The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-11
Elmer RushloW and William
Dennis Admit Killing
Chin Kim
WHO WAS 81 w
IN ST. Al sw',o STORE
Arrest of Youths Said to
Have Been Due to Dis
covery of a Glove

| st. AIbans, Feb Confession by
Elmer Rushlow and William Dennis that
! they were the slayers Of Chin Kim, the
| Chinese storekeeper, whose body was
found in his store last Friday morning.
was announced by the police to-day. A
glove which was found in the store is
said to have furnished the clue which led
| to the arrest of Rushlow and Dennis
late yesterday.
The boys were closeted with the au-
thorities for some time, after which they
are said to have made the confession.
The local officers are reticent, but they
have given out some of the important
facts of the reported confession.
Dennis, who will be q on April 2, and
Rushlow, who is a few months past q,
have been companions and have been
frequent visitors at kim's store. They
had sold him various articles and were
acquainted with his business and his
habits.
According to the so-called confession,
they were at the city dump during
Thursday afternoon at o'clock when
they decided to go to kim's store. The
police figure that the boys went there
at about 6 o'clock 1t is understood they
asked Kim the price OF fur coat and
that when the storekeeper reached up
to take the coat from its place one of
them struck him with railroad coup
ling iron. Then they broke open the
showcase and stole about 20 watches,
which they took to the city dump and
buried, expecting to dig them up later.
The police refuse to say which one of
the boys is said TO have struck the fa-
tai blow.
Chief Of Police f. J. Mahoney, Sheriff
G. G. Holmes and Patrolman Robert
Walker were largely instrumental in un-
raveling the mystery, although a Boston
detective had part, chiefly in securing
a statement from the boys. Chief Ma
honey noticed pair of gloves in the
store, the gloves having an outside COW
ering of sheepskin, Thinking that they
might form clue in the case he took
them.
After several other clues had been run
down the police started on the glove
clue, finding that Victor Cohen sold on
Monday. Feb. ?. to Rushlow and Dennis
two pairs Of gloves like those in the
chiefs possession. They also learned
that on Friday one pair of such gloves
was sold at Thibaults second hand store,
also on Catherine street.
On learning this information it was
thought that arrests were justitiable,
and Patrolman Walker went to the
Rushlow home and arrested the boys.
They We're taken TO the city hall and
later to the Jail. At first they told con-
ficting stories, but finally Rushlow is
said to have become frightened and also
collapsed, after which he proceeded to
relate the whole crime. The other boy
also was questioned, and he is said to
have made separate confession, after
which the boys were brought together,
when they told an identical story.
The police had previously found that
j.. n. Neiburg visited the Kim store
shortly after 6 o'clock on the day in
question, and they believe that the crime
came near being discovered at that time.
The boys have no counsel at present,
and it is likely that the state will as
sign LAWYERS for them. Neither youth
looks as old as his given age and neither
is very prepossessing, while neither
seems to realize the seriousness of his
position. 1t is probable that their cases
viii come up for trial at the March term
of franklin county court, over which
Judge f. /. Waterman is to preside. A
special session of the grand jury will be
asked of Judge L. ?. Slack, who presided
over the recent session OF the county
court.
An officer from the police department
went to the city dump this morning but
could not find the watches which the
boys are alleged to have buried. The
boys said they left no mark, and they
viii be taken there later to lead in the
search.