The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-06
NEGROES ARE LED TO
MOHR MURDER SPOT
Chief Robbins Quizzes Them
on the Scene Of the
= Crime.
CONFESSION TALE GIVEN

PRovIpENcE. r. l., Sept. 5.-The police
have barred the doors OF the Bristol
county Jail to all persons seeking inter-
views with George w. Heals. Cecil ".
Brown and Henry Spellman. the negroes
who accused Mrs. Elizabeth l.. Mohr
OF hiring them to kill her husband, DR..
G.. Franklin Mohr, and do up his
companion. Emily Burger, on Barring
ton Hin. and who yesterday were re-
ported as having denied making any
confession.
chief Inspector O'Neil denied tonight
the story OF the third degree described
by the negroes. lie said:
ut is never the practice OF this de-
partment to resort to such treatment
CT prisoners. These men were brough,
I'm one at "A time and II required little
questioning to bring out all they had 10
say. Emphatically their confessions
were entirely voluntary and Mrs. Mohr's
Lame was not mentioned by anybody un-
II, after each prisoner had first OF his
own free will lone so and set up the
claim that he was Influenced through
her opportunities and promise OF money
TO do the shooting. And each did this
without knowing what the others had
told.
'"To make the confession sure 7 caused
typevritten copies to be made. gave
these 10 the local reporters and turned
them loose on the prisoners
The Reported Confession.
"'Did you make this confessionT the
spokesman asked Brown.
ayes, ] did, he replied.
""You admit shooting DR.. Mohrr
"'Yes, ! shot him.
s'Do you admit killing m
~Yes, I killed him.
"'Who shot the girl?'
"spellman quickly replied. When Miss
Burger jumped out or the car u let her
have two shots.
ITO Heals II was said How about It,
George is 1t true"
Yes ne replied, 1T Is true
After explaining that Mrs. Nfohr
bought the cycle they used, Brown add
ed y
"'Gcorge was To bring his car to that
spot under the tree. lie was just to
come that's all
Il don't see how they are going to get
AWAY from that" said the Chief. Bear
in mind there was no star chamber
business about this. These men freely
made these cold blooded admissions of
their guilt and repeated the conspiracy
story I'm the presence of half "A dozen
witnesses. II was the identical story
they repeated in tho presence OF Mrs.
Mohr when they again declared that II
was true in every particular
In refutation OF Healis's denial that he
was at Mrs. Mohr's house on Monday
night. when, as he had said. the shoot
ing was finally arranged. an employee
at Mohr's Newport villa mas declared
that Heals was there Monday night
and did not leave for Providence until
the following morning.
Chief of Police Robbins OF Barring
ton has been mailing fast the confession
which Chief Inspector O'Neil say was
freely made without any third degree
methods, as Brown and Spellman allege
Chief Robbins. while transferring the
prisoners to Bristol county decided he
would question them. They were hand
cuffed together and upon arriving al
the scene OF the shooting Robbins drew
up at the roadside and told the prisoners
60 alight and show him how they left
the place after the occupants OF the
automobile had been hot.
Without hesitation. they led him ant
another officer down a path lie ding into
the woods. A fence was encountered
which Spellman said II would not bt
necessary to climb as there was a bread
in 1t through which he went Tucsd, y
night. Passing through this, the prisoner:
walked a short way down the path &c
the drive in the Rhode Island Countr!
Clubs grounds leading to hyatt station
While they We're passing Echo Lake
q part of the clubs reservation. Spell.
man said that he had thrown his revol.
yer in there. Brown. however, said thai
he had pitched his into the. brook. fur.
ther up the road.
POachers See Negroes.
Chief Robbins was informed thi.
afternoon that two men. who were clan.
destinely fishing In Echo Lake Tucsda,
night. heard the revolver shots anC
presently saw two negro men come on
OF the woods with a motorcycle, The
negroes were engaged In subducd con,
versatton and upon reaching the drive
mounted the motorcycle and sped ,owarC
the railroad station.
Fearing prosecution because of peach
ing, they kept this information to them
selves until last night, Chief Robbinl
found the poaChcrs this afternoon, go
their story and will take them to tn,
county Jail tomorrow morning 20 lool
at the prisoners. He also found u ma
who one week ago saw a negro ma
looking closely over the scene OF IN,
shooting as Though studying the sur
r~Oundings. He gave "A description whicl
tallies closely with that Of one OF tn,
accused.
George C.. McCaudellis. the railroar
tender says that soon after . O'Clock las
Tuesday night a motorcycle. the headlight
OF which was not burning. sped dow
the Country Club drive and turne,
toward Providence. The crossing ma,
could not tell how many men were o.
the motorcycle. but il was beyond douh
that which Chief Robbins thinks the tw
poacheIs saw brought out by the tw
negroes.
Miss Burger was not In as favorabl
a condition to-day. but the hospital sur
geons do not believe that there ar
grounds for apprehension.
CARLTON DENIES 1T.