St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-12
RUN DOWN BY BLOODHOUNDS.
An Exciting Chase With BlOOdhOunds
of a Brutal Negro Murderer.

COLUMBUS, Ga. Dec. 1O.-The keen scent
of bloodhounds, as they followed a devious
course through the city, and through to
point about half mile up the river, attracted
the attention of the people yesterday. A few
moments later a few horsemen following
gave evidence Of fatigue from long chase.
Suddenly the hounds came to a stand, and a
colored woman, with a babe in her arms,
stood terrified and unable to move. A little
way into a clump of bushes was seen
colored man, who was recognized by Sheriff
Burkett, of Decatur county, whom
one of the horsemen proved to be,
as Moses Keaton, the murderer of the
Goodwin family in Mitchell county. grasping
the shotgun which he had stolen on the night
of the murder. Keaton was taking aim,
when Sheriff Burkett pushed the muzzle Of a
British bull dog into his face, and Keaton
sullenly surrendered. The story Of the chase
S one of the most exciting on record. On
the morning of Wednesday, one week ago,
Mr.. Aleck Goodwin went to the house of his
brother, Stephen Goodwin, who was bachelor,
and wealthy stock raiser. All was still in
side and on opening the door q fearful
sight was presented. He found his
brother lying dead on his bed in
pool of blood, with his head
crushed and his brains oozing out. Mrs.
Gregory, his housekeeper, was lying on an
other bed in the same room, with a dreadful
fracture on her temple, and was otherwise
badly mangled. Dick Gregory, her son, was
found in an adjoining room lying dead from
similar wounds. There were no signs of
robbery about the house. Mr.. Goodwin's
pants were found on chair by his bedside
with money in the pockets. His gun was
missing and his mare and buggy were also
taken away. Intense excitement fol-
lowed the discovery. A reward
of $500 was at once ordered
and kilograms were sent the government
urging that the state add TO it. A vigorous
pursuit was at once determined upon. There
was but one clew, and that was to follow the
buggy wheel tracks which led out along the
banks of the Flint river north. DR.. Fair
cloth, who had been out professionally during
the night, declared he had met the buggy
and its occupants were Moses Keaton, his
wife AMI child. The pursuing party pushed
the chase through the swamp aud morass,
sometimes having sight Of the track, again
losing it, and thus giving the criminal the
gain of time. On reaching Decatur
county Sheriff Burkett Joined in
the pursuit, and it was decided to
bring in the aid of dogs to better keep the
scent. On to the Georgia line and through
Florida to Jackson county the party pushed.
Here, in the region of the swamp land, all
trace seemed lost, and two days were spent
in an endeavor to regain II. After zigzag-
ging through the country Till hope was almost
lost, at last another trail was struck due
north. 1t was not long till it was discovered
that it lay not more than half a mile paral-
lei with the downward trip, back through to
Georgia and within a hundred yards Of
the house where the tragedy bad
been committed, stin north of
his 1t led until farm house was reached,
where it was discovered that the fugitive had
sold the horse and buggy, and was pursuing
his fight on foot. This trail was followed
until the scene just outside the city brought
the officers into possession of their prey. On
the return trip TO Mitchell county with their
prisoners, Keaton confessed fully to the
crime. He implicated several others. and
says that robbery was the cause, as Goodwin
always kept large sums of money on his per-
son. He used an ak and a razor In the hor-
rible deed. A noise outside gave
the murderers an idea that they
would be caught, when Keaton
sought safety in fight, and hence did not Sc
cure one cent of booty, only gun for pro-
lection, and conveyance for fight. Taking
his wife with him he went through to Florida,
and hoping the better to elude detection de-
cided to return north and reach north Ala
bama, when he would be secure. The chase
was over 400 miles in straight line, and
must have been 1000 when the variations
are taked into account. 1t is doubtful If he
will be allowed TO reach trial, so outraged
are the people with his crime.
A Lesson for Policemen.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-William Lynn, twenty
two wears old died Tnesdav NIGHT frorn bl0od