The Detroit times., 1908-01-28
BOYNE CONFEssEs
TO SEEING MRS.
WEIGH KILLED
DENIES ACTUAL CRIME. BUT Po-
LICE SAY THEY'VE ~cINcH-
CASE AGAINST HlM--MAY HAVE
HAD AN AccoMPLicE.

The police have obtained partial
confession from Percy Boyne. alias
Bowin, the Woodville. Ont. young
man who has been detained In police
headquarters for the past week and q
half OH suspicion of being the murder
er OF Mrs. Cornelia WEIGH. A warrant
formally charging Boyne with MUIR
der will be asked for Wednesday.
Boyne has made damaging admis-
sions. so damaging. in fact, that Capt
Mcdonnell says he might as well have
told the whole story"
'''The actual killing ne denies. but
he admits that he saw Ii done" says
the captain. "He ADMITS that he
placed the pillow under Mrs. Welch's
head as she lay dying on the floor.
He admits that he sold Mrs. Welch's
diamond earrings. which were stolen
from her ears at the time OF the muir
der. We know where the stones are
now and expect TO have them In our
possession tomorrow"
The fact that Boyne tells of having
seen the murder committed. as the p0-
lice say. suggests, a possibility that
there may have been two men In the
job. II is known that the police have
been working on this theory, and
Capt Mcdonnell does not deny Ii,
However, this does not tend to make
Boyne the less guilty, and the cap
tain, in mis- statement Tuesday noon.
intimated plainly that the police will
seek to prove that Boyne himself did
the killing.
SCOT Him Right" Says Mcdonnell.
He's beating around the BUSH" con-
tinued the captain. las to the actual
murder. But that matters little. He
might as well have told us all, as 10
have told us what he has already. It's
all up with him In any event. We've
got him right. It's a 'cinch' case
and wouldn't say that unless knew
what / was talking about. He cant
get away in thousand years"
And the venerable captains face
fairly beamed with smiles OF satisfac~
ton.
| Boyne was positively identified
Tuesday morning, by jeweler en-,
ployed in the manufacturing depart
ment OF local jewelry house as
man who asked his opinion as TO the
value OF diamond earring ON Satur-
day morning. the day after the sup
posed murder OF Mrs. WEIGH. The jew
eler stopped In saloon that Boyne
frcquented on his way to work. and
while he was standing at the bar,
Boyne. he says. produced the stone antT
asked him TO look IL over. The police
will not divulge the name OF this wit.
ness for the present The stone ex-
4 hx, to re t.lr
from Mrs. WeIch's ears, the police
say In fact, Boyne does not attempt
TO deny that the stones he sold were
Mrs. Welch's. according to the police.
though he does not admit having re-
moved them from her ears. He got
them from another. he says. This Is
another statement that would seem TO
point to the existence or an accom-
plice.
other Evidence Of Guilt.
II Is also known that Beyne, who
had been up against II financially pre-
vious TO the Friday night he went to
Mrs. welch's place. showed up the fol-
lowing day with plenty OF ready cash
and had liberal supply OF change left
after buying ticket to Woodville. He
told the police several stories as to
| how he came into possession of this
money. but Capt. Mcdonnell declares
that all OF them proved false.
The capture Of Boyne reflects con-
siderable credit on Detective John
Downey, both In the manner he was
tracked down and In the way he was
brought to Detroit. Downey pulled
Boyne out of bed In the latter's home
In Woodville and played his cards so
cleverly that Boyne did not suspect
that he was under arrest until he was
locked up in the central station. IL
was then too late to fight extration.
Mrs. Welch's dead body was found.
with feet and hands tied. In her apart,
ments at No. rs Congress-st. east, on
the afternoon of Jan, z. The murder
had been committed. apparently. some
three days before. The arrest OF Boyne
and the finding OF the diamonds prac-
tically confirms the first theory OF the
police that the motive OF the crime
was robbery. Dan Scott. the aged
woman's lover. was first arrested and
suspicion was very strong against him
for time. but he was released after
being held about week.
Boyne is a dapper young fellow and
Is only Is years OF age.