The New York herald., 1921-04-08

shadow Of any one passing in the street.
Thsy whispered In the hallway iof an
hour.
Ii seemed like week, SO Harris sale,
before ElMeff came I'M As 70 tho ln''e
of Eiwelts arrival nc Is uncertain & re
remembered, he SAYS, that Eiweii' ai'e'
going into the reception room, rol
few moments, went upstairs. haFrs
iudYed him to b. In evening dress, as
indicated by the shoes and bottoms oi
the trousers, which were all Hari.s
could see from his position 70 Wish
he had moved ''behind the stairs Inc
telephone cali was answered aoou'
twenty minutes later. and Etwe'i ee,ise
down ten minutes after that IN ms
paiamas and slippers.
He opened the door. peered OUT ai'u
losed ii. | could see his lett hana OF
the knob. 1t was tten bright dasiisne
| forgot 10 tell YOU tlat there had peen
II noise al the frant door before tnWeli
,anle in--some one whistlinS
the millSn,an. When Elwell came down
stairs for the third time at least TWO
nours had nassed since the miikman
/. sit Duncan was in the reception
room all the time Elwell went INTO tne
reception room and was there ABOUT
Afteen minutes waen l heafu Ntot.
Da1can came running out ana oeat hie
to the door. The room that he came
from was on the righs rs you look OUT
'nto tha street | ran out nenshd hnii'
didn't look into the reception room
Duncan said. Walk like he'll Don't
look around We went TO Amsterdam
avenue. then south one block 10
Seventieth street and over 10 Sehlfal
park West. Mrs. Fairchild was not
gyppsd.' on the walk over he bawled
me out and said l had plenty OF OPP
portunity 10 shoot Elweli and i mad
turned out to be an awful oil can, !
gave him my gun In Seventieth street.
under the Columbus avenue elevated
road Duncan continued to give me
hell!'
.,Duucan" an itaitan'
HARRIS said that he never had any
intention OF shooting Elwcn. but Went
into the thing Just TO stall and collect
the money. because / needed money
After waiting a long time for the van
ished Mrs. Fairehild he and Duncan
parted. and Harris went to the room
where he was then living in West
Eighty-fourth street. according TO MS
story. Later they looked for jerry
around the Mills Hotel and Harris
called up all the garages between Co
lumbus Circle and Thirty-third street
without getting trace of the chauffeur.
He described Duncan as being feet
IL inches or feet tall and said his
name couldn't really be Duncan, be-
cause he is an italian. Duncan. he says
is smooth shaven. has jet black, neatly
trimmed hair, has a cap on upper righ'
tooth, habitually wears dark clothes
Harris says he first met Duncan al
Thumms bowling alleys, near the MARI
borough Hotel He asserts that he AND
Duncan were not intimate friends, but
merely saw each other good deal
around Times square Duncan told him
a day or two after the murder tha,
Jerry had been found and that all
would be made right on the following
Monday, but he never saw Duncan
again. and was told two days later
that Duncan had been seen in the
Grand Central station. all spruced III
and with several handbags. starting foi
two months vacation, "up north" tt
cool off.
Duncan, says Harris. swore mighty
oaths as to his treatment of Mrs Fair
child and Jerry when they should be
found. Duncan said There are two
more shots in this old horse pistol. one
for Jerry, one for old Kid Fairohild.
The man who told him about Duncan's
departure for the north was one Giles
whose first name Harris could not re-
call. Giles told him the mans name
was not Duncan. but was known to hin
as big Bill" My impression is sale
Harris, that bird Duncan collected ths
money and beat it,"
Harris described correctly the furni-
ture in Elwelrs reception room and the
position OF the pieces Any one who
had read the newspapers could do this
Harris said however. that he mover
read the newspapers, although In his
two months in New York after the mur-
der he looked every day at the headlines
and the pictures to see IL any one was
after him.
Charactcrizing Duncan finally he said