The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-02
MURDER WILL OUT.
A Ttx,S Official UnknOWiDgly
Captures Two Notorious
Kansas Criminals.
Samuel Ashm0re. the Topeka
Wife Murderer, and E. b.
Place, the Counterfeit
er, in Custody.
Arrival of the PriSOners..-A Sin.
gular Circumstance i'm Con.
nectiOn with Their
Arrest.

The St. Louis Glide of Thursday h.s the
following:
6. p. Wade, Sheriff of Shawnee county,
Kansas, and c. L. Vanderpool. Deputy U.
8. Marshal for the District Of Kansas, ar
rived at Barnum's Hotel yesterday morning
from professional trip to Texas, connected
with which il one Of the most interesting
stories ever told in connection with police
annals.
One year ago Samuel Aehmore, a physi-
clan doing business in Topeka, murdered
his wife and was incarcerated in the Shaw
nee county Jail, from which he escaped, only
to be recspiured. Confined ~ith him in the
same institution wss E. B. Pisce, who had
been arrested BY the United States authori-
ties for passing counterfeit money, and in
February last, before either prisoner had
been tried, they both managed to break jail,
and proved successful in getting out of the
country. Weeks and even months passed
without any clue to the escaped men being
obtained. and they we're given mp fer good
when, during the latter pat Of Nav, infor-
nation was received that Ashmore and
Place had been arresse in Mexico by Kruz
Carson, Chief OF Police at Brownsville,
Texas, who il evidently shrewd and cum
ming officer. The capture resulted from .
chain of fortuitous circumstances that we're
detailed to Globe reporter BY Mr.. Wander
POL 20 sne o%ce =. ~. liz u S HJ
interesting, our readers will be PLACED in
possession of the facts.
1t appesrs that Chief Carson was
WORKING UP A MURDER CASE
that had been rerpetated in Cameron
county, Texas, when he accidentally ran
across three Americans in Matamoraa, which
is across the river from Brownsville, whom
be su ,pected of being the men for whom he
was searching. The Americans in question
we're Ashmore, who was following his pro-
fession q physician; Place, Who vas engaged
10 IePelripg sswing m,cnlner, ana 'ne per
p<uUt "a ne Omen muue noso
name, iol the time oe,n'' eNaneG MI. van
4 ~. memory ENJOY Cheon c1i-d upon NJ
Anomae r. wilson, t's american Cooe9i,
snu IePIeee'eH " .eA. sen1emsn 'nst nc
nad . description OF some mofderen tnat
cot!esPonded WIN the men IN q1t saon' ana
afking ior :fsistan!e 70 a!reA them. Inc
representative OF the Me1ican government
IN Maamoras was spPiied 70: ana he DETAIL
iect'nG the desired arre-t' Accompanied ~
the MeS,eans, Carson VISITED A.hmores
!oom ano lound MN alone. ne INFORMED
tne american that he nad peen arrested oy
tne Me1'c1ns Ior stes"ne sewing @acnlne.
ana 9nderstood that 1t was an instrument
:h,ch al one time had been repaired ny
AsnInoIes "iena ria having p"rcnseeo
toe machine, instead u seal hg ", ne oe.
sct.Pe oy i"ep''yi" H. A,h"o'es reply
was, AN i'eht, az sCon az tnsy come 10 We
VII 30 WIN you we uon IKE 70 &c .n
american IN 'ne nasc . Q, toe Me1.ca1 sons
0. se 1"u '1e tnIu parry snoy
81 er~aId. aI,,ve.; .no rs soos a. 'ne csre
was eAp'ai"e" " '"ea OH ia"u' s''i Gu i''
POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
% arriving there Carson turned around |
and said TO AL more ard Place, "Murder |
will out, boys, won't it," Ashmore ap-
peared thunderstorm, and throwing both |
hands sjoculsted. II know IT," and ran of |
at the top of his speed. The other two men
were retained. The Ksnsas murderer sue
ceeded in escaping that night, and the next |
morning vas found concealed in . saw-mill,
When brought before the United States
Consul be stated that be had been going by
k0S 0AAAsS W A49stby OGWWS 6010OUys OUI IN 1
stead Of numbering anybody in Texas, he
vas wanted for the killing Of his wife in
Kansas. Plaee va known BY the name of |
Jones in Matamoraa, but on being question
ed, acknowledged that his proper cognomen
Vas =. b. Place:
"E. b. Place, soliloqui!ed the detective;
then you are also wanted in Kansas, fOr
pacing counterfeit money"
The third prisoner, - before stated,
proved 70 De the iexes muroefe!:
Ashmore stated th:t he was willing to re-
turn to the States without requisition, hav-
ing already put bis county to sufficient ex-
pence, bot Place at first demurred, stating
that. before deciding what to do, he
would like 70 see friend. After consul
tation with that individual, Place also con-
cluded to return without requsition, and
both men were taken ecroo the river and
incarcerated in the Brow7svills jail, to
await the arrival Of the Kansas authorities:
90 the 3lst Of May, Marshal vanderpool
and Sheriff Wade left Topeka for Kansas
City. From the latter city, they went to
Galveston, over the Missouri, Kansas and