The sun., 1916-09-16
R~INGLEADERS TELL
OF NICHOLS MURDER
Joint Confession Made by
WaltOnen and MulhOlland
at Bellevue.
FENCE ARRESTED
Prisoners Declare That They
Thought Woman Had
Only tainted.

With a full confession from the ring
leaders OF the trio Of burglars VINO
caused the death OF Mrs. Elizabeth Mich
OILS in her home. at 4 East S~eventy-ninth
street. a yea ago and the arrest yester-
day Of the man who acted as fence
for most OF the stolen goods the New
York police now believe they have tho
case practically cleared up.
Only one man. Eddie Lchto. remains
at liberty. and his was a minor part In
the crime. A considerable share OF the
stolen jewelry has been recovered. and
IL IL expected that the entire amount VIII
be In the hands OF the detectives within
a few hours.
Most OF the action In yesterdays chap
ter Of the case was staged in y ward AZ
Bellevue Hospital. where Arthur walto-
men. confessed leader In the burglary, Is
now a patient as a result OF his desper-
ate attempt to escape by captng from
the moving train that was bringing him
and two detectives to this city from IRON
wood. Mich. where he was arrested.
His Break for Liberty.
I; vas near Harmon. where the ex-
press slowed down to change Engines
that waltonen made his break Tor
liberty. Detectives Fogarty and Enright.
his guards. were standing beside his seat
on the rear car OF the train when sud
denly the prisoner leaped past them.
In A twinkllng he had cleared the rail.
His handouts impeded him n he
landed on his head. The detectives were
close behind him. He was put aboar1
4 second train and brought to New York
where he VAS sent to Bellevue. HIS
only injuries we're severe bruises OF the
BODY and a badly cut face.
Within a couple Of hours w~altonen
had so FAR recovered that Inspector
Faurot and Capt. Cray brought Joseph
A.. Mulholland. the other prisoner. ia
confront him. wal.oncn told hi. con-
'c.sion again. and then Mulholland ad-
ritted his full share In It They named
Harry Resnick, night ,nsnag ger RI a RS
tsurant at loa East ioath street a year
ago. az the man who had fenced the
jewels fo- them.
Detectives were sent 20 IS SUSSEX
| street. Dover. y J.. TO get Resnick. They
found he had moved last Monday. but IN
his home they recovered a ring. part OF
the loot. from which two four carat dia-
monds. worth $4,000. had been removed
Arrest Of RrsnicL.
They then traced Resnick TO his new
home at i&2s Eyse venue. The Bronx
and arrested him. There they got th'
two diamonds from the rims and als'
two small stones which had been part ri
n $4,000 necklace belonging to the dead
woman.
Once more tho prisoners. This time
three Of them. were confronted AZ Bell"
vue. Jointly they made a confession al
the crime. tho gist Of which was as fol
lows
The robbery al Mrs. Nichols "a.
-a-..-a - .z.. tf.-~ Ia.
waltonen. as butler In the house. led "
the plans. and when he LET, his employ
ment an attempt was made to get onni'
Talss. the Finn. to help. The boy r.
fused. but on the night " the rohbcr,
he did admit them. Meanwhile Wal
tonen. Mulholland and I@hto rrange'
with R"snick 10 dispose Of whatever loo
they got.
When tho three entered the hous,
Iehto stayed below. covering Talas anc
a maid. while Mulhoiland and Wal'one'
went upstairs 10 Mrs. Nicholas rooms
Waltonen's story was that Mulhollant
had the revolver. ~ his command ot
hands up she fell dead of fright.
II was her" that the only cortradic.
ton ~ tho confession came, and II wa.
n dramatic one,
II didn't" Mu'holland declared. wher
his partner told OF his having had the
gun. You did that"
waltonen Contradict.
That's n lie Waltonen cried. si,tinl
up all bandaged In his cot. You wantet
me TO. and | wouldn't do II because
knew she'd recognize my voice II
spoke to her. You told her 20 liz
her hands
Mulhollsnd admitted II. II was Wal
tonen, however. who thrust "A pillowcas
over the dead woman's head and tlet
her arms. They thought. they explained
that she had merely tainted. Then the,
left with all the valuables they coul
find n went for Resn!ck. to whom
Mulholland gave the loot for d.sposa.
A couple OF days later the restaurau
man turned over $3.50 that he IN,
realized on part OF the Jewels. Tn" res
he rave to Waltonen to sell.
Mulholland, il developed Yesterday
Is ".Joe the Wop." the name that Onni
Talas used to describe one Of the thieves
He was arrested the day after the mur
der. but after a sweating by the polio
they were forced to release him, WIZ
corsummate nerve, he Immediately wen
with his mother 10 Deputy Commission
Lord. complaining that the detective
were prosecuting him because OF hi
record and asked for protection.