The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-03
KILLS MAN;
CHOPS Up
BODY
Son Gives Testimony That
Leads to Discovery-Msy
BE New Murder Farm"
Case.

Case.
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FOWLER. Ind. May John w.
/ Poole. wealthy farmer. today con-
4 feseed that he had murdered
Joseph kemper. a farm hand. near
I ly a year ago lie was arrested
for the murder al the instance of
bis son. Emory Poole In his con-
fcssion be detailed the manner in
which he killed Kemper and hacked
his body 10 pieces
The case rivals the famous mur-
derE Of Mrs Belle Guinness al La
porte. Search is being made for
the bodies Of two other farm hands,
Charles Clark and Charles Mack,
both Of whom vanished while they
were working for Poole.
On the day following Kemper's
disappearance. Poole butchered
hogs in the kitchen Of their home.
Young Poole suspected crime. but
the proof was not obtainable until
yesterday. when Kempers body.
horribly mangled. was found buried
In a field.
Mrs. Poole and her daughter
Grace had lived IN terror Of iha
father ever since the disappear
ance Of Kemper
Following POOle's confession.
scores Of men were put 10 work BY
the authorities on the Poole farm.
whore II is expected proof Of
crimes sufficient 10 put Poole inio
the class Of Mrs Guinness viii be
revealed.
Examination today Of The body
OF kemper showed that the mur-
dered man had been literally chop
ped 10 pieces The head was cut
of. as we're also the legs. and tho
torso Was terribly gashed and
bruised
After the disappearance of KEN
per. young Poole said. his father
began 20 wear Kemper's clothes.
and that while about his work on
the farm he always carried
bloody hatchet. the same, il is be-
ileved. with which he slew KEN
per
Says Death Accidental
Poole denied In his confession
today that he had deliberately mur-
dered kemper. lie said he aect-
dentally shot Kemper while they
were out hunting. the full charge
OF the shotgun blowing off the
farm hands head Sheriff Shackle-
ton discredits the accident story.
Poole still stoutly maintains that
he knows nothing OF the where
abouts OF Clark or Mack. who, he
said. left the place voluntarily.
Poole declares that kemper's
body lay for six days about the
barn and the haysheds after he
was shot on December ~. 1910. lie
said he finally decided that after
hog killing time would be the best
time for burying the corpse. aud
then he dug a grave and covered
the body with hog offal
Why He Cut II Up.
Explaining the mangled condition
Of Kemper's body. Poole said he
had found II frozen In the barn, and
had hacked II TO pieces. that he
might more conveniently carry Il
10 the grave.
To offset the story told by Poole,
Il was found today that the walls
OF the Poole kitchen were siiiI
bloodstained. and the son. Emory.
declares that his fathers boots were
bloody when he returned TO the
house on the day Kemper was slain
Detectives who are at work ON
the case today declare their belief
that az least three more corpses
will be dug up on the Poole farm
Their belief is shared by the resi-
dents of the neighborhood. hun
dreds of whom this afternoon ara
searching every foot of ground on
the murder farm" for traces OF
further victims. The detectives are
using every inducement TO get Mrs.
Poole to talk. believing she knows OF
other disappearances. The boy.
Emory, thinks his father is insane
Poole is being closely guarded In
the Jail here TO Illustrate any at
tempt he might make at suicide.