The Washington herald., 1919-02-02

Totally unmoved by the excitement
into which he had thrown the whole
city for more than a week, James
Jackson, colored, who confessed re-
sponsibility for the death of Miss
Lillian Hood and serious injuries to
two other women, had unconcernedly
mingled with neighbors and friends
in the vicinity Of his rooming house.
1890 l. street northwest, prior to his
arrest late Friday night as the
'madman of the northwest"
Mrs. Matte Murray. Jackson's land
lady, said he had asked to rent a room
in her house about January 5. , He had
inspected the front vacant room on
the second story, appeared very well
satisfied, and had left a deposit for
it with her. saying that he would
move In later in the week.
Jackson Neat Roomer.
This he did. bringing a suitcase
and personal belongings. He had
no trunk. but Mrs. Murray said
she observed that his clothes were
Of good quality and that he was
very careful with them. arranging
his shoes neatly in the wardrobe of
the room and hanging his overcoat
on a rack. She noticed also that
he had an unusual amount OF, toilet
articles. many of which were silver.
and that he was plentifully supplied
with soaps and personal luxuries.
He was so nice and polite that I
never once connected my new room
er with the 'madman." Mrs Murray
said late yesterday afternoon.
His room was so neat, that l
never stayed there very long. mere
ly making his bed, and then going
on about my work. ] never had to
hang his clothes up, so never knew
what he had in his wardrobe. He
may have had blood soaked shirts
there, for all l would know. But
since the night of the crime. saw
no indications of blood on the bed
clothing or anywhere around his
room"
Knew Little of Man.
II knew very little about him." Mrs.
Murray continued. except Though
conversations we had while I wds do
ing my work. I knew that he often
came in late at night. He didn't seem
to work regularly.
We even had talks about who
might have been the maniac and al
ways he talked about the crime in a
rational way, but never once did
suspect that he was the man.
Yesterday afternoon was the last
time I saw him. He came down to
the kitchen where 1 was cleaning.
When he saw me working with the
stove he offered to bring up coal. but
I said. never mind: little boy in
the neighborhood does that for me- I"
I distinctly remember that We talked
of Miss Hoods death, for l had just
been reading the papers.
Called Victim "Game.-
''She should have known better than
to have held on to a desperate man"
Jackson said.
But she sure was a game girl" he
added. Just as anyone would have
done"
Mrs. Murray says she was NOT
aware that Jackson was a bootlegger.
Several empty bottles were on the
wardrobe shelf late yesterday after
noon and Mrs. Murray said that her
husband. Edward Murray. a cook IN
the employ of the National Cathedral
School, found two quarts of whisky
in the room in the morning. A pam
phlet of a well-known liquor firm Of
Baltimore was found in his dressing
table drawer
Mrs Murray said that a little
neishborhood girl had asked to see
jackson last Friday week about II
a. m. The child may have carried a
message to DR.. Michael o. Dumas. a
colored physician, of 1900 L. street
northwest. who called about o'clock,
Mrs. Murray said.
Doctor Tells of Visits.
DR.. Dumas, when interviewed
said he found the call on his dssl
pad. His nurse stated that it came
in through a telephone message re-
ceived at o'clock on the morning
of the crime.
When DR.. Dumas called on Jack
son he found him fully dressed and
with a flesh wound in his chest
with his shirt badly blood stained.
He asked the wounded man to come
to his Office at o'clock to have the
bullet extracted. He then left to
attend to other calls.
Instead of calling at the physi-
clans ONCE, Jackson went to the
hofhe of Mrs. Rosie Dent, 1905
Eighteenth street. northwest. across
the street from DR.. Dumas ofice.
he telephoned to the doctor from
there.
DR.. Dumas refused to call, stat
ing that the operation required ap-
pliances of his off1ce TO be success
full.
Jackson then came to the office
at o'clock. DR.. Dumas found the
bullet lodged in the deshy part of
the mans body about an inch be-
low the heart. He stated that II
the bullet, in it's slanting course,