Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-19
Ke1ly's Confession
az Presented in
Court at Red Oak

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Il, Lyn George j. Kelly, being first
duly sworn on oath depose and say
that make the following affidavit and
confession without any promise OF
threats having been made to me OF
any kind whatever, and that this is a
voluntary statement
THAT / went to Villisca, Iowa the
night before the murder of the Moore
family.
Lou Emerson met me at the depot
and / went to his home for supper. !
was taken out from there to Henry
Emersons by Lou Emerson, where !
stayed overnight and returned to
villisca at $40 o'clock Sunday evening,
coming directly to Rev. Ewing's home.
where I took supper and afterwards
went with him to church.
He Couldn't Sleep.
After church returned home with
ReH Ewing and his wife and stayed
up and visited with him until 1880
o'clock. when he showed me to my
room, and asked me If I would mind
sleeping alone. as they were going to
sleep in the tent. / said no. as l was
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dressed and went to bed but was rest
less, being over tired. heard noise
outside like a windmill and opened the
door Of the balcony. stood outside on
the balcony to see what the noise was.
but found nothing.
Then q came back and shut the
door and tried to sleep but could not.
NY head was hot. began to feel sick
and wanted to take walk 80 ] dress
ed and went outside. I went down
stairs to the front door and left the
house by the front door. walked
across to the Presbyterian church.
Stay "utterIy."
Il did not intend to 90 any further
but my mind was working on a SER
mon on a text called, Stay Utterly
AS / had been hearing and reading
sermons on that text, and a voice said
go on. and / went on because ] was
in the grip OF something that ] did
not understand. felt God wanted me
to slay utterly and did not know
where / was going or where was. !
got down near the end of the street
and saw a shadow on the side OF the
house, going from the back to the
front, and God told me to follow that
shadow. walked on a little bit fur
ther, Will thinking about my sermon,
and waited to know where that sha-
dow began. I went hunting the sha-
dow, the back Of the house. did not
know who lived there, but 4 kept on
hearing that voice: STAY utterly !
said, Yes, Lord, will
Picked Up Ak.
while walking around in the dark
ness, around the house, trying to ma
that shadow, accidentally saw an az.
/ picked It up and went to where the
shadow went, for God wanted me to
follow that shadow. l went round
toward the front door. A voice says,
GO in, do as tell you; .slay utterly.
I Saw no light but had to do as God
told me and dare not turn back be-
cause somebody was urging me on. l
did not know whom. did not know
where I was I went right ahead be-
cause heard that voice, and as soon
as got in the house, someone whts-
pered, Come up higher out OF the
Bible, and ] went up flight OF stairs
because thought was going up JAG
obs ladder.
IT walked thru the middle room into
the further room. Z don't know what
I. went there for only l was driven by
an impulse and voice saw some
children lying there. The Bible says,
Suffer little children to come unto
me-
Killed the Children.
And said They are coming, Lord.
Before knew what I was doing
started sending those children some
where, i did not know and had to do
as God told me and slay utterly and
SO to obey God. used the ak, and did
not realize where was hitting them,
only was trying to do what God
wanted me to do.
after killing the children, went
into the room where the parents were.
and I don't remember which one OF
them l struck first. az my head was
all wrong. and kept on hearing voices.
j Stayed utterly by using the AZ. led
by this impulse that I did not seem
able to control. then went DOWN,
stairs, and wanted to lie down and
rest and saw room and went In, not
knowing who was there, but found
two children in bed and God said
More work yet
Blood Sacrifices.
Before knew what / was doing I
had continued my sacrifices by killing
these two children with this Ak, ~ I
had to offer blood sacrifices ss5s
ITO the best Of my memory I left
the ak in the house and returned to
the Ewing home and went back to bed
and / got up in the morning and
caught the 5:19 train for Macedonia,
arriving home about 1890. tSigned.)
Ipn George IL Kelly. &nhecrihed and
sworn 10 before me this 31st day Of
August, 1917, about I: 90 tStGned)
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