The Washington times., 1920-10-27
WITNESS SAW
PERRYCO FLEE
William Collins Identities A.
legged Slayer as Youth.He
Saw at Crime SceRe.

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Saw at Crime SceRe.
Edgar Randolph Perrygo was
Identified in court this morning by
William Collins as the boy who on
February struck ut him with an
iron bar in the home Of Mrs. Mary
+. Faithful, when he came down
stairs at the Faithful hohe about
half an hour after having seen Per-
rygo and Mrs. Faithful talking in
the kitchen.
DESCRIBES DEATH SCENE.
The bar, a blood-stained length Of
pipe about foot along. and very
pointed at one end was introduced
as evidence and made government
exhibit.
The youthful defendant, who on the
third day OF the trial has lost some
OF the calmness that characterized
his actions on the first and second
days. sat with his chin resting on
his hand. and his eyes on the floor.
while Collins re-enacted the scene
In the Faithful home last February.
when he went into the kitchen after
having been struck at by the boy.
and found Mrs. Faithful lying on the
floor. with her head In a pool Of
blood.
That the strain Of the trial is tell
ing on the youth is emphasized by
the evident lack OF care exhibited in
his dress today as compared with the
first two days OF the trial In place
of the neatly dressed boy who has
made his appearance on the previous
two days, Perrygo wore this morning
a slightly soiled collar and shirt. and
the pin which heretofore has held the
soft collar together beneath the tie
had been left off.
RAINCOAT IDENTIFIED.
william Collins. who was a roomer
In the Faithful home at the time Mrs.
Faithful was attacked last February.
Identified a raincoat and cap which
were put in evidence by the Govern
ment as the coat and hat worn by
the defendant the morning OF the at
tack. Describing what happened at
the Faithful home on the morning
Mrs. Faithful was attacked. he said:
My wife was sick in our room up
stairs, and had stayed at home with
her. | came downstairs through the
kitchen to bring some rubbish. As
passed through the kitchen Mrs.
Faithful introduced me to the Perrygo
boy"
After Identifying the defendant as
the boy. he continued:
II took the rubbish ont in the yard,
and when l passed through the
kitchen again on my way upstairs
Mrs. Faithful and the boy were still
talking. went back upstairs and
sat there about half an hour. Then
| put on my coat and hat, and as
] started downstairs. we heard some
body following. My wife said it was
a dog.
CALLED FOR GUN.
"a few minutes later started
downstairs, and when | got to the
bottom OF the steps the boy struck
at me with an iron bar, hitting my
hat. ] jumped back in the stairway
and called for my wife to bring my
gun. The defendant ran out through
the door. went into the F'tchen and
saw Mrs. Faithful lying there. VII
her head in a pool oI Utod. j called
to my wife TO come down, saying that
somebody had killed Mrs. Faithful"
Collins said that he went out OF the
house and saw Perrygo running down
the street with a boy named Herbert
Sandy-who was brought into the
court room for identification. He
chased the two boys. he said, and
caught Sandy. but let him so when
told to.
Mrs. Mabel Irene Swan, who wa.
called to the Faithful home shortly
after the attack on Mrs. Faithful and
DR.. Edward f. Richardson. professor
of philosophy at George Washington
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Mrs. Faithful, testified to conditions
found at the Faithful home upon their
arrival
DR.. Richardson said that when he
was moving Mrs. Faithful, he found
a bundle of rags near her body, which
he and OFFICER Lusby. later examined
and found to contain $1,10O. The
bundle of rags was offered as evil
dence and made an exhibit.
CONFESSION ADMITTED.
over the protest OF counsel for the
defense the confession which Perrygo
is alleged to have made at police
headquarters following his arrest
February 3 was read into tho record
yesterday afternoon.
Conditions under which the confess
sion was obtained were outlined to
the jury by Fleet s. Hughlett, one
OF the officers who obtained the con-
fesson.
Perrygo. according to Hughlett, and
the confession, admitted that he had
struck Mrs. Faithful in the head with
an iron bar, after he had gone to her
home to obtain money to marry
Mabel Hill, his sixteen-year-old
sweetheart.
Hughlett admitted on crossexami-
nation by James O'Shea that for an
hour or more before he made the
the boy had persisted in
his story that he had been given
Knockout drops and that he didn't
know what had happened. It was not.
he said, until Mabel Hill had been
brought into his presence at police
that he made a COM
plete confession.
COMPLAINED OF PAIN.
"Did he complain of having a head
ache7" OShca asked.
81 believe he did, answered the
witness.
During the cross-eNaminatiop of
Hughlett II was brought out that Ger
tain changes In the route the boy