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iv?' •> I : \ . ' ",, u . r-Vt v \ i f PAGE EIGHT THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1924 —rajaai .. MURDERER OF COUPLE CONFESSES TO KILLING Warren J. Lincoln Who Disappeared Last April Admits Takinf Life of Wife and Her Brother. Aurora, 111., Jan. 13".—Warren J. Lincoln, lawyer-horticulturist and distant relative of Abraham Lincoln, whose disappearance from his home here last April caused police to believe he had been murdered, today confess ed killing his wife after she had shot and killed her brother, Bryan Shoup, according to police. • According to Lincoln’s confession, his wife shot her brother three times during a violent quarrel and he, fear ing she would turn on him, stnick her down with a stove poker and then hacked their bodies to pieces, burn ing them in the greenhouse furnace near by. Lincoln was arrested in Chicago last night on a charge of swindling his brother-in-law, John Shoup, Lin coln, 111., of $500. His confession, according to police, came with the first few questions of LIST OF NAMES SUBSCRIBED TO DUNCAN CREEK CEMTERY ASSOCIATION FUND—1923 (Furniahed The Chronicle By Mrs. E. L. Glenn of Spartanburg). > Mr. D. D. Little, Spartanburg, S. C., $1,000.00; Mrs. Thomas McCrary, Newberry, S. C., $25.00; Mrs. Em ma Miller, Reidville, S. C., $20.00; Mrs. Alice Miller, Reidville, S. C., $5.00; Mrs. Ferguson, Reidville, S. C. , $1.00; Mr. Geo. Watts Copeland, Clinton,' S. C., $25.00; Mr. Hayhe B. Workman, Clinton, S. C., $20.00; Mr. D. W. Mason, Clinton, S ,C., $10.00; Mrs. Emma J. Little, Clinton, S. C., $15.00; Mrs. Nannie Finney, Clinton, S. C., $25.00r Mrs. Alma Dillard, Clinton, S. C., $50.00; Mrs. Nannie Young, Clinton, S .C., $10.00; Mr. C. W. Weir, Clinton, S. C., $5.00; Mr. C. R. Workman, Clinton, S. C., $20.00; Mr. Joe Leake, Clinton, S. C., $10.00; Mr. Tom Leake, Clinton, S. C. t $10.00; Mr. Johnnie W. Finney, Clinton* S. C., $25.00; Mr. Geo. A. Copeland, Clin ton, S. C., $10.00; Mr. Thos. H. Lit- Assistant tle> Clinton, S. C., $10.00; Mrs. Alice State Attorney J. Bruce Amell. The Gregory, Alabama, $5.00; Mrs. James slaying, Lincoln is said to have ad- gprunt, Dillon, S. C., $1.00; Mrs. M. mittedLjxcurred in January,1923, a Clinton .S. C., $5.00; Mrs. and three nvmthft* lat>r h<$^iwecLthei:^^^ 0 »p^| <ttt g» Qnjgfon, -SiisS^gfS.QQ: r „ circumstances which indicated his Mrg Tom Holland, Clinton, S. £7|$T.00; Mr.' Gus Mason, Clinton, S FB. IParfOTt. zie Nabors, Clinton, S. C., $15.00; Mrs. Mary Henry, Clinton, S. C,, $5.00; Mrs. Hillery Blakely, Clinton, S. C., $5.00; Mrs. Fronde Kennedy, Durham, N. C., $25.00; Miss May Ferguson, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. I. ft lond, Columbia, S. C., $10.00; Mr. Eb. W. Copeland, Laurens, S. C., $5.00; Mrs. May Kelly, Clinton, S. <1, $35.00; Mr. W. D. Byrd, Laurens, S. C., $5.00; Mr. Sam Weir, Clinton, S. C., $2.00; Mrs. Jennie Briggs, Clinton, S. C., $5.00; Dr. Edgar Tay- or, CtTnton, 15. d,“$10.00; Mr. Gus Davidson, Clinton, S. C., $3.00; Mr. Chaney Stone, Clinton, S. C., Clinton, C., $5.00; Mrs. Eva Turner, Geor gia, $5.00; Mr. J. W. Copeland, Sr., Clinton, S. C., $100.00; Mr. J. '• S. Craig, Clinton, S. C., $100.00; Mr. W. J. Bailey, Clinton, S. C., $10.00; Mrs. W. J. Bailey, Clinton, S. C., $5.00; Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Clinton, S. C., $5.00; Mrs. George Little, Lau rens, S. C., $5.00; Mr. M. M. Buford, Newberry, S. C., .50; Mrs. Lizzie Ada'ir, Texas, $1.50; J. Earle Lang ston, Laurens, S. C., $2.0«; J. L. Lang ston, Laurens, S. C., $5.00; Miss Cthel Langston, Laurens, S. C., $5.00; Dr. John P. Young, Chester, S. C., $5.00; Albert Ramage, Clinton, S. C., $5.00; Dr. Clair ,Hay3, CJihtop, S^C:, C., $3.00; Mrs. Lena Young Lindsay, Clinton, S. C., $1.00; Messrs. J. I. arid Will Copeland, Clfhton, S. C., $5.00; Mr, Mace Copeland, Laurens, S. C., $25.00; Mrs. W. P. Horton, Alber- marle, N. C., $6.00; Mrs. B. M. An derson, Spartanburg, S. C„ $25.00; Mrs. Lide Kern McElhenny, $5.00; Mrs. J. L. Langston, $2.50; Mrs. Ray Anderson, Laurens, S. C., $5.00; Mrs. Charley Nesbitt, $5.00; Capt New* ton F. Walker, Cedar Springs, S. C., $50.00; Mrs. Sam W- Young> Little j y Mountain, S. C., $25.00; Mrs. John Leake, Goldville, S. C„ $10.00; Mrs. Ross Leake, Goldville, S. C., $10.00; Mrs. W. E. Bell, Greenville, S. C* $10.00; Mrs. W. L. Mauldin, Green ville, S. C., $100.00; Mr. Sam Cope land, Marion, N. C., $10.00; Mr. Dave Tribble, Clinton, S. C., $5.00; Mrs. Sam Simpson, Clinton, S. C., $5.00; Mrs. Rosey Copeland, Clinton, S. C., $5.00; Mrs. Joe Adair, Clinton, S. C., $6.00. For Sale^—-Hand-made 4 Waxed Roses and Sweet Peas. Roses: red, white, pink and yellow, 8 for $1.00. Sweet Peas, mixed colors, 40 cents per dozen. Miss Loree Donnan, Route 1, Clinton, S. C. Jan. 17-2tp NOTICE When you have Repair Work you want it done right. I do all kinds and do every job right, guaranteeing satisfaction. Let your wants be known. ' . E. L. CHANDLER (Rear of John T. Blakely's Store) Clinton, S. C. 2-7-5tc NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having and holding claims against the estate of T. P. Jeans, deceased, are hereby notified and required present them duly proven to the undersigned on or be fore the 28rd day of January, 1924, or- be forever debarred. P. S. JEANS, Executor. • M7-8tc Do YouLove Her. See :: murder and implicated his wife and brother-in-law. Lincoln, according to the alleged confession, had trouble for months with his wife and brother-in-law. The quarrel was precipitated by an attempt of his wife, he said, to poison him with “drugged” cocoa. Bryan Shoup upbraided her for “her clumsi ness” when he poured the contents of the cup into a bottle with the inten tion of having it analyzed. Becoming angry at her brother’s words, the wife is said to have gone into her bedroom, seized a revolver and shot her brother three times. It was then, Lincoln said, that he feared she would turn on him in her frenzy and he seized a stove poker and struck her. Then he said he set about cutting the two bodies into small pieces and took them to the greenhouse furnace, where he burned them and the blood stained clothing, explaining the next day that they had quarreled and his Wife and Shoup had left. Almost from the night of the mur der, Lincoln said, he began planning his own disappearance, which would take on the aspects of a murder and implicate his wife and her brother. In April he carried out the plan and then traveled Blast, watching the pro gress of the search for his body and the supposed murderers through the newspapers. He disarranged the furniture of the house, opened the window of his bed room, smeared blood on the window sill, took his nightdress and cap, to gether with a glove of his wife, smeared blood on them and dropped them into a well in a nearby field. He left an Indian club in the green house close beside a pool of blood. His brother, Edward, living near by, told the police of the quarrel be tween his brother and his wife, when police began investigation of what they believed was the murder of War ren Lincoln. The wife and brother Were sought for questioning, descrip tions broadcast but no trace of them found. Nearly .two months later Lincoln telegraphed Aurora police from Chi- $10.00; Mrs. Lide Bailey, Clinton, S. C., $4.00; Mrs* Fannie Bailey, Clin ton, S. C., $2.00; Mrs. Beck Shands, Clinton, S. C., $1.00; Mrs. John Pitts, Clinton, S. C., $1.00; Miss Ida Mason, Whitmire, S. C., $1.00; Miss Mayme Leake, Clinton, S. C., $1.00; Mrs. Guy Copeland, Clinton, S. C., $6.00; Mr. Jim Young, Whitmire, S. C., $20.00; Mr. David Duncan, Clinton, S. C., $20.00; Mrs. Mary Setzler, Whitmire,, S. C., $20.00; Mr. Thomas Owens, Clinton, S. C., $10.00; Mrs. Julia Grif fin, Clinton, S. C., $5.00; Mr. J. A. Chandler, Clinton, S. C., $1.00; Mr. L. D._, McCrary, Clinton, S. C^ $2.50; Mr». Sallie Hamp Farr, Clinton, S. C., $10.00; Mr. Rhett Copeland, Clin ton, S. C., $5.00; Mr. John M. Cope land, Renno, S. C., $10.00; Mr* J. H. Bell, Renno, S. C., $6.00; Mrs. J. F. Bell, Renno, S. C., $10.00; Mrs. Liz- cago that he was waiting for them in a hotel there and, when returned to Aurora, told of a kidnapping by a dope ring of which his wife was supposed to a member, of being tak en East and finally of his escape and return. Police dropped the case and Lin coln returned to his greenhouse but seemed dissatisfied. He turned his business over to his brother and dis appeared again. Shortly after he be gan writing letters to relatives, ask ing for money in the name of his wife, they said Police took up their search again and last night found him in Chicago. He was returned here on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Today, in the presence of several police officers and a stenographer, As sistat State Attorney i Amell began with the usual questions as to his name, residence and age. When he asked, “Where is Bryon Shoup?” Lincoln replied quietly, “He is dead.” Then continued with his alleged confession. The charge of obtaining money under fale pre tense will be permitted to stand and Attorney Amell said he would con sult with his superiors before mak ing a definite charge in connect!oh with the case tomorrow. Spring and Summer Opening N. George Gross of SCHLOSS BROS. & CO. of Baltimore % WILL BE HERE January 21-22-23 With a Complete Line of SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING L. H. DAVIDSON ^ ■5S"! Have Your Piano Tuned :: I HAVE 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN TUNING, REPAIRING AND REBUILDING PIANOS AND GUARANTEE MY WORK A. M. Golden of the WERNER MFG. CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO Now Located In Clinton With * O’DANIEL & REID CALL PHONE 117 Reference— LAURENS MUSIC>CO., Laurens, S. C. * S. M. & E. H. WILKES, Laurens, S. C. 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