New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
KubalT'ellsHow
Mrs. Bartlett
Fought for Life
Murderer Accompanies Po-
lice and Finds Bloody
Shirt Sleeves He Cut Off
and Chisel That He Used
Demanded$5OO ofWidow
Wife May Get $1,000 Re-
ward for Turning Him
Over After He Confessed

over After He Confessed
Lawrence Kubal, phlegmatic and cold
blooded for days at a time, and then
suddenly Historically fearful over the
atrocious murder whose last detail he
cleared UP yesterday for the police, was
locked up in the Nassau County Jail, at
Mineola, l.. l., to await indictment for
murder. Extra guards were stationed
at the jail, both to prevent him from
taking his own life and to forestall any
attempt at lynching.
During day filled with the vivid re-
Ininders of how he had slain Mrs. Man
ME S. Bartlett in her home in Hemp
stead Wednesday, Kubal collapsed only
once. All night long he had been ques-
toned by detectives, and after break
fast he tainted. When he had been re-
vived, however, he accompanied Chief
Of Police phineas Seaman and other po-
licemen over the route he had followed
after the crime.
Points Out Murder Proofs
Without the slightest sign of emo
tion he pointed out the blood-stained
shirt sleeve he had torn off in the woods
near Mrs. Bartlett's home. His face
was expressionless as he remarked in
broken English that the chisel with
which he had administered the final
blows to his victim must be some
where in the vicinity. When it was
found, still stained with her blood, he
looked on with perfect equanimity
while Chief Seaman gingerly wrapped
1t in piece of paper and put it in his
pocket.
Except for one remark he never
spoke unless to answer a question. At
intervals he would say TO himself,
wonderingly:
"Next month will meet Christ"
A strange mixture of apathy and
sensitiveness was apparent all through
the story which he told to Chief Sea-
man and District Attorney Charles
Weeks, putting it finally in the form
OF statement signed under oath.
Got Tired of BoIsheviki
He said that he had been a Bolshe-
visit, but had "got tired of the Bolshe-
wiki" He had been out Of work long
time, he said, and when he learned that
a wealthy widow lived alone in the
house in the quietest section of Hemp
stead he decided to frighten her into
giving him money.
Twice he approached the house
Wednesday, he said, without being
able to muster the courage to ring
the bell. After his second failure he
went to shed behind the West End
Hotel. He struck himself on the head
with his clenched fist and cried aloud:
"You fooll You have no nerve; 60
back!"
He went back and Mrs. Bartlett ad
nitted him. He represented himself
as possible purchaser of the house
and they sat down at table.
"Please look" said Kubal, according
to his confession, II will tell you what
came for. am a poor fellow and
never had much money in my life. She
said to me: Get out of here or I will
position toward her with my hands ex-
tended as though to grab her"
1t was then, Kubal said, that he de-
manded money. He told the widow
that she must give him $500 at once
if she wished to save her life. 1t could
be paid either in cash or by check, he
told her. She said she would give him
nothing.
Kubal described his struggle with
her in detail. At first, he said, he
"gave her room to breathe" but she
fought SO courageously that he threw
aside all restraint and sought to choke
her with one hand while he struck At
her with the other.
One Of the blows which went home
felled the woman. Kubal carried her
to the dining room $50 that the noise
she was making could not be heard"
"She continued to fight on" he says
IN his confession, and knocked her
down. She crawled ON her hands and
knees. I remembered had cold
chisel in my back pocket. I bent down
and nit her on the head with it. She
was screaming.
~ saw then she was suffering, and,
being all worked up; I thought it best
to end it all and struck her four or
five times with the chisel."
Il took a ring off her finger" he
{centinued on psse ssven, l