Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02
MULTI-MURDERER
TELLS WILD TALE
Followed Biblical Command of
"Slay Utterly" in Crush
ing Eight Heads.
CONFESSES CRIME OF 1912
Suffer Little Children to
Come Unto Me" Brings
Death to Six Babes.

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa. Sept L.
'Slay utterly" was the text wnicn
Rev. j. Il. Kelly followed when no
slew with an AK Joe Moore. his wiie
and four children and the two nttis
Stllinger girls as they lay In their
beds In Vilisca on the night OF June
.. 1917. according TO a. confession said
to nave been made before n sta,o
agent early Friday morning lnfor-
nation regarding the confession was
given out today by State Agent lua-
don and j. j. Hess, an attorney.
lie had heard a sermon on the text
"slay utterly" and had been working
on II sermon from II, he is quoted as
saying. According to the alleged con-
fession the two words had been rum
ning thru his mind for days. The
night OF tho Staying a voice told him
To 20 down the street from the Rev.
w. ]. Ewing's where he was staying
to the Moore house and go In after
he had picked up the AK In the back
yard Then, according to the alleged
confession, the text came 'slay ut
terly." and following It suffer little
children to come unto me-" Kelly
said he answered Yes. Lord. they're
coming quick" and began his blood
curdiing work.
Answers Mysterious Voice.
Kelly In his confession Is quoted as
saying that he went to Villlsca on Sat
urduy evening, June 3. on sunday
he iilled two pulpits near Villisca re-
turning to Villisca late In the after
noon. He took supper at the home u.
Kew. w. j. Ewing. pastor OF the Pres
byterian church. After supper Kelly
says he accompanied the Ewing fam
lily to church.
The announcement goes on to say
that Kelly explained that he was un-
able to sleep because OF cogitations
upon the sermon and his thots were
constantly upon the text 'slay ut
terly." In his own mind he was
celebrating upon the subject which he
had heard expressed by the famous
evangelist.
Suddenly from out the night stiil-
ness Kelly said he heard a sound IiAe
that OF n windmill. lie ~ ose, walked
about the room. finally going out onto
n little balcony. Out in the open he
could hear no noise. he said. lie then
turned back into his room and wen.
back to bed.
But still sleep would not come. He
determined to take a walk. This was
about 12:45 o'clock Kelly recalled.
Still turning over in his mind the text
'slay utterly" Kelly says he walked
towards the Presbyterian church. In
the midst Of his ponderlng he says ITO
heard IA voice which badc him "go
farther lie says his path then leu
him down towards the end OF the
street on which Joe Moore's home is
located.
Stays Utterly.
Approaching the Moore house Kelly
says he saw shadow. Something
prompted him to follow 1t and he says
l. Ill.
Then came voice which rang in ius
ears:
go in, slay utterly"
lie followed theshadow around
to the front OF the house where IL
rested at the front door. He entered
the house and went upstairs. Kelly
says as he mounted the stairs the thot
came thru his mind that he was
ascending on Jacobs ladder
Arriving at the top of ale stairs
Kelly says he turned into the room
where four children were sleeping. He
paused. Then came the voice again,
which Kelly says was that OF a COG.
Say utterly" II commanded.
Suffer little children to come unto
me-"
Kelly says he answered this WIN
the muttering, Yes Lord, they're COM
ing now" or dear Lord they're COM
ing, ne was not sure winch expression
he used. Then while the blood OF his
listeners almost ran cold, Kelly told
how he grasped the handle OF the ak
and proceeded to slaughter.
From the childrens rooms Kelly
says he went into the room wnero
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore were sleeping.
Here the voice again prompted him.
More work yet! There must be sac
rifices of blood
Kelly said he told God he was work.
ing fast as he could