The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-04
BARR Tells STORY
OF BROWN TRAGEDY
Confessed Murderer Involves
Another Woman, a Young
Widow, in His Crime.

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 3,-The po-
lice today gave out details Of the con-
fession of Meade Barr, charged Jointly
with Mrs Ellis NJ. Lake, a young
widow, with the murder of Miss Flor
ence Brown here last July.
The formal charge against Mrs.
Lake, with whom Barr claims ac-
quaintance, was made on Saturday, but
did not become known until today.
Barr was charged with the crime sew
eral days ago, before his arrival from
the Jeffersonville, Ind, reformatory,
where he first confessed.
The charge against Mrs. Lake was
fled by Chief Of Detectives Tanner.
Officials would not reveal why Barr
was connected here with the killing,
pending investigation Of his story by
the grand jury, Mrs. Lake and her
husband, who recently died OF malarial
fever, lived in the same house with
Barr's sister when Barr WIS here, un-
der parole from Indiana last summer
Mrs, Lake is about % years old.
Details Of Confession.
Details of Barr's confession, begin
ming within an hour before the murder,
on the morning Of July 2S, follow:
In that hour Barr said he took sew
eral drinks of whisky. About S:50
clock ne entered the real estate OIL
flee where tho girl was at work alone.
Barr s drinking, the police said, ac-
counted for certain discrepancies IN his
story of the struggle with Miss Brown
He said he attacked her near VIII
dow, and that there was typewrltlng
machine near by. However, there was va
neither window nor machine In the
room. When Barr had beaten Miss
Brown with his pistol to a kneeling
position, be said she exclaimed:
HI.ord Jesus, am too young to die,
and nv life has been filed with so
much trouble" F."
Cut Girls Throat.
He cut her throat. Sight of the
| blood on his arms and her last words,
he said, preyed on him until he wanted
washed his hands, caught street car
and rode to point where an accom-
pIice gave him $1,000. The identity
of this accomplce the police have
not verified. The police found a shoe
| maker who remembered that Barr came
| into his shop shortly after the hour ol
the murder. Barr had pointed out this
shop as one of the stops in his flight,
They also found negro woman nt
whose house he stopped. He helped
her carry a can of water and then
tried to wash something of his coat
Barr said he tried TO remove blood
stains. veriGcation Of these and other
details Of the confession were the basis
for the growing belief OF the police
that Barr might have been Miss
Browns slayer.
Woman Denies Story.
Mrs. Ellie NJ Lake, held as an acces-
| CORY To the murder Of Miss Florence
| brown on the strength Of assertions MADE
| by Meade Barr, who has confessed TO the
| iriIlinr. in q statement tonight denied thar
! sho had any part in or knowledge OF tne
killing OF the young woman: and attrio-
Ited Bars attempt 10 iInplicatc her as
AN endeavor to be revenged for her re-
fusal to accept his advances These were
| made she declared before the death oi
her husbaud, which occurred month ago
| AZ the time Lake and his wife and Barr
md his sister had apartments In the
81 was introduced to Barr about i've
n,onths ago" Mrs, Lake said In her
stntenent "Afterward Barr claimed he
loved me, resented his advances ano
| warned him not TO enter my apartments
| <1..I;,,uod nm paae Niu6.l