Convict Admits Murder to Save -Accused Woman ' NEW YORK, Dec. 3. James F. Regan, Re-gan, Sing Sing prison inmate, took the witness stand In criminal court here today in an effort to save Miss Elizabeth Baksa, 19 years old, from conviction on a charge of murderaig Mrs. Helen Hamel, a lodging houso keeper, last February. Seemingly somewhat bored by tho proceedings the convict declared Mrs. Hamel came to her death while ho and a "pal" were robbing her house. He denied that he had actually killed Mrs. Hamel but admitted he "tied a towel around her neck and knotted it in the back." Once during the recital of his story of the murder the witness yawned.