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The Herald, 1908-02-07, Page 2MURDERED HER. Percy Boyne Confesses He Killed Mrs. Cornelia Welch. Wanted Money to Take Young Woman to Buffalo. Boy of Eighteen Tells Detroit Police glow He Slew the Woman. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 3.—Percy Bowne, a boy of eighteen, of Woodville, Ont., to -night confessed to the local police that he is the murderer of Mrs. Cornelia, Welch who was found dead in her room here three weeks ago. Boyne's etory has never been matched in any eonfes- sion obtained by local police from suspect. It was plain, straightforward and well told, and given in every cruel, cold-blooded detail. Early to -day Boyne was brought be- fore Chief of Detectives _McDomtrll. He admitted he was in the horse en the night of the murder, that lie saw the woman slain, but that another smut did the Gleed. He would not give this otliei man's name to tite police. He wis sent back to his cell and told to nt:ike a clean breast of the affair. Later a Detroit girl visited Boyne in his cell. She greeted hint, handed him a Bible and left. A few Hours after he sent up woad to Chief McDonnell that Iia was ready to make a full confession. The confession covers forty-two type- written pages. It is not ,siva'.n out, in detail, but is briefly as followe: "I went to the home of Mrs. Wel ah at night to rob her. 1 had made arrange- ments to go to Buffalo with a young woman of the e•ity, and had not the necessary funds. su I made up my mind to steal from Mrs. Welch. Mrs. Welch was writing a letter. She finish- ed and asked me to get her a stamp. I said I had one, and she said she would buy it. She went to the Ititehen to get her pocketbook, and I followed. On entering the kitchen I turned out the light: and caught hold of her throat. She called to the dogs, 'Sick rim,' but they did not mind. "I put her head under my left arm and hit her with my right. fist. Soon she stopped yelling and drnppel limp. I got a strap and apron and tied her hands and feet. Then 1: earrie,l her into a bedroom and threw the body on the floor. putting a pillow under the head. I searched her clothes and got $14 and a pair of diamond earrings. Then I locked the door and left. I stayed at a hotel all night, and neat morning met the girl I had made ur-, rangements with and went to Buffalo. I tried all day to se11.dice diamond ear- riags to jewellers, but 'ouidiet',,• and finally sold them at private sale for $25. Ia stayed in Buffalo two days and then went to Toronto, where I Stayed with a cousin for a day, and then event to Woodville. "I saw many newspapers in Woodville telling of the mysterious murder in Detroit, but did not let on that I knew anything abort it. "Two days before my arrest my moth- er came down in the morning while I was eating breakfast. ,She was pale and haggard. She came over to me and laid her arm on guy shoulder. "'Percy' she sa:.I. `I had an awful dream last nig . and T can't get over it. I dreamed t' at you murdered some- one and stood t efora ane with blood on your coat. 'i:•e murdered man or wo- man lay at your side. Percy, what have you done?' I laughed." The clue given the police which result- ed in Boyne's arrest was furnished by Miss Rose Laviek. She roomed with Mrs. Welch, and was in the house on the night of the murder. She got up I about 11 o'clock and went through the I house. She saw Boyne in the hallway talking to Mrs. Welch. When the Laviek woman got up next morning and went out for her breakfast she saw nothing in disorder. When she return- ed she saw. the doors looked. When she came back a second time she found officers guarding the house and was re- fused admittance. She then went to Chief McDonnell to get a permit to get her clothes, and was held. The girl told the police of Boyne's presence in the house, and it resulted in his arrest. The Bible was presented GOOwOO Tinm,nmfw emf cif ctnf cmfw parry here. He made the confession soon after she gave it to him. ing that he could conceive of nothing which should interfere to prevent the most friendly relations' between the two countries at all times. Earlier in the clay Mr. King had inter- views with Mr, Straus, Secretary of Commerce and Labor; Secretary of State Root, and Vice -President Fairbanks. ♦'• 2000 PRISONERS HELD IN POLICE PRISONS AND BARRACKS AT LISBON. Republicans Have Made Another At. tempt to Capture Premier Franco —Plot to Take King Prisoner— Regiment of Infantry Disarmed. New York, Feb. 3.—The Herald has received the following eanble despatch from Madrid: Letters received Isere to -day from Lisbon and statements made by travellers arriving at the front- ier from the Portuguese capital Indi- a I caste that a most serious state of affairs exists in Portugal, in spite of the offi- cial denials. The Republicans have made another attempt, it is stated, to capture the Premier, Senor Franco, whose residence is stilt guarded by cavalry; the guns of the 1st Regiment of Artillery have been deprived of their breech locks by the officers; the rifles of the 1Gth Regiment of Infantry have been taken away from them, and a plot was discovered on the part, of these two regiments of infantry - 'to nfantr;yto capture King Carlos in the Royal Palau-. A strict censorship has been establish- ed at Lisbon, all the newspaper corres- nondents have been expelled. and the frontier is closely guarded. The streets of the capital are almost deserted, peo- ple who gather in groups are promptly dispersed by the police, and many ar- rests have been ,mese, those taken into custody theluding two captains of po- lice. Tit the police prisons and barracks there are inore than two thousand pri- soners. the guns of Fort I3uen Suceso are trained ort the River Tagus, instead of landward, and troops are sleeping be- side their arms. and the Council ofMin- isters remnins in permanent session. Premier Franco has forced the Ring to suspend the constitutional guaran- tees. and n. large number of arrests have followed the suspension. de64 ]VOR. KiNG AT WASHINGTON. President Roosevelt's Interest in Labor Legislation. • Ottawa, Feb. 3. ---Mr. W. L. Macken- zie Ring, Deputy Minister of Labor, re- turned to -day from Washington, where he was a guest on Saturday last at the banquet of the famous Gridiron Club, with President Roosevelt, Mr. William Jennings...Bryan and others of the best known Men of the States as chief speak- ers. On invitation. of President Roose- velt, Mr. Ring was a guest at luncheon at the White •House, and discussed for a an hour with the President the labor problems of Canada and the United States. The latter manifested a keen interest in tate work of the Canadian Labor 'Department, and especially ill the provisions and operations sof the indus- trial disputes act passed last session. The act has most favorably impressed the President, and he has recotnntended to ' Congress legislation along similar . dines. "Tbe'• question of the + relations between eepito.] and labor," he said to Mr. Ring, "affecting as it did the great masses of the ,people, was of paramount interest to him." The President also discussed at some length many of the questions which: were of common concern to Cascada and the united States, declarr- WA."; DENS ELECTED. County Councils Choose Their Presiding Officers. HURON—Robert McLean. LINCOLN—Frain: Lowery, HALDIMANDWilliam I3airi. WATERLOO—Dr. R.• J. Lockhart. HASTINGS—W. C. Farley. ONTARIO—William L. • Parish. • ESSEX—E. J. O'NeilI. VICTORIA—Dr. R. M. Mason. PRINCE EDWARD—Delos Spafford LANARK— — Ebbs. LEEDS AND GRENVILLF—J. B. MaM.urchy, OXFORD—J. A. Fleming. WENTWORTH—W. A. Emery. KENT—George Johns. GREY—R.- J. Ball. S1MCOE—D. C. Barr. WELLINGTON—John M. Young. MIDDLESEX—D. D. Graham. BRUCE—H. Hilker. STORMONT, DUNDAS AND GLEN- GARRY—E. P. Callahan.' PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL—J. N. Lapointe: WELLAND—Donald Sharpe. ?\ORFOLD—C. Walker, PERTH—G. Hazenflug. HALTON—J. McKibbon. ELGIN—C. O. Lueon. t•.1MBTCtr:—James Smith. SACRED PALLIUM. Grand Ceremony of Investiture of Archbishop O'Connell. Boston. Feb. 3. --The seem] pal- lium was invested upon Archbisnop Wm H. O'Connell by His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross to -day with all the pomp, dignity and solemnity which sixteen centuries have contributed to. the ceremony of conferring final au- thority upon the head of an archespis- copall diocese by the person represen- tatives of the Pope himself. The splendor of the decorations of the altar, the granduer of the music of thi Mass, the imposing array of bish- ops and priests, of the twelve states together with representatives of tho politica: life of state and city, and, finally, the placing upon the should- ers of the head of the church in New England of the white pallium from the tomb of St. Peters in Rome by the prince of the church in this country, made the occasion a mem- orable one in the religious history o± Boston. SEVEN MEN LOST, Eighth Ilan Rescued Clinging to a Raft at Sea. Galveston, Tex., Feb. 3 --The Nor- wegian steamer Molina, arriving at Tex- as City yesterday, landed Thomas Neil- son, the • only survivor el£ a echooner that went down in a Oturribean storm a month ago. He was picked up clinging to a raft at . sen: by a tramp steamer and transferred to the Molina at Pro- greso. Seven of his conpaions on the wrecked schooner were lost. KILLED, VILLAIN. WOMAN TELLS HOW SHE KILL- ED HER TRADUCER. Claims Sell Defence --Thought He Was. .About to Kill Witness After Breaking Up Home. Chicago, Feb I J;N'' .1' "short and im- ple annals of tate a r` found eloquent iV m expression in Jndg ndes' Court yes- terday eftrti eocrt it "en Mrs. Angeline Anselone, `24 : nears sold,, told why and how she shot slits i1JeCt Phillip Ferreo last August. Her plea is self defenc':--that site shot to protect her life from imminent danger. But whether Phillip •Ferreo had a revol- ver in his pocket or vet and whether he intended to draw it scud use it had he not been stopped by +. bullet in Itis brain are questions -less fr+gy'eatly asked than the\question Of unwritten law, Had she a eight to kill' him? If her story is tree it is a new plea of the appeal to the unwritten law for justification. There were no chorus girls champagne suppers,. or . hereditary de: generaey in it. The woman did not kill the man because he had betrayed her or because he was tired of her. According to her store, she was a pure woman, a good wife aro, a goc,l mother, and she shot Phillip Ferreo h Mcatuse, not content with.ruining her 1 put. and happiness, he still followed her, if'ent on ruining her soul or takingt her life. Testifies Throur;h Interpreter. In short sentences she told her trage- dy. Her little. 'daughter Anita, four years old, who played an important part in precipitating one of its saddest scenes, sat with Mrs. Fiorelli, the court inter- preter, who translated Mrs. Anselonc's, confession and whose testimony forms practically the whiffle ese for the prose- cution. As Mrs. A,,: hale gave her tes- timony her little sda.s:la a became rest- less, and the mother' frequently halted to smile at the chtlr, and speak to her. At last the little , ' hcyan to cry for her mother, and ea air being taken to the corridor for a sh r: ihne was allowed to go to her mother who then hell her in arms for most of :he afternoon. Once, however, elle got don and stood beside the stenographer's desk, staring curl- ously at the exhibits for the State which Iay there, t revolver and several bullets. Mrs. Anselone told of conning to Am- erica with her baby two years after her husband, and of going. with him to live with her brother and his wife, to which house Phillip Ferree soon came as a boarder. Ferreo first tried to make trou- ble between the brother and his wife, and threatened to kill the main if the woman would not yield to hem. He made threats to lies. Anselone four Hines, at one time -showing -her his re- volver and saying: `'By this gun your brother shall fe a' ?" ]-g, these circum- stances, one of ; sa he fact thaft Ferreo showed i4;2'e �oIi'er conspicti:ons; ly every night When he sat down to supper, the brotljer 'and his wife left their own house to the Anselones. Fer- reo also left the place, but continued to visit them. Tells Story in Detail. Following is the story of the shooting and the events leading up to it as told by the little Italian woman in the plain, coarse dress with the- madonna shawl on her head and the baby on her lap. "One day Phillip came into the, house cursing. I was sewing trousers. When he sat down 't asked ]rim why he cursed. I said people who cursed were not wel- come where 1 was. Ile kept on cursing and I asked him again. why he cursed. Then he jumped up and said: `I want to eat with you.' 'Why do you talk with me that way?' I said. 'Leave me' Then he grabbed me by the hair and tried to drag me to the bedroom.. I tried to push him away, and iny. child began to scream and he let me go. As he went out of the door he said he would go and tell my husband that he had eaten with me, and that my husband would leave Inc.,, Q.—In your dialect what did he mean by that? A.—IIe meant that I. mad been unfaith- ful to my husband. Q.—Whatdiel you. say to that? A I said, "As long. as 1 have done no wrong I do not believe that niy hus- band will leave me;" Child Tells of Attack. ' "That was Saturday night," continued the, witness,:"and the next morning, Sun- day, as soon as my little one awoke she went to her papa and said: `Papa, Phil. shall not come here again, because last night he grabbed my mamma bythe hair and beat her.' 141y ,husband was angry, and asked me to explain why Phil. beat Me, I said he beat .me because he was trying to force nye to eat with him. My husband did not believe that, and I asked him to get Phil. and• ask hint before me if that was not the truth, About 7 o'clock niy husband came in with Phil., and then he said to him, `I want to know why last might you beat my wife.' `I did not beat her.,' he said. Then the little child said, 'Yes, papa, he diel heat my ritarnma.' But Phil. said no. 'Then illy- husband was angry and he said: 'Tell me the truth, or as sure as this is Sh. Joseph's day I will kill you lain. :],ave you eaten with niy wife? If you have really done it, you may take her; I do not want her,' "And Philip said, `I will take her.' I began to scream, `Yon have betrayed me. It is a lie, and I hope some- one will kill you.' "Then Philip said again that he had eaten with me; and my husband said, 'Then you may have her; I don't want her' Then Philip struck at rit5, but my husband struck me first, and they both beat me, and my husband left, and I have never seen hint since. "Before Philip left he threa'itened me and said, 'You heal] fall into my hands.' Gets Revolver and Kills Him. She then told of ermine herself with a revolver whieh her hasband had left and of meeting Ferreo one day shortly afterward. Be taunted. her with the success of hia plans, and in her anger she drew her revolver in the crowded street and shot into 'the ground at leer feet. Ferreo ran, and a policeman took the gtni away from her. She then bought another revolver, which she .used more effectively. "The day that I killed him," she said, "I saw hint from niy window pacing up and down the street in front of the house, so I called in my little one. After I had called her in she said, `Mamma, 1 want some bread,' so T started out to get a loaf of bread at the store. I went the rear way. As 1 went down the steps a neighbor said that my cousin who had muscat my husband to leave me was walking up and down by the alley. As I walked across the yard the door to the alloy opened and Philip came toward me. `Do not be frightened. T want to talk with you,' he said. T told hits to take himself away from my sight. "'I'lten he began to curse, and said that he would kill me, and made a motion with his hand toward his hip pocket. 1 did not 'think what I did, but T was sure he was going to kill me, and I threw up my hand with my revolver in it and shot. Then I dropped the revolver and ran, without even knowing if T had hit him." State's Attorney Fletcher cross exam- ined the woman for over half an hour, without shaking her testimony, stud will continue the exantintiou this morning. Convicted at Former Trial. On her first trial, before Judge Kers- ten, 'she did not go on the ':stand and tell her story, and was found guilty of mur- der and senteneed to twenty years in the penitentiary. The severity of the sen- tence, following 'closely verdicts of ac- quittal for wealthier- women defendants on the grounds of the "unwritten law," roused a protest against club women, headed by Mrs. Frederick Freer, and a new trial was granted by Judge Kersten on the ground of error in the record. Mrs. Anselone is represented by Bernard P. Baraset. WOMAN SLAIN. MARKS ON JOSEPHINE MALONE'S THROAT MADE 13Y FINGERS. Maniac Theory Advanced—Clayton Woman's Husband Acts in Janes- ville Double Mystery. Janesville, Wis., Feb. 3. --Five or isx leading physicians who re-examined Jose- phine Malone's body this afternoon said marks on her throat and neck were made by fingers. Dr. St. John disagreed and intimated the marks were not there when he made his examination with a microscope Saturday. Dr. (Iibson, who helped in Saturday's examination and was present to -day, accounts for their presence by saying the body on Satur- day was in a semi -frozen condition, and that the embalming fluid and thawing from 'the tissues developed the marks, then not noticeable. District Attorney Fisher thinks the death suspicious enough to warrant the employment of a detective. Ile says the county should investigate both the Ma- lone case and that of Madeline Clayton, whose death was similar, and whose body was found across the river, a hun- dred yards away from that ,of Miss Malone. William and Frank Malone, brothers of the dead woman, insist she was mur- dered, and consulted an attorney with a view of forcing the pollee and District Attorney to take action. City Marshal Appleby is the only official who believes the death resulted from suicide. He sees no need for an investigation. Frederick Clayton, husband of the dead Chicago actress, arrived last night and is aiding in solving the Malone pro- blem, stating that he believes its solu- tion will mean the clearing up of the mystery of his wife's death. The theory advanced by the District Attorney and relatives of Miss Malone is that the woman was the victim of a maniac, who choked her and threw her, while alive, into the river. One of the persons suspected of the crime was brought to the morgue to -day, but he showed no evidence of ever having seen the woman before and thought he was invited there to aid in the solution of the death as a detective. A Milwaukee detective, who arrived this afternoon, stated he did not believe the woman went into the river of her own will. Just what action will be taken is doubtful, as District. Attorney Fisher, while expressing a theory of foul play, docs not believe there is sufficient evi- dence yet to call a Coroner's jury, and has .no funds at his disposal to employ a detective. It is possible the Malone family will employ an investigator to work under direction of the District Attorney. UN E..AREST. C. P. R. Engineer and Eteel Car Man in Trouble. An Ottawa, Ont., despatch: Matthew Moran, Heiman Flagel and Emery Soubliere, the first mentioned a C. P. R. engineer, and the latter two the crew of a street' car, which was run down at a level crossing on Jan- uary 3rd, were arrested my the police to -day on a charge of manslaughter. In the mix-up one man was killed and half dozen passengers were ser- iously hurt. The electric car being• smashed to atoms. The men were released on bali to appear next Wed- nesday. HORRID EYES GO TO PRISON. GRIMSBY SUMMER HOTEL MAN. CONVICTED OF BIGAMY. W'fe No. 2 Testifies That Leslie Had' Threatened to Kill Her, But She Could not Resist Him. United States Yards, 111., despatch: (Special)—Joseph E. Leslie, alleged hyp- notist and bigamist, was convicted in Judge Kestner's Court of bigamy, and was sentenced to a term in Joliet Peni- tentiary of frons one to five years. Miss Nina Wright, wife No. 2, testified. She said, "1 was a chambermaid in a Toronto house where Leslie was attending bar. Ile made love to me by those horrid eyes. and I could not resist him. He threat- ened my life several times." Prosecuting Attorney Short produced a duplicato of the marriage license to Bessie Cronin, the that wife. Leslie said, ".f never married that wo- man in Canada, but I admit that the two children are nine. I have provided for them up to ten years ago. Nina was such as pretty girl and good singer that I could not refrain from marrying her." The sister of the first wife said, shaking her finger at the defend- ant, who quivered, "You legally married niy sister, and how dare you defame her nave and the name of her children? You told ire you were married to her the day of the ceremony, December 19, 1889." Leslie's attorney was appointed by the court, as he is penniless. The de- fence based its case on the theory and perjured statement of Leslie that there was no first marriage. They admit he legally married Nina Wright. LISBON RIOTS. SEVERAL PERSONS MORTALLY WOUNDED TO -DAY. Political Disturbances in the Stree'ta —Police Dispersed the Crowd— Premier Has Difficult Job Ahead of Him—To Expel Suspicious Per- sons. Lisbon, Feb. 3. --The political sit- uation here shows no sign of improve- ment and the tension between the contesting parties is growing greater. Doubt is now expressed as to whether or not President Franco will be able to triumph over his republican and monarchistic enernics who have eorn- biued against hi -,n. The police continue to search ac- tively for new plots and conspirators. Numerous arrests are being made. The King has signed a decree which practically empowers the police tri- bunals to expel suspicious persons. from the country. This was done •be - ca t se the limited prison accomodn' tions already are crowded. Some. of the: leaders of the agitation will be transported to the Island of Timor, in the Malay Archipelagoa, Prisoners Shot. Lisbon, Feb. 3.—There was an out- break of political rioting in the streets of this city this afternoon in which shots were fired and some people in- jured. The disorders, however, were brief. The police having received warning in advance, acted promptly. The crowd used revolvers and for a fear minutes the firing was heavy, but it rapidly gave way and was dis- persed before a show of force. An of- ficial statement issued after the en counter says a number of persons re- ceived mortal wounds. There has been no further outbreak and the city is now quiet. TRANSVAAL TO MODIFY ACT. British Goverment's Blue Book eti Asiatic Question. London, Feb. 3.—A .Blue Book deal- ing with the T.eansvaal's treatment of Asiatics has peen issued. It shows how the Imperial Government brought pressure on the Transvaal to modify the proposed restrictions on Asiatiea before the Registration Act was sane- tioi.ed,, and obtained assurances which was the result of representations made by Mr. Sohn Morley, Secretary for India, and Foreigri Secretary Grey to the Earl of El;; in, Secretary for. the, Colonies. IVIr. Morley warned the Earl of El• gin that the Act would have an unfor- tunate effect on pnblie opniion India, and urged strong objection to certain clauses. Sir Edward Grey pointed out that the Act would involve friction with foreign States, and he in- sisted upon limiting the Transvaal's powers of expulsion. It was owing to the Transvaal yielding on certain points that the Act was not vetoed. As it stood before it was considerably more drastic in some of its provisions.. SAVED HIS SON. Father °rushed to Death by Locomo- 'tive at Staten Island. New York, Feb. 3.—John Gladys, a machinist, lost his life at Great Kills, 5. T., to -day in saving that of his eleven - Tear -old son. The '-boy•and his father 'were''wcilking along the tucks of the Staten Island Rapid.?Iilransit Company, when. the little stepped directly in trout' of a moving train. Seeing the peril to which the boy- had placed him- self, ,Gladys„ rushed' eater him and had pushed him out 91 danger when he him- self slipped on the icy track and fell directly in the path of the engine. He ' was so badly crushed that he lived only a few minutes. The bov was unhurt.