MURDERER WITH GUILTY CONSCIENCE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 July 1938, Page 5

MURDERER WITH GUILTY CONSCIENCE.

MATTSON MYSTERY CLEARED UP. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) Received Wednesday, 8.15 p.m. TACOMA (Washington), July 13. State police announced that Frank Olson, aged 32, a local farm labourer, had confessed to kidnapping and murdering the boy Mattson on January 11, 1937. Another suspect is also being questioned. Olson described how he held the boy captive in a cabin after dragging him from home. Later he strangled the boy, beat, him about the head, and stabbed him. Olson denied, however, placing the body in a new. ne saia ne nad not buried it, but another man, who is now held suspect, threw it into a field. bison's arrest is due solely to a troubled conscience. He told a farmer for whom he worked that he had committed the crime and wanted to tell the police, who "would keep him from the mob." ' Olson, whose beard is extremely dark, markedly resembles the description of the kidnapper given by the Mattson children. He is alleged to have confessed completely alter 36 hours of questioning.

OLSEN'S CONFESSION.

MIGHT NOT STAND TEST

(Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) TACOMA (Washington), July 13

After questioning Olson further, the police announced that his confession might not stand up to the test. The police chief added : "Olsen is a man of uncertain mentality and we will question him further, but: wo are not .-•lire his confession can be substantiated bv facts."