| Show HIDES 65 YEARS ADMITS KILLING police can find no record of alleged crime parts paris ky for 05 65 years a man who signs his name john Wi winchell of raw lins wyo has walked with a specter at his side now he wants to return to his old home here chief of pollee police fred link of paris made public a letter from winchell the letter reads dear sir I 1 am asking you a great favor and will deeply appreciate a speedy reply tor for which I 1 stamps many years ago in the lear 1860 1 I was living in what was called beech ridge near paris in bourbon county in the same neighborhood was a young man by the name of albert morley ile he and myself were friends but one night we drank too much and became intoxicated we became involved in a quarrel over a young woman with whom we were both keeping company I 1 struck him a blow in the head knocking him unconscious I 1 left paris that night and learned afterward that he be had died 1 I am now eighty three years old and a longing has come over me to die in my native state of kentucky what I 1 A ant to know Is whether there are any relatives of morley living now and whether I 1 would be arrested it if I 1 return to kentucky 1 I have spent many sleepless nights grieving over my act and although at that time and at the present time I 1 think I 1 was acting in my own defense still the thoughts of it still haunt me chief link has made an exhaustive investigation and can find no one who has any remembrance of the affair he advised the old man to return to his native home and that he probably would not be molested |
