The Detroit times., 1917-05-23
SANITY OF
HARRY SEON
|N-QUESTI0N
Court May Name Com
mission to Examine
Boys Slayer
PLEADS GUILTY
IN TWO COURTS
Prisoner Says Vision
of Young Victim Led
to Confession

That commission OF medical eX
perts will be appointed TO examine
Harry n Seon, selfconfessed shay
or OF Edward Barbara to determine
whether or not he is sane. seems
probable. Judge Connolly may de
eide upon his own accord 20 have
Seon examined before he sentences
him or request that the man be
sent N an asylum for the criminal
insane may come from an attorney
who hss represented the Seon o.
tate
The prisoner. when arrested in
Windsor for mistreatinG child
about three years ago. was exam.
Rsd by physicians and Seon recalls
vaguely that they told him he
ought 20 be in an asylum
Little more than six months ago,
Soon had bank account OF $4,000
the inheritance from his mothers
estate Today he is sloyenly in ap.
pcarance. and he declared after
making his plea OF guilty Tuesday
that he sold the scissors with which
he mutilated tho barbara boy for
10 cents In second hand store on
Michigan ave so that he could buy
food
The plea " guilty made b, Soon
has not been formally accepted by
Judge Connolly Under the law. a
defendant must make statement
10 tho court that his plea - free
and voluntary before 81 can be &C
cepted The Judge Will talk with
Soon % private before any further
action is taken
Seon told The Times that the
haunting vision Of his little brown
haired victim bad come 20 him IA q
dream In a cell ar police headquar
tiers, and had forced him to bare
the hideous details Of his crime
Seon held crust of bread in his
oiled hands as he talked IN a dry
hollow tons thru the bars of the
Wayne county Jail
Eddie came 10 me one utNhl" he
said The dream brought him Co
me- just like he Was when / used TO
know him laughing and friendly
feel like sitting down here and cry
ing out now FOR what / did. but hat
- Of no use All | can say is hat
: didnt hurt him much guess
he died when broke his neck and
he didni feel tho cuts that ] made
on him with The scissors Why did
: do it7 because I wanted my re-
,enge on Bessie Barbara and her
father
And what's more lose my mind
every once N while. EycrS
thought have ~ anything that
5000 and decen, leaves me. cant
tell YOU Why The doctors have
told nae ought 10 be in an asylum
But you know lived with the
Barbsras for almost a year And
loved Ressie I bought her clothes
and jewelry I bought lots NJ things
for lho Family Altogether guess
! spent $500 or 81 1000 on them. Then
when they found out most OF my
money was gone. they threw me out
and they accused me Of stealing
their jewclry
"A week before ! took Eddie
away. Bessie met me and said her
father would stick knife thru my
heart because I did that She said
she would have nothing more 20 do
with mo ! said. All right You'll
lose something much more than
am or than the jewelry And by
that meant they'd lose Eddie
Seon minated that the police
had trickcd him to a certain extent
in confcssing. by sending q man in.
10 tho same cell with him who as
sumed the air OF conndant and
told him as 4 companion in misery
that it would be best for him 10
confess
Judge Connolly remandcd sen 20
The jail for sentence, after he pris
Dner had asked nat he bc permit
tod "a ,,veuIf his aftorncV