The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 8, 1921, Page 21

FRIDAY, APRIL §&, 1921, BE CLINGS | 0 STORY OF MURDER Harris Refuses to Admit Li in Confession of Elwell Slaying ‘ BY JOSEPH WASNEY © BUFFALO, N. Y. April §—"He's nt. He whispered to me in the attorney's office, ‘Don't be _ Meve that Hiwell story; I'm inno- Ag Mre Roy Harris, wife of the man Das confessed he was one of two assassins in the murder of Jo- B. Elwell, wealthy New York in, made this statement to the ress today. Young and sm! e uy not at all nervous, she ly dismissed her husband's admis ‘gion as the fabric of @ disordered mind HARRIS CLINGS HIS STORY - Bhrewd crimtnologtste of the New York and. Buffalo police depart ) rents, however, were inclined today %6 put more trust in Harris’ confes- pidn than they did at first, Nervous. dy pacing bis cell, smoking one cig- are after another, he hag clung Gesperately and stubbornly to his story despite all the clever attempts to make him admit that it was a lie, and that he was innocent of compiic- ity in the murder, ‘This strange third degree was kept “up for hours by the detectives. Reversing their usual tactics, by Sowhich they try to make prisoners ad. mit guilt, they pounded away with their questions trying to make Har | ris admit his confession was false. But he stuck to it. ‘The questioning was resumed to- Detained in anSther cell as a wit .) Mrs. Harris inaststed, ju: hemently as her husband a» THE SEATTL MRS. STILLMAN AND BEAUVAIS] E_ STAR PAGE 21 Ku Klux Klan Upholds the Law ATLANTA, Ga, April #—That the Ku Klux Klan ts in no way con cerned in the case of John 8, Wil Hama, who ts being tried in Coving: ton, Ga,, on & charge of murdering & number of negroes, and that the order does not believe In or counte- nance the taking of the law into its members’ own hands, wag deciared in & #tatement Insued today by Col William Joseph Simmons, in wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, SAYS REPORT 18 FALSE When the attention of Col, sim: mons was called to @ story under @ Covington date line, stating it was alleged there was a “Ku Klux plot” to incite riot at Covington, he sald "1 feel that some one must have given false information to the United Presa. “Any statement that the Ku Klux Klan, a# an organisation, or that any of its members, acting either emnelvon or for this organization, planned a race riot in the interest of John §, Willlams, or any other per- fon, or that it fomented, or sought to foment, for any purpose what- evel any purpose, in entirely without | foundation and does this organiza tion & grave injustice “We are not even advised, except thru the publication of the story | herein referred to, that any person or persons charged this organt zation with inciting or seeking to in cite clashes between the races at | Covington, but if such charges have been made, they are the result of | malicious efforts to damage thig or ganization and bring it into disre-| pute, Thoro investigation by our! | authorized representatives discloses | that no member of the Ku Klux| Klan has been or is now in any shape or fashion with any] feature of the affair in which John 8, Williams ts involved, KU KLUX KLA 18 LAW ABIDING “The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is @ law-abiding, patriotic, tra ternal organization, bearing charters both from the state of Georgia and the superior court of Fulton county, Georgia, It does not believe in and connected does not contenance taking the law any friction between the white| Into its own hands, but does believe and colored races, at any time or for| in Impartial enforcement of all law |all the time, and to this end stands ready ot all times to aid the regular ly constituted law enforcement of ficers whenever its services may be needed, ‘The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan does not believe in and does not countenance the use of force or violence, Intimidation or threats, and it has stated repeatedly In public ade dresses by all authorized representa tives of this organization that should any member of this organization identify himself with any movement not countenaneed by law, he would be banished immediately from mem- bership in this organization, and 10 effort. would be spared by the Ka Klux Klan to bring upon him the proper punishment under the law which his conduct deserved.” April §—The death of the Rev. William Owen, vicar of Brents, wag followed the next Gay by the death of his wife, He was 76, she was 79. They had been mar- ried 49 years, They were buried tos gether. SHANER & WOLFF CLOTHES SERVICE was guilty, that he was al poent-—the victim of a hallucin- ; mn. oe. “He's not guilty—just crazy,” she Above ig the villa at Miami Beach, Fla., which is said to have been occupied until recently by Mrs. Florence H. Leeds. Below Mrs. Leeds, who is named in Mrs. James A. Stillman’s counter divorce suit, and anew photo of Stillman. Mrs. Still- Above is the hunting cabin of Mrs. James A. Stillman, on Lake Dawson, in the far Canadian woods. Below, a new photo of Mre. Stillman, who is being sued for divorce, and Fred Beauv succinctly. te) “Why, I was walking with him on “Riverside drive the night that El qwell was killed. He was broke—he = Rad no money to take us to a show. _eiBhat’s the kind of a hired assassin op ke ts. © WIFE APPEARS 70 BE AMUSED Aboat *e)) Whe laughed as tf vastly amused gmt the whole affair. Either Mrs. HMarris is convinced of her husband’s/ the latter was made public by the Wianocence or she is a firstrate| United Press, Stokes denied that eppetress. any attempt was ever made by ‘Se "A fow nights after the Elwell) nim or bis agents to connect Mrs. murder.” she “we waiked right | Stokes with the Stillman case. down past Elwell’s house. Koy) edgar T. Wallace, wealthy San SH) pointed out the house. He wasn't] prancisco oll man named as cO-re-| Po wervous or anything. He couldn't] sponden in the Stokes divorce suit, | Bave done that with a guilty con-|on witness stand here yesterday de-| tence. He was afraid to go back! clared he was never in love with| a place where he had passed @/atrs. Stokes and had never spoken/ @heck. We both read in the paper! to her of marriage. ai! about the crime and talked about it. to. have sold the villa. Here’s More Attorney Henry Wise, tn placing | . ‘Wallace on the stand to answer oy couldn't keep ft from mé ff! charges introduced as testimony m| © guilty. He told me about! the trial, denied “absolutely any evi-| Feverything. He wrote me about the/ dence that has been introduced in k he forged. He couldn't keep) this case regarding Wallace.” thing back. “He has fainting fits, headaches rey te Fl writes foolish letters. The first fallace said he met Mrs. Stokes it we were here in Buffalo he lin the spring of 190%, at the Palace up in the middle of the night ANB} hotel, in San Francisco, with her In 1907 or 1908, Wallace testified, T'U go back to him if he want*! 9 met hor several times at the Wal I think he'll get off because he! dort Aatoria here, where both were | an alibi—he had no opportunity | jiving. commit the murder, After the] «7 newer conversed with her aince rder he had no money; he had tol tng spring of 1909,” he declared, . from his sister.” Wallace denied that: YS CONFESSION He was ever in love with Mrs. COMPELLED Stokes. ris denied today that he had] He ever spoke of marriage to her, untarily confessed He sald 8] Heever spoke to her mother about Grilling mae him confess. marriage Questioned as to details of the El-] He ever spoke to any one about it. Ti killin said Ho ever wanted to marry her. ‘ell, wi Bil Dunkin, who did However, he testified that: actual shooting, started for the] On his way from Goldfield, Nev. use with me I felt like backing|to Kansas City, In the fall of 1906. Peut. Dunkin said he would kill me|he stopped in Denver between trains I did. When we had got into Ei-|and yisited the. defendant's home ll's house, I talked again about| while her mother was there. Decking out, but Dunkin gave me} That Mra. Stokes gnve him her D hell. He said he would kill Elwell| photograph, which he destroyed in ure. We smoked cigarets and walt | 1909, d for Elwell to come home That he “cut ner” when he ceased “When we heard @ hey {1 the G0, | mmr hid behind the stairs and Dunkin AMUSEMENTS d in the reception room. Elwell erent upstairs, passing right close by Oo © I was hidden. Then Dunkin oe out and gave me hell again not shooting him. “I told Dunkin’ we ought to beat We had $500 cinched for the nurder and I wanted to blow. I fidn't wart to kill Elwell; all I want d was the money, AYS DUNKIN KILLED WELL > “Elwell came downstairs in his pa- mas, He sat down in his arm Dehair, In a few minutes 1 heard @ (phot. Dunkin had killed him. Then nkin ran out and beat me to the Hfoor, We both ran out and walked kway, fast, ‘Well, I quit rhy Job and spent two onths trying to collect the money Fairchild promised us for kill- is Elwell, but I was double crossed ind didn't get it. I lett New York! dn August and went to @ lot of other towns.” Detective Orwald of the New York lice, after questioning Harris, sald @ was confused as to the appear SJ ance of the inside of Elwell's hou nd alxo on the details of how Elwell ‘Was shot a . Thoma . JANE MORGAN and th Stock beled Lt vArsy? Mats, 37¢ to 50e. 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A=-USUAL BIG SHOW HoT BUTLER CAF Second and James Dinner, Dancing, musement. n uuneheon, Li om STOKES-STILLMAN-ELWELL CASE | defendant is, an Indian guide in the Canadian woods, man charges her multimillionaire husband is the father of | whom Stillman names in his suit for divorce as the father of| Mrs, Leeds’ 2-year-old son, Jay. Mrs. Leeds is now reported| Mrs. Stillman’s son, Guy, Stillman is president of the National City bank, New York, paid her expenses to Newport. M 9 Jones, who is now employed | by Col. Peter C. Field, at Fort Myers, |Va., said another agent had ap | proached her there recently on @ similar err Longer Skirts for English Lassies? LONDON, April §—Spring ap proaches, and with Its coming tte | fashions for the netx six months are show no striking change, except that for everything but dance wear, Starts oa Page 1 speaking to her In 1999. | while working tn Newport, R, I That he gave her a diamond ring,| Mra. Jean Graves, who had previow which she later returned at his re-/ly told of intimacies in Walla quest. | New York apartment Involving Mra. Wallace answered negatively «| Stokes, had come to see her. & point-blank question as to whether! “She asked me if IT knew Mra. he ever had sustained illicit retations | Stokes," the witness said. with Mra. Sto! either before or| “I #aid, ‘No.’ after her marriage, He declared a} « vEY snap photo of Mrs, Stokes and him Proitew-cy — | self, In a bathing picture, which the regarded as tmportant, | was taken by Mra. Stokes’ mother, He ended hin friendship with the| woman, he naid, when he got the im- Preasion that she expected him to go out with her regularly. r Evidence intended to show an at-| *m* of it tempt to corrupt one of the wit-| “I sald I wouldn't take money for esses in the sult was Introduced by 8nything like that.” falling in price. They are dropping the defense yesterday, A® a withers for Stokes, Mre./in price from 50 cents to $1 a box Martha Jones, former housekeeper | Gra had testified previously that} But there is no slackening in the for Wai.ace, testified that iast year, she was tn his employ and that he demand. “Bhe maid, | her ‘Don't you remember coming to Mr. Wallace's place? “I pald, ‘No.’ * “Mra, Graves said, ‘Others down there are getting good pay for say- jing so—you might better be gotting | skirts are to be longer than hitherto. POWDER AND ROUGE ARE COSTING LESS LONDON, April &—The woman who taken her complexion from two little boxes may be interested to hear |that face powder and cosmetics are National Baseball Week Everything for the Game - BATS—“Loulsvillo Slugger,” “Babe Huth,” “Sister,” “Tris Speaker,” “Jake Daubert,” “Eddie Collins” and “Fournier” are some of the popular mod- els; each. 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