Evening star., 1935-06-21
TRAMP CONFESSES
YEAR-OLD Staying
IN LOVERS LANE
Federal Men Jail Colored
Itinerant in FrederiCkS-
burg Girls Death.
CRIME is RE-ENACTED
IN BATTLEFIELD PARK
Prisoner Taken to Richmond for
Charge of Numbering Miss
Fannie Kurz.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation
today crossed off its list of unsolved
murders the year-old Fredericksburg,
Va, Lovers Lane" mystery, after
having lodged in jail at Richmond 23-
year-old Earl Conner Williams, col
ored tramp, who, bureau officials as
sert, has confessed to the brutal Slay-
ing of Fannie Kurz.
At first skeptical of Williams con-
fession that he murdered Miss Kurz
and bludgeoned her escort, George
Milton Brown, May 20 of last year in
Fredericksburg National Military Park,
special agents of the bureau have
found their prisoners weird story
dovetails with known facts in the case.
Related Secret Details.
williams, after secret interrogation
at offices of the bureau here and re-
enactment of the crime in the battle
park yesterday, was taken to the Hen
rico County jail in Richmond early
today under guard of "G-men," as
sisted by Police Chief Jordan of Rich
mond and other officers. j. Edgar
Hoover, director of the bureau, said
the colored man will be arraigned un-
der a Federal charge of committing
murder on a Government reservation.
At the scene of the Staying Williams
pointed out correctly the exact spot
where he said he approached the
Kurz girl and her companion and hit
them over the head with blunt in
strument. He related certain details
of the attack that have never been
published and which, according to
Hoover, he could not have learned un-
less he was present when the assault
was made.
Circular Leads to Capture.
williams was picked up on May %
in Iuka, Miss, by Deputy Sheriff G.
L. Pace, who charged him with va
grancy Recalling a wanted" circular
sent him last year by the Department
of Justice, Pace found that Williams
fitted generally the description of Miss
Kurz's slayer. The colored f1oater at
first professed ignorance of the Vir-
ginia crime.
The deputy sheriff however, notified
agents of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation at Birmingham, Ala, and
turned his prisoner over to them
when they arrived. Further question
ing by agents familiar with details
of the Fredericksburg case finally
brought an admission of guilt, Hoover
declared
The description which linked Will
liamS with the military park killing
was given by another couple parked
in the same vicinity on the night OF
the murder. This couple told in
veStigators Negro armed with an
object resembling a piece of iron pipe
appeared out of the darkness and
said: Cit out of the car"
At this moment the headlights of
an approaching automobile sent the
man Scurryiug to cover, and his in
tended victims promptly started their
motor and sped away. They obtained
a good look at the man and were
able to give Federal officers a descrip-
ton which was broadcast in official
notices.
Other Pair Attacked Later.
The attack on Miss KurZ and
Brown occurred approximately one
hour later. When the pair did not
come home that night, relatives and
friends notified police, and search
ended in discovery of their car in the
park and of their unconscious bodies
in a ravine about rs yards away.
Miss Kurz died without regaining
consciousness. Brown recovered after
a long siege in the hospital, but was
unable to recall any details of the
attack. He had been robbed of $25. d.
Williams will be viewed later by
Brown and by the man and woman
who reported the prior incident in
the park on the fatal night. The
names of this couple are being with
held by authorities.
williams is a native of Texarkana,
Tex. A search of the fingerprint files
of the Bureau of Investigation has
failed to reveal any prior criminal
record.
Hoover said he signed complete
confession and also waiver of extra
dition proceedings.