Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-04

To Be INDICTED
County Grand Jury in Session
Today Will Take Up Wood
bridge Woman's Murder.
TRUE BILL IS CERTAIN
Act for Rapid Justice in Case
--Have Mans Confession
to Help in Case.
By s.ar Correspondent.

BY stan Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Feb. Am
other example of swift Jersey jus
tice" is looked for in disposing of
the Woodbridge murder case in
which May Fitzsimmons. the 1s-
year-old wife of William Fitzsim-
mons. of Thompson street, that
place, was killed at her home last
Saturday morning. Today the case
is before the grand jury. and that
body must indict Fitzsimmons. the
husband. as he has signed a written
confession, secured from him by
County Detectives Ferd A. David
and William Fitzpatrick.
1t is question whether Fitzsim-
mons will attempt to make any de-
fense in the case. it being believed
that he will throw himself upon the
mercy of the court. He can do none
other than plead guilty when call
ed upon to do so as a result. of his
confession which tells in detail how
he murdered his wife before leaving
for work Saturday morning. The
diagram drawn by him on the floor
of the prosecutors Office in red PEN
ell early Wednesday morning fol
lowing a gruelling of several hours
at the hands of Detectives David and
Fitzpatrick. has been preserved and
shows the exact layout of the rooms
on the second floor of the house
where the murder was committed.
Numerous x" marks show where
he sat, where his. wife stood when
he grabbed her and stabbed her. and
where she lay after he had cut her
throat with the knife he had used 20
kill two chickens the night before.
Fitzsimmons, while waiting dispo-
sition of his case in the county Jail.
has various moods. At times he is
quiet and apparently non-concerned
over his act or the possible outcome.
Then frequently he becomes excited
and wrought up. repeating CONSTANT
ly that he is. sorry for what he did
In his confession he stated that both
he and his wife were "hot headed"
and each grew angry quickly and by
little provocation. I.
Detectives David and Fitzpatrick,
who looked into every phase of the
case up until Fitzsim mons confessed.
have gotten together a large amount
of evidence which forms perfect
network of testimony of the variety
that will go hard with.the defendant.
The fact that the brother OF the
slain woman had come to Perth
ter, as the result of reports of Fitz-
simons' brutality to her and con-
tinued threats. is regarded as i'm
portant in showing that Fitzsim-
mons had little love for his wife
ana carried out one of his many
threats in killing her. The brother,
Alex Franc, according to the county
detectives had planned to support
his sister as soon as he had earned
enough money to do so.
Fitzsimmons is said to have made
between s2s and $50 a week at
Camp Raritan where. he was en-
ployed as an assembler. but his
home gave the appearance of pow
erty and his wife was said tp be
without decent clothes with Which
to go even to the store. He is re-
ported to have failed to come home
at all some nights. usually Fridays.
and It is believed he spent his
money on these trips.
Fitzsimmons at first endeavored
| to make the detectives believe that
certain medicine given him at the
| Camp Raritan Arsenal Hospital last
| Friday had acted as dope upon
him. He said his miHd was clouded
| and he could not clearly recollect.
His diagram of the house and his
/ plain description of how he commit
| ted the murder, however. showed
| that his mind was. normal. Inquiry
at the camp hospital resulted in the
| information being obtained that the
medicine given him was harmless
and would never have any such ef-
feet. 1t was rheumatism from
which he claimed to have been suf-
fering