The morning call., 1891-12-24
A STARTLING STORY.
Little Eddie Ke11ar Says His Fathe
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Little Eddie Ke11ar Says His Father
Slew His Sleeping Sister.
Ii the story told by little ragged boy to
Coroner Davis in Newport be true there
exists in Kentucky man for whom dis
graceful death upon the gallows is too light
a punishment.
According to the declaration of his own
flesh and blood this monster deliberately
slaughtered his two-year-old daughter and
then buried her body in order to conceal his
horrid crime.
The lad told his tale with such impressive
simplicity that the officials of Campbell
County were convinced of the truth of 1t
and at once took steps to apprehend the ac-
cused father and to begin an investigation
that will begin at the grave of the dead child.
The discovery of the alleged crime, ac-
cording to the Cincinnati Enquirer, came
about in this way: 1t was after o'clock
when the people in the Office of Kellar e.
Warning, commission and feed merchants on
Monmouth street, in Newport, were sur
prised to see a diminutive visitor enter from
the front door. He wore badly frayed pair
of jeans pants. light coat and hat that
was shockingly the worse for wear. In
shrill, piping voice he inquired if any of the
firm or employees were acquainted with him.
The oddly OF the question struck those
present as being humorous, and the little
man was told laughingly that he was
stranger to all present.
In solemn way he explained that he
thought that he believed Mr. Kellar was re-
lated to him, and that if such was the case
he desired to have a conversation with him
concerning something that was very i'm
portanr His seriousness caused all hilarity
to disappear, and he was asked the cause of
his solemnity. His answer caused the hair
of those who listened to stand on end, and
q messenger was at once dispatched for
ShaTfn w a
arrived the lad was asked to repeat his
story to him, and the following tale was
told:
1--WE live at Four Mile, which is about
eleven miles from Newport, on the River
road. My fathers name is George Kellar
| am - years old, and the eldest of i've
children. of which three are girls and two
boys. My father had been drinking heavily
for the past several weeks, and on last
Monday night week ago he came home
drunk. he came into the room where he,
my mother. sister Barbara, younger
brother and myself sleep, and raised a
racket.
MY little sister Barbara. who is years
old, was slumbering in the bed in which my
father and mother sleep. He went to the
wall and took down his double barrel
shotgun, and commenced fooling with it.
Then he walked over to the bed. and, point
ing ii at my little sisters head, who was
asleep, pulled the trigger of one barrel.
Inc lOad went INTO her rlSht temple. one
moved little, and groaned, and then
stretched herself out. He then took basin
Of water and washed off the blood, and took
rags and tied up the wound. He told US
that if we said anything about it he would
kill us ALL
At this point the little fellow broke down
and began to weep and call upon the dead
sister.
Coroner Davis, Sheriff Betz and Deputy
Sheriff Louis c. Betz left at daylight this
morning for the scene of the supposed trag-
edy to arrest the father. Coroner Davis will
have the body eXhumed and make thor
ouGh inYest CATION.