The evening world., 1920-02-10
Who SLEW
OWNCHILD CALMLY
AWAITS LIFE TRIAL
Only Request Is to See Her
Daughters Body-Hearing
Set for Friday. ,

The examination Of Mrs. Emily
May Favre, thirty-four on a short
affidavit charging her with the kill
ing Of her twelve year-old daughter,
Emily Margaret, last Saturday in
their room at the Hotel Ashton. $50
Street and Madison Avenue, was to-
day set by Magistrate Simms In
Harlem Police Court for Friday
morning.
Held without bail Mrs. Favre was
sent TO Harlem Prison ana by order
Of the Magistrate placed in the spe-
cial charge of Mrs. Catherine Cul-
hane. the matron. Her only request
| throughout the day was: II wish
could see my little girl" The child's
body is in the morgue awaiting or
| ders from her uncle. an officer OF the
Imperial Export Co. Of New Orleans.
In Police Court Mrs. ravre was
/ pale and bewildered. but replied to
questions promptly and coherently.
Street Police Station and, Detective
Marks said sat ibrooding until
o'clock this morning, when she fell
| asleep. She was awakened at Z
for breakfast and to get ready for
court.
One Of the mysteries OF the case
to-day was what had become OF the
young wOman's property Born
! Sutherland, her father, was one Of
the founders Of the Sutherland-Innes
! Company, exporters Of cooperage
stock at No. 90 Broadway and one
| OF Mrs. Favre's statements yesterday
was that her holdings in that con-
Germ had not been paying dividends.
Her father was an Englishman, who
settled at Chatham, Ont, and made a
fortune in lumber.
At New Orleans in her early TWEEN
| ties she married Seymour C'Simon'O
Favre, another prosperous lumber
man. They were divorced. she says,
when Emily Margaret was an infant.
In court to-day. Magistrate Simms
instructed her as to her rights and
| suggested that she might have an
adjournment either to obtain counsel
or assemble witnesses. Mrs. Favre
looked at Detective Marks as IL to
ask, what shall l do?" Marks said
the prosecution would Oe glad TO wait
until Friday.
Are you ill?" the Magistrate asked
NO" said Mrs. Favre. "Im quite
all right. thank you"
'If at any time you think you want
a physician, just speak to the
matron." she was advised
In the prison she read in one Of the
newspapers the report OF her alleged
crime telling how her bank account
had been wiped out and how, appar-
entity with only SIG left, she owed a
hotel bill OF Sis. The story said she
came to the Ashton in October and
registered as Miss Fennati dnd sis
ter" on the advice OF a theatrical
agent who thought it would be easier
to place a Miss than a Mrs" in
the movies or in the spoken drama.
Mrs. Favre read every word of the
account with apparent interest and
said:
IAN wrong, all wrong"
Reporters asked what corrections
she would like to make, and she re-
peated that tho whole thing" was
wrong. But she would not correct It.
81 have no statement to make" she
| said.
One reporter asked her II she re-
GREETED what she had done, "One al
ways regrets" she said, doing harm
to a loved one"
The killing of Emily Margaret Favre
was brought to light when Hector Q,
jackson, New York manager Of the
Sutherland-Inne Co, received a let
ter Mrs. Favre, wrote last Friday
night, intamating that she had lost
hope and was about to end 1t all'and
take the girl with her.
jackson sent his assistant, Car
Gerow, 70 the Ashton. The body OF
little Margaret was on the bed. She
had been shot in the chest. Mrs, FaVrC
handed Gerow a S2 calibre revolver.
81 killed her." she said, ''at IL
o'clock last Saturday and have been
here ever since without food. l lacked
the courage for the rest OF my under