The Washington herald., 1914-01-20
YOUTH DENIES
HE SHOT ELLIS
Repudiates Confession and
Declares Ii as a Frame
up BY Pinkertons.
HE WILL BE SET FREE
Detectives. Checking Up Statement.
Find Carl Was Not Near Scene
at Time Of Shooting.
HE WILL BE SET FREE
SPECIAL to The washinstou Herald.

4 oiScAAi W Inc W9.niu8tuo ncah-
New York. Jan. 1s.-Paul Carl. the
young man whose confession. as giver
out by Pinkerton detectives, describe.
how he shot Monroe F. Ellis. of Baskine
Ridge, N. j.. and how he did this at the
instance Of his aunt. Mrs. Grace NJ. Holly
is to be set free by the Somerset County
IN. j. authorities, according to informa-
tion obtained at the Office Of Prosecutor
Frederick A. Pope today.
Mr.. Pope's detectives. in checking up
the confession preparatory to presenting
the case to the grand jury. have learned
that the youthful prisoner could not have
been near the home of Mr.. Ellis when
the rich lumberman was shot at 6:y
p. n. on November 20, 1911. Detective
George ID. Totten ascertained that Carl
was in the establishment Of the Dahl
strom Metallic Door Company Of New
York, until 5:10 p. IN. on that date. He
learned that the only train that he could
have taken for Basking Ridge after this
time arrived at that town at sos p. m.
Therefore. Carl is eliminated. 1t is said.
The prisoner, who is confined in the III
at Somerville. repudiates his confession
to the Pinkertons. His family has rallied
OF his aunt. Mrs. Grace NJ. Holly-and
through them Attorney Banton Moore,
of this city. has been brought into the
case. The story of the manner In which
the Pinkerton agency obtained the con-
fession, as told by Carl. makes him the
victim of a plot that in the underworld
is termed "a frame-up."
Mystery Il Deepened.
When the New York officers of the
Pinkerton agency was asked for a state
ment on the new developments in this
case. IL was said that everybody who
knew anything about II was out of town.
The elimination Of Carl as the man who
fired the gun at Ellis deepens the mys-
terry regarding the attempted assassina-
ton of this man. Mr.. Ellis insists that
he has no idea who shot him. He says
he has implicit faith in his office assist
ant. Mrs. Holly. and that he feels GER
tain that neither she nor her nephew.
Carl. were concerned. Mrs. Holly, who
is a widow possessed of keen business
sense, continues her work in Mr.. Ellis
Office despite the confession and her COM
mitment last Wednesday as material
witness.
In the Somerville Jail. where Mrs
Holly was detained overnight, her
nephew Carl made the following state
ment regarding the manner IN which
the confession" was obtained.
"A few months ago 1 was approached
by a man named Well in Stroudsburg,
Pa. where I lived with my mother.
Well was we'll supplied with money.
and said that he wanted an assistant
in the construction company of which
he was superintendent. We went on
short trips and became real chummy.
Tried to BE ssManly.,
well told me that successful men
cared little for the straight and narrow
path. Hessaid that he often did things
people were ashamed Of. and that it was
manly to drink whisky. 1 wanted to
prove myself a man, so / drank whisky
whenever he asked me to. Sometimes he
would boast to friends that he had com-
mitted all sorts of crimes, and they
would then tell what they had done. Fre-
auently, durin these talks. he would
turn to me and ask IL had done things
for which ! would have been in prison
IL caught. I always nodded my head.
"Once, when on hunting trip. We
talked Of shooting deer. There were
friends of Wells present. All told hunt
ing stories and I ted how I once shot
a buck with an old gun that was in a
trunk at home.
You mean it was a man down in New
Jersey that you shot-not a buck said
We'll.
Everybody laughed and then We'll
said. See. he admits 1t. he mods his
head
Later On there was more drinking and
finally they had me tell how in 1872
worked for Mr.. Ellis, as his chauffeur.
This was after the shooting of which
knew absolutely nothing. Then they
piled me with more whisky and I was
arrested