The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-08

Il. Elwsll. wealthy New York
rfnan. made this statement to tho
Omitted Press today. Young and smil.
fnx. evidently not at all nervous. she
coo,iy dismissed her husbands admis.
sion as tho fabric OF . disordered
mind
HARRIS CiIN6S
TO HIS STORY
shrcwd crsminolosssss Of the New
York and. Buffalo police depart
ments. however. were inclined today
20 put moro trust in Harris ccnfes-
sion than they did at first. Nervous
" pacing his cell. smoking one Gig
are, after another. he has chung
desperately and stubeorniy TO his
story despite all the clever attempts
TO make him admit that Il was a lie.
and that he was innocent OF compile
ity IN the murder.
This strange third degree was kept
Up for hours by the detectives
Reversing their usual tactics. by
4 which they try to make prisoners adj.
INIT guilt. they pounded away with
their questions trying TO make Har-
ris admit his confession was false.
But he stuck 10 Il.
The questioning was resumed to-
~.
Detained In an6ther cell as . Wit.
esx. Mrs. Harris insisted. Just AZ
xehementiy ~ her husband asserted
be was guilty. that he was absolutely
hnecent--the victim OF a hailuein-
J alton.
Hes not Ruiity--just crazy she
said succincsiy.
why, I was walking with him on
Riverside drive the night tina, FL
ve,l was killed. He was brokc---hs
y lad no money 20 take Us 20 a show
That's tho kind OF hired assassin
~ Ia
WIFE APPEAHS
10 BE AMUSED
shs laughed as Il vastly amused
q the whole affair. Either Mrs
HARRIS Is convinced OF her husbands
Innocence or she Is a first-rate
actress.
"A few nights after the Eiweii
murder she said. 1--WE walked right
DOWN past Elweli's house. Roy
pointed out the house He wasn't
4 nervous or anything. He couldn't
have done that with q guilty con-
science He was afraid TO so back
10 a place whore he had passed a
check We both read IN the paper
al about the crime and talked about
IT,
Roy ecuidn't keep n from me n
We're guilty. He told me about
A everything. lie wrote me about the
n check he forged. lie couldn't keep
=. anything back.
HE has saintinw fts. headaches
ond writes foolish letters. The first
hIght we were here In Buffalo he
got up In the middle OF the night and
began singing.
u. ~ II hope he goes free. dcn't care
N Wfsthsr we ever live togsthss again.
but I'll go back to him II he wants
me. I think he'll get off because he
IA has an aiibt--he had no opportunity
20 commit the murder. After the
murder he had no money; he had to
borrow from his sister"
SAYS CONFESSION
WAS COMPELLED
Harris denied today that he had
Voluntarily confessed lie said >
grtliing made him confess
I'll Questioned a. to details Of the FL.
fNeli killing. Harris said;
0weli. when Bill Dunkin. who did
The actual shooting, started for the
house with me I felt like backing
cut Dunkin said he would kill me
did. When We had got into I'll
wells house. I talked again about
backing out, but Dunkin gave me
bell. He said he would Kill ElwciI
sure. We smoke ed csgarets and walt
ID for Elwell to come home.
when we heard key In the door.
J hid behind the stairs and Dunkin
hid In the reception room. Eiwell
went upstairs. passing right Gloss BY
where ! was hidden. Then Dunkin
came out and gave me hell again
Tor not shooting him
Il told Dunkfn we ought TO beat
n We had $500 einched for the
murder and I wanted to blow. l
didn't want 20 kill Elgeil; all I want.
ed was the money.
SAYS DUNKIN
KILLED ELWELL
"Elweil came downstairs In his pa
jamas. He sat down I'm his arm
chair. In a few minutes I heard q
shot Dunkin had killed him. Then
Dunkin ran out and beat me TO the
door. We both ran out and walked
AWAY. fast.
We'll. quit my Job and spent two
ponths trying to collect the money
"a. Fairchlld promised us for kill.
hg Eiwell. but / was double crossed
and didn't get II. I left New York
q In August and went to q lot OF other
towns"
Detective oyva1d OF the New York
police, after questioning Harris, said
he was confused as 10 the appear
ance Of the inside OF Elwelrs house
and also on the details OF how Elweil
was shot