Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-17

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OTHER CONFESSIONS BOGUS.
The climax Of The whole confession"
is an assertion by Woodruff that all his
alleged Confessions" are bo.
gus, and that this is ''the first and only
statement [ have made since my arrest
the intimation being that the other
Confessions" were given circulation by
interested persons to create the impress
s ion that he (Woodruff) was liar.
DISCREPANCY FOUND.
Woodruff gave his age, when arrested,
as 26 years. The last Fenian invasion OF
Canada occurred about 1866. This would
make Woodruff about three years old
when, according to his own story, he was
member of the Canadian militia and
became intimate with the Fenisns.
STILL ANOTHER CONFESSION.
Woodruff was visited in the Jail this
afternoon, and found deeply engrossed
in i, the preparation of another "coDfes-
sion ;" which, he says, is to be much
more sensational than any of the preced-
ing ones. He reiterated the confession
published this morning, but, on close ex-
animation, altered it in many important
particulars. He said he was only .29
years old, but insisted that he took an
active part in the Fenian rebellion,
which, he says, occurred in 1873.
SERIES OF DISCREPANCIES.
His dates do not agree with history.
street on April Goth, when the fact is that
the fat was vacated by the mysterious
stranger on March 22nd. Woodruff's
statement that he met Melville on April
2nd, and that the latter was stopping at
McCcy's Hotel, is met by the hotel regis
ter, which shows that Melville left there
on March 10th.
Woodruff further said this afternoon
that he was with DR.. Cronin and P.
O'Sullivan on the night of and previous
to the murder of the Doctor. This con-
ficts with this mornings confession. in
which he says he played cards all that
evening. When asked why he told this
last story after having told so many
others, Woodruff replied: "Well, was
promised the influence of great paper
in my behalf"
NO IMPROPER INFLUENCE.
The Times people, tonight, deny that
any improper promises were made to
Woodruff. He was told, they say, that
they would do what they could for him
if he told the truth.
To the Times reporter, who asked
Woodruff to explain the discrepancy in
his statements about his age, etc, Wood
ruff explained that it was proposed
Fenian raid in 1875 that he had refer.
encs to. He then said that he will be
thirty years old next Friday.
VAIN SEARCH.
The police to-day dug an acre of
ground along the beach, near the foot of
avenue, in the search for
Cronin's medical instruments, but found
CONTRADICTORY TESTIMONY.
The Times, tomorrow, will publish a
statement from Mic. Paully, a saloon
keeper mentioned in the confession.
Paully says he has been in the pay of
Police Lieutenant Scheuttler for the past
two weeks, to aid in the search for the
murderers. He says his sister told him
that Woodruff was called out of his
saloon on a day when he (Paully) was
absent, and was paid some money by
man who, she is satisfied, is Alexander
Sullivan. This reveals another apparent
in the confession" as
Woodruff had it that after leaving
Paully's saloon with Williams, Sullivan
met them, and paid money to Williams.
wooDRUFF's sTEPFATHER.
SAN Francisco, June 16.-On receipt
OF kilograms from Chicago that Woodruff,
who has been indicted for completely in
the murder of Cronin, had made con-
tession, claiming to have been member
OF the Canadian militia, and to have
furnished Fenian spies with valuable
information during the raids in Canada,
efforts were made to find Harry Black
Woodrutf's stepfather. After a long
search, it was learned that Black is either
new en- route to Chicago, or else has
arrived there. Woodruf's escapades and
his last one, have 30 worn upon
Black and his wife, who is Woodruff's
mother, that they have purposely kept
their movements and Whereabouts a
secret to avoid publicity and annoyance.
ID AIRY Black is cashier of the large house
here OF A. Schilling & Co., wholesale
dealers in teas, coffees, etc. He stands
very high in the estimation of his EN-.
ployers and those who know him person
ally. In general, little reliance was placed
on Woodruff's word while here.
wooDRUFF's BAD RECORD,
During his stay in San Jose, in this
State, where his step. fathers former
home was, he was very depraved, con.
Sol ting with the most disreputabie wo.
men. He was commonly known there
as Frank Black, though he sometimes
called himself Frank Wade. He claimed,
at San Jose, that his true name is Frank
Bettman.
TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTS.
New YORK, June 16.-The Chicago de-
tectlves who are to identify Maroney and
the suspects in the Cronin
case, arrived this morning. A request
to see the prisoners was refused, on the
ground that it could no. be allowed with.
out an order from the District Attorney.
1t was announced later that the detec-
tlves would appear at the Tombs to-
morrow morning to identity their men.
The Female WheeIers.
DENVER, June 16.-To.day's ladies'
bycicle race between Helen Baldwin, of