Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-23
KE RIM N
 MAKES FULL
 CONFESSION
w. w. Kermeen, Captured in Fl Paso, COnfesSes All to the
 Officers on Way to BiSbee
 to Face a Sure Conviction.
Only Possible Motive Is Robbery;
 Murderer Claims That He
 Merely Had a Sudden Desire
 to Kin His Companion.

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 DOUGLAS. May 22.-(speciaD- When the through Bisbee passenger train arrived in Douglas late this aft ernoon a man shackled to an officer was taken from the train. It was w.. W. Kermeen and he had just complet- ed a confession to Deputy Sherin William J. Graham, representing the sherif's office of Cochise county, and John Foster, representing Chief of Police Bassett T. Watkins, of Blsbee, that he had murdered J. F. Harrell
 The officers left Fl Paso with the prisoner. bound for Bisbee, this morn ing. When he left the Gate City Ker- meen re-afirmed his previous state ment to the effect that he did not know anything about the killing of the former bank clerk
 When on his way through New Mexico. however. and under the care of Graham and Foster. Kermeen at last acknowledged that he was the one who had killed Harrell, and was the man whom the officers had searched over three states for
 The sensational part of the comics. sion lay in the fact that Kermeen had no motive in his act Only one could possibly be assigned Kermeen was practically broke, and needed money
 He said that when he and Harrell were about to return to Bisbee on the late afternoon of May 2, and while they were sitting On the edge of a high hill. overlooking Bisbee, he had a sudden desire to commit murder He took Harrelrs gun and, before the latter could intercept him, shot him through the head twice He then robbed the body of the watch, and 1 the fingers Of the diamond ring. and took what money he could find. 1 Kermeen then came into Bisbee and went to a barber shop. From there he went to his room and stayed close in during the night The next day he pawned the ring and on Saturday evening, fearing possible detection left for Fl Paso.
 The murderer, according to his own confession. has been in the Gate City since May 10. He has been dodgine from hotel to hotel. never staying in one place for any length of time.
 When the El Paso detectives ar rested him Kermeen denied any 1 knowledge of the crime in Bisbee He said that he had been away fol three weeks and expressed surpris' at being connected with the murder in any way
 Kermeen said, in his confession that Mrs. R. King had nothing to d with the murder He said that he me her while she was in Bisbee and had been with her only once or twice
 Sheriff Wheeler. after taking Ker imeen off the train and placing him fl lhe jail. expressed himself as beinl afraid that his prisoner would mee with violence In Bisbee
 A large crowd of people assembled at the 6 o'clock El Paso train yester day afternoon ostensibly to meet W w. Kermeen. It is doubtful if ther would have been such a crowd but fo the fact that the Los Angeles excur sion train was due in the Bisbee sta ton at the same time large par of the crowd waited to see the maj who was being brought into Bisbe to answer to the charge of murderin J. F. Harrell
 From every indication the fear O the sherif of the county was ground less as all of those at the station wer lmpelled to go there out of mere curl losity
 The news of the confession of Kei meen to the killing of Harrell cam as a great surprise to those in Bi' bee who were cognizant with the fact in tho case.
 After securing tho confession fror p Kermeeu Foster and Graham. the tw Bisbeo officers, placed the prisoner | D tho bands of wheeler and came [ ] Risbas
 In hunting for Kermeeu every par