The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-10
Woman Makes Statement That Causes Ramseys Arrest SUNDAY NIGHTS TRAGEDY Ramsey Denies His Guilt and Tells a Different Story From the Woman's.
 An Alleged Case of lnfatua-
 tion-The Details.

 from a stick in the hands of a man. who at the same time killed J. P. Warren has made statement. and as the result John w. Ramsey Is in the city jail on charge of murder.
 The statement was made before the coroner's jury yesterday morning about | 10 o'clock in her room at St. Vines 3 hospital and will be carried before the grand jury. After making the statement. which was copied, she signed 1t and 1t ;s now in the possession of Coroner Paris.
 Ramsey an Electrician. l In her statement Mary Harrison charges John W. Ramsey, an electrician with the Peoples Home Telephone com pany. with killing J. P. Warren by a blow on the back of the head with stick about three feet long, which ap- peared to her to be the butt end of a billiard cue. Ramsey was arrested by Detectives Bodeker, Hamilton and Pat ton at the office of the telephone com pany.
 l After his arrest Ramsey refused to make a statement for the press, except to deny any knowledge of the crime. but he has confessed to Coroner Paris and | Detectives Bodeker and Hamilton that he was with Mary Harrison at her room 21261A Second avenue, Sunday afternoon. and that she told him she was going to l North Birmingham to meet J. P. War ren. The woman claims that he threat ened her at the same time if she met this other fellow. Ramsey has also con- fessed that he was infatuated with the woman and frequent caller on her.
 Mary HarrIson's Story.
 The story as told by Mary Harrison before the coroner's jury was substan- tially as follows:
 Sunday afternoon Ramsey was iii the room with me on Second avenue and l told him I had an engagement to meet J. P. Warren at North Birmingham. He told me If I met J. P. Warren I would see what happened. I left him and went | to Twenty-ffth street and Thirteenth avenue. and met Warren, after which we went into the woods together.
 we were about 100 yards from the street when Ramsey slipped up behind us and struck Warren heavy blow on the back of the head with this stick He attempted to hit second time, but threw up my arm and the stick broke my elbow. Ramsey then pulled me away from Warren and threatened to kill me- He struck at my head with the stick, but I lodged 1t and he afterwards promised to let me go if I would leave the place and never tell soul who did 1 I hat ole would say that negro attacked us. I begged to be allowed to stay with War ren until the police came, but he would not let me and I walked with him to the street car. I do not know whether he caught car or not. I telephoned for the police and told them the negro story as I promised I would"
 Coroner Paris stated yesterday that he had found two other witnesses who saw a man slightly lame in one foot hobbling around not far from where the assault occurred, and that he had a heavy stick about three feet long. Ramsey has slight defect in one foot and limps more or less He sometimes carries a walking stick, according to people who know him.
 Ramsey's Statement.
 After Ramsey was placed in jail he was questioned closely by the coroner and the detectives. He admits that he was in the room with the woman Sunday afternoon, but denies that he threatened her. He also states that he was in love with her. From this point in his statement he varies wide ly from the tale of the woman. He states hof aft hor iott to his home. 243O Avenue E, and remained there until the next morning. Coroner Paris summoned every one from the house and they testified that Ramsey was there l about 6:3O o'clock, but that they did not see him any more until Monday morn- ing. They would not say positively wheth- CT he was at home or whether he went | out They claim they do not know.
 The confession of the woman was ob- tained after much hard work. Several | times the coroner and detectives have | tried to get the truth out of her about | the assault, but she always stuck to the | negro story, claiming that she and War ren were sitting on the pavement when a | negro came up behind them and struck | Warren over the head with a stick She | further claimed that the negro dragged | her and Warren into the woods and left | them there
 The First Story.
 On Sunday night when the call came in Policemen Baker and Disheroon inves- tigated the case and they discovered at | once that the woman's story was not | true. There was no blood anywhere ex- cept in this spot in the woods. and no | signs of any one being dragged through | the woods. The mans coat and hat and | the woman's hat some ribbons and other | articles or dress were lying on the ground, | and there was blood on the inside of the 1 mans coat. showing to them that he was evidently lying on the coat when struck
 The woman claimed at the time that | Warren was her husband. but the two policemen went to his home and his pa- rents denied that their son was married | It was afterwards proved that the mar riage story was not true.