The evening world. Newspaper, May 27, 1912, Page 5

HYPNOTISM MADE POISONER OF BABES CONFESS, SHES Thirty Hours’ of “Third De- gree”, Wrung Admissions From Her, Is Her Defense. Phat the chief defense of Winitred Ankers, charged with killing nine babies | Y fa Qe’ Brooklyn Nursery and Infante’ Goepitatot Brooklyn, will be that she ‘wea practically hypnotized and forond by superior mental proc: te coniess eer gutit, was made apparent to-day, When Datecti » John McKinty nd Attorney Edward J. Reiley, for the detense, forced the ad- G@alesion that McKirdy had questioned the girl intermittently for more than thirty hours, and that when she finally @enfessed to Assistant District-Attornsy Warbasse, McKirdy was facing ner, @ad that she constantly looked at alm before she answered questions, ‘The imetant McKirdy left the room ie young woman repudiated her con- feaston. As on the previous days of the trial, Miles Ankers gave little heed to the testimony, spending the morning play- fag with her thirtoen-months-old baby, “Johnny Buii," love for whom, the State charges, led her (to kill the nine bedies in the hospital, where she: was employed 4s maid-of-al) work. @ETECTIVE TELLS HOW GIRL CONFESSED CRIME TO HIM. On direct examination, McKirdy sald the girl had confessed to him volun« emily. "On Britay, Feb. 23," said McKirdy, “Wiss Ankers sent for me. She was Gelding her baby in her arms, her head Bowed down. ‘I did it,’ she told me. ‘I Put the oxalic acid in the milk to get @quare with some of the nurses, I did mot mean to kill them, but I wanted to fake those bables cry all night, and then the nurses, who had slighted me and FerdMand, would have to work all @ay and night. 1 put three or four Grope of the acid in about twelve of the Bottles.’ (Nine of the bables died.) ‘I would have put it in more of the bottles, but I heard Miss Howard, the superin- ftendent, come in from the theatre, and I had to run back to my room.’ McKirdy declared tho girl herself had ent for him to make the confes- sion, and had done so voluntarily, with- out @ word or threat from him, ‘Later, when @he dictated the confession to Assistant District-Attorney Warbasse, MeKirdy sald, she was fully warned of her legal rights, but expressed a de- sire to sign the confession, neverthe- less. Ten minutes later, after she was @laced under arrest, she dictated a second ‘aatement, absolutely denying her gullt. Attorney Reiley attacked McKirdy savagely in an effort to show he had used “third degree’ tactios to force Miss Ankers to confess. This the de- tective strenuously denied, maintaining the confession was purely voluntary. LAWYER GRILLS DETECTIVE HE ACCUSES OF HYPNOTIZING GIRL. “Once she told me of her life on the streets," sald McKirdy. "She said that when her baby was born she felt she ‘waa not living right. She came to Brook- lya_and in an effort to reform herself she had herself placed in the W, Home, #0 she could keep off the s had tried to ite bett ‘because she wanted to do nothing to . She told me the father of the child was a street car con uctor and that, after the oaby was born, siie learned he was a married man, and she threatened to kill herself and her On cross-examination, McKirdy ad- mitted he had had numerous taiks with Mise Ankers before she cont that he had told her ho th was guilty, but that on all o until ehe actually confessed, Geclared she knew nothing of Attorney Reilley cross-examined Mv Kirdy at great length, as to whore he was standing when Mins Ankers signed the confession, in an apparent eflort to show he had practieally hypnotized tne young woman and had compelled her t) sign the confession by the mere strenatr: of mental suggestion, “You had had numerous talks with crime her before she finally confessed?” asked Reiltey. Yes.’ },,\When you sent for Attorney War- basse you expected the «irl to confess to hime" Yes," “You stood behind Mr. Warbasse as jhe asked the questions?” | McKirdy admiited ho did part of the |time, but that at other times he Was | not in the “Is it Warbasse lees your gle the look up a Jevery time before she answered?’ Relliey. "She was tooking at all of us,” Me- y replied, ch minutes Jater, A ordered her ft het presen ‘basse her fir asked the instant laced under didn't she eontession “Can you explain why she changed her mind the moment she was out of yout compelling presence?” nursery and friend o} she was with the gir the,potein, and that Miss Ankers asked feveral questions about its properties. Miss mma va: irso in the hoa- Pltal, swore thet at 11 jock on Sat- jeht, Feb. 17, night the pol- th placed in the mifk, she had to go to the diet kitchen as part of her duties. “As T went in,” Ankers almost ran out, closing the lee- son wai she sald, “Winifred box door an she did so, She wore only her night dress. 1 did not know what she was doing there."” The State regarded this as important corroboration of the confession, for It waa at this time Miss Ankera had con- femsed she potsoned the milk tn the Ice- box, “On Wednesday, after the bables were taken sick.” continued Miss Ivany, “one of them was crying. Winifred ‘heard hor, and sald, ‘I hope that baby dies. God has got'to gather in all the babies before he takes us big ones,’ WAS “SWEATED” FOR TWO DAYS CONSTANTLY, POLICE ADMIT. Detective Lieut. Thompson told of the numerous talks he and the other detec- tives had with Miss Ankers in their efforts to get a confession trom her. He admitted she was under almost con- stant examination for two days before she finally broke down. He maintained, howe that she signed the confession . rt C. Alien, visiting physician of the Brooklyn Nursery and Hospital, doxcribed the iliness and deaths of the Polson victims, ‘The first time T talked to Winifred of her connection with the case was on iday before she confessed,” he said he sent for me. ‘Oh, Allen,’ she sald, ‘these detectives hi ‘cused me of poisoning all the batles, and you 1 | Yeats and consider what 1 have THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1912. ALMOST A A. W. Zeyen, Superintendent of the Vulcan Detinning Co., of Sewaren, N. J., Has Expressed This Opinion. HAS HAD MUCH TROUBLE. Expresses the Opinion that He Has Had More Than His Share’ Victory for the Home Remedy. When 1 look back upon the last two one tae ke in that time, the fact that 1 am now healthy, and particularly that my wife is now healthy, seems to me to be nothing short of a miracle, says A. W. deyen, Supt. of the Vulcan Detinning Co. Sewaren, MW. J. My wife was suffering from such a complication of diseases that her pros- ne for recovery seemed almost hope- less. She was suffering from indiges+ tion and chronic constipation, together with liver trouble and gall stones, and it seemed to me that this was more than one person's share of human illness, She was very weak and exhausted, had & poor appetite and ‘suffered pain and discomfort after every meal, The process of digestion created gases that troubled her, her intestines did not function by themselves, and, as a conse- ence, she was constantly taking some- thing to force them into action. She suffered from constant terrible pains in her right side. I consulted the best doc- tors and the result was that I found that my wife was suffering from an acute case of daa and, in order to save her from death, an operation was leapt My wife recovered from the operation, but since that time has been troubled by constant pains at the point where the incision was made. Only one who has had similar experiences can appreciate what she suffered. As has been men- tioned, she had constant pains in her right side and her back and the pains became so acute that her sufferings were terrible. She rolled about from one side to the other and doubled up with pain. Nowhere was she able to find allevia- tion enetl she began to take the famous ola. know I didn't do !t, for I have a baby | Part of my own. ""Dr. Allen,’ she went on, ‘T have had ® hard life. My parents died before I was two vears olf. Then @ woman famed Ankers adopted me, and I lived with her unt!l she dled, She left me $10), and I spent it for hats and clothes. Then, when I had no went out onto the stre years. Some weeks I gm: " ‘One night, I met an Italian and he induced me to go to Manhattan with him. He took me to a place on Broome street and I was held for a long time asa prisoner. But when I finally made my escape, I determined to lead a better Ife. “She finally told me sie would tell me about the oxalic acid that night,” con- tinued Dr, Allen, “and I told her to tell it to the detectives, When I returned to the hospital that night, she was making her confessio: “Almost immediatel; another room and p was guilty, ‘I admitte Howard and the hospital,’ she told me, I immediately ‘but I am not gullty.’ called tn Mr. repud| d her written confesstoi |@ BEST For BABY’S BATH bisected the tender skin, softens, taten, Medicated wab Posam, the bpd yoy ee pow ya thin, As puns 00 soap con be { Large cake, price 25 cents AT ALL DRUGGSTS le, write Emergency Liverslaret RW Sse Nees Warbassse and the girl |. All praise for her recovery ts due to Partola. 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