The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-13

on the floor. Her husband. she said.
had gone for doctor. 1 helped her to
a chair and attended her until the po-
lice came"
When questioned at the station after
the shooting Williams had little to say
and appeared to be Indifferent to the
whole affair. He was doing on the
cot when the officers returned and for
time would not respond to questions
put TO him. Finally he sat up. stretch
ed himself and came to the front of the
cell.
My name Is William Williams" he
said. land 1 was born in England.
am % years old. met John Keller a
long time ago at the city hospital when
we both had diphtheria and were in
the same ward. l liked the boy
from the first and intended to
take him away with me and
educate him, but his mother would not
let him go. Last summer 1 took John
to Canada with me, but his folks made
him come home. He used to write to
me, but one time he wrote and said he
never wanted to see me again. He
wrote more letters, but his mother de-
stroyed them, and / kicked to the
postal authorities. / did not get any
more letters, anyway. 1 came to st.
Paul a little while ago and went to see
john His mother did not want me
to come and said was crazy and liable
to hurt someone. She did let me keen
my trunk at her house I went to
Johns house about IL o'clock tonight
and talked to him. His mother came
in and said: Go away from here 1
was talking to her and-and-" Here
Williams stopped and ran his hands
through his hair. The next thing /
knew, he wildly concluded, Il was
standing in the room with a revolver in
my hand. There was smoke coming out
of the end and Mrs. Keller was crying.
John was very still, and 1 thought he
was asleep.
Il thought 1 must have hurt some
one. so / went downstairs and told the
woman who lives on the first floor to
go upstairs. Then L came to the police
station"
When asked why he shot the boy
Williams replied:
Il did not shoot the boy. he was the
only friend l have on earth. did not
know l shot any one. L bought the re-
volver in Minneapolis some time ago
and kept ii in my trunk. l have trav-
eled through Canada and all parts of
the United States and am a steam
filter"
Williams then sauntered back to his
cot and within three minutes was
sound asleep Williams is to all APP
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pair of black beady eyes and thick
lips he presents anything but pleas
ing appearance, while a low bullying
forehead and large prOtruding ears and
a peaked skull bear out the theory of
the police that he is an idiot
The police think that Mrs. Keller,
knowing that Williams was an idiot,
desired to keep her son away from him,
and Williams being aware of this fact
hated her with that hate that only IN
insane man is capable of bearing. They
think that last night he went to the
Keller home with murder In his heart.
but that If he had been allowed to take
the boy away with him no harm would
have resulted. When the mother re-
fused to allow her boy to go away
Williams walked deliberately to his
trunk and shiftily concealing the pistol
so that the mother could not see il
walked to the bed of the boy and shot
him.
At 3 o'clock this morning ii was
stated at the city hospital that John
Keller could not possibly live. as one of
the shots had penetrated his brain.
Death was only a matter of minutes.
The mother has a slight chance of re-
covery One of the balls penetrated
her abdomen. but if the intestines were
not perforated she has a chance of re-
covery.
County Attorney Kane was summon
ed to the city hospital and took Mrs.
Keller's ante-mortem statement.