The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-31
PROSECUTION WILL SOON
BE THROUGH IN
BOWIN CASE
,continued from First rassJ


He said his mother had had 1t for q
good many years and mat IL Wac 49,
earring"
Kerstein said he thought no more
about the incident until he saw Bow
in picture in the parer as the alleged
slayer of Mrs. welcn. The picture 80
/ strongly resembied the boy he had
seen in the saloon The morning after
he murder that he notified Detectives
Lombard and Glare Later he accom-
panied the officers To police headquar-
ters and there positively identified
Bowin as the boy who had exhibited
the diamond
Broke Down and Confessed.
Up to that time the police had but
little on Bowin. The evidence against
him was hardly strong enough TO war
rant them In applying for warrant,
but when confronted by kersten he
broke down andadmitted that the dia-
nond he had displayed had belonged
TO Mother WEIGH. He admitted then
that he had seen her murdered. but
irsisted that he had nothing to do
with II. Later he owned UP that he
alone was guilty, and made a com
the evidence introduced thus far has
| been corroboratiye or that COMES
sion.
William F. Roys. bartender in
Sykes saloon, corroborated Mr.. Ker-
sten as 10 the conversation that pass
ed between the latter and Bowin. He
also heard Bowin say that the dia-
mond had been given him by his
mother. and that his brother had THE
other one" Bowin, he said, asked
him for money that morning. saying
he was in trouble and wanted to get
out OF town. The trouble was. Bowin
had stated. that the police had found
him with a woman under compromis-
| ing circumstances. ts
Next ne went 10 the American hotel.
at No. So Cadillac-sq, where he reg
istered as Sam Simpson. and was as
signed to room No. II. 1/9
Henry Simons. proprietor of the
hotel. said Bowin came In about II
O'Clock or Whereabouts. and after reg
listering. took his suit case TO his room
and went out again. first leaving a
call for $50 o'clock. When Bowin
returned witness did not know, but
he was In his room the next morning
when Simons went to call him.
Movements Traced on Night Of
Murder.
Bowin's movements Immediately
following the murder of Mrs. Cornelia
WEIGH. on the night OF Jan. 3, were
traced step by step, as IL were, by
the prosecution. From No. 100 Ran
dolphst.. whittier he went TO bid good
by to Myrtle Millen, he went to the
saloon or Sykes 4 Knight, where he
got his suit case.
Deceive John Downey, recalled,
told of Bowins arrest in Woodville.
and OF conversation he had had
with the defendant on the train COM
ing 70 Detroit, In which Bowin said he
! left Detroit. Saturday. Jan 4. Dowin
also said. according TO the witness
that lie had expected the police would
look him up inasmuch as he had been
around Mrs. Welch's place sosmuch.
| John Hanlcy. owner OF the blilding
at No IS Congress-st. cast. testified
that he had called at the place FRI
day, Jan. 3, to collect the rent. but
found Mrs. WEIGH out. He called
again Saturday, Monday and Tuesday.
but got no response to his ring. He
saw the Ice and bottles OF milk az
cumulating in the hall.
Only three women were In thu
court room during the morning and
they left before the noon adjourn
ment. Public interest In the trial Is
waning.
Visit Scene Of Crime.
Surrounded by hundreds OF morbid.
" curious spectators, many OF whom
had followed the patrol wagons con
tanning the Judge. jurors. counsel anu
attendants from the municipal court
building, Judges Phelan held side
walk session, late Monday afternoon.
In front Of the building at No. IS Con
gress.st east, where old Mrs. Welcn
vas murdered. II was almost q dupE'
cate OF the scene which followed tbs
discovery of the body Jan. z. last,
when the news spread like wildire
that Mother" WEIGH had been killed
Rose Laveich. former inmate Of
the place. had testified that card
board sign bearing the inscription
Rooms 10 Rent" was what led her
10 take up quarters with Mrs. WEIGH
Her statement as TO where this sign
had been placed did rot satisfy Attor
ney Kennedy. hence the visit TO the
building.
Asked TO point out the place where
the sign had been. the witness pointed
to a spot, high up on the brick front
and alongside the doorway, whsTe
several tacks and the fragments OF
what had once been red card were
stir plainly visible.
That's the place. observed Percy
Bowin. the youthful defendant. parity
to himself and partly 10 the ohicer "a
whom he was shaekieti- fou can see
where II was torn down"
eowIn Bstrsys No Feeling.
4 II Bowin suffered any remorse al
being taken back 20 the scene of his
alleged crime he did not betrny H.
j Several persons In the crowd pointed
him out as the slayer of old hrs
Welch, but he did not seem 10 mind
Y on the contrary he Appeared To enjoy
the situation, In which he was the
i chief object OF scrutiny. Later on the
icourt viii taks the jury for a thorough
\ inspection of thu premises.
II was a rather trying ordeal fnr
y Rose 4znyeick, who wse on the ste nd