The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-05

| ing to send you this note so 1 could see
some one, because they are saying such
terrible things about me"
The girl acted in an off-hand manner
and it was evident that she had not the
slightest conception that the charges to
which she pleaded guilty could stand as
darkening blotch against her in her future
existence. She is not the heartless wretch
the authorities have all along termed her.
for the reason that she cannot grasp the
enormity of her offense.
Ada wanted it we'll understood that she
told false story when she said her broth
ers told her thay had shot and killed
George Morris.
You know Reilly, don't you?" she
asked. well, he came to me and said
that he was detective for some insurance
company. He said that George Morris
had insured his life for $4,000 and that if l
could prove he did not commit suicide he
could get me the money. He said that in
such q way that anybody would have be-
lieved him, and [ thought if l could get
the money | would not have to work any
more, and l made up my mind | would
do what he asked me to. The next day
friend OF mine-Jasper Brown-came to
me and told me | had better sign the
paper Reilly had written and that | would
get lots of money. Well, when Reilly
cane around again he showed me what
had to sign, and it was written down on
the paper that both Albert and Wesley,
my brothers, had told me that they had
killed George. | knew that wasn't right
and would not sign. Then Reilly put up
his right hand and 1wore that nobody
would be arrested and that as soon as |
signed he would go to New York to his
insurance company and get me the money
from them, and that l would never see
him again and nobody would be arrested.
Brown was there and he is my friend. He
told me to sign and / did,"
That is the young girls story of the so
called confession" She then closed her
interview by signing the following declara
ton:
To the Editor Of the San Francisco Call:
have been anxious to refute the statement the
detectives made me sign that my brothers
killed George Morris l made that statement
simply because | was promised $4,000 insur-
ance money. want to have it published now
that my statement was absolutely false.
ADA MCREYNoLDs.
As for the man Jasper Brown he is from
somewhere near San Luis Obispo. He
came here and, according to the girls
statement, became quite intimate with her.
Size believed in him i'm plicity until to-day,
when he was sent to her CELL and, as she
says, pleaded with her to stand by the
false statement she had signed Tor Reilly.
All these details are absolutely unknown
10 CUG TWO DTOLneTS VINO are III AL
they are aware of so far is that they are
charged with murder, and one of them
laughs lightly and says he knows They
can't make it 60" This i. Wesley Nc
Reynolds. He is the younger of the two
and the man who is said TO have fired the
fatal shot. He is a curly headed blond,
not more than % years OF age and rather
prepossessing. The other brother, Albert,
is the elder by couple OF years, although
he looks to be fully 80. He is thin, be-
whiskered and sickly. He does not ac- |
cept his situation in as philosophical
manner as does the younger man. 1t has
made him quite i'll, and he was really.
pitiable sight lying on a rough couch IN
his cell.
"pm very sick man." he said plain
lively to THE CALL correspondent. land [
can't talk much if | would. There is lit
tie for me to say, excepting that l can
prove beyond doubt that l could not
have been on the spot when Morris was
killed. / was at home at midnight OF that
right, sleeping soundly. My mother came
into my room to get a bottle OF IMMINENT
and she saw me there
This unfortunate believes fully that mis- |
statement that he did not leave his home |
the night Morris was murdered, and that |
his mother will testify she saw him In bed |
at her house about the time of the crime,
Will exonerate him from all guilt. But it |
is the suspicion under which he rests that |
he seems to suffer from most. He claims |
to have never had an angry word With any |
of the Morris boys, although the detectives |
say he frequently threatened to kill George |
Morris. This charge is made more espe-
cialy after renconter he and George had
one night when the latter was walking in
the brush with Ada.
Wesley McReynolds is the sole occupant
OF a cell equally as gloomy as that of his
brother, but it does not seem to affect him
to any great extent.
81 know they will have to let us out
because they can't prove anything on u.s."
he said in as pleasant voice as man