Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
NEW EXPECTS AID
FROM US. SENATOR
Asserts in Interview That Slain
Girl Refused to Marry
Him.
SAYS FURY BLINDED HIM
Declares Father Assured Him
Help Any Time 1t Was
Necessary.

LOS ANGELES, CAL. July 6.-Harrv
Ne". Jr.. who claims to be the son
OF united states Senator New, Of In
drama. today told for the first time.
In apparently ,unmistakable terms OF
truth. why re shot Frieda Lesser. his
sweetheart.
~ was not because she insisted upon
posipon!ns the wedding. and not be-
cause. in fury. he resented her pur-
pose 10 escape motherhood. as ne pre-
viously stated.
It was "A simple. ancient and per-
MA! reason. the cause of immune ra BILE
tFasedies-sne refused to marry him.
the midnight colloquy in the To-
pango canyon road. to which there is
no surviving witness except New him.
selt-a lovers quarrel which ended in
the tinal cr!me-centered in the one
issue.
You have decided finally. then,
Frieda. that you will not marry meg'
Yes"
1t was upon this question and an
swer that death. unwit,ingiy 10 the
girl was hanging in the balance.
In that momen, New says he was
blind and irresponsible.
viii have an attorney. possibly the
best money can retain.
Says sister Has Mnde Appeal.
He himself has not personally i'm
por;uned the Senator. but it was learn
ed today from his half-sister. Edna
Clancy, that his mother. Mrs. Lille
Burger, has made the appeal.
IT is a long time since the mother
has communicated with the father OF
this unfortunate man-not since re
supreme call Of blood, the he is ours
Supplicat!on.
The man in the city jail bases his
.baf hn NS hlc so a.
tors long and continuous interest n
him.
When he was hoy. the Senator,
who then was publisher o. the Indi-
anapol;s Journal. took a deep interest
in his career. he says, wanted TO equip
him for worthy pursuit and sen'
him to Notre Dame University.
No Ambition to study.
lie appears TO have had neither apti-
tude nor ambition for scholarship; ad
mi,s it himself with regret now. Later,
the Senator. still planning for his son s
future. sent him TO university In
college course New gave up and ha.
never seen inside OF an institution OF
learning since.
lie became farm hand. He was an
elevator starter in the Merchants Bank
Building in Indianapolis.
My mother and Travelled great
turned 10 Indianapolis called on my
father. He always was glad to see me
and constantly assured me that il i
ever needed help TO call on him imme-
diatcly.
Before enlisted In the Indiana
Guard for service on the border. was
down in Texas working. ] caught ty-
phoid malaria. My employer wired
Senator New at my direction. and word
came back AT once that ! was TO have
every attention. regardless OF expense.
Last Meeting With Father.
The last time ] saw my father was
after I had left the border with the
troops and had been mustered out. He
was very pleased that / should have
enlisted He said that was what he
would do IL he were younger. that is
was what he had done during the
Spanish American War.
We had quite a long talk that time
and he told me again ii | were ever In
trouble TO call on him. But I have not
personally. He knows the nix am in.
should like him TO know-as I am
sure ne does-that ] am not a criminal:
that ! have never been in trouble be-
fore. never harmed any one; that what
| did was from an impulse that came
so quick ] did not even realize myself
what / had done until il was all over"
The admission of New of why he
shot Frieda was made to detective
this afternoon.