Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-11-02
CITIZENS AFTER CONFESSED
MURDERER OF CHILDREN.
.BLAMES 1T ON THE LORD
Says Providence Ordered the Destrue-
ton of TWO Little Ones-Child's
Pleading Almost Causes the Fiend
to Neutrality-suspicious. in Pursuit,
Seeking Swift Vengeance.

Marion, Ind, Oct. 27.-An enraged
mob is organized and is determined
that, if possible, Jesse Mcclure will
speedily be made TO pay the penalty
for calmly numbering his two small
sons. Mcclure, who confessed to the
sheriff here, has been stealthily taken
to Indianapolis for safety, but this
move may not deter the mob in its
present mood from wreaking
Vengeance on the slayer.
God told me to kill my children
aud | did it,
After deliberately butchering his
two sons, Dee, aged two and Homer,
aged three, Jesse Mcclure of Elwood
drove to the Marion jail and confessed
his crime, begging for protection.
Wanted to Kill Wife.
MY wife and l separated" said
Mcclure. Il did not think she was
a fit mother to have charge of the
children and | decided to kill her
rather than to have the children
reared as / knew they would be.
Il was in Elwood, where | hired a
horse and buggy and drove to the
home of my brother-in-law, Robert
Hall. who lives four miles west of
Point Isabel, where my wife and chill
dren are staying. II was my intention
to kill my wife. When l called at the
house Mrs. Hall, sister of my wife.
answered the call.
q asked to see my wife, but she
refused to see me. I then asked to
see my children and Mrs. Hall brought
them out.
Describes His Crime.
Il placed the boys, one of whom
was three and the other two years
old, in the buggy and took them for a
drive. | returned to the house and
again requested to see my wife, but
she again refused, and l drove away
again with the boys.
Il returned two or three times and
asked for my wife, but was unable to
see her. God kept telling me to kill
the children and decided to do it
and thep kill myself. / drove down
the road about eighty rods. Homer
was lying in the seat asleep.
81 laid Dee on the grass at the side
of the road. took my revolver from
my pocket, placed the muzzle against
his forehead and sent bullet through
his brain.
Boys Eyes Plead.
Il then went to the Buggy and re-
moved Homer, who had awakened by
the discharge of the revolver. He
said: Papa, what are you going to
do?'
"The pleading expression in his
eyes was more than l could endure
and / placed one hand over his face,
laid him on the grass beside his dead
brother and shot him.
ct was my intention to kill myself,
but my nerve failed me. then leaped
into my buggy and thought / would
shoot myself along the road, but was
afraid | had not killed Homer and did
not want to die until knew he was
dead and would not be left with my
wife.
Fears the Mob.
knowing that the people in the
vicinity would form a mon and Kill
me if they found me, decided to come
in the direction of Marion, and now
am ready to die
Mcclure formerly lived in Marion.
He was employed by the Warren
Scharf Asphalt company. He recently
had trouble with his wife and threat
ened TO kill her.
He was arrested and taken to FL
wood, where he was placed in Jail. As
he gained his freedom he procured a
horse and buggy for the purpose OF
executing the threat he had made
before being locked up.