The Washington times., 1920-04-11


man who gave me some money.
my husband took the money and
the next day he sent me out again
telling me to get some more. The
man had seen, the night before told
me TO 20 TO 702 Eutaw street-that
there was a lady there he wanted me
to meet. He said he would come
along later and he would pre-
tend he knew me. that he had met
hme In Richmond. He said he would
address me as Miss Richmond.
.-. Iatroducel 20 Mes-
l"I went TO the house. II was a
trysting place for young women.
met the man there. He introduced
me 20 other men, Then this man
wanted me to fiirt with another man,
who carried big bags of money from
a bank-suggested that i ride with
him In his Automobile. But j wouldn't
do It
my husband met this new ac-
quaintance and we went TO live Al
the house. 1t was while here that
ran across little Mamie Grosscup.
Her mother and father said ! cou'd
adopt her. One day when ! returned
to our room with Mamie, my husband
and the other man were there and a
lot of bullets were scattered over the
bed covering. They left the room,
and through the door / heard their
voices. They spoke OF going to Laurel
and robblng the bank there.
"They let their boards and nous
taches to grow SO they would not be
recognized. Clarence afterward toid
me why he was letting his beard
grow. In my presence, the other man
put on goggles and asked my husband
4. l. N nnnId he FeCOR-
nized. They then planned the robbery
Of the bank-got the lay OF the land
and all that, even getting an idea
from trips there as to about how
much money they could get when they
robbed the cashier.
$50 one day they hired the car
from Homer Jones. They told me to
put flowers over the license numbers
to make II appear the car mad
newly-wed but 1t was done SO the
numbers could not be seen and the
car later identified"
The woman then goes into details
Of the trip to Laurel. of the hesitancy
of her husband and the other man
who accompanied them to rob the
| bank. She tells OF her Instructions
to stop anyone entering the bank
while her husband operated. She was
| to be a barrier.
The girl tells how the negro chauf-
| feur was lured to the secluded spot
! where he was killed. she tells OF how
her husband found the negro had no
revolver by suggesting they engage IN
target practice. 1t was when the
negro said he did not have pistol
and could not shoot at a tin can used
as n target that he was shot--three
| times, the girl says. Many details
| of the murder are not revealed at this
time by the police or States Attorney
| Dawson, who reluctantly admitted
details OF the woman's confession.
| Threatened II She @squesled."
After the staying OF the chauffeur
at the point in MONTGOMERY cou.Sy
where he was directed to drive, the
girl tells OF the threats made by
her husbands accomplice II she
squealed."
| He put the pistol to my stomach
and declared he would kill me II
turned him up Ny husband said l
would not 'squeal.' why should she
squeal? my husband asked him.
She knows l shot him.
3 after the killing they were anx-
ious to get rid OF the car. We drove
to Baltimore. got little Mamie Gross
cup, and i suggested we take the ma
When we reached Atlantic City, after
they had stolen other licenses and
put them on Homer Jones car. they
went to a garage and offered the ma
chine for sale. The manager of the
garage said he did not want to buy
the car, as he did not know us.
"'Wait, I'll call up Marshal Carter,
Of the Baltimore police department.,
said my husband. He knows me-
| ".Never mind said the man, If you
know the marshal. It's all right" so
! the sale was made.
Then Gene, the other man with my
husband, suggested that / go out and
pick up men and take them to my
room. He said he would play detec-
tive and when the man was In my
room they would break in and get the
victims money. So l tried the
badger game on a nice-looking man
He turned out to be a Congressman
He got wise and we failed. / met
him at the Martinique Cafe.
| .Picked Up, Young Man.
"Then l picked up a young fellow
Nv husband became sore He thought
III was in love with the young fellow
We were in a restaurant. l gave the
Young fellow some dope I got from
a Chinaman, but 1t didn't woNt
However, we DauSeTeu nlui Out VI
S15-all he had.
after this we took n jitney &c
Pleasantvile, N. j., and caught 6
train for Philadelphia and then went
to New York, where my husband
and and Mamie Grosscup got
room, paying the rent a week in ad
vance. They wanted me to badger
men in New York, but / did not de
so then. So we went to Coney Islant
on a bus.
"As we rode along Gene asked th'
driver all kinds of questions abou
what sort OF place Coney Islanc
was. The driver told him 1t wal
n rather knock Off place and womer
could work the badger game easily
The bus driver filled Gene, and Gem
fiIled my husband, and myhusbanc
filled me with what could be done
After reaching Coney Island, Gem
wanted me to lure a woman who wore
some diamonds to my room, so w
could rob her. He said he had fiirtet
with the woman. But l wouldn'
4 do 1t.