The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-05
His Confession to Police
Explains Bomb
Mysteries.
ADMITS KILLING
OF TWO WOMEN
He Also Tells of Attempt on Life
of Judge Rosalsky and Ex-
plains Shooting of Kid"
Walker on the Bowery,
Nearly Twenty-Six
Years Ago.

New York. February John Paul
Farrell, a discharged apartment house
janitor. confessed to-day that he had
killed Mrs Bernard Herrera on sun
day night by means OF a bomb ne had
made, and that by similar means ne
had caused the death Of Mrs Helen
Taylor a year ago and attempted the
life Of Judge Otto A. Rosalsky, or the
Court OF General sessions, last March.
Farrell was held tonight on a charge
OF murder for the killing Of Mrs Hey
rera-
Although the police are convinced
the man is mentally unbalanced. Dep
uty Commissioner Dougherty tonight
said detectives he had sent out in
numbers 10 investigate the case have
learned enough 10 lead them 10 beheFe
FarreITs startling story is true in the
essentials. though false In many de-
tails.
Every time Farrell had a grievance
he seems TO have settled the business
with = bomb The trouble with Mrs.
Herrera he said. was that she nred
him from his job as Janitor and hlred
a negro in his place He wanted 70
get Judge Rosalsky out Of the way De
cause the jurist had sentenced Joseph
Harvey. a pal" 10 serve thirty nine
years in Sing Sing for stealing sl5
worth OF jeweIry. Farrell told the po-
lice he helped rob Peter Johnson's
home in the Bronx in 1905. but easily
escaped
His Reason for Killing.
Why Farrell wanted 10 kill the Tay-
lor woman-sometimes known as
Grace Waiker'-was more than the
police could fathom- In his early
story Farrell said she was his daugn-
ter and he slew her because she had
gone wrong Later he recanted INNS
and said she was an intimate friend
but gave no reason for killing her lie
also told Dougherty why and by whom
kid" Walker was shot down and slain
IN 1887 on the Bowery- He said " ak
er betrayed the Taylor woman ana d
woman named Leistrange killed MIN
in revenge
Having disposed of the bomb mys-
terfeA Farrell confessed. the police Ak
sert go having perPetrated "A series OF
robberies in Brooklyn and me roopeIs
OF the JOHNSON home Harvey ana
Harry Hartman, his companions IN the
latter exploit. were sentenced 70 sing
Sing for thirty-nine years and nine
wears respectively. Farrell had never
been suspected OF completely IN the
crime.
Besides this. Mr.. Dougherty said Far
reil served ten years in the New Jer-
sey Penitentiary. at Trenton. FOR bur
glary and other crimes. AS John NC
Dernott. alias Liverpool Jack. Far
relTs picture is in the RogGes Cal
lery in Jersey City. according to IN
formation brought TO Dcugherty-
FarrelTs desire TO confess so many
crimes led MI Dougherty to doubt ms
sanity. lie Immediately set about YER
ifving the story While detectives
were busy 1T this. the janitor kept
two stenographers busy taking down
fresh details Of his protrscted story
After an aIl-night griiling ana h'cIe
Of IL during the forenoon. Farrell was
tractabie and answered without hesl-
tation every question put 10 him ne
said he was born in Ireland nrtt three
years ago and had served as an ORDERLY
in the army in the spanish american
War He was asked If he had serNea
IN the navy. and promptly displayed
II n tattooed on his right arm.
He also told the police he had been
confined for a short time in an insane
asylum 81 Danville. Pa
Constructs Dummy Bomb
The bomb Farrell placed opposite
Herrera's door he made in mas room ne
said. according to the same ula
used in manufacturing the RosaisAy
and TAYLOR Internal machines me
materials consisted OF iron pipe.
springs paper, two boxes steel out-
ton and a percussion cap Inc expo
sive in each case was nitTogiScerh'-
He gave the police a specimen VI 4'''
handiwork by constructing a dummy
bomb and demonstrating it as ne toid
Of his crimes.
The TAYLOR and RosaIsky bombs
were made in the cellar of house IN
East Fourteenth Street. Farrell saio'
where he was employed as an elevator
operator
The superintendent Of the building
recalled this afternoon that tarrel
used to lock himself in a cellar Al
times and became enraged II disturbed.
On the premises was found a snort
length Of pipe. fashioned at each emo
lust as Farrell said he made them
A connection between the Taylor ana
RosalSky cases we're suspected partly
through the fact that the addresses on
the two packages were made appar-
emily By the same typewriter Com
missioner Dougherty said tonight that
FARRELL in his confession told OF buy
ing a second hand typewriter. FarreH
made use OF this machine when he sent
the bombs early last year. he said
Farrell will be arrsigned before
coroner tomorrow. charged with hom-
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