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KANSAS ClrY, June 97.IChief Of Police
speers, who has been in active commnnica
tion with ]. P. Butler, detective OF Bloom
irgton, ILL.,, and with hesherif Of Mclean
county, Ill, in relation to the whereabouts
of Henry Ramboi has at last succeeded in
locating this murderous rogue and cut.
throat butands him Just where he ought
to be, in the penitentiary.
Frank Williams, alias Rambo, alias Kan.
sas City Frank, the Harlem fkid,T alias
Frank Deyiney, Is one Of the, best known
criminals ever turned out OF jackson
or Clay counties. ZIG Is wanted Blooming.
ton for the murder Of Aaron Goodiellow,
one OF the most atrocious and cold blooded
murder cases on record. About tfour.years
ago Aaron Goodfellow, d prominent citizen
oil Bloomington, wasIwalking along the
streets OF the quiet town on. his way home
ward. 1t was still early In the evening
and In a busy portion Sof the city. Sud.
denly he was accosted by two highwaymen
who presented qtbeirl pistols and demand
ed his money. Goodlellow was 80, con;
fused that he failed to comply Immediately
with the tquest and stepped. back! a.paoe
or two in alright when one OF the men,
without tie least provocation, placed his
revolver 10 the old mans head and fired,
This man ID now supposed to hayeb been
Harry Rambo. The shot was fatal. The
men rifiedl the pockets Of their
victim and escaped. Thedetectives fastened
the crime on Patsey Dsvine and Harry
Rambo. Deyinel was captured, ,ttried for
the murder of, Goodfellow and hanged at
the scene Of the murder, in
January q year ago. A,Ieward of $3.50 still
hangs over Rambo's head.
HIS CAPTURE.
Chief speers knew the man well and was
active In searching for traces of him, but he
disappeared and nc, trace could be found.
Recently curious chain OF developments
put Chief Speers upon his track. The
chief learned atbstifa man answering
description was serving a termiin
The Iowa State peniteniary at Fort Madl-
son for the double crime OF robbery and
rape. The. circumstances Of the crime
were characteristic OF the man. Helentered
q house at night, robbed 1t, and was depart
ing with his plunder when the'rays of his
lantern discovered to him beautiful woman
asleep on a bed in room he was passing.
Without hesitation the robber entered the
room, placed arevolver to the lIdy's head,
forced her to submit 10 his purpose and
then escaped. The robber. was captured
and sentenced to twenty-five years in the
penitentiary under the name OF Frank De.
viney. Chief speers got hold Of this mans
description and found that itltallied exact-
lywiththat Of Rambo.s Further inyestiga.
ton proved thai Devjney"was addressing
lettersito his sister, Ian Rambo, at Selma
Ind, and his identity was established.
-"Rambo,'' says Chief speers,T+"is one of
the very worst men in this country. As a
low; cunning, blood.thirsty and totally
sciencelesslmurdeier, robber, thug and
heIis without an equal. BE would
murder man for 500" RiE
Z s-EEfED IN CRIME 3
Rambo is only 20 years old, but very
Methuselah in vice and crime. Be was
reared in Harlem, and took bis frat steps in
crime in this city. He was depraved and
vicious street gamih as a boy, and one OF
his first escapades here was that OF robbing
Hammerslough's cash box. He served a
term in the Missouri Penitentiary, where
he went by the appellation OF the Harlem
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The racket followed by Devine and
Rambo for a long time wss an atrocious
and horrible one. Dressed as farm laborers
or as common .tramps they followed the,
harvesters whojRo through Illinois, In
diana, Ohio and on up into Minnesota,
as the season advances, working on farms
In this way they make the season last for
six months and save up about $500 each as
the result of their summer earnings. De-
vine and Rambo, 1t Is claimed, followed
these men, Spotted" such as they wanted,
and then murdered and robbed them,
leaving their bodies tolrot in the shallow
creeksand pools or float down ariver.S An
effort will be made to get Rambo out OF
the Iowa penitentiary and string him up
in bloomington for the murder, Of Good
fellow, -s.ts s .Ylta tls ts4