The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-19
WILLIAMS PAL CONFESSES TO
 CASE ROBBERY Poughkeepsie Prisoner De- nies Knowledge of slay-
 ing of Hubert Case ROBBERY WAS "sIx MILES FROM TWISTED" This Is About the Distance of Store Where Crime
 Was Committed

Isaac N. Williams of this city, now awaiting a hearing before Coroner Heman of LitchfieId county for the
 murder of Hubert B. Case of Bark hamsted, has been involved in a con fession purportfng to have been made by another alleged accomp1ise, liar ry Rowe, now awaiting sentence for burglary in Poughkeepsie.
 Despatches from Poughkeepsie in dicate that Rowe has made a state ment to representatives of the Con- necticut state police, and to Chief Mo Cabe- of the city police of Poughkeep- sic, in which he admits having figured in the robbery of a store about six miles from Winsted on the night of the alleged murder. The Case store in Barkhamsted, is about six miles from Winsted. It is said that the statement does not include any infor- nation as to the slaying of Case. Rowe, in fact, has put the responsf- store, upon Williams, maintaining that he acted as a lookout while Williams was inside,
 According to the despatches from Poughkeepsie, when Williams came out of the store, nothing was said about murder; in fact Rowe says Williams made mention of any trouble whatsoever. merely saying he had taken $1O.
 Rowe's confession followed the dis approval of an alibi advanced by him when first confronted with the mur- der He said that he was working at the Moline PIow Company on the night of the murder. but when this was shown false he admitted that he had been with Williams the night the murder was committed
 This admission on the part of Rowe if true, materially affects the a1ibf claimed for Williams by his mail order wife and Mrs. J. B. Williams, a sister-in-1aw of the accused man, both of whom claimed Williams was in Poughkeepsie the night of the murder. J. B. Williams, a brother, says that, Williams was in Bridgeport on the Saturday morning in question and that he borrowed $2 with which to go to Poughkeepsie. He did not see him after o'clock that morning and when Ike returned to Bridge port on the following Tuesday he wanted similar loan, When J. B. Williams left on the 9:20 a m-, train Saturday for Waterbury. he says his brother was still in Bridgeport.
 It is the theory now that Williams did leave Bridgeport for sPoughlkeepsie in the morning of Saturday, Novem- medtately went to Rowes home and that the two men there decided upon. the robbery. Probably neither man contemplated murder at the, time. It is also believed that Williams got into communication with Pfaeff1in by tel ephone. either from Pougskeepsie or from Winsted, and made arrange ments with him for Williams and Rowe to stay over night with him at the Brickelmaier place in Cole brook, of which .Pfaefflin was the caretaker.
 The arrangements completed, the two men are supposed to have, taken the 4:10 p. m. train out of Pough- keepsie which arrived at Winsted at Al p. m. From Winsted to Bark hamsted, by the Pleasant Valley road. is about five miles. and by walking fast the men could have gotten to Bark hamsted and the Case store by five minutes to g at about which time the crime was committed. It is believed that once in Winsted they hurriedly left the town and walking through Pleasant Valley arrived at the bridge just in time to be seen by William Cawl, the clerk in the store. It was particularly dark night and Caw1 could not identify the men, but knew they were strangers, one tall, one short. Williams is supposed to be the tall man. Passing Cawl the men are supposed to have hurried to the Case store reaching there about 8 o'clock.
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