Arizona republican., 1917-09-19
II CLAIM KELLY
 UNBALANCED WHEN
 CONFESSION MADE
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 RED OAK, Iowa, Sept. 1S.-Promin ent among the defenses of the Rev. Lyn George J. Kelly, charged with murder in connection with the Villfsca aX slayings, will be the contention that he was mentally unbalanced when he made various alleged concessions of guilt with which he now is confronted, This was revealed today by w. E. Mitchell of his course:, in explaining his line of questioning after the state had rested its case, fO:;oW:ng the in troduction of signed confession said to have been made by Kelly in jail at LOgna, Iowa, August 31, 1917.
 Mitchell said the issue of the preach CTS mental responsibility would be raised as one of his defenses. R. C.. Lahman, an editor of Missouri Valley, Iowa, testifiS he believed Kelly un- balanced when he saw him in jail.
 Lahman and man named Bachelor were handcuffed ana taIen into jail in the guise of highwaymen so they could be present when notices of new evil dence by the state were read to Kelly by Sheriff M. D. Meyers.
 An agent of the attorney general also was present during the reading Lah- man said the agent made frequent in terruptions to say:
 That looks bad, Kelly" to which the prisoner would respond: It isn't so ; it's 9 lie
 When the reading was about half way through, Kelly wanted the sheriff to promise they would send him to an insane asylum and not hang him, Lah- man said
 The Logan county jail confession was identified by Paul E. Roadifer, who testified he wrote it in a typewriter from the prisoners voluntary dicta- ton. One of the counsel for Kelly said tonight that the defense would seek to eliminate all his alleged confessions from the jury's consideration.
 Five witnesses for the defense were examined after the s>a:e had closed it's case unexpectedly. Kelly said:
 T would like to go on the stand and tell the truth. I know I am innocent
 He listened to the reading of his alleged confession with no apparent change in his demeanor
 The text of the alles<c statement of Kelly offered in evidence today is of the same general nature as the abstract already published, quoting Kelly as saying that, dominated by an irresist ible force and with the text "slay ut terly" ever in his life, he killed the eight persons with an ax.
 In the statement Kelly is quoted as detailing his arrival in Villisca and in cidents up % the time he was shown to his room and the family of Rev. w J. Ewing had retired to their tents for the night
 T went to bed, but was restless the statement quotes as Kelly's words II heard a noise outside like d windmill and opened the door of the balcony but found nothing.
 q began to feel sick and wanted tC take walk so l dres<ec and went out side I walked across to the Presbyterian church. I did not intend to go further but my mind was work ing on a sermon on the text Slay ut terly
 T had been hearing and reading ser mons Un that tex. and a voice said gC on and I went on because I was in the grip of something that did not under stand.
 T felt God wanted me to slay ut terly and I did not know where I was going or where l was. "I got down neal .le end of tht street and I saw shadow on the sid' of house going from the back to the | front and God told me to follow tha shadow.
 T went hunting the shadow to thu | back of the house. l did not know wh' uvea there but l kept on hearing tha 'slay utterly l said yes. Lord | will
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