The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-28
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eide court on the short affidavit on which he will be held until the grand jury returns murder indict- ments.
 Intended Victim Happy
 Kudner, for whom he waited all Easter eve at the Gedeon apart ment, and her father Joseph Ge- dcon, who was held as a suspect by police for several days after he had found the bodies were happy over the crimes solution"
 Mrs. Kudner had spurned Irwin's attentions, and 1t was because of this that Irwin said he wanted to kill her because she was the dear est object in the world to me"
 q loved her and hated her." Irwin said, and he went to the Ge- deon apartment to kill her. Three murders that resulted from his visit, he said, were accidental"
 Mrs. Kudner indicated today that she and her husband had lived in terror for the last three months. knowing, she said, that she had been the real objective Of Irwin's passion.
 Wearing a white gabardine suit and q white panama hat Irwin looked more like prosperous buSi- ness man than man hunted for three murders. He had waived ex- tradition in Chicago, where news paper had turned him over to po- lice.
 Police Commissioner Valentine. who remained at headquarters all night to direct the questioning, be- licved that when Irwin is taken to the Gedeon apartment to reenact the murders. many of the baffling details of the crime would be re- vcalcd.
 According to his own admission Irwin went to the Gedeon apart ment resolved to walt until Mrs. Kudncr arrived.
 Before Crimes Started
 "Vcronica's mother was the first to cnter," he said. And to pass time l told Mrs. Gcdeon 1 would | draw a sketch of her. I wasn't in- tercsted in it because 1 was wait ing for Ethel. had dreamed of modelling her as If beheaded, with her head far back"
 It was after Mrs. Gedeon asked him to leave, he said. and after he had told her he wouldn't leave until he had seen Mrs. Kudner that an argument en8ued. That led him to strangle the former landlady.
 "She shouted and told me to get out" he said. q got her throat in my hands. She put up fight. l kept tightening my hands on her throat until she stopped. l guess I held her for 20 minutes. T still hadn't done what l came for. I was waiting for Ethel. She was the one must kill; must kill, to finish what I planned"
 The pretty artists model Vcroni- ca arrived next, Irwin said. She didn't know that Irwin was there and went directly to the bathroom where she undressed.
 Killing Of Veronica
 "Shc stayed there quite q long timc--it seemed hours" he said. q didn't intend to kill her. I thought I'd knock her out and wait for Ethel l wrapped ID soap in a cloth and hit her. It didn't knock | her out"
 Then he told how he dragged her to a bedroom, tore flimsy chemise from her and held her on the bed beneath which he had showed her mothers body.
 q held her so that she could not scream" his confession continued. But when she said I know it's you Bob. Please don't. I've just had an operation. I decided to strangle her too.
 There was nothing to prevent murder. Then, when I knew she was dead looked at her with a sick feeling. IL was horrible to me. Blue death seemed to issue from her nude body. I hadn't wanted to hurt her"
 Six Hours Later
 Then he told of how he stabbed the roomcr with an icepick at 6 q. m Easter Sunday, more than six hours after he had arrived at the apartment He said he feared Byrnes had overheard and would tell police.
 For week Irwin stayed in New York and then fled as the police dragnet closed in on him. He went to Philadelphia, Washington and then to Cleveland. where he worked until he was recognized last week. | TVVnTr RNHCCVAIN