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whose lawn Mary was swooped up
asking Mrs. Bower for a $4,000
ransom. Noel said he had killed
the child before telephoning.
Text Of His Confession
Noel's signed confession follows:
ION August "a I purchased a
pistol in New York. paid $3.50
for the revolver and As cartridges.
I gave my name as Wallace Payne
and my address as Little Falls, N
J. Four days later I called at the
Little Falls postoffice for the re-
Volver.
Later that day I took the gun
outside my home and tested it..
On Tuesday, September 1, made
I'D my mind to kidnap some child
for ransom. took my mothers
car and drove it over the North
Mountain avenue road.
"I selected the Bower residence
In Montclair as prosperous
appearing dwelling. On Thursday
! went to q drug store on Valley
road and telephoned to Hanton's
garage for q taxicab to call for
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How He Shot Chauffeur
"I sat in the rear left hand seat
behind the driver. AS we were
going over Bradford avenue and
down . hill I took the gun from
my right hip pocket and shot the
chauffeur In the back OF the head.
'.E1e fell over on the seat.
climbed over the seat and stopped
the car. I then pushed the chauf-
feur out Of the way and started
driving the car to the compton
turnpike. This was about 2:1s p.
m. last Thursday.
"I drove over the Little Falls
road to the cement bridge, where
uulIed the dead chauffeur out OF
road into the bushes and left his
bedy lying beside the brook.
81 had ridden about one mile and
q half with the dead man in the
car with me. I then took the car
to an old quarry and walked home.
."The next day left home in my
mothers car, the red Overland. 1
parked it near the quarry where I
got Pierce's car. I drove to upper
Mountain avenue.
SIays Little Girl
''I stopped in front Of No. 1S6,
where I saw some children playing
on the lawn. asked one little girl
to get in the car. She refused.
grabbed her, pushed her into the
car and drove away. I took
route which led me toward Great
North. some men in a closed car
came along and speeded on after
are uhnf ar fhnF4
81 didn't know where I was go
ing, but finally stopped the car and
asked the little girl to get out.
She wouldn't. 50 hit her in the
face and dragged her out. Then
shot her twice and dragged her
body into the bushes.
az drove back to Montclair to put
the taxi In the woods again, got
mothers car and drove to the Glen
Ridge depot, where I got a tele-
phone book and looked to see who
lived at No. 1876 Upper Montclair
avenue. found the name of
Bower, and called the number.
Trapped by Mothers Car
when q woman's voice an
swered. asked, Are you inter-
ested in q little girl in pink dress
aay?' She said she was, so told
her she could get money from an
nll-night bank in the theatrical dis
trict in New York, and that I
wanted $4,000. When she asked
who was speaking, I hung up the
1bceiver."
The Overland car which Noel
used to cover up his tracks was
the clue which led to his being sus-
pActed in connection with the kid
gaping.
The Overland was seen in the vi
cinity where the murdered body of
Pierce was discovered. The license
punnber was checked up and Noel
dtas brought TO police headquarters.
Noel is the son Of a prominent
New York lawyer who lives in
Nontclair. Young Noel was recent
~ a patient in the Overlook asy-
Iufn, Essex county, N. j., suffering
from catatonic dementia praecox.