St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-06
Willie is WANTED.
Mrs. Shell Increases the Re-
ward for the Capture OF
Taseott.
Her Agent Says He Has AS
suPanees That William Is
in Limbo.
Either the Murderer or His
Double Jailed at Nee
nah, Wis.
Old Hutch's Trusted PrOtega
Robs His Benefaetor and
Skips Out.

CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-Public interest was
again revived in the Smell murder case
to-day by the publication in an after
noon paper of statement made by A. j.
Stone, Son-in-laW of the murdered mil
lionaire, in which Mr.. Stone was quoted
as saying that the supposed murderer
had been captured. Mr.. Stone says that
what he did say was as follows: Il
have received telegram from man
who claims to have arrested W. B. TaS-
colt: that he now had him in his
possession and that he wished to
know when | could send to identify
him. | answered at once: How
do you knew it is Tascott?
Cannot you send a photograph to be
identified? In answer | received q
message saying that the man answered
all descriptions and that he would send
tile photograph Monday. That photo
graph is what | am now waiting for
The announcement made later in the
day that Mrs. Henrietta Smell had in
creased the amount of the reward from
S20, 1000 to $4,000, making it the largest
amount ever offered for the capture of
any human being in the world, at once
lends additional interest to
THIS CELEBRATED CRIME.
The reward will be paid by Mrs.
Smell, through the Chicago police de-
partment, and as she is the widow of
man who died leaving an estate valued
at S4,000,000, the payment OF the reward
upon TaScott's capture may be relied
upon. Mr.. Stone tonight informed an
Associated Press reporter tn at all Sis
poets arrested must be held and photo
graphed. and that the likeness must at
once be sent either to himself or Chief
of Police George W. Hubbard. No de-
tectives will he sent, as heretofore, IN
til picture is sent and strong marks
of identification are present in the pho
graph. Amos j. Smell was murdered
either during the night of Feb z or the
morning of the Sth, 1888. On the morn
ing of the 9Th the family coachman ell
tered the millionaire's house, 425 Wash
ington boulevard, from the rear to start
the fires. In the house beside Mr.. Smell
were his two grandchildren. who were
sleeping on the top floor with two nurse
girls, MI Smell sleeping on the parlor
floor, just above his office. The coach
man found the latter room IN much dis
order, with the safe opened and books
and papers scattered everywhere. He
ran up stairs to awaken Mrs. Smell, and
in the main hallway he almost fell over
the
BODY OF HIS MASTER.
cold in death. The police were at once
notified. An examination of the body
showed a bullet wound through the
brain, made by a 44-calibred revolver,
and another through the heart, So size.
Police investigation very soon con-
nected William 3. Tascott with the
crime. but when the police sought to
gather him in it was found that Chicago
knew him no more. The youthful
murderer was an individual who had
many special marks Of Identification.
He was an American, and his gold-filled
front teeth and scars of bullets on his
leg, received it is said, While escaping
from the Kentucky penitentiary, have
led to numerous arrests in every part of
the country, but in each case the ar
rested party turned out not to be TaS-
colt. A copy of the reward reads as
follows:
Chicago. Dec. 5.-Reward, S5O,OOO.-I,
Henrietta Smell. widow OF the late Amos j.
Smell, will pay fifty thousand dollars
(S50,O00) reward for the arrest and deten-
ton, until identified by the authorities of
the city of Chicago, of " lillian B.
Tascott the supposed murderer of my hus-
band. The above reward is offered in lieu
of all other rewards announced by me, and
will hold good for four az months from this
George w. Hubbard, general superintendent
of police, or to A. j. Stone, 544 West Mad
ison street, Chicago, III.
HENRIETTA SMELL.
CAN THIS BE TASCOoT?
NEENAH, Wis, Dec. ga couple of
weeks ago, two men came here from
Stevens Point, or therabouts, and
started branch Office of a Minneapolis
loan association. The young men were
about twenty-five or twenty-three years
of age, fairly good looking and went by
the name of G. E. Smell. This morning
he was arrested by two local officers, on
suspicion of being William Tascott, the
supposed murderer of A. S. Smell. the
Chicago millionaire. Smell has at times
drawn money on banks i'll Duluth.
Yesterday morning, one of the hotel
clerks said Smell intended to leave for
Minneapolis in the morning. He ans
wers the printed description of Tascott
very closely as far as can be learned, it
is generally thought they have arrested
the wrong man.