A Reading dispatch says : Brandt
one of the three Raber murderers to
be executed at Lebanon on the 13th
inst., has made a lengthy statement
concerning the various insurance
speculations in which he was inter
ested at different times. At one time
Brandt says he held $17,000 on the
lives of various persons, but two of
the companies failed and he could
not keep np the other policies and at
the time of Ruber's death he did not
hold a single policy. Wise took him
to see old Raber. Brandt also re
lates what he knew of the murder of
a peddler near Cold Spring in 1875.
He also gives an account of a coun
terfeit money speculation in which
be was engaged. Brandt says that
Wise sent word to him, asking him
what he had done wrong, where
upon Brandt replied that his confes
sions were lies. A man named Bethel
Young and Brandt at one time had
Raber insured for $5,000. Brandt
most solemnly affirms that at no time
was he ever connected with or con
nived at the conspiracy for the mur
der of Joseph Ruber, and says that
if he had received a separate trial he
could have established the fact
Wise, Hummel and Brandt have
chosen their spiritual advisers. Wise
seems resigned to his fate and spends
most of his time in singing and pray
ing, while Brandt appears indifferent
inlv maintaining his complete in
nocence oi the crime. He has a bit
ter feeling agaiiLt Wise, which he
expresses on all occasions- llommei
has very little to say.
