Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-08-30
M'CLEARY TELLS IN
DETAIL ABOUT THE
HENRY MURDER

She Appeared He sprana at Her
seized and choked Her to Death
| On Her Bed,
Hagerstown. Aug 2S--Nornan Bruce
McCleary. who is held on the charge
of numbering Mrs. Mamie b. Henry
made voluntary confession last
night confirming in every detail the
states theory of the case and Nc
| Cleary's connection with II.
The confession will be offered as ev-
fdence at the preliminary hearing
Thursday. The confession Is in the
possession of States Attorney VOL
! finger, is in writing. signed by Nc.
Cleary and attested by six witnesses.
Although the states attorney agreed
to show the confession to the newspa.
per men 1t was only on condition
that ne verbatim statement should be
kept from the public until Thursday
morning.
McClearys admission, in brief, il
to the effect that he went to the little
slate colored house with the green
shutters at SO North Locust street ear
/ ly on the evening of August Is.
Refused Lupah's Address
Mrs. Henry refused to inform him
whether the letter from Washington
giving the address of his sweetheart
Miss Lupah Henry, had arrived. She
| told him instead that he had better
| forget her daughter as soon as posi-
BILE, as she would never consent to
| their marriage.
MeCleary lett the house. according
| to his confession, mad with rage
About midnight he climbed over the
| back yard fence of the Henry home
and opening the kitchen window let
/ himself into the house He tiptoed
upstairs to Mrs. Henry's bedroom, but
she had heard the ereaking of the
stairs and opened the door to find him
standing directly out side.
| There were harsh words on both
sides and McClery, thinking that Mrs
| Henry had the letter concealed within
| the folds of her dress, sprang at her,
throwing her on the bed on her back.
In the struggle that ensued Nc
| CIeary first choked and then strangled
the woman to death.
After making sure that life was ex-
tinet he made "a vain search of the
room for the letter. He was about to
leave when he decided to look around
for any valpables he might carry away
Found the Money
Mrs. Henry's skirt was pulled up a
her stockings. McCleary searched the
clothes of the dead woman. and, find
ing forty dollars in cash, decided to
pocket it. He then left the house
The following day he returned short
ly after midnight and again searched
for the letter On Friday night he
went again to the house and found the
letter in the hallway. where 1t had
been left by the mail carrier.
He was about to leave the house
when an irresistible impulse drove
him to steal up stairs and take a
last look at the corpse of the muir
dered woman.
He remained in town until Sunday
making purchases of clothes and 9TH
er necessities On Sunday he left for
Baltimore where after remaining a
few hours, he went to Washington.
Serving the Warrant
The formal charge of murder was
made against Norman Bruce McCleary
at Ais O'Clock yesterday afternoon
when Chief of Police Fridinger swore
out a warrant before Justice Doub.
The warrant, which was served upon
young McCleary in the Jail charges
that he did, with force and arms, fell
inciously kill and murder Mamie B.
Henry in her home, at SO North Lo-
Gust street" When the charge was
read 10 him by Deputy Sheriff Long,
McCleary exhibited a calm indiffer-
ence, and if he felt any emotion he did
not at any time betray signs of it. The
state has agreed to the demands of
the counsel for the defense that the
preliminary hearing of McCleary on
the murder charge be held not later
than tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock.
Developments have followed one an
other with great raridity within the
past "a hours. and the state claims
to have its case practically completed.
There is strong likelihood that the
prosecution has torn pieces of the
letter which Miss Henry mailed to
her mother from Washington and
which wes found to be missing from
the Henry home when the body OF
Mrs. Henry was found Nearly a
whole day was spent by States Attor-
ney Wolfnger in visiting the lodgings
Of young McCleary at 35 South Locust
street and the Henry home. which is
several blocks north on the same
street.
Indian Killed on Track.
Near Rochelle. I'll an Indian went