The New York herald., 1921-04-09
Expert Who Examined Nc
Kinley's Slayer Finds No
Serious Flaws in Story of
Elwell Murder.
DETECTIVE Is BALkED
Oswald Points to Discrepan-
cies in Tale, but Is I'm
willing to Declare
Prisoner a Faker.
TO BE BROUGHT HERE
Orders for Removal of Self
Confessed Hired Assassin
From Buffalo Are Ex-
pected To-day.
TO BE BROUGHT HERE

Specio, Despatch to THE Nrw YORK HERALD.
BUFFALO, April 8.-The case for Roy
starris, WHO is in jail here beseecfing
4 eceptical world to regard him as one
~ the Elwell assassins. was strength
ened to-day by the support Of DR..
James w. Putnam of Buffalo. one Of
the alienists who established the san
ity Of Leon Czolgosz. murderer Of
President Mckinley.
After two and a half hours exam
inaton, including all sorts Of mental
and physical tests, DR.. Putnam said
that Harris is a sane man and ap-
parently truthful one.
THE discrepancies are unimportant,"
he said tonight. Ills confession de-
serves serious consideration. 1t seems
to me that he was implicated in the
murder whether he is telling the truth
in exact detail or not. As matter Of
fact. 1 would not say that he was not
lying when he said he did not fire the
shot himself
Word reached Buffalo tonight from
New York that an uncle Of Roy Harris
said the young man had suddenly ap-
peared in New York after serving in
the Canadian army and ii was thought
he might have told the murder story
in ORD sr to escape being taken back to
Canada. Harris said tonight that he
served in the Horse Transport Of the
Canadian army service corps from
June &c, 1917. to December H. 1918,
and was honorably discharged in OF
tawa. He said he never had any
trouble, and that any. notion to the
contrary was call bunk"
Detective Oswald was directed to-
night by Capt. Carey. head of the New
York Homicide Bureau, to stay here
until tomorrow at least and continue
his inquiry.
Makes Tentative Identiheation.
Oswald believes he will probably be
told TO start for New York with Harris
tomorrow. 1t is clear that his story
can neither be proved true nor false
until he is taken to the city where the
murder was done. Discredited as
parts OF it are, nothing has developed
thus far to justify his release.
Harris again identified to Oswald to-
day a picture OF woman frequently
published in the fortnight following the
murder. He also gave her name to re-
a.. f,,l m that he
does not accuse this woman OF being the
"fawn coated Mrs. F'airchild" who hired
him and big Bill Duncan" to kill FL
we'll. He merely says that of all the
newspaper pictures shown to him she
most closely resembles Mrs. Fairchild.
He says "she's that type"
The woman he names was known to
Flwell and was often mentioned in the
newspapers after the murder. She was
never seriously suspected Of completely.
however Whatever her facial resem-
blance to the Mrs Fairchild' Of Har-
ris's story may be the similarity stops
there. Her social stratum and habits
OF speech are not those OF Harris's Mrs.
Fairchild.
Reporters showed Harris in the Jail
newspaper containing badly printed pic
turcs OF SIX women who were mentioned
for various reasons In the course Of the
murder investigation.
The names were printed beneath the
cuts Harris looked at the names and
them the pictures. After glancing along
the line OF faces he said. pointing
That's the one whose picture. published
the two weeks after the shooting. re-
minded me Of Mrs. Fairchild. But in the
other picture she had her hat off and in
this one she has IL on. In this picture
she does not look as much like Mrs.
Fairchiid as she did in the other, but
tpointing to the name under t!s. photo
graph that held his attention) that's the
woman whose name 1 gave Detective
Oswald. Mind you. I'm not saying she's
Mrs. Fairchiid. She may not be. I
more like Mrs. Fairchild than any of
these other women"
wife Tries TO Protect Him.
reporter indicating another OF the
six likcnesses asked Harris IL IL re-
minded him OF Mrs Fairchild
'Not a bit" he said: this one has a
huck TOOTH"
Harris seems 10 be q great hand at
Identifying pictures when Detective
Oswald produced photograph OF
woman who has niche In a coutem-
porary court action In New York and
sakcd the prisoner IL she was anything
like Mrs Fairciiild he answered prompt
~. "Shc seems slightly familiar"
In the midst OF II all Harris's young
wife, separated from him until they met
in the streets Of Buffalo the day be-
fore he was arrested. Is cooped up as a
material Witness" pending the decision
as TO her husband. She says her hus-
band whispered to her In the District
Attorneys ONCE that MS story was all