The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-10
THE MASON TRIAL.
Prisoner still Denies All knowledge
of the Boy, Perry.

Boston, Nov. 9.-After having given
out last night the confession made by
the young negro George L. o. Perry.
with reference to selling the watches
taken from the murdered women, Miss
Clara A. Morton, and Miss Agnes
McPhee, the police admitted to-day
that Perry declares that Alan G. Ma
son is the man from whom he receiv-
ed these articles. This admission to
the police was made just before Perry
was taken to the Jail in East Cam
bridge, where Mason. the prominent
Boston man under arrest on the charge
of killing Miss Morton. is confined
pending hearing in the Cambridge
court tomorrow. In one of the jail
corridors, Perry positively identified
Mason as the man who had given him
the two watches Mason by neither look
nor word betrayed any knowledge of
having seen Perry before. When ques-
toned by Sheriff Fairbarn, Mason
merely said:
Il do not know this man: I never
saw him before"
During the day Chief Ryan and Of
flcer Argy of Belmont talked with
Perry, and later State Officers New.
Durham, Dexter and others took Per-
ry to the Jail. The callers were shown
into the room where Mason and six
others were in line. Perry walked
straight up to Mason, who was second
in position. and pointing his finger at
him, said, This is the man who gave
me the watches to pawn"
He was about to leave the room
when Sheriff Fairbairn asked him if
he would not like to talk with Mason
in order that he might make himself
sure that Mason was the man.
Perry replied that there was no need
of that, as he knew who the man was
and had known him for a, long time.
On being returned to his cell in the
police station Perry was confronted
by three newsboys and they identified
him as another newsboy Clement G..
Morgan, Cambridge lawyer. called
at police headquarters and said he had
been retained by the boys mother as
counsel.
Another visitor at the police station
later in the day was Mr.. Ware. Ma
sons attorney. He was accompanied
by middle-aged woman. This woman
did not see Perry, but it was under
stood that she had been produced by
the defense in the hope of showing
that Perry himself or some other ne
gro was the real Jack the Slugger.'
she. is one OF the women VINO were
! followed by negro in Cambridge
| several weeks ago. Mr.. Ware places
no faith in the accusation of Perry
that it was Mason that gave the boy
the watches.
He believes that Perry had to ac-
count for his possession of the watches
and the most reasonable way was t
say they were given him by a mar
already under arrest and by a mar
whom he had seen on the streets o.
| Cambridge and could easily identify
| The fact that the negro accused Ma
| son of giving him the watches die
not give the police any false confidence
| that the mystery of the series of bruta
| crimes had been solved.
BY arrangements made tonight b.
| the state police Perry will be arraign
ed tomorrow at Cambridge on tn
charge of being accessory after tn
| fact. The police say that Perry ha'
| been confined at the Lyman School 70
Boys having been convicted for as
5ault and robbery upan a young wo
man in this city. Also it has come t
light that on Sunday, July q, Perry
who was then employed as the drive
of a mail wagon from Cambridge L
Boston. was missing from his work.
was on this date that an assault upol
Miss Ellen Murphy occurred.