The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-05
ARRESTED FOR MURDER
The supposed Murderer OF Onicer PrIntz,
OF the St Louis Police Force, Arrested
Here


The Supposed Murderer OF Onicer PrIntz.
OF the St Louis Police Force, Arrested
Here.
Al a late hour Tuesday night Police Oh
GERS Overland, Hearne and Beard arrested
three men at the corner of Main and La.
mar streets, two OF whom were engaged in
a drunken row, ana the third one was ar
rested on the charge OF disturbing the
peace, who gave his name as Mike
Clark. They were lodged in the
station-house, and yesterday morning
they were taken before the mayo who
lined the first two. who answered to the
names of Miller and Wright. The party who
answered to the name of Clark came clear
of the charge, but as he was making his
way out of the hall an officer detained him,
lie ieigned to be very indignant, and de-
manded to know by what authority he
was detained. Yet the officer gave
him no satisfaction, but admonshed him TO
step II to the Office Ofthe city marshal and
have a seat, as that officer wished 10 have 4
little talk with him. After the court adj
journed City Marshal Arnold entered his
office and began to ply him with questions,
The marshal did not tell him so, but he had
been detained as the suspected
MURDERER
OF Policeman PrntZ OF the metropolitan
police force ofthe city Of st. Louis which
was committed on the night of the LIST Of
June, 1879 by II thief ana thug known as
Charles Sanders who shot and instantly
killed the officer, who was trying TO arrest
him for burglary. The killing occurred in
front of premises j0j Main street in that
city, and at the time created consid-
cradle excitement, rs Charles Printz, the
murdered, officer who was killed in the dis
charge of his official duties was well and
iavorably known. The prisoner had not
been told for what he was detained, and was
to all appearances very indignant, and
swore by all that no would not 20 to prison,
at the same time protesting his innocence.
In his conversation lie declared that
they had the wrong man, asserting at the
same time that he had not been in st.
Louis for years. His mention Of that city
interested the officers, for no one had told
him anything about his being wanted in
that city, yet they were all of the opinion
that he was wanted there, and the
more they looked at the pic
ture of the murderer sent out
from the police headquarters of StI~ ouis
the more fully convinced were they OF the
fact that he was the identical party wanted,
so marked was the resemblance, The prs
Oner has been i'll the city only a few days,
and claims that he has been working on the
Gulf, Colorado d Santa Fe road and that
he came TO Texas from New Mexico
In appearance he is about % years
DID, ) feet 6 inches in height, Of solid
build, fair complexion, blue eyes light
hair, clean shaved and ierky in his walk
City Marshal Arnold tcleEraphed the chief
Of police Of ST. Louis description of the
prisoner, but has not yet received any re-
ply. During the day the marshal mad his
photograph taken, to which the prisoner
readily consented. lie was kept under
guard until late in the evening, when OH
Ger Overland lodged him in the station-housc
and preferred the charge of suspicion of
murder against him. lfhe is not the right
man he certainly resembles the photograph
very much. There is n reward Of 1000 tor
the arrest and delivery of the murderer,