Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-02
John Junkin Now Amends Con.
fession and Says Two White
Men Aided in Rosen Crime
SWEATING PROCESS EFFECTIVE
Negro Detective Used to Obtain Con-
fession - Probable Shat JunIein Will
Obtain Change of Venue and Will
Not Be Taken Back to ottumwa for
Trial.
Special to Times Republican.

DeS MoineS March John Junkin,
confessed slayer of Clara Rosen, the
pretty Ottumwa choir girl, has amend
ed his confession, and now duplicates
two white men in the crime. Whether
this is done in an effort to escape
the full penalty for his crime or is in
reality the truth, has not yet been
ullys-determined.
Junkin told Attorney McHenry and
Attorney S. Joe Brown that he was
not alone at the time of the commits
sion of the crime, but that he was as
sisted by two white men, Tommy
Saunders and Jim, alias Katie
White. He says that these two white
men and himself were together in his
mothers restaurant early in the even
ing and talked over plans for robbing
a store. He also asserts that all three
of the men left the store together,
and that his mother saw all of it. To
verify this claim Attorney McHenry
desires to see the mother.
"Sweated" Into Confession.
Junkin asserted yesterday that he
was driven to make his confession
given at Abba to Sheriff Griffin be-
cause of the awful sweating ordeals
he was put thru by the officers.
His story duplicating the two white
men, is somewhat a retraction of GER
tain parts of the confession given at
Abba, but he still admits that he
played part in beating up the girl
and robbing her, altho he contends
now. as before. that he never crimin-
ANY assaulted her. He shifts more OF
the blame for the deed upon the two
white men who are as yet at liberty.
Saunders and White came into
mothers restaurant early in the even
Ing and suggested that We go up on
the hill and rob store said Junllin.
"They were broke and so was l and
consented. We went up to a store we
intended to break into, but found thar
the proprietor had not closed for the
night.
$50 we stalled about that Vicinity
until we met this girl. One of the white
fellows. / forget just what one it was.
ton to her. She said something about
being "a christian girl and then the
fellow hit her. The other white man
struck her at the same time and -hlt
her. She fell to the walk. Then while
I frisked her pocketbook and grabbed
the jewelry from her the two WHITE
men dragged her up into that vacant
lot. She was yelling and making an
awful fuss but all at once she stopped.
Still Denies Assault.
mo stones or rocks had been used
to beat her with UP to that time ana
didn't see anyone use rock, but II
stone was used it must have Deen
when they tried to. stop her yells.
didn't assault the girl, and II she was
assaulted it was by one OF the White
men. l don't know whether either OF
them did or not, Cor hiked with the
jewelry had"
This story about the two white men
was told to the Ottumwa police, jun
kin said, but they told him he was
liar and refused to consider 1t.
st am willing to take what blame IS
due me for my part in the CRIME.
said Junkin, "but / don't like to shoui-
der the punishment due the other two
who were there and helped"
Junkin was in better spirits yester-
dav after he had talked with the sew
eral LAWYERS who visited dim. He
smoked necessarily and passed the
time away by reading newspaper &C
counts of the developments in, the
case in which he is the principal.
Will Not Be Tried in ottmuwa.
Junlkin will never be tried IN Ottum-
wa or wapello county for the murder
of Clara Rosen, the beautiful choir
singer who was killed Feb. o, and 10
the commission of which he has con-
fessed and implicated two white men,
Tommy Saunders and Jim, alias Kat
ie" White. as his accomplices.
Attorney Walter McHenry, who has
taken up the negro's case with a view
OF defending him against the ind1ct-
ment which is almost sure to result,
stated yesterday that Junkin would go
to trial and that change of venue
would be asked to another county.
The negro Junkin is in mortal terror
of the mob at Ottumwa, and bel1eves
that visit to that town by him would
cost him his life, no matter how we'll
the officers might guard him.
This fact, together with the further
one that every one in Ottumwa and
that vicinity is prejudiced in the ex-
IRENE against the man, constitute suf-
ficient reason for an application for
change of venue. so it is said.
It is also possible that ans effort will
be made by Junkin's lawyer to have
Judge Roberts disqualified as Judge of
-, iol, IN, hn tried
It is stated that the judge took an UNI
usually active part in the search for
the slayer. OF Clara Rosen and also
heavily to the fund gath
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