Show WARD MOWER CONFESSES TO MURDERING McCOIG Kansas City Jan 3 After malting a false confession causing ono one Innocent man to be arrested on the charge ot of murdes and n a man and wom woman woman an tu to be held for investigation Ward Mower or of City Neb confessed to the pollee ot of Kansas City Kan tonight that he alone murdered Neil McCoig McCaig al also o of F Falls City on en Dec 27 bod body covered with cuts cutH cutHand and brul bruises s and bearing one bullet was found In the outskirts o of Kansas City Ran Kan McCoig was formerly for merl merly a restaurant keeper or of Falls City and Mower wh who was cook had worked for or him Mower confessed tonight that h he had beaten betten McCoig with a piece ot of railroad Iron and an Iron hook until ho was In Death being too slow Mower said ho he shot the inns Fear that he would be pr proven en the tho purloiner of notes noles he had stolen from irom McCoig was his reason for tor killing the theman man Mower oer sa says s McColg McCoig accused Mower owel or of taking the papers All those who were taken Into cus today as a result of oc Mowers original on were released tonight |