The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-05
DOUBT
KISS SLAYER
STORY
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ION his list. He u handsome and
was rather popular.
Some Of the flappers Of Staten
Island say he had ''narcissus COM
pIex, = referring to the mythologi-
cal man who became enamored Of
himself when he saw his shadow in
pool Of water. They assert that
his admiration for others never
equaIled his admiration for himself.
He took his friendship with Alice
Josst quite ssefiously re had .
..spat' with her three weeks ago at
party because, It Is said. she went
into another room and smoked q
cigarette in company with an
other boy.
Young Rice didn't see Alice from
that night until he called at her
home Friday. the day Of the muir
der.
A girl friend 81 AIice's. Dorothy
Davis, said she knew Alice had
tried to make up the quarrel with
Vincent and quoted the girl as
saying:
sIIi have q nervous breakdown
.if Vincent keeps on staying away.
Another Girl Sought
Since the night Of the party Vim
cent had taken out another girl.
The police are seeking a girl seen
to a1ight from train in Staten
Island Saturday evening. weeping
violently. She held a paper in her
her: 'tI don't think Vincent could
have done such a thing
Associates Of Vincent and Alice
said Vincent hald told how he re-
spected Alice and hoped some day
to marry her.
The police think puppy love"
and jealousy had lot TO do with
the crime. In his confession young
Rice said he had spent the day IN.
Alice's home, her mother being
away at work. They had played
the piano and sang.
Hit Her With Fist
About dusk. he said, she APP
preached him with an embrace.
This / resented" he swore. She
also kissed me. / protested. Finally
/ stood between the bedroom and
living room. She approached ma
again, putting her arms around me.
She said, come on and be a sport
did not like that: / became angry
and struck her a blow on the fore
head with my clcncfsd fist. Her
head struck against the dresser,
inflicting a wound which bled freely.
became frightened. / did not
know whether she was dead or
alive.
81 moved back and forth in the
house. saw an electric cord, used
for an electric iron. j wound the
cord around her neck three or four
times and threw pillows and
blankets on her body. / then left
An autopsy on the girl, performed
by DR.. George Mord, an assistant
whether the girl had been the VIC
tim OF attack. 1t proved merely
that she had died of strangulation,
that the blow she suffered on the
left temple was not sufficient to
cause death.
Denies Attack
Rice denies he attacked her. In
his signed statement ne naid: II
solemnly declare that have never
had any relationship with any
female. I am not so inclined"
Throughout his arraignment Rice
was nonchalant. On his way to
jail he requested that the news
papers be sent to him so he could
read the football scores.
His father and mother are stunned.
They cannot conceive why he killed
the girl. Why, it was only short
time ago that he was an altar boy.
and he had never been in trouble
before.
The slain girl. meanwhile, lay in
/ white casket in her rather humble
nome, groups OF neighbors consol-
ng her widowed mother. Burial will
be tomorrow morning in st, Mary's
West New Brighton,
staten Island. following services In
t. Mary.s church, Port Richmonds