The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-16
MURDERERS IF
 CHIN CONFESS
Whitney and 0'Brien Also Com
 mitted BurgIaries.
MAKE FULL STATEMENT
Relatives of Murdered Man Forms a Mob and Would Have Lynched Prisoners, But They Were
 Taken to Louisville.

Lexington, Ky, October 15.-Earl Whit ney, the young man arrested here last Saturday charged with the murder of Merchant A. B. Chinn, and seriously wounding his son, Asa, made a com plete confession here at 11:30 a. m., ad- hitting he and Claude O'Brien, his pal, did the killing. Whitney made his con- fession to the officers in the presence of a stenographer who is transcribing it for the police. He said O'Brien fired the shot that killed Chinn and admitted that the shot in his knee was inflicted by Asa Chinn in the struggle that followed. He told where the pistol was hidden. The officers went to the place and found the weapon. It was a weapon stolen from the home of o. L. Slade, that same night. O'Brien had the gun stolen from former Gov. Mitchell Afford. Whitney broke down under the questions of the officers.
 Judge Parker of the circuit court, fearing a mob would be formed to lynch them, took the precaution to prevent an outbreak if any is threatened. The con fession has gotten out and there is con- siderable excitement at this time.
 The confession is a long one, and is said to be complete.
 Spirited Away.
 Whitney and O'Brien were late today spirited from the jail by officers and placed aboard a Chesapeake and Ohio train bound for Louisville. A mob spirit prevailed in the city and hundreds of men and women were on the streets near ly all day.
 The two companies of militia ordered out by Governor Beckham held them selves in readiness at the armories for some time. At 7:30 o'clock this evening George Bain and A. L. Delong, two citi- zens of high standing were admitted to the jail as representatives of several hun dred men present outside and were per mitted to search the prison from top to the dungeons. They later reported that the men wanted were not in the jail. The crowd in front then raised an up- roar and at the suggestion of the lead CTS adjourned to the court house square.
 Ex-County Clerk Claude chinn, con federate veteran, accompanied the crowd and made a speech to about 200 men. He is a brother of the man murdered.
 chnn Makes Speech.
 He said: T do not know what to ad- wise you to do at this moment, but some thing must be done. These murders must be punished. I have had a man watching the jail since noon. He says the men have not been moved"
 will you go with us?" was asked by a member of the crowd.
 T will go any place with you; you know my record" replied the old sol- dier. #....+
 One of the more quiet of the crowd suggested that before anything radical was done MT. Chinn search the jail in person. With this the crowd, numbering about 400 or 300, went to the jail A strong force of police guarded the en- trance to the jail.
 The crowd demanded that another com mittee be admitted to make a search. After considerable delay another com mittee was agreed upon and a further search of the jail made. The announce ment was made about g o'clock that the two men were not in the jail and at 9:15 tonight the mob began to disperse.
 In Louisville JaiI.
 Louisville, Ky. October 15.-Earl Whit ney and Claude OBrien, arrested in Lex ington on the charge of murdering A. B. Chinn, were landed in the county jail here at 9:30 o'clock tonight.