Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-05-17 | Page 1 | Mother Confesses Babe in Wood' Killing

Mother Confesses 'Babe in Wood Killing Not Enough Room in Flat for All, She Tells Police NEW YORK, May IT (INS)-Breaking (INS)-Breaking New York' "babee-la-the-weod" marder mjretery, police thla afuraooa anaouacod that Mra Hetea Tleraaa, Sb-year-eld widow killed ber -yr-eld daughter aaf mi ht to wreak a similar fate ee ber S-yer-old see. The BMtber eeld ehe aid It becaaee ber three-room flat waa aet large oaeug k la accommodate accom-modate herself, ber lever aad tht NMM aa Peee TV c-he I . - '- Not Enough Room in Flat for All, She V Tells Police KCW YORK, May IT (INS) I Breaking Mew York's "bebee-la- I tbereod atarder myatery, police ' . thla afuraooa announced that Mra ; Helen Tleraaa, s-yar-eld widow, ' ' ' killed ber a.yaar-eld daughter aad J sought te wreak a elmilar fate ea V bar g-year-old aea. The BMtaer aaid V aha did It becauae ber three-room , flat waa not large enough la accommodate accom-modate herself, ber lever aad the ItawM -- rmm Toot .Jk.. 1 ... l--- I S'' ' ' JIMMY TIESNAN HIS THKOAT WAS SLASHED Bays, "Mommy Did It Mammy Hurt Helen, Tea." N.Y.Bahc in Wood Murder Is Confessed hy Mother I immH trm Pee Omi 'children, arcerdtnf ta tha eanfee-(laa. eanfee-(laa. Tha daughter. Hale, waa foan J dead, stabbed aad slaahed aad Beared by burning gasoline, la a Long Ialan4 aauh af wssdland. Near by. hla lira ebbing away, lay beoihiei Jamae Tiiwii, It waa Jamse moon that "atom-v" "atom-v" baat hla alalar that first dlract-4 dlract-4 atUntlaa ta tha rnathar. Tha latter lat-ter broke down ana wdait, ae-Ua ae-Ua eeid, after flrat Inetatlng that lha and tha childrn. whila aa a picnic, had been attacked by a strange maa and that, la Urrar, she had returned alona ta New Tarh whila tha "attacker" dragged tht children Inla th andarbreen. Tht remely young wldow'e ran- f raa Inn, aa flvaa aut by polka, wa lha draary aamaa: Thara waant anavih roam la aur thraa-raont flat far ail af aa. Mar 'lorar." aha aald, had artad hrr ta da away with tha yauncatara. ha did aat diaeloaa. birmr, whathar tha aaldanuflad aultor waa praaant whan tha (ntaaama attach tapaa lha bibaa la lha aiaad aa carrad. After kaar af trilling, lha attractive attrac-tive widow admlttad aha bad taraad hillar becauea thara waa aa roam la har tlay flat far bar lover. Tha wiaa'c appaaranca at tha pa-llra pa-llra atatloa where ahe waa belne; queationed waa believed ta bava baea raaponaibie for tha mothar'a ranfaaaion. plua lha accueatlone af young 'Jimmy With hia throat aleahad from aar la chin, toaamg la pain aa hi cat la local baapltal, lha wevoded boy laid peUra: "Mommy did It Mommy hurt Malta, Mal-ta, tee" Tha flat which Mr a. Tiarnan laid police waa too amall for bar lover and her children la only a abort d i nance from lha police atatloa In which aha paured aut her full ten-faeelen. ten-faeelen. Tha attractive young met har bad been takea Inta cuetady when aht appeared at a waat aide day aur-eery, aur-eery, aateneihry ta eipleia aha Wauld -na longer leava har children here." She had taken tha chlldrea from the n u aery lUturday and, becauea be-cauea nureery afftclala bad racof-nlaed racof-nlaed lha little victim from published pub-lished photorrapha, aha waa arretted arrett-ed Immediately.