The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-27

Mrs. Kelly found out the secret on
the day Carkins was buried. She said
the mother had gathered up the
clothing which Carkins wore when he
the back of the coat when she
found those bullet holes and the
blood stains,'' said Mrs. Roy. "She
rushed into the room where Paul was
sitting and thrust the blood stained
clothing in his face saying: 3Oh, you
coward, you shot my boy In the back
and you have lied also
my husband jumped up and
caught her by the hand. I shot
sonny, but it was in self defense he
said. he had his pistol and was shoot
ing at me. 1 had to shoot to save my
own Hfe.'' -
Roy Is Still Free.
Paris, Feb. 27.-No steps have yet
been taken to arrest Paul Roy, who
is charged by his American wife,
known as Glacia Gala, with the muir
der of her brother George A. Car
kins at Newington, N. H., in Janu-
airy. The report current yesterday
that a warrant had been received in
Paris for the arrest of Roy was in
correct. Neither through the state
department a Washington, nor the
New York police have the French
authorities been notified of the
commission of this alleged crime. NJ
Hamard, chief of the surety depart
ment, says that when the paper ar
rives here a French magistrate will
make an investigation, the result of
which will determine the subsequent
proceedings under the French law.
1t is now evident that Roy fully ex-
pected he would have to answer
charge in connection with the death of
Carkins as it was learned today that
M Gcoran, a detective was engaged by
V1Axr to hos
working on the case for several weeks
Gooran declared today that Glacia
Gala. on the 4th of January, two days
after the killing, gave in America d
version of the occurrence identical with
that now set forth by Roy. "She has
since changed her tactics" Gooran
said, "and her sole object seems to be
to inplcate Paul Roy as much as pos
sible.''
Roy refused to make any further
statement in the matter, but Gooran
speaking on behalf of his client said
there was no doubt that Carkins was
Glacia Calais brother and not her hus-
band. He says the mistake of Colonel
Henry Mapleson, who says the woman
admitted to him that the name of her
first husband was Carkins, could have
arisen out of Glacia Calais habit of
using false names when she travelled
AS an instance Of this he says she
still called herself Southern after her
divorce from Southern or Murray. Fur
thermore, ,Gooran declared that Carkins
body had been identified as that after
the tragedy by his divorced wife, a
woman known as Miss Bella
The couple had been divorced but
they intended to remarry. Miss Bella
lived at Everett, near Boston. Accord
ing to Goron, Glacia Gala told Roy
that she did not know whether her
first husband, Southern; to whom she
was married in Boston at the age of
IA, was living or dead. Southern kept
cigar store on Washington street.
Boston Goron admits that Roy was
the man with Glacia Gala when she
negotiated the purchase of the villa at
Etretat. although she had leased the
property in the name of her maid.
Sergius.
Roy told me-" Goron went on,
that the bullet struck Carkins in the
head. The second and third in the
side and that the two last missed him
and lodged in the wall When the
coroner made an examination Glacia
! Gala and her mother, Mrs. Kelly,
testified that the two bullets in the
| wall had been fired by Carkins at a
| dog before his suicide
| Goron asserts that Glacia admit ID
distinctly to his agent in America that
! the two men fired simultaneously and
| that she declared that after the
tragedy she saw Roy place some cart
| ridges in the pockets of the dead man.
A brother of Paul Roy said today
that Glacia Gala did not occupy the
position in society reported in the
newspapers.
This will be proved at the proper
time" the brother continued. 1--WE
have a complete record of Glacia
| Calais career and this will be dis
closed when the investigation Is held" !"
Back to Her Old Home.
Portsmouth, N. H. Feb. 27.-Mrs.
Paul E. Roy, or Glacia Gala as she is
| better known, arrived here today from
! New York. She was accompanied by a
| dozen or fifteen reporters and newspa
| per photographers and as many more
| met her when the train arrived here.
| On the trip from Boston Mrs. Roy
| talked freely to her interviewers and
posed many times for the camera men.
In her talk regarding the alleged MUIR
| der of her brother, George A. Carkins
at Newington in January, by her hus-
| band, Mrs. Roy does not add anything
of Importance to the story told by her
| previously Upon her arrival in Ports
| mouth she went at once to the office OF
| County Solicitor Bachelor where ii
was understood she would make affi-
davit to her story of the death of Car
| kinS and the circumstances both lead
| ing up to and following the tragedy
| Mrs. Roy announced her intention OF
| remaining in Portsmouth as long as
| the authorities desired her presence ano
| she also said she would do everything
/ in her power to aid the authorities liz
the prosecution of her husband.