The Washington times., 1921-02-13
YOUNG TOUSSAINT
TOPLEAD INSANITY
Confessed Slayer Of Father Will
Base Hopes on Boyhood
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pressed the slightest remorse and APP
| parently Is much more concerned over
his business projects than over the
death of his father.
A detailed confession of crime,
taken from Toussaint by Chief OF Po-
| lice Lee Hun, indicated that the muir
der had been planned for a week
prior to it's execution. Domestic diff
fculties were given by the boy as the
actual cause of his crime.
| The elder Toussaints disapproval
| Of his sons wife, according TO the
| confessions, was the main motive. An
estrangement between the boy and
| his wife had been effected because Of
this disapproval, but the two were
planning to live together again until
the elder Toussaint threatened to
| dissolve the business partnership with
his son If the reconciliation was made.
Statements were also made in the
confession that Mrs. o. II. Toussaint's
death had been caused in large meas
ure by her husband. The boy re-
fused, or was unable. to name the
specific manner in which his father
contri buted to the death of the wife
and mother. 1t has also been rumored
that the two men had had trouble on
numerous occasions, and that they
weer not in accord with each other.
However, none of this trouble was
! mentioned by Toussaint in his con-
fession.
CAREFULLY PLANNED.
That the murder had been care
| fully planned is shown by the
| thorough preparations made by young
Toussaint. His father left home
shortly before II o'clock Sunday
| morning. the boy said, driving in his
automobile to the residence of Mr..
| and Mrs. Eric Bruno. old friends of
the family, with whom Mr.. Toussaint
| had been accustomed to spend Sun
days. The Brunos live near the out
| skirts of the city and were seldom
visited by the young man, it is said.
| Sunday night had been decided upon
| by the boy as the logical time for the
murder and he had purchased a re-
| volver at a local hardware store
early in the week. it is. alleged, in
preparation for his crime. About 8
o'clock Sunday night, so he states. he
| went to the Bruno home and secretly
cut all the electric wiring of his
fathers automobile as it stood in the
street He then walked several hun
dred feet down the street and waited.
| The Bruno residence is in a sparsely
| settled section of town and is situated
| half block or more from any other
dwelling.
| Toussaint, the elder, left his friends
| a few minutes before $3.50 at night,
and. after failing in efforts to start
his machine, proceeded to walk
home. Bruno, in relating his story to
/ a l.,
pect ed his son OF tampering with the
| car, after he had discovered the cut
wires. THAT was a dirty trick Henry
played on me-" he is reported to have
said.
EITHER WOUND FATAL.
Toussaint was shot twice by his
son, once through the head and once
through the chest. Either wound
would have been fatal. according to
physicians who examined the body
A 3S-caliber automatic was used.
as the elder man walked past his son
| father never knew who shot him, for
as the elder man walked past his
the latter fred, then carried the body
to a ditch at the side of the road
and after removing a watch, hurried
away.
The watch incident, the boy states,
was merely a blind to indicate rob-
berry had been the motive OF the
murder The watch and gun were
buried in an alfcyway a short dis
lance from the scene of the shooting
and were recovered Monday after
noon by Toussaint, who led officers
to the spot.
Toussaint. declared he went home
after the shooting and slept soundly
all night. reporting for work Mon
day morning as usual. He was called
to the police station at Q o'clock that
morning and informed that his father
had been killed, but the announce
ment made no visible impression on
him, This fact first aroused the sus-
picion of the police that he had been
connected with the crime.
These suspicious increased as the
how. after viewing his fathers BODY
at the morgue. merely remarked that
IL was too bad" and turned his at
tention to business affairs. Chief
Hun. after Investigating the known
conditions OF the case. put Toussaint
through rigorous examination Ind
within less than two hours had OBJ
tained the complete confession.
The boy and his father had been
engaged in the construction business
here for several months and recently
were awarded contract for the
erection OF new $4,000 fire station
According TO city officials, the work
being done was highly satisfactory.
II is believed Toussaint will be
placed on trial not later than the
middle Of next week.