Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
more sacrifices of blood

IHOIC SdCIlHCeS OF OlCOu,
Il was working as fast as | could.
I killed the mother first. ! felt aw-
full tired, and | went down stairs and
thought | would find place where
could lie down and get little rest,
went into the room where the two
Stillinger girls were sleeping. saw
the two girls on the bed.
"Then Gods voice said. more work
still' and the voice kept saying.
'slay utterly Slay utterly and |
killed them. think put the sheet
over the bodies, but am not sure"
Kelly said he remained in the
Moore house until it began to get
daylight and went out and returned
to the Ewing home just at dawn,
packed his grip and LETT wthout
awakening the EwingS sleeping in
! the tent. He said lie went to the
depot and took the 5:l9 train for
Macedonia, where he had been called
to preach
THE text, Stay Utterly had been
in mind for a long time Kelly said
at the conclusion of his confession.
1T impeled me to kill. | had an i'm
pulse | could not resist, and | still
have it. | am impelled to obey the
divine command, Stay utterly"
The confession was obtained by
Sheriff NJ. d. Meyers and Couty At
torney Roadiffer of Harrison county,
Iowa. ,-'
The minister now declares that he
had no hand in the VilliSca crime and
knows nothing about the tragedy.
Confession Made in 1913.
L. w. Longnecker, who worked on
the Nillisca ak murder case as priv
ate detective and who knows the his
tory of the case thoroughly, yester-
day produced the following statement,
which he declared was made to him
by Rev. Lyn G. ]. Kelly, during 1918,
the year after the tragedy:
Il was in the town of Nillisca, Ia,
on the night OF June 9, 1912, went to
a church service, went home with the
minister who, with his family slept
in the yard, while ] slept in the
house and after | retired, an irresist-
able desire to murder came over me
to such an extent that | could not
sleep About 2 o'clock in the morn
ing, without knowing what was do
ing, | got up, went to the Moore
premises, got an AK from their wood
shed, entered their front door, and
murdered everyone in the house with
the ak. ! wiped my face off with some
bed linen and also the ak which |
then leaned against the wall, | then
first realized what | was doing. | then
went TO the river to wash. ] then
went back to the minister's house,
where / remained until train time
the next morning, when ! went to
Henderson, Ia"
Refused to Sign.
"Kelly dictated the statement to me
and was about to affix his signature,
when a sudden impulse caused him to
reconsider the signature" said Mr..
Longnecker.
The Omaha detective gained the
confidence of the Rev. Mr.. Kelly,
when the latter was ostensibly or
otherwise working as detective on
the Villisca case and frequently
visited Mr.. Longnecker in his office
in the Karbach block at that time.
II am convinced that Kelly is the
ak murderer" declared Longnecker.
Mr.. Longnecker made this further
statement: when Kelly was residing
at Sutton, Neb., he was attended by
a DR.. Straight, who wrote to me dur
ing February of last year, to warn
me that Kelly had threatened my life,
l have DR.. Straight's letter on the
subject
Detective Longnecker was one of
the first men to investigate the ak
murders on the day after the tragedy
Sensation in Red Oak. Il
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