New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-03
MULRANEYS PLOT
FOR LIFE REVEALED
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and made a statement like that an
then he got scared and | couldn't find
him. ! amt seen him since.
Then | was TO find some one 10
swear that two fellows called John
Bowling Cwho before he died confessed
his part in the murder and accused
Mulraney) out of a saloon and told him
if he squealed he would get croaked. |
couldn't find no one TO swear TO thai,
so swore to something like that ny
self"
Jacobson read long statement lie
had got from Mulraney on visit 20
the death house. This document con-
tanned almost word for word the earlier
testimony given in Mulraney's behalf
by relatives and friends. accusing MAJ
tin Fay Of the murder and proving an
alibi for Mulraney. This. Jacobson
said, he had taken first TO Mrs. George
Patrick, related TO Mulraney by mar
riage but she refused to study" il,
saying she wasn't going 10 get fined
for perjury" Then. Jacobson said. he
took il to Mrs. Elizabeth Patrick, who
studied" il. made an affidavit and tes-
tilted for Mulraney.
The beauty and utility of Mulrancy's
scheme were apparent when jacobson
explained that his stories in every case
were almost true"
1t was true that jacobson and
willy" Reilly had taken Muraney
home drunk. but it was on Octobe- l..
the day after the murder. and not on
October 3. as they testified. When
witnesses told OF seeing Bowling and
Martin Fay and third man near In
scene of the shooting. Jacobson said. II
was true but the third man was not
Frank" or "O'Brien" or Morrison
as it was Mulraney himself All the
witnesses had to do. therefore. was to
remember the one detail i'm which their
story varied from the truth, and as 10
the rest rely upon their memory Some
OF the witnesses were persuaded by
jacobson that what they told vas the
truth.
Buell. read the long and somewhat in
volved letter which Mulraney wrote TO
be delivered to Buell. i'm the Tombs.
The letter. with explanations. is in
part as follows:
Il want you 10 so downtown the
Tombs) and see that party down there
(BuelD Tell him TO refuse 10 answer
anything on the ground Of incriminat-
ing and degrading himself. This is
the law and they can't give him a
single day or make him answer any
thing.
Now don't forget to see him imme-
diately. Tell him no matter what Is
said or was said. he can depend on
me. Nobody can corrobOrate my
accusation. Tell him the reason |
pulled down Gnformed on that other
party Martin Fay was to see If he
would come out of his hiding place
where the cops got him hid.
THAT party downtown (BuelD who
want you 10 stc, tdli pun lhlS ubp''
part in his letter to the papers. That
party hiding now Martin Fay, tell
him nobody will go against him."
There will be another hearing Mon
day. j. Robert Rubin, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney. wants TO hear what the
witnesses who testified along the lines
suggested by Mulraney in his letters
have to say for themselves.
Joseph A. Shay, counsel for Null
raney. said yesterday he was still Null
raney's counsel and would not desert
his client Mr.. Shay made public yes
terday a letter he wrote to Governor
Sulzer last February, when he first
heard Of Mulraney's story In that
letter Mr.. Shay said he had not in
yestigated Mulraneys story, out
thought it merited investigation.