New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Confessor of Murder To
Be Brought TO New York
Tonight for Examina-
tion in Slain Mans Home
Tale Faulty, but
Partly Credited
detective and Alienist Be-
lieve Youth Connected
Some Way With Crime
Despite Discrepancies
gro,n q staf Correspondcnt

pTFFALO, ePfif o--hoy harrlS. tne
,onfessed partner in the murder of
yosepb Bovine Elweu last June, dis
,iosed to spondents here to-day
the identity Of the woman whom he be-
,eves to be the Mrs. Fairchild who
hired him and his colleague to kill the
New York sportsman.
Harris shortly before had been de-
elared perfectly sane and normal by
Or. James W Putnam, the alienist who
investigated the sanity of Leon Czol-
eoz, the assassin of President Nc
Knley.
The decision of DR.. Putnam was COM
rnnicated to the New York police of
fcials by Detective Sergeant Oswald,
and on the basis Of the finding it was
decided to take Harris to New York
tomorrow night. 1t is planned to have
Harris reenact the entire scene of the
murder at the former Elwell home, in
West Seventieth Street
Harris denies ne was bribed or in
any other way induced to confess the
crime, and said he told his story be-
cause he thought the detectives who
arrested him here on Tuesday night
had the goods on him. He went over
the circumstances surrounding the
murder once again with Detective Os-
wald, with new discrepancies and
variations
Oswald says Harris's narrative was
full of ridiculous discrepancies, but
that he was in all probability in
some way involved in the crime and
should be given serious attention
Harrls's wife joined the officials here
to-day in trying to break down his
story, and said her husbands tales
were mere. moving picture thrillers"
snd he was plain crazy"
Identification Surprise
Harris's identification of the Fair
thild woman came as a great surprise
10 the authorities, who have been
pumping him incessantly since his ar
rest. Earlier in the day he had con-
Hded to Detective Oswald the name of
woman whose picture he had seen in
New York newspaper. He told Os-
'"'u t"iS picture pore striking re
sembance to the Fairchild woman.
Later, CORE spondents got Harris to
look at numerous pictures of women
VINO at one time or another have been
named In the case. He was asleep on
'ne cot OF his cell at the Niagara Street
station, and when he was awakened he
staggered to his feet, rubbing his eyes
'!oenty tie was apparently begin
h.1 F-x. .,-- -.
gfllsing he has been subjected to since
ms confession lie collapsed last night
IN INT ,ne office Of Chief of Police Higgins.
When he was handed the series of
photographs he ran his eyes intentlv
nom one to the other and after st11dv-
as one Tor about two minutes. he
paced his finger on it and said. This
~ 'he woman whose name | gave 10
detective Oswald as the one whom T
'eougns was the Fairchild woman. The
picture saw Of her in the newsnaner
s.aougn, was different from this, but
sae halr.. nose, eyes and mouth look
very much the same.
lieu leu know | always saw Mrs Fair
sn'ia 81. IN hat and dressed up, and so
40 pretty hard to make positive
,,OueenntliIheatlon, ,Oenti but the eyes, nose and
Fs;..a5i,e FU..h are strlkingly like those of Mrs.
the woman" - IVY 'uie sne IS
~, Woman a "Good-Looker"
.or1s 1ou know" commented Harris in
lSIa.etion loolistion With the pictures he was
lSoliag lsohaag at, Mrs. Fairchild was a good
'Ilar GIaa ana anybody would fall for her.
her, r"hu hu. her myself, | wasn't stuck on
sOu pu pus sort Of felt nice toward her.
u. You fellows can't use her name in
unsr, uns papers, anyhow. can you?" he
hat tbt'pa' ha She just kept repeating
men us aad wronged her as some other
gojn. aao "a done before and she was
Harris fu'nam y0Is spent two hours with
! of tho Yesterday in the private office
Ssn9, ,s.,en Of Harris he gave him t the fe tests
'S' ana physical, usually resorted
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