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leg" the lieutenant remarked. recalling
the Washington description of West
IA scar? Which leg?" asked the prison.
er. showing signs Of being amused.
''The left" explained Lieut.. Casey.
"Oh, yes. 1 have read about that." said
West when the time for taking his finger
prints arrived. Recent scheme to iden-
tify criminals. isn't it??''
Lieut.. Casey told him the fingerprint
method was used by the Chinese more
than 5000 years ago, and West said he
wondered If it ever resulted in catching
any of them. West was taken to the
city prison shortly after noon.
Prisoners Wife in Boston.
Mrs Regina West, wife Of the prisoner,
Of Brookline, Mass, a Boston suburb.
remains at her home with her four chill
dren. She has declined to act upon the
suggestion of her husband that she come
to this city and. make her home with
her mother Her father. who was
Charles Elliott. a member of the bar.
died several years ago. He resided on
streets. According to a dispatch from
Boston. Mrs. West Says she is dunn
founded over the arrest of her husband.
who, she says. is Of good family in Madi-
Sui, WIS, ana dlWa avs was SOOQ nus.
band and perfect gentleman"
Vests residence in Brookline is under
police surveillance. and his wife can make
no move without observation; but no
action has been taken to question Mrs.
west on the part of the police. 1t was
said by Mrs. West that her husband was
in the employ of the government At
least he had told her so. She did not
know much about what his duties were,
but thought they had something to do
Ever since November 9 the West es-
Establishment in Brookline has been
watched.
Mrs. West in Quandary.
Mrs. West states she is in a quandary
whether to believe in her husband or to
accept the police version that he Is one
OF the cleverest forgers in the country.
She had no illusions. Mis-. West admitted
regarding her husband, and there was q
portion of his history since their mar
rage eleven years ago regarding which
she did not like to talk.
She referred to Vests affair with the
authorities in Detroit, where a few years
ago he was one of the leading brokers.
However, she was astonished at the news
brought from Baltimore, and thought he
must be crazy to have acted as he did.
Mrs. West said she was sufficiently we'll
of support from her husband
In Brookline West was known as Paul
West. His wife explained that by saying
that after his trouble in Detroit he be-
came a Catholic and when baptized into
that faith took the name Paul and gave
up entirely his original name.
For the children's sake" said Mrs.
West. II hope they will leave me out of
this affair."
Confesses to the Cardinal.
Speaking of the visit paid him by West
in custody Of the police, Cardinal GiB-
bons. who says he gave no thought to
the question of his personal safety while
he was alone with him, stated:
''He told me that he was a priest" said
the cardinal, land / asked him where he
was from. He told me Boston, then ne
said Cleveland and then Toledo. / asked
him who his bishop was and he told me
Bishop Horstman. Well, I knew then
that the man was not a priest, for / told
him that Bishop Horstman was dead.
Then he confessed that he was not a
priest. and / asked him why he wore
a priests clothing. He gave me no an
swer, SO I thought it was time to hand
the man over to the police"