The Criminal Imbecile: An Analysis of Three Remarkable Murder CasesGoddard, Henry Herbert
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The Criminal Imbecile: An Analysis of Three Remarkable Murder Cases
Goddard, Henry Herbert
Crime -- Case studies; Murder -- Case studies; Offenders with mental disabilities -- Case studies
_A._ I didn't wait at all, I just walked around the block and she got off
the car.
_Q._ Did you see her get off the car?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ What time was it when she got off the car?
_A._ A little before six.
_Q._ What car did she get off?
_A._ North and South Portland.
_Q._ Did you speak to her when she got off?
_A._ Yes, I said, "Wait a minute." I wanted to talk to her, and asked her
for the last time; she started running, hollering.
_Q._ Just what did you say to her?
_A._ That's all I said to her. I wanted to talk to her and she started
running and hollered.
_Q._ Did you have the gun in your hand at that time?
_A._ No, in my pocket.
_Q._ All loaded and ready for action?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ How far was her house from the car?
_A._ Not quite half a block.
_Q._ Was there any one else got off the car at that place?
_A._ No.
_Q._ What did you do next?
_A._ I followed her around the house.
_Q._ Did she run around the house?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Did you run after her?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ When did you commence shooting?
_A._ Just before she went in the door.
_Q._ What door did she go in?
_A._ The back door.
_Q._ How many shots did you fire?
_A._ One before she went in.
_Q._ How many after that?
_A._ Four; I think there are only five in the gun.
_Q._ Did you know that the last bullet struck her?
_A._ I knew one must because she fell down after I began firing the other
bullets. She was in the bathroom; then she began to crunch down; then she
fell on her face like a board and struck her head on the floor. I thought
she must be dead or unconscious or something like that. I left then. I
took it for granted she was dead.
_Q._ You didn't leave or didn't stop shooting until you thought she was
dead?
_A._ No.
_Q._ You went out there for the purpose of killing her if she didn't
accede to your wishes?
_A._ Yes, I am sorry I had to do it.
_Q._ Why did you feel that you had to do it?
_A._ I didn't want anybody else to have her if I couldn't. I thought I
should have her. She told me once she liked me, and I didn't see any
reason for turning me down. I acted like a gentleman. I had given her one
present already.
_Q._ After you thought she was dead and that you had completed your job,
where did you go?
_A._ I ran down on Hamilton Street.
_Q._ This gun that you used to do the shooting, was this gun (marked
"Exhibit A") the new gun numbered 5308 (handing it to him for inspection)?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Where did you go?
_A._ I ran out of the way kind of on a trot down into Hawthorne Bridge and
then North on Union Avenue and caught the Vancouver car and went to
Vancouver.
_Q._ Did you take both of these guns with you?
_A._ No, just one. I dropped the other one.
_Q._ Which one did you drop?
_A._ The new gun.
_Q._ That is, you dropped that after all the bullets were fired out?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ After you got to Vancouver where did you go?
_A._ I went to a picture show over there and stayed about half an hour,
and then I went to a rooming house.
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