The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-01
WadcSayS Woman
Gave Him Knife
To Finish Murder
Tale of Motifs Terrific
Battle For Life Fol-
lowing Wade's Attack
on Him AS He Slept
Mrs. Mott Denies That
She Had Anything to
Do With the Killing.

Information as tn the ,prart plnye"
by Mrs. Ethel Hutchinson Mott. ir
the murder of her husband. Georgt
p. Mott, which occurred in THE Mort
home. 265 Judson avenue. Sunday
morning Is being sought by the po-
lice today.
In his confession to the authorities
Elwood r. Wade alleged slayer, ac-
cuses Mrs. Mott of handing him the
butcher knife with whiSh he stabbed
tho husoe nd TO death. and also claims
that the woman helped him pack
the body in the trunk after the kill
ing had been accomplished.
1t is understood that Mrs. Mott has
denied Wade's charges, and the po-
lice this morning were attempting to
definitely settle the mysterious cir
cumstances surrounding the use of
the knife.
According to information secured
today, it seems that the brutal mur-
der of the alleged gambler was de-
liberateIy planned. 1t is reported
that after entering the house Sun
day morning, Wade and johnson
waited in the dining room for three
quarters of an hour. in order to
make sure that Mott was soundly
sleeping in his bedroom on the third
floor. Both men are said to have
Deen IN Cne1T SLOCk1nS IeeL, Wdoe De-
ing armed with lead pipe and a
revolver. johnson retained the axe
which he admits having taken to the
house.
Statements which the police. are
now attempting to verify, have it
that Wade and Johnson stole softly
UP the attic stairs to Motifs bedroom, !
sleeper. The glass in bureau To- |
Gated in the bedroom, lined up |
squarely with the landing at the top |
of the stairs, and when Wade saw |
his reflection in this mirror, he is al !
legged to have ducked back down the |
stairs, thinking that another person
was in the ROOM
ReEaining his courage, Wade, with :
the lead p1pe and revolver in his hand, |
Us said to have again assembled the
stairs, and to have struck Mott on the
head while he was asleep. johnson |
aost courage before the first blow was
strucl<, and fled from the house. He
2eft the axe on an icebox.
Mott, who was n powerful man,
Surnped from his bed after being
struck, and went to grips with his .
sailant- Alth oIsgih confronted with TIE
overwhelming odds of fighting n man
armed with n clIfb and revolver. while |
a1e himself was tottlliv uIrarD1ed, Mott
1,ut up desperate battle for his life.
Na1e Is SAltl 10 nave 1lTtt ONE SitcL
mt Mott while in the bedroom. The |
bullet went wild. and has been located
I'm the wall He got in some heavy |
BLOWS with the club, and while rolling
rown the attic stairs is said to have |
fired a bullet into Motifs body.
Fighting occurred int the apartment
proper. and the two mon then rolled |
down the main stairway into the hail !
1t is here that Mott received his death |
blows Just how the knife was Sc
cured aoy Wade. is the fact which has !
vet to be learned by the police. He !
c'aim- that it was handed to him by |
Mrs Mott, bq1t this is denied by the |
woman. |
Another story is to, the effect that
Wade did not secure the knife until !
Hle had reached the bottom of the !
main stairs. Mott lay groaning and !
calling for help in a little ell in the !
hall. and Wade is alleged to have
shouted: :
"Bring me that knife, and I will stop |
This ye1lingt''
Mrs Mott may have handed the |
knife to Wade at this time. With the |
weapon. Wade completed bis CHASTITY !
work He admits that he may have |
rt-7 f9ed his victim fifteen or fifty |
times.
After the murder, Mrs. Mott is al |
seSed TO have helped Wade pack her |
angle also has not been verified by
1he police. and has been denied by the |
woman.
According to wade-s confession, |
hard feeling had existed between
s7limseif and Mott for a long. time. The |
young man was first introduced to |
Mrs. Mott, by his wife. and was a
frequent visitor at the Mott home
while the husband was away. Mott
learned that Wade was on intimate
terms with his wife, and is alleged
TO have threatened the unweIcome
visitor. On August IL. Wade appeal
ed to the police, asking protection
from Mott. He admitted that he had
been going around with Motifs wife" |
and asked permission to carry a re-
voiver, He is said to have met Mrs. !
Mott Saturday night, and then went
TO her home Sunday morning for the
purpose of "beating up the husband. |
He claims that he did not intend to
carry the beating as far as murder.
ed, Wads alleges that he was attack
ed by Mott who saw him in his bed
room, and who leaped out of bed
with the warning, You get out of
here" He has described the battle
in detail, but does not give a clear
view of how he secured the knife
Johnson, who evidently saw moth |
ing of the actual murder, was en-
pioyed by the Dewhirst dairy, ana
formerly worked for Wade's father !
He was a friend of young Wade, and
was easily influenced by the alleged
murderer He consented to go to
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