New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-10
did those men want you for?' and he
replied, "They wanted me to help them |
hold up paymaster on the subway"

did those men want you for?' and he
replied, "They wanted me to help them
hold up paymaster on the subway"
zone of these men WAS tail. thin
and not an Italian. The other fellow
know was called John. Ife worked in
the plade with my husband as an eleva-
tor operator, and was fired for being
fresh to the ladies about that time.
"My husband occasionally spoke
about suicide, and once in Toronto,
when he was particularly distressed
about his bad luck, he said he wanted
to shoot himself, but didn't have the
nerve. When he had money he was all
right, but always discouraged when
broke. He was scared Of death and
didn't like to talk about it, He was
continually reading the murder cases
~ the papers. and | remember the
Odcu case made great impression on
his r,ind. He liked Jesse James stories
and things like that.
Says he Denied Guilt
About his denying that he whis-
pered to me in the District Attorneys
Office that he was innocent, | say he
did. He told me that twice. once when
we We're in District Attorney Moore's
office and another time at the Niagara
Street station. He didn't have the
chance to tell me anv more because we
were separated
At this point in her story she looked
out the window Of her room and after Il
moments reflection said:
"You know the real reason he is tell
ing this story is because he wants to
atone for all the misery he has caused
me and my family. He hasn't got the
nerve TO ISill himself, and wants the po
lice to believe that he helped to com
NIT murder. He is willing to give up
his life and sees a way in getting the
state to take it for a mythical murder.
He loved me and the baby, and would
sooner die than cause US any more
worrimeut.
~ can remember the date, June II,
because we visited his brother-in-law
house, at 100 Central Park South, that
night. You know that Mrs. Sylvia
Wineman lives there. Well, went to
meet Roy at the place where he worked
about p. IN. that night. We came
home, and then about 1915 we went to
the corner drug store at Eighty fourth
Street and Columbus Avenue and telc-
phoncd to Sylvia.
Called on Sister
Roy was not on good terms with Mr..
Wineman, when we called Simmy, and
we didn't want to 70 there If he was
at home. Sylvia said he was out to the
motion pictures with Gerald, and that
it would be all right. We went down
there and stayed until about 1915. We
got, to our house. about 1885 that
night. We went in to talk to Mrs.
Hammond and Miss Harmon, our
neighbors, hsyd cup of cocoa and went
to bed about 10 o'clock.
Gle remained in bed all night and
got up about 1926, to be in time for
work at 9 O'Clock at the Fifth Avenue
place. I met him again at o'clock that
night and went home with him. The
night watchnAn can tell you this, be-
cause he saw me. He never was away
all night, because my nerves were bad
and l couldn't stand to be alone at
nights.
Il have little girl named Margaret
Grace, three years old. He's crazy about
the child and was always sending pres
ents home fdr the baby. He doesn't
want to bring lot of trouble on this
child, know.
Tells of His Arrest
81 never knew he was in Buffalo
when / came here. He came up to me
putting his hand to his head, said,
Haven't l met you before?' I looked at
him and said i think you have and
he cried out: why, Jessie' We went
over to the postoffice to see if there
was any mail for him, and he said,
You won't have to look for any work
here. got rooms at the Genessee
Hotel. III get job We went to buy
a newspaper, and as we came from the
stand detectives came up to US and
said, Aren't you Roy Harris?' and 1
said, mo, he is not because l had
known him only as Leonard. We were
separated by the men then, and that's
all I know about what happened then"