The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-10
SLEW Man FOR 81,
BOY Of EIGHTEEN
4 BOASTS TO Jury
Pflce Enough, He Says, for
Murder Of Victim He New
H Saw Before
So
HIRED ON THE STREET
Gladly Took Pittance to Settle
Crudge of Spence, Elected
From Larsen Flat.

GAr4vciied and paii,A from years In
prison, an eighteen-year-oid boy sat in
ths witness chair beside Judge Malone
n the Court Of General Sessions to-day
ana told. coldiy and with youthful
swAggsr. how he had slain . man ne
lad never seen before. The price Of the
lAsassination was "a.
The murderer cast his shifty. beady
;yss at Frederick Spence. who was on
vial for murder, rs he told his story.
fhsrs was hatred in his eyes. engen-
Ssred by the fact that he was caught
xnd that he must serve twenty years
m Sing Sing for granddaughter In the
frs degree. That 10 the sentence Judge
Noeaisky viii pronounce on the youth.
TASmas Cannon. IN January.
Tos widest stories Of Apache Me IN
Pssss or the desperate doinss Of tbs
"Atsnue Boys" q jack zelig can hard
~ rival the story diminutivs Thomas
Cannon told to the jsry to-day. His
language was the vernacuaar Of the
eat side, where slang and oath add
sxpressiveness to speech.
TELLS HOW he KILLED VICTIM
FOR ~
"yes. killed this guy Chris tchristo-
phGr) LARSEN" he said. ''because Spence
gimme n 20 DO st." he told the jury.
''You see. II was this way spence.
ne was . bariteep In Third avenue near
Twsnty-nint street. He had a skirt,
Masy Mackey. that he's been ,ovin' q
long time. Mary threw him down and
vsht 10 live with the Larssns. That
VaS what caused the trouble"
Larsen. his wife and thrse-months-oio
bany lived In . top floor fiat at No ~
0ast Tortieth street. Larsen was head
glgesr for the Edison Company. . hard
WORKING, steady going man. March
. was Mary Mackey's birthday and
tAs Larsens gave her . party. 20 which
On their friends were invited.
spence was the only one omitted
when the festivities were At their
Asight, Spence knocked On the door and
demanded permission 70 see Mis-
1GAsasey. The girl appealed to her host
Iefssn, who threw Spence down stairs
well" continued damon to ths jury
4 was standin' on the CORNER near Tho
0otDo Wnoo 0pouco SSbae esesAe' ~
Sear>d r I wanted 70 make . piece oil
sNanrs I told him I ~. n didn',
Havs 20 work too hard. He sisss me
- run end tsils me - 70 up TO Lar
ssa's nat end clean up that damned
-
4 vent I'D The .stsps md kpoeksd a
a. dsor. Larsen CONES out ana say
10 nm: whats been ne. tresbie up aer'
Vath you and spsnosH IAtssa tells mt
= nina my own business and takes I
stsp toward me. Then l let him have
Il and broke and run ! didn't shoe
M but once"
Once was enough, 1 Larsen sho
through the heart. staggered back Int
~ crowded nat and struGgted towsr'
- cot where his child 'was sleeping
He fell asross the tiny bed. his arm
sutstrstchsd to his baby. The whit
lAesd group gathersd about him an
enrnsd him over. They thought he wa
emily unconscious. DR.. Ivey. from Belle
we Hospital. declared he died simos
Instantly.
PNlcE wAs ENouoh ron KILL
ING eUch A VICTIM.
after the shootin'." went on Cannon
with no show Of emotion. II run dow
tAs stops. stickin' the gun In my pocket
! meets Spence over In Third avenu
aad he hands me u aAA says that
DouGh for KILN - - kep