Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-03-21
GIRL P0|SONER
|. AND MAN JAILED;
SEEK COLLISION
Love-Mad Young Wo-
man Takes All Blame
For Killing I His Wife.
ABDUCTION CHARGED
ON VICTIMS HUSBAND

Seattle, March 2O.-Voluntary sur
render to the police of Dudley NJ. Storrs,
Okanogan, Washington, automobile me-
chanic, and forwarding of charge of alb
duction against him by Prosecuting At
torney w. A. Gresham, of Okanogan
county, from here, were new angles in
the case, today, in which Ruth Garrison,
IS. is charged with first degree murder
for the death of Mrs. Storrs, yesterday.
minutes after eating a poisoned fruit
cocktail in the restaurant of a depart
ment store. Yesterday Miss Garrison,
the police announced, confessed to stir
ring poison into the cocktail because of
her infatuation for Storrs.
Tomorrow the girl will be arraigned
in supreme court. Detectives question
ing her during the day were said to be
working on the theory that she alone
was not responsible for Mrs. Storrs'
death. Miss Garrison. however, tonight
stoutly maintained to officers and others
that she alone planned the poisoning.
storr Denies Knowing Intent.
Storrs denied, the police said, that he
hal any knowledge of Miss Garrisons
alleged plan to do away with Mrs. Storrs,
and corroborated features of her story
concerning his relations with Miss Gar
rison during the period when she visited
him in Okanogan.
No charges have been placed against
Storrs by the police, but upon orders Of
Chief j. f. Warren he was taken into
custody for investigation.
Prosecuting attorney Fred c. Brown.
today. endeavored to close all avenues
of escape against Miss Carlson should
she plead ''rot guilty" tomorrow. A
we'll known alienist, Dr. D. A. Nicholson,
called to examine her, pronouncing the
girl sane.
Should Miss Garrison plead guilty, the
laws of the state require sentence OF
life Imprisonment, no modification be-
ing permitted. The new law restoring
the death penalty, has not yet come into
effect.
Says Wife Threatened Suicide.
Storrs arrived here this afternoon
from Okanogan. He knew nothing OF
der of his wife until he reached Wen
atchee. He expressed doubt there as
to the confession Of Ruth Garrison. say
ing that if she made a confession. it was
only to escape the tortures of the police
third degree methods.
Il am satisfied that my wife took her
own life, fulfilling the threat which she
had repeatedly made" he said
Storrs was calm and collected and ap-
parently unmoved by the DEVELOPMENTS
in the love triangle. Storrs registered at
" Wenatchee yesterday under an assumed
name and kept to his room until train
time last night in order to escape inter-
viewers.
Interviewers and Jail attendants today
surprise at the calmness and
ease with which Miss Garrison discusses
1er confessed crime. Only once or twice
since the murder has she cried. "Not
,ad only foolish and young" was the
at the Jail.
Acted on Impulse She Says.
II was crazy" she declared. II didn't
think of anything but wanting to be with
him. The impulse came to me Tuesday
morning and l carried it out before l
Knew what I was doing.
What matters most is not what /
lave done-it is too late for that-but
he still cares for me. The main
hing l want to know is whether I will
,e allowed to see him when he arrives.
love Dudley Storrs with all my heart
md soul"
Didn't you want to scream when You
nd watched her die?" Miss Garrison was
sked.
NO" she said. II didn't feel a
hing after thot Of doing it that morn
ng."
Miss Garrison's mother does not know
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