Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-02-02

second floor. His wife and two cfiI<
dren, he said. slept in the front bed
room.
Saturday morning. the confess
sion said, Mrs. Fitzsimmons got up
as usual and called him. she then
going down stairs to get his break
fast When he failed to come down
stairs she again went to his bed
room to call him again. He was
sitting on his bed, almost fully
dressed. lacing his shoes. Fitzsim-
mons said, when she entered the
room. She commenced the argu-
ment where she had dropped II the
night before. he continued. and he
grabbed her by the left arm ana
pulled her TO him.
F'itzsimmors told the detectives
he then put his hand in his right
hip pocket and took from It the
knife he had used the night before
in killing the chickens. Holding
his wife so that she could not
wrench herself from him. the hus-
band said. he thrust the knife in her
throat and then made two siashes.
one towards either ear.
According to Fitzsimmons, he then
/ left the bedroom. closing the door
after him. and went down 10 the
kitchen. where he washed his hands.
cleaned the knife, and placed 1t on
a shelf in the kitchen closet. He
/ then proceeded to eat the Breakfast
! which his wife had prepared 1o1
HIM. consisting of frankfurters. rol1n
and coffee. and left the house foe
work al the usual time. .-.s....
This was the extent of Fifxn1n1-
mons confession and was aboml
what the detectives and authorffi6u
had expected from the first Al
| though no charge had been preferred
against him up till The time of the
confession. the police and detectives
Z elt certain that the husband was
the murderer and were devoting
their time TO breaking down the
Story of complete innocence told Dy
/ Fitzsimmons AS no weapon was
! found in the room, the idea OF sui
eide was dismissed at the outset. AZ
nothing was taken from the house
and the appearance of the room ami
woman's body did not show anr
signs OF a struggle (Which would b
expected if a strange man had al
I tackled her). the authorities adopted
the theory OF the husbands guilt
The reports of numerous Quarrels
between the husband and yours
wife. of his neglect in providing
clothes for her, and OF his carrying
in his watch the picture of anothe
woman, said to have been a Dolly
Ryan or REYNOLDS Of Haskell. " j..
led the detectives to believe he
might have been guilty. Fitzsim-
mons lack of emotion when told OF
his wife's murder. failure to ask
I about his children. refusal 70 look
Z upon the body Of his murdered wife
( and general conduct since the mur-
4 der was discovered made a deep inn
4 preston upon the police and detec-
/ tives.
/ The brutality of the murder made
} il appear as the work of q maniac
and although the evidence pointing
( to the husband was strong II was
/ the opinion of many who had taken
an interest in the case that no hus-
( band would have been guilty Of such
an action on his young wife unless
he was demented.
Fitzsimmons did not appear to be
demented when questioned although
I he said he was '-groggy" Saturday
morning as the after effects of some
medicine given him by Camp Rzr-
itan doctor on Friday. He did not
say in his confession whether or not
Z the blood found upon his shoes was
Z that of his wife or OF the chickens
/ he had killed the night before the
murder. No blood was found upon
any of his clothes or body. which
would indicate that his wife had not
struggled or that he had disposed Of
any clothes which might have been
blood stained.
No mention was made in his con-
fession OF Dolly Ryan" or .Reyn-
olds" although ii was expected that
the part this woman had played in
! his life would be an important fac
tor in the case had not the confess
sion come when it did.