The Washington times., 1920-07-12
MANIA
SWAYSSLAYER
Iloted AIienist Finds He SUN
fers From a Shut-in
Personality.
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Maioney left John Robinson Circus
when the show entered Canada a
week before the Wanderer tragedy
In the pocket OF the dead man was
found food card marked "E. Mas
ter" which proved TO be that of Ear
Masters, a foreman with the circus
He Identified a picture OF Wandsrer',
dupe as that OF Maloney. Master,
had given Msloney a coat and IL 4.
possible the card was In the pocke
OF the garment
The circus records showed Malo-
ney's nearest relative was a sister in
Pontiac. r. /. She proved to be a
Mrs. John Kain. She described her
brother, and the description agree.
with the appearance of the dead man
Mrs. Kain had not seen her brother
for six months. He had no trade or
knowledge OF business, and she be
lieves he would have accepted circus
work. IA
WANDERER WANTED MONEY.
Yesterday afternoon Wanderer. in a
two-hour conversation with reporters,
told OF his prayers. He talked calm
ly of his wife as though she were
alive and well. He showed no emo
tion. He advised young men to tell
the truth. not because of the principle
involved, but because they would get
caught In something IL they lied.
An example OF his logic was con-
tained in his bland statement that
the 81 $50, one OF the motives for the
sham hold-up. was his own money,
earned by him and saved by him.
He didn't know" why IL was neces-
sary to s}ay two to gain possession
of IL. A portion of the dialogue be-
tween the slayer and a reporter fol-
lows: ....
How did you spend the morning? ?"
Il prayed and l feel much re-
lieved."
Whom did you pray for?'
Myself and my wife. I prayed for
her and the baby you know the
baby" (He referred to the unborn
child)
DO you believe, in God?"
Sure, I've always gone to church.
the Messiah Lutheran Church, Grace
and Second steets. Used to go with
her, .. .. ...'
DO you think He will forgive your
sins?" '-..
sure. Doesn't the Bible says SO?
I've told everything, haven't l? The
police said my soul would stay in hell
for 200 years unless / confessed"
"READY TO HANG NOW"
Are you ready to die?"
ANY time. I'm not afraid. I'm
ready to hang now .-..r'.-
do you think you are sane?" 49,. .
sane? Certainly I'm sane. / know
what Il am talking about as we'll as
you do"
well. then, how did you happen to
commit such a crime?"
II don't know, it just came over me.
The idea just happened to come.
wanted to get into the army again. l
wanted the money. I was saving to
go into business. ] didn't like being
a butcher. In the army / could save.
] was careful with my money. I didn't
smoke, chew, drink, or run around
with women. but j did crave money.
II was my money, every cent OF it. I
worked for il and put 1t in the bank"
why didn't you just take Ii out
and leave your wife rather than kill
her?"
~ don't know. The idea just came
over me to kill her. Somehow the
tone of Ruth's voice when she told
me, Carl, I'm shot, I think I'm dying
Keeps coming back to me again and
again. Memories are strange things,
aren't they? L guess perhaps it was
best that the police got me and made
me confess. Otherwise the voice OF
Ruth and Ruth's face might have
kept coming back, and sooner or
THIRD READER WAS RIGHT.
"I haven't got much OF an imagina-
tion-rather cold-blooded, guess
but there are some things-well, If
had my wish Td'swing tonight.
There's one thing Id like to say
before l do. There was a time when
j used to laugh at the old thirdr read
or stuff about honesty being the best
policy, and the straight and narrow
stuff. But it's the only way, at that
guess people like me come along
to warn the rest"
"What is IL you wish most OF all
now?" he was asked.
Most of all Id like Bible. The
prayer Of my heart is to fit myself to
meet Ruth. l loved her more than
anybody else in the world. II I could
only show you some of the letters
wrote to her when ] was in France
some OF the wonderful nootes she sent
me, nobody would doubt we were in
love with each other. l loved the
child that was never born. We al
ways had talked about II. 7 wanted
IL to be girl. Ruth wanted IT to be
boy. We used to spend hours and
hours talking about what school the
child would so to.
II was never in trouble before and
never broke a law that know OF.
FONTS "DON'r LIE" MORAL.
After the shooting, knew they
would get me in the end, but not for
a long time. One moral is. don't lie
A thousand times I've thought of one
scene that will stay with me to the
very last moment of my life. That
is the scene when they buried Ruth
three days after I had killed her.
stood at the side OF the grave at
Graceland when they lowered the
casRet. 1t was after tho. service, with
the flowers and the tears. Then I