The Washington times., 1929-06-22
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fense." He is more than eager to
90 along with them and fight for
his life.
He is buoyed up, too, by the
knowledge that his wife, Mrs. Helen
M. Shook, will stand by him to the
end. She cannot believe that her
husband is a murderer. She said:
''It II not possible for me to
realize, or believe, that DIR. Snook
has committed this crime. =
.'The Howard Shook to whom
have been married seven years could
not have done this thing.
He always provided me with q
good Home. He is my husband.
He is the father Of my child. ]
win go to him as soon as ! am
permitted"
Tears came into Snook's eyes as
this reporter, talking to him
through the bars OF his cell in the
presence of Deputy Sheriff Charles
Williams, mentioned his wife and
baby. Shook said he never had
doubted his wife would remain loyal
to him. "And that goes for my
mother. too." he added.
Parties Questions
For half an hour, Shook adroitly
parried questions designed to reveal
his mental state and his future
plans, invariably resorting TO the
sterotyped reply: I'D like to talk
about many things, but onl advice
Of counsel I cannot"
Shook was extremely courteous.
He was lying on his cot reading q
magazine when the international
News Service correspondent came
to his cell, the last one on the main
floor tier.
The ex.college professors cell is
next to one occupied by two
negroes, one a burglar, the other
o. confidence man.
Shook seemed to be in good
spirits, albeit his ready smile often
vanished quickly during the inter.
view as he thought Of something
he did not express. On a table
were a pack Of cigarettes and q
few magazines he had requested.
He has told Deputy Sheriff vii.
liams not to bring any trashy"
reading matter.
Hot In Cell.
The prisoner was coatless and col
1arless. 1t was sitting hot in the
inclined to portiIness. He needed a
shave. He wore brown.rimmed nose
glasses. His demeanor was calm,
relaxed and philosophical.
He discussed with the writer
other murder defendants. includ.
ing George Remus, the ''king Of the
WxytAA
his wife but won his freedom, and
the late Judd Gray, who died In the
electric chair.
Write about me If you must but
don't quote me II you can help 1t, "
was Snool1's admonition.
other murder defendenants, lnclud'
Shook, who at one time was the
world champion short-range pistol
shot, had only a short time before
returned to the county jail from the
city prison, where he had been taken
to have his Bertillon records made.
He evince an academic interest in
the procedure.
Tells Name Of Detectives
He gave an indication Of how
keenly his mind is functioning when
one Of the detectives asked an at
tendant who had arrested Shook.
Quickly the prisoner spoke up,
s'They were Detectives Phillips, Nc
Call and Vanskaik."
There is every indication now that
Shook will play an important role in
his own defense when he is brought
to trial.
The slain girls body, meanwhile,
is at q local undertaker'S parlors.
Her father, DIR. Melvin T. Hix,
of Bradenton, Fla, elderly, gray
haired man, stepped in grief, is
here to do all he can ''to send
Shook to the electric chalr."
Girls Friends Stunned
Friends of Miss EIix at the uni
versity, where she was q medical
student, are stunned over the
tragedy in which she was the vic
tim. For she was Of the quiet,
retiring type and inclined to be
bAahful.
Before coming here she attended
the Northfield Seminary at East
Northfield, Mass, where she was
graduated la 1922 and where she
was regarded as somewhat Of q
'annan hater" because Of her dis
interest in masculine society.