Show CONFESSES MURDER Of MIS IS WifE IPE Mystery of Tragedy in Chicago Chicago Chi Chi Chi- cago Hotel Room Is Solved CHICAGO Oct 17 William C. C Ellis confessed at t the tho o inquest this afternoon to tho the murder of his wife hero here late te Wednesday night He said his wife was the most virtuous in the world vend ani and that be he must have t been craz crazy over o his health and business troubles trouble Tho confession sion canio cumo dramatically shortly after the opening of tim the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- I noon session Ellis who J had ld insisted to the police that tUoro cro was u n suicide e pact stood as ashe ashe as he confessed to the minder He lie seemed to have ha rc regained posses possession ion of himself and a atoned for fOI the previous ious suspicion that ho he Im had bad c cast st on Oil his wife's a acquaintance acquaint quaint aDen ance with a Canadian merchant Ills His voice strengthened e perceptibly as ashe ashe astie he tie asserted that she be had been a perfect wife and mother and that her conduct I had haa becu above criticism l Ellis llis lin-d lin four shots into her hei bod body I and gashed Cashed the throat lie He then shot In himself in c 11 and cut his own throat a and 1111 wrists Ho lie then lay lav down b by her side ude i a hugging hugging hug hug- ging in her lifeless form and kis kissing her het lips until while the warmth left her bo body ana ml her form fort came became rigid Thus Thiu for foi hours lie he made c love to the body bOlh of the woman oman h ho he had slain Before his tc testimony timon Ellis Ellif was wasen given en entile the tile usual warning that anthill anything he might say would be tie u 1 PI d a against him He O with some difficulty and hi hH weakness s s oon became so apparent that ho no was as requested to sit eit it I lOwn while being be be- I ing ini questioned I I I |