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Show ADMITS MURDER OF HIS FATHER BOONVILLE, Ind., Aug. 25. Weakened Weak-ened by continuous qnostloning for almost al-most thirty hours, William Lee late todav made a written statement, in which ho said he hnd killed hlB father, Richard Lee, in sclf-dofonso, after the father had murdered his wife and younger son, Clarence. The bodies of Lee's father, mother and brother were found In their burning burn-ing home early yesterday and Lee waa charged with their murder. After hn statement today Sheriff Scales, fearing fear-ing he would bo lynched, secretly took him to Evansvllle. Little credence Is placed In the confession con-fession Lee, who is 22 years old, re-Iterated re-Iterated his story that he knew noth-i noth-i Ing of the circumstances of the killing until late today, .when he suddonly-changed suddonly-changed his mlnd'and, calling for pa-por pa-por and pencil, he wroto as follows: "I was awakened by a noise and wont into the bedroom where my father, mother and brother slept As I opened tho door I saw that my moth- or nnd brother were murdered. My father sprang at me, axo in hand, exclaiming, ex-claiming, 'I will get you, too.' I grabbed tho axe away from him and hit him over the head with It. i could smell coal oil nnl I found oil had already al-ready been poured over tho bed. Just because matches wero handy and 1 didn't know what else to do, I.set lire to the bed clothing and then gae tho alarm of fire." Tho streets about the jail were crowded all day with townspeople and farmers. Threats of mob violence were heard on every hand. A motor car was obtained by the sheriff and Lee was hurried to Dvansvlllc under heavy guard. The motive ascribed by tho officials in charging Leo .with the murders Is that he wlBhed to obtain money with which to get married to his fiancee, Mlna Tayor. Cash to the amount of $300, said to have been In the house before the murder, has not been found. William Lee Is known to have quarreled quar-reled with his parents because they opposed op-posed his marriage. On |