Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23

behind the bars, after the detectives mad
put his statement in writing. Before be-
ing put away for the night however. he
was confronted by Green, and the latter
entered a vigorous denial.
Statement Made by Thomas.
The statement of the prisoner. as taken
by Detective Burlingame. is as follows:
Thursday night. February 20, about fif
teen or twenty minutes after midnight.
this man-an old white man-was in a
saloon at 9th and X streets southwest.
Green said to me: This man has some
money. If you had any sense we'd get that
money. Never mind. Let me have your
knife
THE man was going on down the street,
and turned into little gate at the side of a
house. We waited a few minutes to give
the man chance to get in. Then Green
said, Come on and beckoned to me. We
went into the alley and peeped through
the back door,.
Green then said: You wait here by the
back door, and if you hear any one COM
ing knock on the door To let me know.
After Green went into the house / heard
a scuffie. / saw Green cut the man at
least two times and saw the man fall. 1
then heard a woman'S voice. which sound
ed upstairs, saying something. l answered
her myself, saying: Who S that? Who's
that?' Green then came running out of
the house and gave me the knife. 1 slipped
it in my pocket.
Green and l then ran out of the alley
to the street. l being in front. l went
across K street into an alley between AZ
and 9th streets. Green went out towaru
Ith street
Question by Detective O'Brien: Which
blade of the knife was ooen?'
THE big blade, Thomas answered.
While coming out of the alley along
Green said to me: If it had been you in
that house with your bad feet they would
have caught you I'm the house right at it.
dS you can't get around as fast as / can
saw no more of Green until after l Wa
arrested. l then saw him in No. station
house.
Question by Capt. MulhaIl: Now,
Thomas, tell us if there was any truth in
the story you told about cutting tn, col
ored man
No, sir. / told that because Green told
me to. The story I'm telling now is the
truth
Visit the Kirby Home
After Thomas had passed through his
narrowing experience in the dead room
at the morgue he accompanied the detec-
tives to the house of the Kirby family
and explained how he and Green had en-
tered. pointed out the position in which
\ Kirby was when he was attacked and
then related how he and Green left the
premises.
Il went across the street to that alley.
he said, pointing to the entrance to Cow
alley, and Green went down X street.
During the conversation at the InorGue
the prisoner had told of the trouble ne
had encountered when he started through
the side alley at the Kirby house. and
when he reached the house he pointed out
what he had referred to. Thomas eXpe-
renced no trouble in indicating the Kirby
house, nor in locating the rocker over
which the victim fell. and the stars lead
ing TO the upper floor from where he
he ard The voice of one of the daughters
Of Kirby.
II was the one who said w hos
that" the prisoner stated. Il was stand
ing near the door between the kitchen
and the dining room and heard the voice
of the lady, but did not know what she
said
Both in Need of Money
Thomas said he was in Madden's sa-
loon with Green when the latter suggest
ed the robbery of Kirby, referring to
him as this old man He and Green.
he said. We're without funds, and they
had been unable to get WHISKY at the sa
looms Oh X street They wanted whisky,
and also wanted money with which to pay
for their lodging and 10 buy food. lie
was not asked about what iranspircd in
the other saloons before he reached Mad
denis the detectives thinking it was use
less to inquire about his several cSca-
pades that night.
When the detectives decided to take
Thomas to the morgue the prisoner did
not seem to take kindly to the Sugges
ton. He did not care particularly about
going 10 such place. but he mustered
courage to pass through the front door.
When he reached the room I'm which
the several compartments in which dead
bodies ara kept he showed signs of weak
eu;ng His nerve failed him as he neared
the odd looking place. and turning to De
tectiye Burlingame he said:
..Nill ycu stand by me? I'll come o'can
and tell YOU all about it.
do you think you would be ablV TO
identify the man who was in the house
that night?' he was asked.
Deed I would" he responded.
Nervousness Increases.
The rafting sound in the death cham
ber. which was caused by drawing the
board upon which the body rested from
the ice-covered compartment. increased
the nervousness displayed by the big col
ored man, and. looking upon the face of
the murdered man, he said: Oats him"
Then he turned and started away, but
the detectives were curious to haar what
he would say then, and he was asked 10
tell his story before leaving the morgue.
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