| Show CONFESSED SLAYER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY hamilton the murderer of the parsons family placed in jail in Sou southern missouri springfield mo aio oct 15 jode hamilton the confessed slayer of the five members of the parsons family near houston mo alo has been taken to a jail in southern missouri the name of which Is kept secret sheriff evan woods of texas county says that hamilton Is a raving maniac and that he made two attempts to kill himself in the houston jail last night by thrusting a knitting needle into WW and neck by butting his head against the cell wall sheriff woods who arrived here early this morning with hamilton says the talk of lynching lunching lyn ching was so strong in houston that he be thought it best to take hamilton away prom from springfield hamilton was sent to a safe place near the arkansas line according to the sheriff sheriff wood says that hamilton made a full conf confession eslon to him declaring that he met parsons and family in the road on friday that th at par sons bons threatened him with a knife and hamilton killed parsons with a shotgun in self he shot parsons twice and then clubbed him with his gun according to the story he told sheriff woods wooda then he clubbed mrs parsons in the head he then took out a bone handled pocket knife be says and cut the throats of the two eldest children at this his point mrs parsons showed signs of reviving and he be clubbed her again he had a desire hamilton says to let the baby live but it began to cry at this point and he killed it with one blo the butt of ct his gun gull 1 I killed them all sald said hamilton but it was in ili self defense that Is I 1 killed parsons tz to keep from getting killed and then I 1 had to kill the family in order to prevent them acting as Nit witnesses nesses against me dead men tell no tales they say aud it is the same with women and children I 1 piled the five bodies into te he wagon and drove to I 1 I a clump of bruch where I 1 had tho the wagon I 1 unhitched the mules rode one home leading tho other that night I 1 went to church after church I 1 drove the wagon to tho the creek throwing the bodies in |
