnntit people which gathered when IJ thu rhlld'H body was found and that IJ ho denounced tho cruel murder ns Y H loudly as any of them. ' i From Indianapolis comes thu uows tal that Anna May Gamble, the fourth i WKM wife of Knapp, who married him a 'aaiaH few weeks ngo, continues obdurate in , H her determination not to bellevo her llll husband the moral monster which his 'Jssiifl confession establishes, and sho Ib ex- Isasasasl rccdingly bitter ngalnst his relatives lsalalai bccntise, she says, they opopsed her ; IH marriage, nnd also because she holds rssasasal them responsible tor his ptesent pro- IkasaH dlcnmenU : l "Ho loves mo and I love him," said , H she, several times repeated. "All that j H I am afraid of Is that they will kill IH him In tho' electric chair. If they send ' H htm to tho penitentiary It won't bo so r, M bad, becausu I can go nnd see him H once In n whllo." , H In view of Knupp's facility ot get- M ting away with former wives, it is M scarcely supposalilo that hu would i jH havo dallied long with his latest acccs- 1 Knapp, despite tho fact that ho 'f.tsaH found thrcu women who accepted him hsiiH as husband, Is miytlilng but good look- 'lalalifl lug. He Is simply mild-mannered. laH and by his smooth words doubtless fH nchloved what bis appearance never , IssalaH would hnvo accomplished. jH At present ho Is nt his 'worst, for ilsalalafl ho Is unshitvon and generally un- fflsaiiH kempt, nppenrlng moro the arch llend tfapsafl thnt he Is than might otherwise bo tho ,'liH case. Hu Is about 140 pounds In 'ffpsH wolght, of medium build, has coal- 'JisiiiH black hair, with significant patches ot fitmaiiH whlto at the top of his head, and H brownish eyes that look at ono without IH a jH His hands aro noticeably large and iJmaiiiH strong. Just such ns a man must havo 'ipsaH to commit tho murders ho has con- 1(11 fCSSed. 'talasasasal Ktmpp's confession Is ns follows: pHaH "On Jan. 21, 1891, I killed Emma irH Llttlemnn In a lumber yard In Gest 'ilsiiiH street, Cincinnati. On Aug. 1, 1804, I (.isfl '.tilled May Kr-kert In Walnut struct, hasiiiiH opposite tho Y. M. C. A., In Cincinnati. j.isH Ou Aug. 7, 1894, I killed my wife. IjpsaH Jennie Connors Knnpp, under tho ll canal bridge In Liberty street, Cincin- !H natt, and throw her Into tho canal. In v'issalalalai Indianapolis, in July, 1895, I killed Ida MasasasH Gebhnid. On Dec. 22, 1902, 1 killed r.tmaiiH my wlfo, Annlo Knnpp, ut 339 South f jitsaiiiH Fourth street, in Hamilton, and throw ilisaiH her Into tho river out by Llndenwald. 'psaiiH This is tho truth. Alfred Knapp. ;'H "I mnko this statement by my own 'isH freo will nnd not by tho request of 'iiiiiiiiH any officer or any ouo else. i-ssalalalal "Alfred Knapp." i .jl |
