Barton County democrat., 1914-09-25

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officers in their search for the
guilty parties. That evening he
was released but was shortly af-
terward re-arreSted and lodged in
Jail, and his father, George White,
was taken to Hutchinson by the
officers, and lodged in the same
cell with the son. The officers
first closely questioned the two
separately and then placed them
in a cell in which a detectaphOne
had been placed to record their
conversation.
| The officers were also stationed
in an adjoining cell and listened
closely to the conversation be-
tween the two, and while their
talk had given no clues bearing
directly on who was the guilty
partieS, it had been such as to
convince them that the father had
not been mixed up in the crime,
but it had also convinced them
of the fact that the young man
was one of the guilty parties, and
latter the father had been removed
| from the cell and the son left
alone he was again put through
the sweating" process in the
hopes of wringing from linn a
confession of the crime. For a
time he strictly maintained his
Innocence and when at last al
most all hopes of securing a con-
feSSion from him had been aban-
doned, he at last broke down and
made a complete confession, tell
ing the officers all about the
crime.
The tale told by the young man
was a most Sordid one and show
ed that the murder was even more
cold blooded and brutal than even
the officers or the people of the
community believed possible, and
| shows that the triple murder was
done simply for money, although
the murdererS were poorly re-
) warded for their work, as they Sc
cured only about dollar after
numbering the three persons. In
! his confession, White tells of the
| breaking up of his home by Nor
: gan and the fact that his sister
was at the age of fifteen years
ruined by the man, but this seems
! to have been given merely as all
excuse and not as a reason, from
the fact that ever since the elder
: White and his wife separated
Morgan ard the boy had been The
) / closest of friends, and if he had
: hated Morgan, as he claimed tC
have done, he would hardly have
= lived with him all these years, al
:, least after he had grown to the
= age of manhood.
George White was formerly &
2 prosperous farmer near Heizel
t but several years ago he sold The
t farm and opened a hotel in Heller
t (which he conducted for some time
: About twelve years ago he anC
), his wife separated, and for thu
d greater part of the time since
e young White had made his hom,
S with the Morgan family and hat
n practically been treated by tn
family as a son. Some years age
Il on account of the alleged intimat
n relations between Morgan and hi
y SiSter-in-law, Miss Mamie McQuil
s len, and also various other wo
e men, Morgan and his wife SepaI
l. ated, dividing their propert
is equally, and the latter securing
,e divorce, which was not contested
Ie Miss McQuillen continued t
N make her home with Morgan, aci
ID ing as his housekeeper on th
s. farm and staying with him whe
E. he was in town and making trip
OF with him to other places. YOun
d White also continued to make hi
le home with the two for the most
g. the time; was well aware of IL
t. relations which existed betwee
I'd them and was seemingly Statistic
7, to regard the two as his foStI
he parents. He worked for Morgs
n. a part Of the time and considert
r. that place bis home and was z