Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-03
EIsSpect in Murder
of Girl BIGn,es Run,


under severe strain and let him tel
- his story in his own way, satisfied that
In the arrest of Newhall the police hnt
The person responsible for the death oI
uosephine Howard. When he had fin
1shed Captain Souder questioned him.
li Thinks lie Had Gun
TELL us about your gun. Did you
have IL with you when you met Joseph
Sue Howard last Friday nightT" askel
Captain Soidcr.
Newhall thought for moment and
then replied: "Yes, think did"
"wcll. if you remember that much,
why cant You remember shooting the
Iirl? We have absolute proof that you
did and you had better come clean and
tell us the truth"
can remember II 7 had the faintest
Idea as to the shooting would gladly
tell you ALL"
swell, what did you do with the
gun2" questioned CAPTAIN Souder.
why, you see. II was this way
After I went to the moving pictures I
have a faint recollection that went
back to Franklin street and threw II
away, sway, ,, ,.,,.,.. 49,.
remember so much as that and that you
don't remember shooting that girl?''
prodded Captain Soudor.
81 want to tell vnu everything. as
\ said before. and maybe IL ] had rest
! my mind would clear up sufficiently to
] allow me to remember.
= "All right. take him upstairs and
lock him in the cell room. I'll talk to
= him later
Newhall. glad to escape the grill
\ that had worked him into state where
he was bordering on a collapse. was
! then locked up.
Reticent on Trip Here
Newhall did not have much to say
on the trip from Harrisburg. according
TO Detective Relshaw. He did admit.
however. that he spent last Friday night
in this city and slept part Of the uight
in a boxcar. Hc told Bclshaw he went
J TO restaurant on Market street and
had his breakfast and last Saturday
afternoon went TO moving picture
house at Twenty sixth street and Fair.
mount avenue. After that he went to a
restaurant aud then took the train fo
Harrisburg.
''I had read in the paper that was
wanted for killing Josie, said New
hall to Detective Belshaw, but I
couldn't bring myself to believe ] had
committed such crime. I was scared
L
Harrisburg I thought | would turn
back and face the music. but ! didn't,
and continued on to Sunbury, wherc l
stopped in a hotel and registered under
the name Of James La Rue, Of Fisher
Ferry, Pa. stayed here only one
night when returned to Harrisburg
and went to the Wilson House. regis
tering under the name of James La Rue,
Of York. Pa.
"I remained indoors most Of the time
and got all of the papers. reading IN
them that the authorities. were looking
for me. ! thought Of giving myself up
and was going TO do 1t on several oc-
4 casions, but was afraid. Yesterday
r Afternoon I went to the moving pic
!, tures, where 7 saw a picture entitled
= Man. Woman and Marriage In one
: Of the scenes a man charged with a
: crime gives himself up. and after wit
Messing this ] determined to do the
: game thing. Spending the last quarter
had for. food. I walked over to police
: headquarters. and after looking into the
; place for several minutes finally, mus:
: tered up courage enough to 60 in and
y Announce that I was Lester Newhell
= and was wanted in Philadelphia for the
2 murder Of Josephine Howard. guess
q the sergeant thought | was kidding
= for he sort of smiled at ME, and when
= j repeated that l was wanted man he
= referred me to the lieutenant, who ac-
: eommodated me by locking me up"
Religion Prevented Marriage
Detective Belshaw, in his character.
hall. He realized the prisoner was in
an extremely nervous condition and
acted accordingly.
''How long had you known Josephine
HowardT' asked the detective.
"Oh, I've known Josie for a couple
Of years. We were going to be married
a long while ago, but something cropped
up about religion and the match was off
temporarily"
"As a matter of fact, didn't you
threaten to kill her IL she didn't marry
you or something like that?"
That's a lie-I never did. We had
several scraps. but they never amounted
to anything and we always fixed them
up all right"
well, what about the time that you
threw a brick through the window of
the Howard home and declared that you
were going to get even with Jose?"
asked Belshaw.
Yes. that's true: did throw a brick
through the window, but It was because
mn. tioWuru bldluIneQ the door In my
face when I went there and asked for
Josie"
On the way from Broad Street Sta
ton to the City Hall Newhall said he
was glad to tell his story and wanted
70 get some sleep.
In Murders Cell''
Eewhall was taken to the cellroom
and turned over to a turnkey with or
ders to lock him up" He was as.
signed to Cell No. %, known us "lnur-
derer's cell.
It was after 4 o'clock when he was
permitted to turn in. He showed signs
OF great nervousness and exhaustion
He sobbed and moaned when nc was
locked up and cried out before he went
to sleep, II wish were where my
sweetheart is" Then he fell asleep and
slept heavily until Z O'Clock when he
was awakened and given a good break
fast OF ham and eggs and coffee.
Captain Souder said be would give
the youth chance to get back his nerve
bit before questioning him further
and would have Police Surgeon Egan
see him to find out II he needed medical
attention. lie looks like a physical
wreck, worn out by the worry Of tie
days and nights spent in terror of ar.
rest.
When his clothing was searched nro-
grams were found of the Colonial and
Victoria motion picture theatres in Har.
risburg, where he had seen the "moyie''
which, the police say. led him to give
himself up. There was found also a