The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-11

recall reminding Pearl that II was from
here she had jumped into the canal
when she tried to commit suicide while
ago.
I'VE sat there while and finally
came back home the same way we had
come up. l didn't see anything more
of the two men. On the way back ]
gave Pearl 80 cents and she left me at
the corner OF Nelson and Albany streets
to 20 into Mrs DORIS and get some ice
cream. My wife told me afterward that
I came home about IL o'clock and that
Pearl came in about II 80.
Didn't Know His Trailers.
IT don't know who the men were that
followed us except that Pearl says they
were Hayes and Schneider. l wouldn't
know Hayes IL 1 saw him. and / know
very little about Schneider AS far as
the murder Is concerned I think we were
followed, lost track of. and then that
thing happened up there in the lane. l
feel pretty bad about the way the papers
are trying to drag me into it. but
don't know a thing more than i have
told you.
IT stopped but twice during the even
ing when l was with Pearl and only IN
the places where l told you. l think
myself that Pearl knows a lot more
about this murder than she Is telling
and I've tried to get her confidence. but
It didn't work"
In this model jail which is the pride
OF New Brunswick. Pearl has an apart
ment upstairs, while her father Is Sleep
ing tonight on the lower floor. The girl
seemed glad to know her father was in
jail. In fact, she said so in the course
OF an interview. She is not pretty
1 ~ ta~ Ilxra tt I've lao q
and has the look of one addicted to the
use of drugs, but says she has never
| taken anything of the sort. The story
Of her life as she told 1t tonight is
pitiful tale, sordid. ugly, vile. And the
girl looks not more than Is. She said;
Pearl Tells Her story.
MY father hasn't supported me since
I was a teeny weeny baby. My mother
supported me then, and after she died
nine months ago I went to live with my
brother-in-law. Then he fought with me
all the time because l wanted TO stay
cut late. and I left him and now live
with Mrs. Lillian Barlow. next door TO
my fathers place on Nelson street. 1
room with her crippled daughter, Laura
Marsh.
IL suppose II my father knew what |
told to-day he would cut my throat
don't care IL he does. There is no me
for me Of my own while my Ia,hes
| lives. I never heard of a girl that hao
| TO go out with her own father. he
never wants me to go out with any one.
even with single men. When get on.
| OF here I am going to jump overooaro
and make sure go down for the third
| time"
| 1t sounded little like the heroics OF
| seventeen, but 1t wasn't The girl mao
! tried suicide and about the only thing
| in her life that might have seemed to
| her worth while was her love Tor the
unprepossessing Schneider. married
man and ne'er do well.
| Answering questions. Pearl pieced out
| her life and the incidents OF the night oil
the murder. According TO her. she and
/ her father went no further out thar
College avenue. which Ia much nearer
town than the Phillips farm In fact II
along the inner side of Buccleuch Park
| According TO her. too. her father alway'
| carried a gun. She told in detail OF Mrs
! Schneider's visit with her to Ne farm
and the place where the bodies were
| found. This visit was at Mrs. Schneider
request. They walked out to the placs
and back and they saw Schneider on the
streets, but when his wife called to MN
he refused 70 come 10 her. he tolu
her. said Pearl. ito 60 back to Souti
River. as he didn't want her and only
wanted me-"
At Work Four Years.
Pearl has been working for four years
she said. ard she hurled many names
at Mrs Annie Messlers. known as me-
stepmother. She insisted time ano agar
chat her father was jealous OF Schneider
and said that she had been gong WIZ
Schneider a year and half before sh'
knew he was married. Then she learned
of IL by accident and he told her not u
believe everything she heard.
In the main her story OF her OWL
movements agreed with the statemen
Of her father and with what she has sal'
before. Only the revelations OF ne
| $500 .l,,h ,,rt tn,uard her and he