The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-09
WAS NOT JEALOUS
Garrabrandt Denies the
Irene Classy Love
Story.
SIMPSON NOW HIS COUNSEL
Boy Murderer Shudders When
Told That Clifford Had
Been Hanged.

Jonn Garrabrandt, the nineteen year
old, self confessed murderer of Henry
Mas, fifteen years old, has spent two
nights in the county Jail and is an ideal
prisoner Warden Sullivan says thar the
boy has been exceptionally good in mis-
behavior and not at all worried.
There is a great deal said about jealousy
of his victim being one of the most i'm
portant features of his reasons for rob
bing a companion of life. This is denied
in a most positive manner. An effort was
made TO talk TO Garrabrandt in the county
Jail this morning, but permission 10 do
so was refused by Warden Sullivan and
Counselor Simpson. who has been retained
10 defend the prisoner.
Mr.. Simpson arrived at the jail this
morning while a News" reporter was
endeavoring 10 obtain an interview with
the murderer and he refused to consent
He did, however, agree to put any rea-
sonable questions to Garrabrandt He
was asked TO question Garrabrandt about
the, jealousy between him and Mas or
Hayes, the victim, over girl employed
by Sharp & Allen, named Irene Classy.
Mr.. Simpson returned and told the re-
porter that Garrabrandt said
There is no truth whatever in the
story
Miss Classy, in an interview printed
in a morning paper, is quoted as SAYING
1T is quite absurd to say that John Gar
rabrandt killed Hennie' Hayes on account
of jealousy. Hennie was quite a little fell
low. and. there couldn't have been any
reason for John or any one else to kill
him for jealousy. He killed him for mon
ey, as he says himself.
John ran errands at Sharp and AL
lens. He came there first last summer,
and being talkative and sociable, he made
friencs among the many girls there. He
smoked cigarettes all the time. 1 never
saw any one smoke half so many. He
seemed remarkably nervous. He had
strange way, and all of US thought him
very queer.
q noticed after awhile that the boy had
taken a fancy to me. and soon got let
ter from him saying he loved he.
laughed at this as joke. He wrote an
other letter the next day, with even more
love in it. I love you to distraction, he
said; I never, saw any girl loved like
YOU
81 never thought of seriously encour-
aging such boy. but IL jollied him
along-all the girls did. Just to keep
up the joke. wrote and told him his
love was returned-that 1 adored him.
and all the girls noticed how fond he
was of me- He would send his letters
to me by 'Hennie' and 'Hennie' would
laugh a him.
IT think 1 only wrote him three let
ters. Then I saw he was taking me
entirely too seriously. I thought it time
to stop. The girls said I'd jollied him
7 n ha n
take my letters in earnest-that 1 never
dreamed of marrying him.
He seemed thunderstruck, and for
long time kept out of my way. Finally
he began to write again, sending some
by Hennie,' others by mail. He pulled
out pistol in the factory one day and
frightened the girls terribly. He twirled
it around and the foreman took it away
from him and discharged him. I heard
he told Hennie' that he intended to kill
me.
4All of us knew there was something
wrong with his mind. He might have
got a foolish notion that 'Hennie' liked
me, because 'Hennie' always laughed at
him. The girls, like myself, all thought
his love-making great fun"
A careful study of Garrabrandt, who
was poorly eQucdlOO ciio POoSNoSSA AAe~A~
natural ability, has led many to consider
him incapable of the words:-
81 love you to distraction. I never saw
any girl 1 loved like you"
While Garrabrandt might have felt the
sincerest love for Miss Classy he could
not express himself in that manner.
Counselor Simpson, when asked his
opinion of his client, said that he did not
H. a fp6 fhp
seriousness of his crime.
"He is probably following the example
of heroes in trashy dime novels" said
Mr.. Simpson. "He confessed to the most
terrible of crimes and made much OF de-
tails that placed him in light such as
wrong minded youth considered Woulo
draw the eyes of the world upon MN. ne
thought himself a hero.N Why IS II NOT
possible that Garrabrandt Killed Maas Ia
self-defence and is guilty OF nothing niore
than manslaughter in reality. peneVe
that the Importance given the aiiegeo con.
fessioAs is premature and unwarranteo'
Garrabrandt was not told OF the halls-
ing of Clifford until after it was over. ms
information came from fellow prlsoiei
He was decidedly nervous wnen ne iesih,
ed OF clifford's death on the gallows ana
said
."rhat,s terrible. / wonder if l VIII go
the same way
This morning a young man who is sus-
pected of being representative OF Or
the New York yellow journals, called al
the jail with note for the prisoner Tne
note read
Dear Johnnie-Do not say anything
about your case to anybody except
this man. You can talk to him. he IS
all right. ,r,,,
The note was shown to Young Garrabrant
who at once declared that it was not his
fathers writing. The young man, who
mad represented himself as a lawyer was
not allowed to see the prisoner.
rnuMn a GOLD WATCH.