Arizona republican., 1919-08-29
Decides to Tell All After Countryman Pleads With
 Him for Hours Takes Motor Ride with Officers

In a statement constantly punctu- ated with sobs, Nick Rigles, Greek, confessed late yesterday afternoon that he shot and killed Harry Creme at the door of the latter's gambling club in Wall street, the morning of August Il. Rigles broke down frequently during the confession. It was only through the efforts of Herman LeWko- witz, assistant county attorney and John Georgeouses, head of the local Greek colony, that the end of the con fession was reached. Rigles was : wreck mentally as we'll as physically last night and insisted that a priest be brought to ease his tortured mind. It first became known early yester- day afternoon that Rigles was ready to confress when Georgeouses. who had been talking for hours with Rigles in his cell, came to the sheriffs office and stated that he thought the suspect who had been under arrest since Mon day was ready to make a clean breast
 Rieles Starts His Story
 4 group of deputies, the assistant county attorney and a stenographer entered the cell and Rigles started his story. He reiterated time after time that he wanted to make everything clear to the officers and that he did not want to conceal anything
 Rigles stated in his confession that he had lost all his money in Creme's place and that he had been constantly borrowing from friends in an effort 10 regain his losses. Failing that he de- cided to hold up Creme and secure a portion Of his losses.
 Practically every portion of Rigles' story agreed with the theory worked out by the officers in advance. The Greek insisted that he be taken to the scene of the murder. and was very definite as to the hiding place Of the gun. An investigation in a canal bank at the corner of East Thire and Hadley streets disclosed the .45 caliber single action Colt which he used Ten loaded shells were found within four feet Of the gun buried nose first in the mud The exploded shell which did the killing could not he located
 Planned to Wire Door
 One little detail of evidence which had been in plain sight since the mur- der was not discovered until ,Rigles visited the stairway where the killing occurred. This was a piece of wire hanging to the door knob with whicl the Greek had planned to fasten the door so that Creme could not follow him after the holdup.
 Rigles insisted in his confession that his only motive was robbery. He did not intend to kill Creme and claims the shooting was accidental. He stood w5th his heels on the edge of the top step that morning and waited for Creme to turn out the lights. As Creme approached the stairway. Rig les claims he cooked the gun which was fully loaded. pointed it at Creme and said Hold up" Creme, then made lunge at him and hit him in the eye.
 The force of the blow knocked Rigles down the stairway and Creme fell after hIrn. It was while the two were rolling down the stairs, Rigles claims, thar the shot was fired. Creme was the,, on top of him and the gun he says was accidentally discharged. Creme rolled over him and reached the bot tom of the stairs first. Rigles steppea over the body and made his getaway
 Buries the Pistol
 He says after the shooting he was in a daze and does not remember any one following him south on Central avenue, as witnesses claimed He does admit though. he went south on Cen tral, through the railroad yards and then to South Third and Hadley streets where he buried the pistol
 A bloody shirt which he took of that night was placed in a garbage can in the srear Of his boarding house al 31s East Jefferson street. Ii was car ried away with the garbage that day and officers have been unable to To- cate it.
 Both Assistant County Attorney Lewkowitz and the sheriff's office give credit to John Georgeouses for secur- ing the confession. He stated las; night that he worked with Rigies in an effort to clean up the good name of local Creeks who were under sus- picion for the killing. Rigles was a stranger here to his countrymen and during his short sojourn in Phoenix he succeeded in securing considerable money from them by claiming he had suit against a mining company al Globe from which he expected to real ize several thousand dollars. His chief concern during the confession syester. day was that his Greek friends would feel he had treated them wrong in SC curing the money under. false pre- lenses
 Wants to Die
 Rigles, according to Dr. Harry Car son the attending physician. can live but a short time. In spite of that. h. appears so broken up over the affair that he expressed time after time that he would like to die and asked the officers to aid in putting him out 0f the way.
 Rigles came back to the scene of the murder while the police were investi eaaing It. according 10 his confession The gun which he used had been taken from pawn shop for the job.
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