The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-21
NINE. DE MASSEY UNCONCERNED.
QUIET UNDER WORDS OF son OF
DEAD MANUFACTURER SIMON.
Cool All Through A~rraignment. Trip to
Headquarters and hill Camera BAT
teries Flash In COrOner's ROOF Last
Words to Son Told 20 Coroner Acritelh.

teries Flash I'm COrOner's Room Last
Words to Son Told 10 Coroner AcriteIn.
The French woman, who says she is the
Baroness Anastasie Louise de Massey
whom the police charge with the murder OF
Gustave Simon, a shirtwaist manufacturer,
in his office at o0I Broadway Monday after
noon, was yesterday committed to the
Tombs without bail pending an inquest
by Coroner AcriteIli. She was put in Nan
Patterson's cell. The police and others
marvel at her nerve and GOODNESS.
After a night in the Mulberry street sta
ton, following the shooting, she was taken
to Police Headquarters. where she was
paraded for the benefit Of the detective
sergeants and then taken upstairs to be
photographed for the gallery and to have
her Bertillon measurements recorded.
In Coroner Acriteli's Office, the Tombs
police court arraignment lasting only a
minute, a lot of photographers. almost
pushing their cameras. large and small.
right into her face, look innumerable pict-
ures. She smiled and chatted with her
lawyer.
AS she talked one Of the photographers
touched of a fashlight which exploded
WIFI a NOuu TcpOILs DhIOhOo
back with a little scream, but in a moment
had regained her complete composure.
Moses Simon; a son of the dead man, who
was there, cried out. as she cried out, -Ah,
that is like thes shot with which you killed
my father. You start now
Coroner Acriteli urged the young man
TO restrain himself, which he did after some
difficulty. He evidently was violently agi-
tated at the woman's presence. She appar-
emily did not notice him.
THE Baroness will make no statement, !"
said Mr.. LIE Barber, her lawyer, to Coroner
Acritelli. The Coroner then signed the
commitment papers.
Moses Simon told the Coroner Of an in
terview with his father just before the lat
ter died. 1t was virtually IN ~ante-mortem
statement. as the Coroner did not get to the
hospital until the patient was too far gone
to talk to him.
Moe" the father said to him, Il guess
I'm lone for" Then the dying man with
great difficulty said that Nine. de Massey,
whom he always referred to as the de-
signer," came into his Office at o half
past 2 O'Clock and demanded $50 which was
due her. The bookkeeper had gone to the
bank to get funds to pay the employees.
and Mr.. Simon told her this, asking her to
come DdCk ldJcT dLlu Hc WOuNu pay hCIs
"She insisted on having her money then
and there. He finally prevailed on her
ito leave without creating a scene. Sup
posing she had rome he called in A. Fl.
Travis, one of his statesmen. and was busy
talking with him over some plans when
somebody began to bang at the door.
Il called to her evidently knowing it was
the Baroness) to get out Of there, and
threatened to call a policeman, hut sb~
wc ~ nos 20. Tcen 4 opened the door
and she shot me-" said Mr.. Simon, accord
ing to his son.
Mr.. Travis made an affidavit %corrcborat-
ing this. He said in addition that the
banging at the door lasted full eight
minutes, " and that Mr.. Simon finally went
to it and was shot. He ran out in the a
to the landing, crying out Murder! Muir
der!" and then fell, after asking Travis to
get a policeman.
Il could not swear that the designer shot
him, said Mr.. Travis in his affidavit, but
she was right there, Inc when the police
man took her to where Mr.. Simon lay, he
said, Yes, she shot me! She is the
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Assistant District AuOTnCvs Cardozo and
Manley were anxious to go on with the in
quest this morning, but Coroner ACriteli
said he could not see the need for that. IL
looked to him like undue haste. Then they
prepared to take the case right before the
Grand Jury this morning and get an ndict-
ment, doing away with the need OF an in
quest.
District Attorney Jerome vetoed this
plan, saying he did not think IL courteous
to Coroner Acritelli, and tina the woman
prepare her defence, and ordered that the
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