The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-24

said, Yes. why not7' I suggestNs> no
get the payroll on July II. II was pay
day, and as Miss Smith was going on
her vacation I figured there would be
more money than usual. 1 figured there
would be about 5000. We planned TO get
Mr.. Hull out OF the Office somehow Paige
was to call him to the stockroom and l
was to grab the money while Paige
tripptd him up, but I guess Paige got
cold feet Paige suggested using the
rail puller, but l said that would cut
him too much. I happened to see the
hammer and suggested we use that.
Paige said, Well. you do It your own
way and 1 told him / would"
slayer struck Four Times.
o'Brien fingered his right temple to
show where the blows landed. He said
he hit Hull four times, but after I hit
him the first time everything was blank
to me-"
How do you know you struck him
four times7" the District Attorney
asked. O'Brien said he had read II in a
newspaper; his own belief was II was
only three times. He said he had no
Idea of finishing" Hull when he first
hit him both boys disclaimed the pur-
pose OF murder. Leaving Hull on the
floor and taking the money the boys
went out. O'Brien said. Paige going first
and O'Brien locking the door. O'Brien
told Of stealing SIS from his aunt. three
weeks ago. but said he hadn't robbed
his sisters husband. IT wouldn't take
anything from him." he elucidated.
The District Attorney asked Paige II
he had ever been in a robbery before.
The reply was. mo. this Is my first
pull on"
Ever associate with men who went
around robbing people?'
NO" said Paige. "I did" said
OBrien. who we're theyT' pursued
the questioner. 81 won't squeal." OBrien
said. He told of the Bryant Park in
cident; in April. he thought It took place.
A man asleep on a bench had his arms
folded I'VE went through him without
him knowing It," o'Brien confided. I'VE
got $500 and I got only $50 of It. One
OF the other fellers got his watch"
Saidi the District Attorney: "OBrien,
since you have done an awful deed don't
you think you ought to do what you can
to help society by telling US the names
of all the crooks you worked with so
we can clean the city of Them
OBrien replied: II don't care to tell
on anybody else. I don't care to be a
squealer."
Would you rather be on the side of
criminals or on the side of the people
who were being robbed7 You can't be
on both Sides
well. none of them would do me any
sood now"
DO you not think you would like to
make atonement?"
mot in that way"
eff you had to do II over again would
you do what you have done?"
mo, SIR"
Didn't you think you would be
caught7"
I'VE knew we would be caught, but
didn't think 1t would be so easy"
wilkins story n Joke.
With his next answer oerlen spiked.
so far as he is concerned, a pet theory
of Mayor Hylans regarding crime and
publicity. The District Attorney asked
him II he had been Influenced before de-
Gliding to rob Hull by reading In news
papers about crimes. the doors of which
the police were unable to find.
That didn't have anything to do with
it" O'Brien said.
did you ever say you knew some
thing about the murder of Mrs. Wilkins
at Long BeachT'
THAT was Joke. A Teller in the
Freehold. n. j., Jail asked me II knew
something and said maybe did"
O'Brien said finally that he had in
tended to hit Hull with the side of the
hammer. and didn't know why he
changed his mind; that he wouldn't
bave touched his employer II the latter
had gotten up out Of the chair and
gone to get the pills Paige asked for"
and that he had intended to go to Mary
land after the robbery.
The boys will be arraigned before
Judge Mcintyre in General Sessions this
morning. AS they had no counsel and
no money, the Judge assigned Morris
Rldck. Walter H. Carpenter and William
II. Byrne to the defence OF OBrien, and
n Henry Rosenberg and Alexander
Wolf to the defence of Paige.