New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-19
MULRANEY NOW
ACCUSES ANOTHER
Condemned Man Clears MARTY
Fay from Murder of paddy
the Priest" and Says Police
Did Not Drug Him.
ADMITS LIE TO SAVE opal

Prisoner, in Final Desperate Eli
fort to Escape Electric Chair,
Quotes Underworld Code
of Honor as Excuse
for Falsehoods.
Happy Jack" Mulraney sprung
new surprise yesterday in the fight he
is putting up to escape the electric
chair. He has found a new man TO
| charge with the murder of Patrick Nc
Brecn. Paddy the Priest, Tenth
avenue saloonkeeper. and now declares
his former true" stories of the crime
were chiefly lies In clearing the name
Of Marty" Fay from the implication OF
having been the man who fired the
| fatal shot. Mulraney substitutes that OF
Frank or Frankie" Morrison. previous
| ~ connected with the case only as ar
acquaintance Of the accused men.
Among the former statements that
| Mulraney now declares were false IS
that charging Inspector Hughes ana
! other members of the New York police
force with having drugged him with
morphine and cocaine to get con-
| fession from him acknowledging his
and John Dowliugs part in the crime.
Happy Jacks latest sensation was
| launched yesterday when Judge Ro-
sslsky, Of General Sessions, made a
second visit TO Sing Sing TO hear the
| condemned mans testimony on whlch
! he wants new trial. With Judge Eo-
satisfy went Assistant District Attor-
ney j. Robert Rubin. Joseph \. shay
Mulraney's attorney. and several court
attendants. Joe" Weber. the come
dian. took Judge Rosalsky up TO Os-
shining in his automobile and was seri-
Gus spectator at the hearing.
Prisoner Less Clipper
! It was less clipper Happy Jack
who appeared in the prison clerks Of
| fee, the temporary courtroom, than the
one al the previous hearing. The
strain Of the last two weeks had told
on the stocky little prisoner. VINO
smiled less frequently than before. His
/ gray prison shirt made his skin look
sallow. with dark circles under his
eyes. and his manner was less forceful.
He still wore the suit OF dark civilians
clothes which he had put on for his ca
ecution
Mulraney gave the first intimation OF
his surprise when he expressed a desire
to confer with Judge Rosalsky private
is. The conference lasted more than an
hour after the opposing lawyers had
! been added to the group. and resulted
/ in Mulraney's consent to repeat his new
| story in open court
Frank Morrison shot PADDY the
| Priest to the best of my knowledge"
was Mulraney's opening remark. Il
! amt told this before, because it's my
nature not to disclose the truth if | can
protect people by not doin' it,
But why are you telling this now,
after having solemnly assured the court
in your last testimony that what YOU
told then was the truth" District At
| torney Rubin demanded Indignantly.
Tells Truth for Others.
I'm dom il now because the last
few days Father Cashin, Of the prison
here, and Mr.. Shay my attorney. have
made me see that I owe il TO the Gov
ernor. Judge Rosalsky. who has come
up for these hearings, and the rest Of
the people who have been goin' around
for me TO tell the truth. They made me
see that the regulations Of these people
were at stake, 50 I'm teliin' the truth
now OH their account. / don't care
about my own life
! According 10 Mulraneys testimony
yesterday. he learned that Morrison
killed McBreen while he was confined
in the Tombs after the murder His
also as Buell., now a convict in Auburn
who Mulraney said. was directly re-
sponsible for the crime. Clark had
been attacked by McBreen and wanted
to do him up" in revenge. He sent
Morrison to Mulraney. who knew him
only slightly. 10 get his assistance in
the lob" but Mulraney refused TO
take part in it. Instead. he recon-
mended Bowling and Marty Fay who
Joined Morrison in it.
He still chung TO his albi that he
was at home drunk or the night of the
crime and based his knowledge OF it
on the statements made TO him by the
men concerned, chiefly Clark. Clark
told him. he said. that Morrison fred
the shot, Bowling was in the saloon
with him, and Fay was posted outside.
Clark, he declared. was in the vicinity
but he did not know he was a look
cut,
| But why didn't you publicly con-
meet Morrison's name with the crime
before this" Judge Rosalsky wanted
TO know.
| Wanted to Protect opal"
Il wanted 10 protect Clark, who is a
! PAL" Mulraney answered.