The Washington times., 1918-09-21
VIRGINIA WOULD
ETRAD|TE RUBIN
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and in a conversation with her he
told her he was an eX-convict She
declared she would turn him up" as
he declared, and he became excited
and choked her. He then carried her
to the tree, he says, and tied her
there, in the hope that-someone would
think she was a suicide.
He declared he did not otherwise as
sault Eva Roy. but states that II such
crime had been committed he might
have done that also. The question as
to whether she was erer assaulted Is a
matter Of doubt in the minds Of those
investigating the case since the begin
ming.
Rubin was arrested Thursday in the
District on the charge OF attacking
little child. He says he is twenty-one
years old and once was in the army.
During his examination by detectives
and the sheriff of Fairfax county he
showed few signs OF nervousness anil
seerled 20 be rlad OF the opportunity TO
confess L. murder Of Eva. Roy.
"COnfessionD Ls Doubted.
Because OF Rubin's evasive answers
to the rapid fire OF questions put to
him by the detectives. his apparent
inability to muster an exact sequence
OF events that led up to and followed
the killing OF Eva Roy, the detectives
have been inclined to discredit his
confession
His story does not ring true to
me-" said Inspector Grant
81 will not say he is not the mur-
derer OF Eva Roy, but there are ply
sical facts about the case that IL he
the crime he ought to
know about" says Detective Sergeant
Jacob Berman.
In his confession, Rubin said that
after he escaped from the reforma-
tory he spent the afternoon in the
nearby woods and at night slept on a
lawn in Alexandria, coming to Wash
Ington the next morning.
"I knocked around Washington, but
got afraid I would be picked up as a
fugitive from the prison and decided
TO go back to the woods and live" he
said. II took car, got OF at Mt
Vernon and walked into the woods"
Far From Crime Scene.
Detective Berman and Inspector
Grant say that the woods near Mount
Vernon are many miles from the
scene of the crime.
Getting down to the day OF the mu-- |
Ter of Eva Roy. Rubin. despite at
temps made to show he tells an IT. |
relevant story, said:
"When Iafeared she was going TO |
-eport me as an escaped convict, |
seized her by the throat and dragged |
Ter into the woods. was excited |
md placed her against a tree-I do |
lot remember what happened after |
hat. / don't remember what l did to |
Ter after / placed her against the
rec"
"Did you burn her clothes?" asked
Were her clothes burned?- asked
Rubin.
I'm asking you II you burned her
lothes," retorted Grant
QuIx1ed About Clothing.
'If they were burned, 1 suppose I
must have done it, for I killed her
md don't know what happened af-
er that"
The girls clothes were not burned,
tut were badly disarranged and torn.
Asked about his shirt, Rubin said
hat in the death struggle the girl I.
ore It and the lining of his coat
After walking several miles, II
ook OF the shirt and threw IT away"
You know you did not kill her"
I was suggested.
How do you know?" was Rubin's |
answer, as he hung his head.
The detectives found upon further
questioning that Rubin bought a suit |
II clothes in a Ninth street shop, and |
attempts will be made to recover the |
,ne he says he wore when he attack
ID the girl, which he discarded when
lie bought the new suit
Rubin also said the Roy girl |
scratched him on the face with her
lngernRIls. This, the detectives say.
vas a physical impossibility. because
Ter nails were worn down to the
luick.
These statements OF Rubin, the de-
ectives say, show such irrelevance
- to indicate he ts not telling the