The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-24
Confessed Brooklyn Bank For
ger Eager to Get on With
the Trial. ...
rs READY TO "GO WEST"
Asserts He Knows Where
abouts Of His Associate and
Hopes He Will Reform.

having been the tall man. OF the Eas
Brooklyn Savings Bank holdup ant
murder. one of the boidest crimes eveI
committed In New York city. He faces
death In the electric chair.
II must say" remarked Handy, as he
poised q cigarette In his nicotined fingers
..the proceedings are somewhat monoto-
nous. So far as I am concerned" he
puffed ut the cigarette. "as Horace Gree
isy--or was 1t Patrick Henry--said
Give me liberty or give me death
Again he coolly placed the cigarette be-
tween his lips.
Shortly before 10 o'clock. the court
opening hour, the immaculate, soft
apoken prisoner, stepped into a police
van at the Raymond street jail. together
with several other prisoners and was
taken to the Livingston street, or rear.
cate OF the court house. The van passed
tnto the path running along the side OF
the big building to the stairs Of the pen"
from which prisoners are taken into the
Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court.
Two policemen, special guards patrol
led the approach to the pen" Stretch
ing from the side OF the court house
toward Court street. on the site Of the
old Municipal Building. is . gentle green
lawn. protected from the ruthless public
loot by an iron fence along Joralemon
'apCt- ocFcTdi hundred INDIVIDUALS
we're clustered along the fence, seeking
% catch even but q glimpse Of the un-
usual young criminal. In Livingston
street there was also a crowd pecring
patiently at the windows and the stone
walls policeman walked up and
down IN front Of the court house, an.
eeher kept the corridors clear, while
two more and several court attendants
stood watchfuliy In the courtroom, which
was TANNED. Many came. but few. save
prospective Jurors. could enter.
Knows He IL Going West.
When Justice rawcett took hi, s>st
Handy walked some what stifrIy into the
courtroom and sat close to his lawyer,
Frank X. McCafrry. There was a great
aefaning OF necks to view the man
he's only twenty-six--who has spoken in
the most matter Of fact way Of holding
Up trains and robbing banks In the
United States. South America, Central,
America and elsewhere and who ell
NAKED II all by frankly admitting he
shot De Witt C. Peal. paying teller. and
Henry w. Coons. assistant treasurer,
At the East Brooklyn Savings Bank.
The two men died that day. December
-. 1918, and $4,000 was snatched up
BY the bandits in their flight. "Oh,
yes. know I'm going West" Handy
has said.
He was carefully neat yesterday. a.
usual His hair was carefully brushed
back He wore a soft white collar and
. black tie. His suit was the same
worsted one he has worn since he was
brought hsrs. After the stir caused
BY his appearance had subsidized, Handy
crossed hia legs and listened. sometimes
upconcernedly. at other times indIffer-
emily. to the replies Of the much more
serious talesmen. There was a lull for
. moment. Life IL u Joke" ne muir
injured sententiously. "and the Joke 10 on
me"
It was noted that his face bore n
marked pallor-there were slight rings
under his eyes. But his Iron nerve had
not deserted him and he proved that
conclusively afterward in the easy as
surance with which he met a flock OF
pop-eyed reporters. Now and then an
earnest juror inadvertently said some
thing funny, A slight smile played or the
prisoners thin lips. 1t was tedious-this
trial.
Fish Dealer Il First Jurer.
An hour and twenty mlnutes altar
opening the first juryman-who will be
the foreman-wao obtained. Both Dis
trtct Attorney Lewis. who will prosecute
the case, and Mr.. McCantry found him
satisfactory. He was Jeremiah r. Mower,
q wholesale fish merchant of IL Linder
avenue. Blatbush. compactly built, Wig
orous looking man. perhaps forty-five or
nifty. Handy scanned his face but said
nothing. More men passed In and out
OF the box. Tho District Attorney asked
them II they were opposed to the death
penalty in deserved cases" Mr.. NC
Carry wanted to know what they had
read OF the case In the newspapers; II
they had formed any opinion. The sun
light streamed through q corner win
dow. Handy yawned.
Both prosecutor and counsel for the
defendant were having more success in |,
obtaining Jurors. At I O'Clock there |
were four in the box. Theodore c. Hide !
brand Of 1890 Putnam avenue, account
ant for the New York Telephone Com |
pany; George Hiscox, 7sS st. Johns |
place. salesman. and Charles Gordon, |
manufacturer OF typewriter ribbons, l5la |
East Twelfth street Flatbash. having |
been chosen
Court adjourned Handy was taken
down TO the pen" by Deputy sherifrs !
Dermody and Shortell He stopped in !
fu Niew OF the courtroom and calmly |
spoke to them The lunch; was slow In |
coming
Lunch time for you: Just 1 o'clock
to me-" said Handy. He ate sand |
wiches and shared coffee with another
prisoner, who was Usibiy impressed by ,
the Importance and tho dignity Of his |
eomrsds They sat At bench together.
Handy fshed out a cigarette. He |
smokes necessarily; He talked OF the
four juryrnen. - 60 /
pretty old" was his comment
When II was pointed out that two
were. comparatively young he replied
ooh. they're old from my standpoint.
After all II doean't matter who they are.
This is only a Formally. ] really can't
see why there should be such trouble
taken to obtain Jurors The quicker tie
over the better"
He was returned 20 the courtroom
Tor the afternoon. the groups still be-
ing congregatsd around the building.
FIVE moro Jurors were accepted. James
V. Conweii a young painter and decor
ator. f4s Lexington avenue Daniel 8.
ooodlhE' paint salesman, 29s Carlton
avenue John Z. Murray, foreman OF
construction work. - Pillins street
John p. McGreevy. still another painter.
l2s Third place. and Horaos O.. Teale.
sale sman, sos Sixth stpest
Handy repeated that he preferred IN de
In the electric chair than languish In fall
i could have stayed at Tacoma In 1ail 4
but preferred to come here Nerve
No. this doesn't take nerve II taxes
nerve to enter n place where there are =
firty men. say, ten OF whom have guns |
and make them do as you say. That.
nerve, think The cigarette dronneS
from his fingers Deliberately, he picked
II UP.
Knows where Associate II.