Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-03

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Chicago dispatch: The man who =.
sisted IN the murder Of Millionaire Smell
" standing on watch outside while the
residence was being robbed. IL beb;nd
tue prison bars. The arrest was made
to-day, and the police have already se.
cured full confession from the prison.
en- IL confirms beyond doubt the state.
ment that the murderer is young Wi.
liam Is. Tascott, the son of Col J r.
Iaseott, wealthy manufacturer. The
man arrested to-day made Tascott's ae-
quaintance this winter in the Garde,
City billiard hall, on West Madison
street, and for several weeks they have
been together every day. The morning
.hat MI; Smells house was 10 be robbed
he and Iascott went to the house Ia,
sether, Iascott went inside, LEAVING
MS comrade on the sidewalk. After the
murder was committed, Tascott hurried
out grasped his companion by the arm
ana together they went 10 Tascott's
lodgings ON West Madison street where
they remained several hours. Iascott
told all, and the other was so mortified
and so afraid he would be charged with
the murder itself, that he refrained
from giving information TO the police
ne made sworn statement to-day. and
satisfied the police that he was feline
the truth. The police refuse 10 reveal
the name OF the prisoner.
/, An Associated Press dispatch from
Los Angeles, Cal, this evening. stated
that the theory prevailed there that the
man who was lodged in Jail Wednesday
night for burglary, and who escaped In
q few hours, is w. b. Tascott, wanted
IN Chicago for the murder of A. ]. Smell
liils dispatch was shown TO Inspector
Boniield and detectives who showed
plainly the news was in line with one of
Their principal theories as 10 the direc
ton OF the flight Of the murderer. Tas-
cots body il peculiarly marked, thus
hilofding certain means of identified
hon. lie has a scar ON the right hin,
where lie was shot when attempting TO
escape from the Kentucky penitentiary.
There were also scars, some perhaps
yet, on both elbows, the results of wear
ing ball and chain. Inscott's upper
front teeth exhibited gold filling along
the edge, and shows, prominently, the
upper LIP being slightly drawn back.
Considerable speculation has been en-
gagged IN as 10 how the police managed
% fix the mysterious roomer on West
Madison street as Tascott. II is now
learned that il was his mistress, Jen-
ME Clifford, who gave the in
formation 70 the police. Tascott
had talked in his sleep, and had
not told his own name, but FIRE.
qusn,ly made reference with oaths 10
'old Smell, aud gave an inkling Of an
attack upon his own father. The
woman gathered from the DISCOUNTED ex.
preSsions Of his troubled sleep that Tas-
colt proposed 10 force his father 10 give
linn money aud ma interest in the bust
ness. That succeeding he would plum
Der the family residence, taking the
same desperate risks that led 10 the kill
ing Of Smell.
II was asceriained this evening that
Iascoit, after leaving his lodging the
morning OF the murder, boarded train
for Oak Park. on the Northwestern rail
road, whore his brother lived. He re.
manned there all day and disappeared
IN the evening II is quite possible he
boarded the Omaha express at Oak
Park, aud made his way 20 the Pacific
slope Tnecott is not MS old as first re-
ported. He is but twenty-one, and in
stead Of being five feet ten inches, is
not over five feet and half.
One Of his chief traits is his fondness for
pool playing, and his expertneSs at the
game. The police tonight arc getting
ont additional circulars, laying stress on
the fact that although apparently light
weight aud almost efIeminate in appear
anco, he il in reality an athlete.