The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-23
WHAT Is IT,
A Rural Policeman Trying to make Sem
satton-story Of the Arrest OF Myster-
ious Man With Alleged Compromising
Documents

""S "Au WIN Alleged compromising
Documents
Considerable excitement prevails In GER
tain circles in Hyde Park over the rumor
of an important arrest that has been made
by the authorities, which they do not de-
sire to make public at present. rhe infor.
nation which a reporter obtained regarding
the matter was that about midnight yester-
day officer Joseph Lloyd, of Kensington,
arrested a man in that place for suspicious
conduct.
THE MYSTERIOUS MAN.
lie was about twenty-Six years of age
well dressed, and claimed To hail from
canada. lie gave several fictitious names
and, when searched, was found to be heavily
arme6 But what interested the officers
most was package of letters found Il ION
nm, These letters, it is alleged, were
written by Charles }, Guiteau, the muir
derer of President Garfield, to the prisoner,
ana contained most stating information.
In TACT, according TO the story Of one who
claimed to have seen them, they were moth
ing more nor less than correspondence
upon the subject of President Garfeld's
death, the method by which it was to be ac-
complished, etc, etc. 1t is also alleged that
the prisoner had upon him other evidence OF
ms iull knowledge OF he crime prior to
IT'S having been committed, and the
letters were damaging to many persons of
prominence, showing that q desperate con-
splracy existed, by which the murder had
been contemplated for some time, and was
known to others outside of Guiteau.
THE RETGCRNT POLICEMAN.
When these rumors reached reporter t
was at rather involvement hour to trace
up such a matter. Boarding an Illinois
central train at Pullman, the reporter OBJ
served upon il three Kensingt, policemen,
one of them being Officer Lloyd, who was
in citizens clothes. Inquiry from the off.
GERS as to the truth in the information
which the reporter had, did not yield salts
factory results. The officers would give
no new facts beyond admitting that
man answering the description above stated
had been arrested, that papers
which were thought to have a very i'm
portant bearing upon Guiteau's case
were found upon him, that District
Attorney Corkhill had been telcgraphed
the information obtained, and had tele-
graphcd for the officer, his prisoner, and the
papers to at once proceed TO Washington,
and according to the officers story he
was on his way to the depot with the in.
tenton of taking the first train for Wash
ington.
THE BAFFLED SCRIBE.
All these points were drawn out of the
officer in a reluctant manner, as il was
evident that he was under instructions to
say nothing, and would not, beyand cor
roborating points made by the reporter.
1t is needless to say that information of
this character was startling, and the repor-
ter was not without desire to know the
facts and see the letters. Further about
the matter the officers would not say, but
referred the reporter to the Captain OF
Police. They said that the man was con
fined i'll the kensington jail.
A reporter at once paid a visit to Ken
slngton. He arrived there rather late in
the evening. Douglas Hogan, Sergeant OF
Poll &C, there informed him that the arrest
had been made according to the informa.
ton obtained He did not seem at all
anxious to impart any information, how.
ever.
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
In fact, all around there appeared to be q
| studied effort to cover up something.
Police Captain Hunt, of Hyde Park, when
seen about the matter, said that he had
nothing new to impart about the case He
expressed the belief that no such arrest had
been made, and thought that the officers
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