New-York tribune., 1921-04-08

an aunt. when apprised Of Harris's
confession. said:
pop nm If he goes right up, and III
get him in the reception room if he
comes in there
We talked and smoked together for
a while, and then it began to get l;ght.'
here Harris gave fairly accurate
description of the furniture in the re.
ception room, as far as the table anc
the style of the furniture were con-
cerhed' but he said that the reception
room was to the left of the hall, while
1t is on the right. He also said here
that Duncan sat on a chair near door
IN the wall separating the reception
room from the dining room, when in
reality there is no door there.
Daylight When Elwell Enters
Just before Duncan sat down,
though, he went out and fixed the
locks so that they would be like they
were before. We could see the
shadows of people passing before the
door and hear horses hoofs outside.
1t was getting lighter and we took our
places, Duncan behind something in
the reception room and me behind the
stairs.
1T was about daylight when Elwell
came in. AS soon as he got in past the
vestibu!e door he switched on the light
IN the hallway"
II could see his shadow en- the wall
from where | was. He went into the
reception room only long enough TO
turn on the lights there. He then
went upstairs, and | saw his shoes
ana trousers. had chance to pop
him. and l guess Duncan was expect
ing to hear my gun go off, but made
up my mind | wasn't going to do the
shooting.
'He stayed upstairs about twenty
minutes and then there was tele-
phone ringing iii the house. l didn't
know where this phone was, but Ell
we'll came down and went into the re-
reption room, and could hear him say
AN light, I'll be there
Why Duncan didn't pop him don't
know
Any how, he went upstairs again and
stayed fifteen minutes and came down
again. This time he was in paiamas
and slippers. just before he went into
the reception room | saw him open the
vestlbule door and minute later close
1t and go into the reception room.
The Crack of the Pistol
never saw the reception room and
couldn't tell you what Duncan was hid
ing behind; anyhow, fifteen minutes
later heard the crack of a pistol.
knew what had happened and started to
get out WV W
Duncan, though, beat me to the door
He Jammed his gun into his pocket and
SO did | and we went out.
Duncan turned to me and said.
around LUX
We walked east on Seventy-frst
street, and then down Broadway and
oyer oyer Seventieth Street to Central Park
vest where we were to be met bv
there WASH
81 said to Duncan, 4 think we are
gummed,' and he answered. w '''
All go on; you had plenty of on
portunlty to shoot, but you've turned
out an awful oil cam
said: anu ne
"'Oh, don't worry, Jerry is all right,
I went TO where | was then living,
at SO West Eighty-fourth Street, and
buhcan went on down Columbus Ave-
nue. nue. don't know where he lived.
but he hung around the hotel.
Il met him again that afternoon and
he said it took some time to find Jerrv
again and that we were to meet jerry
on Monday and get the rest of the
dough. | said, we can't hang around
here with this thing being blowed up
IN the papers. Duncan said all would
be o. X. Monday.
I'VE were to see Mrs. Fairchild in
front of the Marie Antoinette on Mon
day at p. m, but she never showed
up there. Duncan acted as if NE was
surprised, but looking back now, l can
see it was all pretense
He said then:
We'll, therell be two more shots
Jerry and the other for the old Fair
child
"l used to know a fellow named Giles,
and | met him on Tuesday and asked
him if he had seen Duncan. At first
he didn't know who ! meant. but later
he said: oh, you mean Big Bill. Why,
| saw him at the Grand Central Sta
tlon on Saturday all logged out He
said he was going North to cool off,
II assumed he got all the dough and
skipped
Jerry an Englishman
CAS- to Jerry, when we were inside !
the vestibule, and | suggested to Dun (
can that. now that we got $500, we can
skip without getting into any trouble. /
Duncan said:
"'You don't know Jerry He's proba-
bly, outside, within firing distance
Jerry was an Englishman and spoke
with Il decided English accent"
Harris said Duncan is not the Will
liam Duncan who has recently been ar
rested for some offense in Bridgeport.
He said his colleague was about six
feet tall, nattily dressed and never re-
'ealed his home address.
Harris said he stayed in New York
bout two months after the shooting.
lie had lived, ne said, at So West
'ixty-e &hth Street with his wife. whsm