New-York tribune., 1918-09-18
Evening World" Editor
Surrenders to Police and
Makes Full Confession
In T Ton1bs Following
Plea of Not Guilty
Prisoner Appears Rational
Under Questioning; Says
Crime Was Long Planned

"Tnn i.verira World who killed his
' - INn,;a. morring, cav. himself
y 70 40 pei;ct v.sterca. nlaoe eAN
ecnfess,oa OF .he shooting. wnicn he
go vas brought About by impending
..~snc;Al -air, o..1 was lodg2i il tho
T,.a,hs !att ..aae
Chaplin ,oio rstlict Attorney Swami.
Car,nir Cerey CT trc Eomic'Ae Bu-
2oe:. nnG 7taer ufncln,1 ~ 2oiice
Hc. aq.Arters that BE WIS pr&c.
Ye.,n'ie1s. s,:aoueh q tew yenss nge
lc Ma ts;le9 no:r 20 q pars "t tAa
1v.sc! age for.ume. lived II 9 Ic:te
- -, Ns.cl P,asa nua ow,.c! yacnt
s-rA anto.noD;:c Ho sac stoc! spec
,lat.ous haa wiped OFT his :VsattE; nc
;.sd ool roN-et' md lost time and again,
ara sas - .ne era Of his rope.
rs w,ts mad never known ct the
.ro.tj.r cway OF bis fortune, and It
W. 20 Yrevc~t discovery by her of his
o.ssrace and .uia that he had ended
i.r jife. Ghepin said. lie added that
ne rad planned to end his own life. too,
nuc had been prevented by circum-
stances.
Walks Into Police Station
Chapin's roappearance and recital Of
the shooting. just twcntyfour hours
;fter he lad walked out of his suite
N the Hotel Cumberland. leaving his
,vife's BODY and a note. "Do not dis
lurb.' took place as dramatically as
cd T1W
Il was while the whole detective
fo,ce Of the city was on the watch for
r4r thai the editor. dressed nattily IN
: clav suit and black derby hat, calmly
walked into the West Sixty-oighth
Street station lie appeared haggard
from lack OF sleep but his actions and
vo 'ds were those of 4 normal man.
II want 10 see Captain Tierney.
Chapin told the man ar the desk. Tell
him KS Important
Captain Tic,ney was not N the sta
tor. so Chapin revealed his identity
% !e dc5l. man aud vas placed under
nrYeet. He was bundled into a patrol
v9ron and taken to headquarters.
wacre District Attorney Swami. Cap
,alu Carey and Deputy District Attor~
ne, James MeGee were waiting for
nri.
Roused from Reveric
White waiting 10 be questioned
l.hspin sal &ith his head on his hands,
and during the recital which followed
-.e broxc down and wcpt as he told
q Sh. t}ain II events which drove him
t. ..N his companiou OF tiirty-nine
laar5.
-. W az louscd from his bitter rev
c Wen MCGEE put TO him tho formal
question. "llavc you any statement to
maze ?"
Yes. have" Chapin replied vigor-
- 4ly Wi,hon. the necessity for
.u..hcr questions lie told his story
.-i'anua hesitation and hcaved 4 sigh
:, Ap:a:n Carey, Chaplin displayed no
..gr: Of abrormalitv .iuring his con
fCsS'cv
(. l1in did not hesitate to GO into de
,ails .,oncernins the manner in which
Ae had pianHed the shooting. which he
had contemplated as long as four years
AGO. zen his first Wall Street spccu-
lation 'urncd out badly. His confcs-
sion showed That he had stayed awake
~a;tinG for his wife TO turn SO he
eou,a piarc 4 bullet IN Vulnerable
srot-
Says tie Owed Everybody
Il committed the crime because of
ny financial standing" Chaplin said
body and feared exposure and the loss
af ny position. For the last five years
had lost considerable money in Wall
street | Was very proud and never
.et t be known. Even my intimate
friends md my wife did not know the
axtcnt OF Tic wreck.
borrowed money from outsiders
NV1,r which TO cay the stock brokers
was CONSTANT, honndcd and menaced
20 .a7ishcc ~ salary. Fcur wears
ago, a. tno tilae [ r.oved ron the
Plaza 20 tAc Go,loerl4,I l took my
Va ( :" ashi?rton Vl'n i,lc intention
Of cNdiHg .,otI. car lives.
t boogh' a III. n i ceneterv there
ana o!rctea & iron'2.i ent over the place
whcrc we be-. abot.iG hc 00riec Then
oeo,ded u fight it out ana returned
tc New York. Az that TIC idea of
sNloido cam" - .ne ctton. bat / could
ro' tn'rA of )sa",lC m, We behind.
'Lsss June weo. 10 .he estate oe
l'en Sc':z. business ma2ager os Tee
Nor'3. IL Maine, taitLg along r.
VcIvN. -fvcn to ne by fcrmcr ?oiicc
Cnnr,'SsIoner Waldo decided thor
y vas unfair 10 leave behind my wife
who had 10 relatives and was depend
eHt Cd &c
",hr After Shooting
Charin said that last Sunday. while
Us We waited outside, he vent into
"-nc Wo'i&' o0ica and took from q
dssE drawer tho weapon which was the
instrument o. her death. He carried it
homs aDd rio it in closet Then he
waited according to his own testimony
un.il Mrs. Chaplin, asleep in bed, shoulc
t,rn. Afir- several hours the oppor.
1uHis" presented itself, and, he con
tos&f,: he tooi. the revolver from it,
place cs ccnccalment and fired one bul
lot which airuck her behind the right
~
ho shooting occurred at O'CLOCK
o.iay morning, and Mrs Chaplin.
dea'h took place half ur. hour later
Tho cuitor then .arcssed with care, lef'
:.otos informing shs world of his deed
and descended In tho elevator, chatting
pleasantly &C the weather with O. frienc
he Aae met.
Afoer leaving word that Mre Chapir
vps I'll and not +, bG disturbed, The
editor vent 70 barber, was shavea
and, with two revolvsrs IN hts pockets
a.ro,.sd into Censra. Park. Then he
took :ra:n TO P::ospoot Ps-l, sat dowr
or bench and >ook ods one Of the
revc .vers 10 ac IatseA q to end his
own ].ic, Chapia sAi1 Z. policeman ap
FEARED. and ne concealed .hc weapor
a,-ain.
Tramps About All Ua!
After tramping about Brooklyn all
day he returned to Manhattan about
midnight, getting OFF at Times Square