The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02
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Al ObucI tlIuSk.h y
would subside for q ~
solute quiet reigned
room f
The spectators sat as t6Bnt.
spell. and the drop OF pin NJ
Lave been heard.
6owin's Mother Pathetic Figure
Most pathetic was the spectacIe ~
the devoted mother. who sat. ~ nk0i
has constantly since the trial began,
with bowed head behind the defend
ant. During that portion OF the state
ment relating to Percy's assault "a
Mother WEIGH In the latter's Kit;
chen, her whole frame trembied with
pent-up emotion, and II was with az
effort she kept from breaking down.
Except for one other. friend OF the
family. Mrs. Bowin was the only
woman present.
In striking contrast was the con-
duct of the boy, Percy. the self-con-
fessed robber and murderer. He sat
with head tilted back In n careless
attitude. listening attentively at times
as though he were enjoying the story
and In the less interesting portiou8
Iyawning occasionally as though the
reading bored him.
The confession was made on the
evening of Jan. 20 In the large room
used by the detectives OF the central
detective bureau. There were present
Capt. Mcdonnell, Detective Lieut.
Elias Baker and Assistant Prosecut0f
Crosse. The reading occupied more
than an hour The confession follows
in part. the questioning being done 5yk
Capt McDonnell:
sve Bcwins FITS Conse.ssou. IN
QNow you and I have had 4 nftts
Talk In the other room and you told me
you wanted TO tell me about II. You
! Alt is immaterial TO me- but don't
want. don't like to have him going
around: ,sossiping around. Just what
OIL would kind of like TO have Baker
! come In here. .33
A-weli, all right. tMr. Baker en-
Q-This Is Lieutenant Baker. Per-
A--All right. am pleased to meet
o--Now Percy 20 on and tell us ~.
your own way from the time you nrat'
went up to the house that night. Just
ALL right IL I can. went IN
there--now, there has been some mln>
taxes about In some place or other,
but ! am positive sure that ! was up6
time. ls
A-The time came down to. syk<s<
OIL think that probably Is right 81
cause this girl said It was some whoI
about II o'clock when she came In ao(1
and she goes TO bed and then she COR
| A-she got up and had on a wrappsI
Q-she got M, put skirt on sn4
come out after some milk. 3*f
4 A-Tha w ua ~
uring Ii was half past eleven wee n
ther we.ch's longer than Sfteen min
Went 4 over to Ranaoipn.st ana 9os1|
DOVE to Sykes by ten minutes affef
| twelve. -
I Q--Ten minutes after IL? ~
] Alt was either ten minutes After
IL or ten minutes to- went ~ fh1MS
say 10 minutes after IL and not4r-wen<
4 into the house and sat down. MofhHn
welch was writing a letter. ~.<Nx4DT
letter. fn'' Is r'sh' we hay 4ot = 81
Ar sat down and piaydd W ee<|
dog. I played with the dog "a "a ~
i WEIGH was talking at fntervk ofkSx
was talking TO her, and ILL., <&.1
the dog. And ait there In I IL MI
couch--in the leather chair. k/zkA{< + ,&
don't know how long we sat tWT9 M
but anyway this girl come &X12e44
/ went into the--mother wentk IE II
the hack TO get some milk &X&*
| she came back--before she GE4 N
went out myself. kX
Q--Yes that fs what the gi&
A-And I went ont 10 get & tr%
water and got drink OF ~ f.
come back In and sft down nI1f
a while longer. and then-~Ie < ~ "
Mother wanted n stamp forK " /
Well had three or four staH
she went and got her. she <
did have a stamp Z told her <<
4 i believe / volunteered abot {/<X I4/.
her a stamp, and told herr
all right. L give YOU nGfI
Well. that was all rightly
! wasn't necessary. I said N. - X
her a stamp She says l wv
n nickel and i says II viii q
two OF them" 40 give her Il
Then she went out 10 get
/ for II while WENT didn't W.
| first, went out then I'm iiftI
and I turned on the light Mott
the lamp and went into, went 81,
Q-The bed room? NJ
| A--No. there II a little kind o.
on the dining room where shS
and got the nickel Well. she too ~
lamp 10 go in there and went IN
the bed is room n' Them rhs . Ss' got or ny
wash stand.
A-Yes. the STINK In thSrs. coma 4
TO tile sink IN the Kitchen Now
} VIII !rst tell you why did y A.
o--Just ten how you dia Il. the ~
Il Tells How Ne Kslie1 Her,
A--Weli. ell right. when che woe
the sink there I put my arm Sro0
her neck biowed out the l11H
!. threw her--hit her and threw her ~
and when she TELL her heed hlf the
and ruesr that stunned her 4n4
says.--ehe didn't say p1<h}nH.
: think. guess. sire no@e no{se
7 "slccum. she meant ~ {he dos
: then that was ali riGh1: The der ~
: done nothing. Then IN di1ut -
more after that Z d1IIk <ony No
for ! Kucss she VA y. .:..,. ~
s 4 don't know X61< "a I'M I don't
what se ssss; ~ So -