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Show A CONFESSION. li lis James Williams Speaks About Ml His Crimes IjsY - IS I IN' A METHODIST CHURCH. H I I rffif' I He Determines to Follow the Ad.ica ; I of the Preacher, I niio iiamii inn to tiii: I'nLtcn. , , I the Ntotr of the I'.nllent mill Ills I Abrupt Teriillunllen , I ii CniCAUO, Dec. 2). James Wllllama u la n colored man, who sought sanation lT I on this nunletsarfcdy of thu birth nt y I thu Havior and lu so doliu confeased to "ft I two murders. Hucamo toChlcairo six ? weeks ago nud one night drlftaj Into ' ' I thu Fruo MethoJIat mlasloti oil Dtko i , I street. After attending aovural meet- A k M lugs, howantto thojiastur, Itar. D. M, ( I Allen, and declared that hu had been ' ', I touched by tho Bplrlt nnd wanted to ' I enter by thu golden gate. Hu was J I toady to pray both louu nnd long, but . ronlessloii was the point on which hi '. H delated himself unproparuJ. The ii piltor, hnwuecr, krjitat Williams, and touljht Williams' plely iivercamu ml otherconlderatlons,audlieiiutanioineU H hhmclt luthu iressneuof a full con- gregatlon. Just as ho was nbout to bcxlii ltev. Allen Uld liliu ta stop until hu was moru compiaud, nud thu pastor 'J quietly sllpied uut nt thu backdoor ( unJ woul for a tullceman, Ou his re. 1 turn wllh nu olllcer Williams waa Just f uliout I rflmiluf his recital oncu moru, ! 'llieolllcirqiiietly slipped lulu n near- IH I y 1 uw nud waited until Williams had 9 flulsheJ, At thu concliiilori of the l story thuntllcer arrested Williams nnd )' hustled him oil lu lhu lollcu station, ' H Tho follnHiiig Is Williams1 story: "I was burn In Paris twenty-flva IJH yeiraugo. At lhu ago uf 11 1 waa lent I fM aa a servant to n man named Charles ll.M DaVnuer, who, with his wife, lived 'iH Inuiieltgnnt huu.iu on thu lloulovard, JH Ono morning lour years ago ha was inH loiind dead on lhu doorstep wllh his ( throat cut. Hu had been murdered, . fl tbu pollcu weru unabla to tllsoover thu ! ifs itiurdercr, I did not kill thu man, uut JjB It waa through mo thu deed was clone., " jtH und I sin thu null luurdenr, whlluou '"M Inuoeuut luau Is now In prison. While ir,H I was lu tin employ of Ij Vauera aS man named John Dafayettu fell In 'JH lovu with hla wlfuandahu reciprocated, ' H Thu two desired la marry but tbu hus- I H baud aloud In tho way. I formed a plan lo rid I hem uf film. Ho waa de- i bH Ulned from homo lalu one night whou nu niuoasln met hi in ou the doorstep B nnd cut hla throat causing luatnut fJH death, I left Paris and wont lo fjV Louisiana. Borne tlmu after I.afayelto followed, accompanied by the woman. jJJ 1 then committed another crime auj put suspicion on Lafayette. !! waa LH tried aud Is now In prison at lialuu H Itouga. I did this becausu I waa In i H lovu with thu woman myself, 1 went B to Texas with this woman, left her and Bafl came heru." j JJJH Williams tuddeulyl realised lie was , fl talking to thu pollcu aud shut up lm- H luudlately, aud nothing more could be B goloulof him as ta what crime bo had fsa eoniuilttedln Iioulslana. H |
