The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-27
"Glacia Gala Roy, Central
Figure in Mystery
SURROUNDING CARKINS
Wife Of the Man Who Fled to Paris
Was Before the County Solicitor
at Portsmouth, N. H., To-day
for Long Time.

A1A AVohioutHy ~ Ily EtDs lf.~r~aii y
"Glaeia Gala" Roy, the central figure
In the Roy Carkins mystery, arrived
here from New York at 1927 this morn
ing. She was taken in hack to tho
office Of the county solicitor, where she
spent the rest of the morning.
She said that she would Immediately
begin an action for divorce. She denied
the story in the morning papers that
Carkins was her husband or had ever
posed as such
Her affidavit added to the warrant
for Rays arrest completed that doeu-
ment, and steps will be taken to-day to
have it forwarded to France.
New York, Feb 27.-"The whole
story" as she called it, was told last
night by Glacia Gala, the opera singer,
who, in the tragic role Of deserted
bride, denouncing her husband as the
murderer of her brother. has excited
interest on two continents.
Her successes in Paris. her marriage
to Paul Roy in Boston, the quarrel at
the New Hampshire summer home, fol-
lowed by duel; her flight through the
darkness Of night to her mothers home !:
and the ten agonizing hours SHE watched
by the corpse while the suicide explana-
tion was agreed upon. were portrayed
by the woman with all the dramatic art
Of which she Is possessed. She agreed
to shield her husband, she explained, be-
cause-"oh. when you love a man soe--
now that her husband has left her and
denied the legality of their marriage.
even asserting that she is several years
past her admitted age, the actress said
that she had time to realize 'the horror
Of IT alF' and would ''neyer let up until
| drive him to the electric chair
Miss Gala, as she prefers to be called
closed the interview with the statement
that she had already told her story to
the authorities Of New Hampshire and
to her attorney here, by both OF whom
she had been forbidden to talk about the
matter
Miss Gala, who in private life is Mrs
Paul Il. Roy. came here several DAYS ago
and has since made her home with her
cousin, George B. Hodgdon. dealer in
automobile supplies 4 few days before
her husband sailed for France she called
at his apartment but he was not in.
She did not see him at any time here
and had not lived with him she said,
since the death Of her brother. George
A. Carkins, on Jan q She engaged coun-
sci in this city and secured a warrant
for the arrest Of her husband the war
rant later being sent to Rome. The
statement by her husband cabled from
Paris yesterday, in which Roy asserts
that his brother-in law was killed in
self-defense, led Miss Gala to give her
version OF the tragedy
"I'll tell you the whole story said
the actress. 4 met my husband III
Paris. where his father is large dealer
in horses. We were married in the city
hall in Boston, last October. We went
to Newington, n H., where my mother
has a house a quarter Of mile from
her own
''0n the night of January ?, my broth
er, Mr. Roy and myself intended to 90
to a concert. My husband wanted me
to wear an automobile veil, as we were
going to the concert in our auto. /
said Id wear hat.
What, a large picture hat SO that |
you'll make a eonquestR said Mr.. Roy.
We had some words, glanced at |
MY brother and he glanced back at me |
He slightly nodded his head | knew
he wanted me to leave the room. and
SO ] stepped into the buffers pantry
Immediately | heard several shots;l
how many | do not know. cried to
the two men. There was no answer. 1
When opened the the door af tie kitch-
en- where they had been. my brother /
staggered out toward me, extending his
right hand and saying, Peachy, I'm
shot
@peachy IS my pet name cried for
help cried for Paul. but he did not
answer | cried again for Paul
Paul said, Paul, Paul, you've
killed Sonny
II received no answer and ran from
the home to my mothers house. | saw
light in her window Just as I was
about to climb the porch steps | was
seized from behind. Turning. / saw it
was my husband. / was breathless after
2 long run over shrubs and across a
bridge and up the steep hill on which
my mothers house is situated, and could
not tell him to leave me, az wished
to do He said Don't say anything Il
did it in self-defense For Gods sake.
don't say anything called him
coward and said he had murdered Sonny.
/ then ran upstairs to my mothers room
] cried MY God, mother, Sonny is shot
NV mother rushed down to her hus
bands room and awakened him. John
Kelley--he's my stepfather-was awak
enea and he ran to neighbor's house
and called Dir. ". A. Junkins. My
mother took a lantern and both of us
ran back to the house Behind us was
Paul. He several times ran up to me
and told me not to say anything lie
kept on repeating. j did it in self-de-
fense when we reached the house.
sonny was lying IN the pantry where he
had lalIen. face downward Ny mother
tried to turn the body over, crying and
asking Sonny 10 talk to her There was
a bullet hole just above the bridge Of
his nose. and another higher up IN the
forehead Dr. JunlSins then arrived and
pronounced my brother dead
eFor ten hours We were with the
dad body q my only brother before
he coroner arrived. slt husbands very
presence gave ne the horrors When Tie
coroner said il was s suicide. made
no objection
when Mr. Kelley vas taking The
clothes of M dead brother to the barn.