The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-12
Annrsrrp ron MURDER
The supposed Murderer 81 Omoer fflni,,
Of tho ~. Louis Police Force, Arrested
Here.

The Supposed Murderer 81 Onioer fflni,,
of tho ~. Louis Police Force, Arrested
Here.
At late hour Tuesday night Police ON.
GERS Overland, Hearne and Beard arrested
three men nj the corner OF Main and La
mar streets, two Of whom were engaged In
n drunken row, and the third one was nr-
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 mayor, VINO
name, 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.
He feigned TO be very indignant, and de-
manded to know by what authority he
was detained. Yet the officer gave
him no satisfaction, but admonished him to
step into the Office ofthe city marshal and
have seat, as that officer wished to have a
little talk with him. After the court adj
iourned 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 Printz OF the metropolitan
police force ofthe city of st. Louis. which
was committed on the night of the LIST oil
June, 1879 by thief and 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 sos Main street in that
CITY, and at the time created consld-
cradle excitement, as Charles Printz, the
murdered, officer who was killed in the dis,
charge of his official duties. was well and
favorably known. The prisoner had MOI
been told for what he was detained, and was
to all appearances very indignant, and
swore by all that he would not go to prison
at the same time protesting his innocence
In his conversation he declared thai
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 toic
him anything about his being wanted IL
that city, vet they were all of the opinion
that he was wanted there, and the
more they looked at the pic
ture of the murderer sent oul
} from the police headquarters of StA4oui'
the more fully convinced were they of thu
fact that he was the identical party wanted
so marked was the resemblance. The ,pris
oner has been in the city only a few days
Gulf, Colorado 81 Santa Fe road and thai
he came to Texas from New Mexico
In appearance he is about % year
, old, 5 feet 6 inches in height, of solit
build fair complexion, blue eyes. ligh
hair, clean shaved and jerky in his walk
) City Marshal Arnold telegraphed the chic
J of police of st. Louis description of thu
prisoner but has not yet received any, re
ply. During the day the marshal had III
readily consented. He was kept unde
, guard until late in the evening, when Oil
Ger Overland lodged him in the station.-hous
and preferred the charge of suspicion o
murder against him. 1.-The is not the RICH
man he certainly resembles the photograph
very much. There is reward of 81 600 TO
the arrest and delivery of the murderer.