Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-25
CONFESSED SLAYER
OF 3 BOYS GR|LLED
Panzram Silent on Original
Story as Bay State Of
fiCerS Arrive Here.

A two-hour grilling by Massachusetts,
and Washington detectives today of
Carl Panzram, confessed slayer of three
boys, ended about / o'clock this after
noon where it began-in Panzram's OBJ
durate silence concerning the alleged
murder six years ago near Salem. Mass,
of Henry Mcmahon, IL years old.
With the arrival last night of Capt.
Gideon Telletier of Salem and Lieut..
William F. Murray of the Massa-
chusetts State police it was learned
that Panzram also said he had muir
dered q boy In New London, Conn,
bringing the number of his admitted
killings to three. He had already told
Maj. Peak of Staying 12-year-old Henry
McMahon near Salem in 1922 and an
other boy in Philadelphia last August.
The third murder is said by Panzram
to have been committed near New Lon
don. Conn. This information was con-
tanned in letter written to the chief
of police of New London by the pris-
oner. So far Massachusetts authori-
ties have been unable to connect the
facts OF the confession with any known
killing in that section
Word was received from Philadelphia
today that the body of a 14-year-old
boy, Alexander LuSzock, has been
exhumed from the potterS' field there
and identified as that found last August
near the spot where Panzram declared
he Strangled a boy to death.
Immediately upon their arrival in
this city. about 9 o'clock last night, the
Massachusetts, detectives went directly
to the Jail and there, in the presence of
Lieut.. Kelly. Assistant District Attorney
Walter M. Shea and newspaper men.
attempted to elicit information from
Panzram concerning his written con-
LESSONS. They say that he was frank
with them concerning his past life, but
refused to discuss the Salem killing. He
told them that he had served ii peni-
tertiary terms and had been in 200
jails.
Although inclined to think that PAM
rams confession lis a hoax to secure
his removal from this jurisdiction,
where he Is facing charge of house
breaking, the Massachusetts, officers are
proceeding with caution and say that
if they obtain the least confirmation
from the prisoner of the truth of his
confession, they will take him to Salem
A warrant charging him with murder
Is in their possession, but no eXtradi-
ton papers have yet been obtained.
Last night Panzram is said to have
indicated his willingness to return with
them and face a Massachusetts, court.
His case here of HOUSEKEEPING was
scheduled to be presented to the grand
jury tomorrow.
Maj. Peake said today that the letter
from Panzram to the chief of police at
New London, Conn, followed by several
days his confession here, where little
credence was given his story at first.
At the same time Panzram addressed
letters to the prosecuting attorneys of
Philadelphia and Boston confeSsing to
the alleged murders there.
Panzram describes the boy he says
he killed near New London as about 16
or IL years old and from Brooklyn. The
letter states that the boy told him his
uncle was a policeman at the time,
which was the Summer of 1922.
"On the right hand side of that road
left the body of the murdered boy
with his belt still tied around his neck"
the letter asserts. In his postscript
Panzram says, For 10 years / have
been going around numbering people
and now think it is about time for
some one to murder me.
Here's luck to you"