Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-27

h L. Peterson, treasurer. Harvey WI
: liet, fourth member of executi,
committee. 1t is stated 1000 mer
= bers have joined the organizatio
!. which is now known as the "Iov
!. Protective association" l..
t On the first day of the Kelly tri
, eighteen members Of this organic
, ton, including relatives OF the mu
; der victims, offered their person
) bond in the sum Of $59,000 for relea.
of Kelly on'bail. ) t'@f
Running into the fabric of the cas-
is the Jones-Wilkerson slander su
which consumed thirty days last ia
at Red Oak. When the grand jur
last year failed to indict "Bill" Man.
field, Wilkerson went to such length
in his accusations against forme
Safe Senator F. F, Johes OF Villisc;
that Jones brought suit for 10000
damages . The senator lost the sui
Wilkerson claimed ia have evidenc
sufficient to warrant his accusation
against Jones. Many of the witnesse
in that suit appeared in the Kell,
trial In the slander suit Ed Landers
now of Shenandoah, testified that ol
the Sunday night of the crime he saw
Albert Jones, son of Senator Jones
enter the Moore home, and at TIL,
Kelly trial he gave similar testimony
Witnesses Shut Out.
The defense was unable to brins
into the Kelly trial the Jones-Manss
! field feature of the case, as planned
! further than the testimony of Et
Landcrs, partially corroborated by his
wife.
The defense had planned to cal
Alice Willard, Vina Tompkins and
others on this phase of the case. They
submitted typewriter copies to the
Judge OF testimony which sixteen wit.
nesses would offer, but the court ruled
that testimony out on objections by
prosecution, which maintained proper
foundation had not been laid. After
4. II. Thorpe of Jefferson, Ia, tcs-
tilted to having met "Bill" Mansfield
on the train on the Monday morning
after the crime, the court ordered his
testimony stricken out on motion of
the prosecution.
Havner to Face Trial.
The Montgomery county "fued'
however, Is not over. c. E. Peterson,
treasurer of the 'Iowa Protective as
sociation,D stated that he commands
100000 which will be used to 'bring
the guilty persons to Justice" Citi-
zens Of Montgomery county know
what he means. Others sre hoping
that the AK murders will be perpet-
ually disposed Of.
Another feature Of the case was the
indictment of Attorney General Hav-
ner BY the grand Jury at Red Oak.
Havner's case wilt Be called for trial
about October Is. The attorney gem
eral was indicted Upon an affidavit by
Alice Willard. who stated that she
was intimidated when serving as a
witness before the grand jury that in.
dicted Kelly last April.
In the slander suit last fall Mrs.
Willard testified that on the evening
before the night Of the murder she
overheard Senator F. F. Jones, "Bill"
Mansfield, Bert McCaull, Harry
Whipple and another man in con-
versation. She VS. to have been one
of the star, witnesses for the defense
in the Kelly trial if the Jones-Mans-
field feature had been admitted.
4 Detective Wilkerson is now under
charges OF conspiracy to enter the
Jones store at Villisca. That case is
pending at Corning, Ia.
Kelly's Life Story.
Rev. Lyn G. ]. Kelly is-38 years of
age, was born in Kent, England, and
came to this country in 1904. He start
cd his ministerial work in North Da-
kota. His history during the last five
years was completely covered during
the trial. On Saturday, June 8, 1912,
he went to Villisca to preach at Pilot
Grove and Arlington churches, near
Villisca. He was driven from Viii
lisca depot by Lou Ennarson to the
home of Henry Enna<son, where he
passed Saturday night. Ne preached
at Pilot Grove and Arlington on Sum-
day and late in the afternoon was
driven to the home OF Rev. w. ].
Ewing at Villisca.
Sunday evening he accompanied the
Ewing family to the Presbyterian
church and attended the Christian En-
deavor meeting and children's day
exercises. He returned to the Ewing
home about $50 and was directed to
an upstairs room, while the Ewing
family slept in a tent in the yard,
Early next morning he returned to
Macedonia, which had been his home.
Returned to villisca.
Two weeks later he returned to Viii
lisca and preached sermon in the
Presbyterian church. During the latter
part of 1912 and the early part of 1918
he attended the Presbyterian Theolog-
ical seminary in Omaha and to one
witness of the trial he presented
letter from DR.. Marshall Of that in
stitution. He was pastor of i church
at Carroll, Ia, during part of 1918 and
advertised for members of short
hand class in that town,
During, 1918 he went to Winner, S.
D., where he engaged in church and
stenographie work. While at Winner
he was indicted at Sioux Falls on
charge of writing obscene letters to
girls, and committed to the federal
insane hospital at Washington, d. c.
From'the federal hospital he went to
Sioux City, where he worked for
short time as stenegrapher in
grocery house and opened steno-
graphic Office. He was assisted at
Sioux City by Horace Houghton.
For a year and half (l9l5-l6) he
hlled the Congregational church pull
pit at Sutton, Neb., and had his name
on the church door. His last church
work before going to Red Oak last
May was at Alta Pass, Ill.
The trial disclosed that during his
varied existence over period of five
years he declared himself to be Christ,
the son Of God. and the grandson Of
God, and President Wilson.
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