The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-06
MRS. JUDElLS
DEATH SUICIDE
SUCH WAS VERDICT OF CORO.
NEP'S JURY IN MYSTERIOUS
DEATH OF WOMAN.
COMPANION Confessed.
Was Hotel Waiter Who Met Womaii
as Stranger--Says She Jumped
or Fell from Window

Judell who was found dying at the
rear of hotel here this Tuesday
morning committed suicide accord
ing to the verdict Of the coroner's S
jury this afternoon.
Peter X. Poulos, who surrendered
to the police and confessed that he
had accompanied Mrs Judell to the
hotel, and awoke in time to see her
leap from the window was the only
witness at the inquest He did not
vary his story told to the police.
Walters Statement.
With quivering mouth and nerv-
ously twitching fingers indicative
of the inner suffering which led to
it, Poulos made his confession in the
office of Chief of Police William
Young, in the presence of Young,
Chief of Detectives Allender, Attor-
ney Dalton, George George and a
group of newspaper men.
He said he had been in ST. Louis
five years, was 23 years old and
roomed at 743A Aubert avenue.
Il spent three nights awake" he
said, "and when | saw the picture
of my watch in the papers, /
couldn't stand it longer
Il quit work at the Buckingham
about $50 p. m. Monday, and went
to the Delmar Airdome with George
Karayas, another waiter"
AT the theater, by strange coip-
cidence, he said he met Max Pappas,
the suspect who was held more than
twenty-four hours because Gus "
r. Nechin, HANDWRITING expert
said Pappas' handwriting is similar
to the signature of Mrs. Judell's es-
cort on the register OF the Vendome
Hotel. Poulos admitted writing "R
Papas, with his wife" on the regis
ter He said he had been at the ho-
tel before with other women,
From the theater, Pculos said, he
and Max Pappas went to a store at
Kings Highway and Delmar boule-
ward, where they drank ice cream
sodas Poulos declared he then
started to his home, and was cross
ing Delmar boulevard at Aubert ave.
nue., when he met Mrs, Judell He
was unacquainted with her he said
but she smiled and he tipped his
hat, saying "How do you do?"
"Good-evening," answered Mrs
Judell, according to Poulos, and af-
ter a few minutes conversation
Poulos suggested they take drinl,
together, and the woman acquiesced
AS the couple passed Masone's
Cafe, at 4942 Delmar boulevard
Poulous says his companion asked
him to wait minute, while she
went into that place alone. 1t was
of her visit to this place and of her
inquirlng il any one had been there
asking for her that was learned by
the detectives Thursday.
In a few minutes Mrs. Judel
emerged from the restaurant, Poulo'
averred, and the two went TO Badar'
acco's roof garden at Delmar ant
Euclid avenues, The woman took 6
bottle of beer and Poulos a highball
The manager of the garden had sait
Thursday to a reporter he was al
most positive Mrs. Judell did no.
visit the place Monday night.
After the drinking, Poulos said
Mrs. Judell suggested trip down
town, and they boarded street car
When they arrived at Eighth ant
Olive streets, IL was near midnight
he said and the cafes were closed
lis companion complained of bein,
hungry AM suggested going to tn,
White Kitchen restaurant, on SeJ
enth street, near Olive street, ant
! they did So On the trip downtown
poulos sad he asked his compsn,
IONS name, but he could not remem
Der the answer she gave.
Alter eating, Poulos declared, h.
asked the woman where she intend
ed to &C. sno she said, Nowhere In
partic,. hr Poulog then suggested
that ;lty 20 to the Vendome.
I'VE arrived at the hotel aboT'
1890 a. m, Tuesday, and | register.
ed as r. Pappas, with his wife
After Edward Brown, the porter
showed us to room 32. | returned fc
the hotel desk and got change for 81
In order to tip the porter"
II was about a. m, Poulos said,
hen he turned out the gas light in
the room and went to sleep. AT
1926 a. m. he was awakened, he
said. by a strange sound In the
room, which he believes was his