Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-18
Conuict in Rhode Island
Penitentiary Tells Of Be-
ing in Party that In
TERED Remains.
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Especial TO The Times ispatch
PROVIDENCE. Il J.. Apri! IL
Octave Charles Ginourcs. a convict Ia
the Rhode Island State Prison a. Grams
ton. declared to-da: tina; he was pres
ont at the burial Of Dorothy Arnold in
the cellar OF magnificent house near
West Point. He declares that he was
In the party that took the young
woman from a doctors house near New
Rochelle TO the West Point place His
story is one OF the most remarkable
ever published. He says that he re-
coived $3.50 for his par, IA the
ehastly job.
Ginoures told his story ia the pres
cnce Of Warden Almer J. Davis. a re-
porter and Edward 7. Metcalf the
former president Of the Atlantic Ma
ilona! Bank Of Providence, who IL Xcrv-
iur a siX-ycar sentence in ;he Grams
ton Jail for hank wreckInr.
Ginoures has served two terms in
penal institutions. and IS known here
as Edward 9. Gicnorrts He is short,
swarthy man, Intelligent, clcar-minded
and usually taciturn. His staterncn,
follows his conversion in the chapel
of The Cranston jail This is his story
as told.
My real name is Octave Charles
Ginourcs. My father. whose name is
the same mine. lived AT 20 Wright
street New Brighton, Stathn Island.
He is employed in, Dcimon:co's. was
born in Macdougal Street. Greenwich
village, ,wcnts seven -cars ago.
SAYS HT: TELLS STORY
To CLEAR CONSCIENCE
'"rhe story / am about TO tell has
appeared before ma in nay dreams. T
hay" no." decided % clear my con-
science had nothing 10 du with tho
::;rl'S condition. was IA no vay con-
n-cted with her death,
II was twcn,y-ou, WARS old F.h-
ruary ,. 1911. / don't know just when
IL Was tha, Dorothy Arnold dis
appeared But il was aiou; tho time
of my birthday ,ha; became involved
.' her case ]. was my custom to
spend considerable % my Tine In Mat
,htcu's saloon. At Twenty eighth street
aud Seventh Avenue. am we'll known
there had gotten III with n bad
crowd
ON this particular night. vas in
tin. saloon and waa approached by
Louis Bcdouin. who te known as Little
Louie and as Louis i!enoit
Louie asked ne wha, had In miad
told him that there was nothing
doing He declared that II. could tip
IN" ~ 10 some easy money. had done
hit in Ilrlira and was afraid OF ,hc
police. told Louie that want n
on Il stick up Job or any sluEEinr Nc
told ne II was all r:Eht and tool: me
20 t;ufTarti's reSiauran,--at Seventh
Avenue and Tw"nty-hfth Street.
think.
There was n gentleman waiting
there FOR us. iic was short, sltgh,
chap, about twenty -eiEh, years old
lie was snooth-facc and vcry we'll
dressed His clothes were wcll made
We had some dinner, for which this
gentleman paid
DOES NOT LEARN NAME
OF MAN WHO PAYS HIM
~ didn't learn his name asked.
hut Louie told me 20 mind my own
business. The gentleman asked me
whether I was going with Louie.
said didn't know. Louie declared {,
was ali right. and that 7 would go
along The gentleman gave me $50,
and told me that l was hired 20 pro-
tect him. We left Gufanti's and went
10 the Knickerhocker Hotel There
stood hig Limousine with brass
kewpe on the radiator. never
thought to get the number OF the
license. Anyway was satisfied.
They told me I was not due for any
rough work, and that after the job
was done I was TO get 5000 more.
Louie drove the car.
We went 20 New Rochelle and con-
tinucd on for about Ave miles. Louie
asked ME whether I had a gun with
me | had and told him 90. told
him that was not going to use II for
anybody. But the strange gentleman
told me that all I needed to do was
TO protect him. Louie told me that
the strange gentleman had n pull and
lots o. money. and that We couldn't
get in bad.
Louie stopped the ca, ia 'front.' OF a;
fine hiE Colonial house. There was a
little sign on the front. didn't read
II. ] can go there any t'mo. though
Louie and the strange gentleman told