Arizona republican., 1919-08-29
COMPLETE CONFESSION OF GREEK CLEARS UP MURDER: ! SAYS HE WENT TO ROB HIM.
of
 Rigles


 Sitting in the court reporters office in the court house at o'clock last night, Nick Rigles gave a detailed ac- count of the circumstances leading up to the shooting of Harry Creme, with details on the actual killing The story came out in answers. sometimes nearly fearful, in response to questions by As- sistant County Attorney Herman Lew kowitz. With most of the questions eliminted, Rigles' account of the slay- ing runs as follows:
 T want to explain. Since have been in this country I am sorry; 1 am sorry.
 T was injured in the mine. They settled with the company for s2,000, and I spent all the money; and charged me $500 for the lawyer, and admins trator s200.
 And l came to Phoenix to find some lawyer and go outside and stay on a farm with that guy told you about the other day. I bought a cot. And 1 find I want to find out and get a lawyer, because 1 am crippled and can't do anything. And first day l came. the guy that has that farm outside took me upstairs some place and to a lawyers office. and the lawyer was on a yaca.- iIOll- <AuQ l Std Sd dDOUl d NfCh4 I've been up at the '. M C. A., all the time. And I have forty dollars in my pocket, forty or forty four dollars. had sixty dollars, and the other money gave for that gun, and 1t left me forty dollars I've been over in the Y. NJ. A.
 After a week that 1 was here in Phoenix one Greek fellow told me. Let's go up there to that place in the coffee house. That gambling house
 I'd been over there and saw the boys play poker and I stayed to play one dollar chips and I think gave one dol- lar to that fellow to start playing, and I been over there and play a little, a dollar stack to kill time-and next day Harry you know. all the time he try to fool me and take all my money away. and he told me the other day I give him some money to play, and I told him didn't want to play because,I am crippled
 "One night go up there and Mike. that Serbian fellow, and another boy, two or three Greek boys playing. and I have two queens and l put adj my money. in. l don't know how much had, and that fellow put another fifty cents on it. That guy now works in Attt busy 0tt-a4 0Ofl | .tNltON Itto A. Serbian fellow Of a Slovenian. And l told him all right I see how much money you have. l think l have seventy five cents more. l have two queens back to back I got g. little in fected in my head and ii makes me crazy and told him all right. Another fellow spoke to me. and said that guy bets fifty cents. l said l look at my money He said that is right. He thinks that is right. He make me pass and that guy grab all the money, and 1 told the boy l got two queens back to back. That guy, little Jew works in the Chrysty Cafe. He says You are crazy. you got two queens" and I was just picking up my money to bet it, and everyone think-I told him Yes that is right, I think it is pretty good. . Everyone says alright" and Mike, that Serbian fellow that runs the game says, Harry is coming. Harry says to every one, That is right" Everybody get the money after the fellow take all my money away and I ask Harry to give it to me five dollars in chips. He give 1t to me, and I told him l pay it tomorrow morning As soon as l come tomor- row, 1 would not play any more. been up there and the boys in the St. fIdQcfS. ana ldkt II LO Hliiis Loiu that fellow I wanted some money owed to pay my room and clothes. Nobody of the business men know you play poker except the gamblers. l been there and Harry not like to take that money to pay it back. He wanted me to play again. He says Take it, take a dollar chips.
 c. Who played with you then, Harry?
 l A. Harry and lots of men
 Q. And you lost again 2 A. q lost everything"
 O. How much?"
 A. q think ten dollars I draw ten from Commercial cafe and board and cash money at the St. Francis, about s93. I fool everybody. told them lose money in the park. I never lose 1 it in the park. They grab me up there in the gambling house
 And the second day, Saturday night I think. play and Harry told me You play some and give you chips too, and not charge you anything.
 Then I have about s15 and he take all my money away. I lose all money. Q. Saturday night?
 A. Saturday night and told him that soon as I lose another $15 I told him to give me S more. He give il to me and asked me the last time to bring the money. He says Don't do that any more and he told me he would give chips and charge it to me; If there was two or three men don't ask me for money 1 told him all right, and next night went over there and lose another 8.
 c. That was Sunday night?
 A. Sunday. (Breaks down and cries) draw another S up there in the St. Francis Cafe to buy some medicine, 1 fool everybody, been in a poker game trying to get that money back and ] lose everything and no have penny in the pocket, no have one cent been up there and l been downstairs