Barton County democrat., 1914-09-25
CONFESSES TO MURDER
OF MORGAN TRIO
Tommy White Now In Hutchinson JAIL Confesses His Part
In the Crime and duplicates Lou McCmly
MOTIVE ROBBERY AND REVENGE
Mmderers Supposed Morgan Had Large Sum OF Money On
His Person. But Secured Only About One Dollar

ways on the most intimate and
friendly terms with both Morgan
and the woman, and while he
gives the breaking up of his fa-
theirs home, for which Morgan
was possibly partially response
bic, as the excuse for his awful
crime, it would not seem to per-
son who is acquainted with the
facts in the case, that this ever en-
tered his mind, except as a flimSy
excuse after he had seen that the
officers had sufficient infOrma-
ton to convict him for the crime
whether he made a confession or
not.
Tommy was engaged to marry
a young lady of this city; was
without money, and in order to
secure this money helped to plan
and carry out this murder, seems
to be the only real reason for the
crime.
The young man had been work.
ing for Morgan, helping HIM to get
his ground in shape for wheat
sowing, but had quit his job a
few days before, and on this ac-
count there was a little hard feel
ing between the two, as Morgan
had insisted that he stay at the
job until after wheat sowing.
week ago Wednesday Morgan
had come to town for load Of
oats. His housekeeper had come
to town to do some shopping and
the two were seen about town that
day until late in the afternoon.
The young man, McGugln, who
had been working for Morgan but
a few days, had been seen by the
neighborS at work in the fields
the same day. That was the last
seen of any of them until their
dead bodies were discovered at
the place the following Friday
evening.
Morgan had sold his wl,eal crop
several days before md had been
expecting a check Tor about S4,-
900 for several days and had felt
sure that it would be waiting for
him here Wednesday morning. He
had owed several bills around
town and had told several people
that his big wheat check would
be here that day ard that he would
pay up, and young White was one
of those who knew that the check
was expected and he believed that
it had arrived and that Morgan
had money with him. Wednesday
AFTERNOON Morgan and young
White met on the street and White
asked Morgan for the money due
him for his work. White had pre-.
viOuSly borrowed 500 from Nor.
gan and as this was more than the
amount due him for wages, anC
from the additional fact that Nor.
gan was angry because White haC
quit him in the midst of the busy
season, he refused to give bin
any money and told him thai i
. he expected to marry and settle
down that he had better stay a
, home and work instead of goin,
| to the Hutchinson fair, and as are
, suit a quarrel ensued which wa
heard by several parties on tn,
: street.
) McCurley, during the converse
: tiOn between White and Morgan
: had been standing close by. an,
: after Morgan left, he approache,
' White and told him that he woul
q not allow any man to abuse hir
|. as Morgan had done and he SUE
0 gested that the two 60 togethe
: and "clean up" Morgan, and tn
e Iplan was quickly made. Both bt
n lieved that Morgan had secure
$ his wheat check that day. Bot
81 knew that when Morgan did hay
S money he was in the habit of cal
# rying several hundred dollars O
e his person, and they deIiberateI
n planned to 60 out and murder BIZ
d that night and secure this none,
T White secured q single barr
n shotgun and a box of shells, an
d in his confession claims that I
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