The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-14

Detective Captain George Home
and Captain Herman Cline of the
homicide squad announced today
that Mccoy seemed on the verge Of
a breakdown and confession several
times during the night.
Il expect him to confess the Stay.
ing before another SHUTDOWN" Home
said.
Albert Mors. recently divorced hus-
band Of the dead woman, does not
believe his wife committed suicide.
IT want Kid Mccoy to hang ana
I'll pull the rope" he shouted dur
ing an interview, in which he wept.
II knew from the beginning tha-
nothing good would ever come from
my wife's association with Mccoy,
Mors said Il protested TO her many
times and my fears have come true.
think it was nothing short OF an
act OF God that, I. too. am not dead.
Brands Stogy Lie I
"McCoy's story that I drove
Theresa to suicide is lie. She and
/ We're friendly when we last saw
each other. so I could not have been
the cause OF her death"
Mors was scheduled TO visit Dis
trict Attorney Keyes today and tell
what he knows Of the case.
Mrs Mary Z. Selby, the mother
believes in the Kids innocence.
Surely he couldn't havve done 4.
He loved her too dearly. She loved
him, too" she said.
He came TO see me Wednesday
morning, very early. l heard his
voice outside under the window
know his voice so we'll. He said
Mother I had been expecting him
all day. He came In and put his arms
around me and said 'hows my
mother?' He didn't say anything
about any trouble. He just wanted
to know how I was and asked what
time 1t was. 1t was ten minutes to
,wo.
He loved her 80 much. He used
to tell me about It"
Mrs. Selby said she would visit her
Ion as soon as the authorities would
let her.
Says She Killed Self
During a two-hour grilling last
night. Mccoy stuck to his statement
that Mrs. Mors committed suicide
by slashing herself with a butcher
knife and then shooting herself
through the mouth. Mccoy was Ia
ken back to his cell at 10 p. m. and
announcement made that he would
not be questioned again until today.
Whose gun is this?'- was the first
question Detective Lieut.. Jarvis
asked Mccoy.
THAT gun was given to me by
Hubert Kittle some months before
he blew out his brains" Mccoy
asserted. Q<ittle, a former police
man, committed suicide recently
after confessing that he was in
volved in a bank robbry for which
three innocent Mexicans had been
sent to San Quentin penitentiary).
Talk About Troubles
Asked to explain the cuts and
bruises on Mrs. Mors' body. Mccoy
said:
'"Well. you see, 1t was this way.
We had been out all afternoon.
After we got home, I cooked e leg
of lamb and a lot of other stuff You
know L am a pretty good cook.
Then we sat down to eat.
"All during the afternoon Theresa
and had been talking about her
troubles and she was pretty sad.
We quarreled little. too. The
butcher knife was on the table. We
had been using 1t to cut bread.
without warning Theresa leaped
to her feet and said she was going
to end it all. She grabbed tho
butcher knife and attempted to
stab herself in the breasts saw
the blood squirt out and then I
grabbed her. We struggled about
the room and she cut herself on
the left wrist and also slashed her
upper lip, She was holding the
knife in her right hand and 1 was
trying to get it away from her.
Gun Placed on Table
Some time before she had got
hold of the knife, I had taken the
gun from my pocket and put it on
the table. During the struggle for
the knife we bumped into the table,
and with her left hand she seized
the revolver and shot herself. That's
all there is to it,
Asked where he went after the
shooting, Mccoy said:
"Well, I remember getting into
Theresa's automobile, and ). after