Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

until O year afterwards. Il didn't have
anything to do with that shirt" sale
Kelly.
Asked as to whether or not he was
telling the truth Kelly said, We'll. men
I'm telling you what I believe is
"You don't want to kill . man thai
Is insane" pleaded Kelly at another
juncture.
1--WE don't want to kill you, We JUS,
want the truth" replied Mr.. Hess.
"Of course, If it is a delusion CAM
help it," was another remark Of kellys
IT was so crazy I didn't know what
did. I'm telling you what must have
done in that crazy spell"
Here ! am charged with the thing
never believed I was capable Of do
ing It," Kelly said at another time
my recollection is what 7 believe must
have happened"
you are thee only man that knows
What happened there" the attorney
general told him.
Il want to be honest, ! want to be
square but am subject to dflusions.'
Kelly admitted to the attorn VS.. Judge
Sutton will go back on ne, Mitchell will
go back on me-
They're going to try and make me
insane"
Ibid, you tell them you had, done
this?'
Declares He Was Insane.
no. l asked them if they thought
had done it, and they said none but an
insane man would do thing like that
Then Kelly began to worry about all
the testimony against him. The truth
is; this in a nut shell-that | was insane
that night"--was another statement he
made. 1t seems to be that didn't
know anything about it until it was all
over. I was just held by this grip un-
til it was all over
He said he didn't remember any Of
the details about what happened in the
house. Il just remen Der doing what
the Lord told me-"
What did the Lord tell YOU to do?'
''The Lord said, Stay utterly.
Il heard all kinds Of gossip and re-
peated it like fool Kelly explained
at another time. II thought was a
great big DETECTIVES. AMI was the only
one that ought to work on the case y
"YorA. think you wore insane when
YOU did it?" Kelly was asked.
Yes" /" -
At one point in the questioning the
transcript shows1hat Attorney General
Hayner told Kelly he ought. to go over
TO Red Oak and tell the grand jury
all about it. Because a lot Of people
there think Jones did it,
Kelly told the attorneys at one time
haf ho1 i,,Sa n
an awful fix.
MiehpBe DeIusion.
1T might be deluson of mine. be-
cause they've got all this evidence
against me-" suggested Kelly. At al
other time Kelly said he had been told
that they would put him in an insane
ward.
Il have not been right all these FIVE
years" Kelly admitted.
Persstcntly asked as to why it was,
he said: Il was getting only s4O0 a
year and couldn't live on that. That
started it. | couldn't leave my books
alone. ! didn't sleep very good
= Il could not definitely swear to It
that killed these people, Kelly said
at another time. You could swear Goo
told you to STAY utterly?'" suggested
Mr.. Havner.
Il think he did" answered Kelly .
could swear to that text -bothering me.
you could swear that God told yo,
to STAY utterly when you got up II
that house that night" continued tht
attorney general, but Kelly started
talking about his lawyers going bach
on him and what would become of hi,
poor wife.
IF it was done by an insane man
was the man who did it." was ancthe,
admission Kelly made that night. i