The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
M~URDERERS CONFESS.
LAMBORN WAS KILLED BY
THOS. DAVENPORT.
The Mystery Cleared Jp-The Murdered
Mans son aud daughter We're In the
Conspiracy The Daughter Tells the Sc
ere; To "a Lad tricnd.

LrAvrNworru, Kan. APR, iO-Tho
foul murder OF j. Il. Lamborn at his
home near Fall Leaf, this county, il
no longer shroudcd in mystery. Every
detail has been laid bare in Il written
confession 10y both the son and daugh-
ter of the murdered man, who were
placed IN Jail here Tuesday night,
together with Thomas Davenport. Il
lover of the young l.amborn girl, who
was jailed at the same time on a sim
liar charge.
Smarting under the horror and dis
grace Of dingy prison bars, and har-
raised 10y the belief that one would
peach on the other. both the boy
and the girl made written statements,
which verify one another.
Calmly and deliberately they wrote
of n prearrangcd plan to put their
aged father out of the way, and
Thomas Davenport, the lover of the
girl, was chosen to do the awful decd.
Charles ~lamborn, the son of the
murdered man., Is about % years OF
age, and Annie Lamborn, the daugh-
ter, who bore such m active part in
this awful tragedy, is about - years
old. She is OF frail physique, not
wcighins|no-c than ninety pounds.
Not all the details of the crime
could bc learned, but the following
facts from the confessions have been
made known. They stamp the crime
as one of the foulcst imaginable. hc.
cording to these confessions, after
mature deliberation on the part OF
Charles Lam born, Annie Iamborn
and Thomas davenport, the night of
February 10. last, was CHOSEN as the
time hat old man Lamborn was To
be killed. The Inmborn house, which
IL in "A secluded place, fronts
north on the public road, while
there is another road running
east and west about one-half u mile
north of the Lamborn residence.
Near this east and west road the
young Lalnborn CIR! and Davenport
had Il trystinr place, as old man Lam.
born did not allow Young Davenport
TO visit his house or to keen
with his daughter. uerc ut this trysi.
ing place on the evening Of February
10, Charles and Annie Lamborn met
davenport, rs the three were going To
a dance. The brother and sister told
Davenport that their father was all
nlonc and 1t was agreed that the two
should remain there while Davenport
should 60 to the house and commit
the murder.
The plan was executed. Davenport
rode his horse around To L%amborn's.
hitchcd in front of the house ON the
public thoroughfare, secured an ax,
gained entrance 20 h house by rcpre-
senting himSclf to bc Charles LAM
born and, without delay, proceeded,
with the murderous AK, to chop his
helpless victim to pieces.
Quickly mounting his horse he rc-
ported the ficndlsh act Ia the waiting
son and daughter of the victim and
then. accompanied by Charles Lam
born, Davenport returned to the Lam
horn house, where they found and
burned q will thai had been made bv
the murdered man.
Accomplishing this the two men re.
turned to where they had left Annie |
Lamborn aid telling her of what had
been done, the three proceeded to the
dance and enjoyed themselves as
much, apparently, as any of the other
guests.
How they returned from the dance,
went TO bed IN the house where their
murdered father lay and did not dis.
cover the remains of their father un-
I'll late the next morning, has already
been told.
The arrest of the two La,nborps
and Davenport was brought about by
the young La,nborn girl c%oniidinr the
secret OF the murder Ia a woman i'm
Lawrence, who often visited nj the
Lalnborn house, as she was n bor-
owe OF money from old man Lam |
born.
Annie Lamborn's love for Dayen.
port, IT seems, faded way in contem-
plating the awful crime 10 which She
had been an accessory. Her horror
stricken soul needed solace and
she confded her terrible secret to this
woman friend, under Il promise of
secrecy, Dor after the crime was
committed. Until very recently. how.
ever, this woman kept ner own coun-
sci, under the belief that the guilty
parties, II known, would be hanged
for the crime. Learning later that
there is no capital punishment in Kan
bas, she made IA contidantc in turn of
Mrs. Charles Shaefer, who is living
temporarily ut Kansas CITY. Mrs
Shaetfer told her husband, and Il was
he who went TO Fall Leaf, arrested
the murderers and placed them in iail
VI this point