The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
ACCUSES HER OF MURDER.
xrpu "a = r HIs sWEEHEARTKILLBD
MS FATHER,
Ne Cssseptea 20 the Act. Gave poiiiah Saiss
. Revolver. snd she shot the Ole MAS IN
the we.ds-Thsn Yeups Ksrn Hsiped meF
uurp the nody-Both or Theus In Custsay.

Ne Cesseptea % the Act, Cave peiiiah psiss
q Revolver. snd she SHOT the Ola Mas In
the we.ds-Thsn YeupE Kern Hsipsd meF
Burn the ~Body-Both or rheu In Custsay.
WATERLOO. Ia, Dec. 2.-The Kern murder
mystery 10 q mystery no longer. Constantly
harnsssd by thoughts of the body Of his father
lying In the solitude OF the woods where he met
his death and haunted by his spectre At night
whether waking or sleeping. William Kern has
ct last broken down and msdo n clean breast OF
10 all. At least he says he has done 80.
His sweetheart, Delilah Fales, Ia accused by
him Of the murder OF Jerome Korn, and the
dead mans only son confosses that he was her
willing dupe and accomplish. He says she sug.
rested and he nssented. This c. limo was to have
been followed by the murder OF his mother.
Kern's confession was brought about by Mrs.
Parrot, wife OF the Bremen county Sheriff. For
months the officers had tried TO induce tho youth
20 confess his part In the tragedy. At last
Mrs. Parrot visited him in his cell and arouseda
spirit OF jealousy by telling Of tho attentions
accepted By HE former sweetheart from other
men. Last night she said to him: ANY ono
having guilty knowledge Of the murder viii DO
hauntod to the end Of his days,
o Wlll. am started fstS sipls noN!, ap Thi shS %ns Il. I tT:s
sSmission OF Importance. but thereafter no was
essily drawn out, ~ last he made q confession
The yoans. man tells 4 his visits tS the Falsss,s
place and Of his st ts chine x, ,9f p pSd nnco HIS lis
and also quarrelled with pelllah for permitting
s say s9Hs sfiIsh nc, came to him and suase.sea sesiins
I'D Of the lrouolesome father and mother and
hi j the father 'khrst. ana on iho following Mon:
Deiilah awaited him., the place selected being
her route to the IN
.h aer rsv sH%ns t sSFp Se iSs sd s siso nFf sor f. 'H %ll liam
I i.ss *, Sof h ! ae Ssso aae t gsr ssno U u sne hi sso ast hs%
s S,ss a " tho se' tragedy Saads Than than. 'i he Knew 10f we'll saf
had been enacted, Arriving there he found his
ii~sssion. Gle two then saturated the clothing Of
s youn Ge". woman oman had in her wagon a" near
By. Their purpose Wa. to conceal tho man.
nsp IN Tn sSa going Mr; on h ser w TlSt to the .n cream rery
can and also tho revolver were buried BY Miss
II DeiiIah Faies had some other motive for
killing jerome Kern than that she gave to his
since sought to lay tho crime at the door Of John
Lewia. who was known. to he the only nvowed
sss%g kSTR hS Sor t BY f ,Sssedg . Rpo To asS'I s .hs
the revenge she sought. Several years ago
Lewis WAS defendant in a suit fer seduction
convicted and sent to the penitentiary for two
years. But that did not appcase the woman's
0eBlf6 lot revenge, anu inst -Nihtci bno "kuih
essayed to have him arrested for an alleged at
The County Attorney says that two weeks
ago, while Adam Kern was at his late brothers
residence. he saw a letter protr ding from tho
pocket Of the dead mans overcoat that was
hanging on the wall. apparently wher. his muir.
dered relative had left, II. He LOOK tho letter. but
even before doing so was suspicious that It
was designed by some one that no should
find 1t. The letter bore the date Of the day on
which the tragedy occurred. WINS signed jerome
Kern. y aed said that IL any harm should como
20 him, John Lewis must DO held responsible. as
he had threatened to kill him.
This letter was turned over to the County At.
torney. who was not SLOW In finding II was in
the Handwriting of the son instead of the father,
and was of very recent manufacture. Will
Kern has since acknowledged that he wrote it
at the dictation of Miss Fales. Both Miss Fales
and Kern are ut present in custody. awaiting
the findings Of the Grand Jury.