New-York tribune., 1921-06-28
Youth Is Held
Without Bail i'm
Attack ON Girl
Erasmus Student Says He
Suffered Pains Over Eyes
as Result of Getting
Water in Ear Swimming
Father Corroborates Him
lanes Conway Declares He
Cannot Recall Taking
Revolver From His Home

James T. Conway, the eighteen-year-
~ Erasmus Hall High School athlete
ND young Mems Christian Association
.amber. accused oI forcing his way
:nto the bedroom of Miss Ethel Stewart,
4 is Sidney Place, Brooklyn, early
eunaav. was held for the Grand Jury
w;thout bail yesterday on charges of
fslonious assault and burglary. On an
additional charge of violating the
sr,l;yan act--he was carrying revol-
vsr belonging to his father when ar
r.sted--he was held in $1,000 bail for
snecial Sessions.
Conway, who waived examination
vhen arraiened before Magistrate Nc
r,oskey in the Adams Street Court,
svsmained victim of a tricky memory
Ne nersisted that he could recall moth
,,g that had occurred between s
o'clock Saturday night until he found
himself struggling in the grasp of a
noliceman early Sunday not far from
tbe house he is accused of having en-
tered.
James F. Conway, an insurance ad-
,uster, of 165 Hicks Street, the YOUTHS
father. placed the blame for his sons
unusual behavior upon a series of nose
hleedings and pains in the head from
which young Conway has suffered
recently.
Tells of Pains in Head
The youth himself explained that
ths mains in his head had been caused
bv water that got into one of his ears
while he was swimming beneath the
surface OF the Central Y. NJ. C. A. poo
in Brooklyn. As proof of his conten
tion that the offenses charged against
him were entirely foreign to his nature
he spoke of his regular attendance al
church services, his abstinence from
alcoholic beverages and tobacco.
Conway's story was: 81 left hole
at Q o'clock Saturday afternoon to &C
10 the Y. NJ. C. A. There ] met friend
who urged me to go to Sheepsheac
Bay and look at canoe that he hao
there. We went canoeing and cruisec
around Oriental Point and came home
again. | left Sheepshead Bay about
o'clock and got off at Cumberland
Street. because he lived near there.
81 left him at the station and walked
through Hanson Place to Flatbust
Avenue and then to State Street, where
I stopped to look at q block party
which was in progress. That is all
remember until policeman grabbed
me on Joralemon Street. They tell me
that this happened sbout 2 o'clock IL
the morning.
Don't Remember Gun, He Says
"I don't remember taking the CUR
and didn't know it was in my bag unit
the policeman took it out at the station
house. About nine months ago | wa:
swimming under water Jin the tank a
the Y. NJ. C. A. and got water in m!
ear. Since then l have had sever
pains across my eyes and in back OF m.
ear Not so long ago | had sever
attack while at school and was force,
TO leave the room and go home. Th
attacks frequently came while was il
the classroom, but always managed t
stick it out.
Saturday morning before I left tn
house had pains around my eyes"
Concluding his story, Conway said
y have never been very attentive t
girls, although frequently / went ou
with one girl. But | don't want t
speak about her now"
Miss Stewart, the young woman wh
was the victim of the attack for whic
Conway is blamed, was in court yester
day. Conway did not look at he
throughout the proceedings, whic
we're hrief