Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-09
THE CAPTURE.
How EMIL Harris Obtained His
Prisoner.

a. AAE"ahD AOPoi Ioi yCotCIudy
happened to meet Detective Emf
Harris, and in answer to a query as
to where he caught the Texas mur
derer, and how he got his clue, re-
ceived the following story: A few
days ago the Sheriff of the county
received letter from Texas contain.
ing description OF the man Clark
wanted for murder in Uvalde county
Texas, that was perpretrated foul
years ago. Clark shot man who
had pointed pistol at his wife ant
asked her where her heart wal
located, that he might shoot hel
dead. Well, yesterday I though
l would go into the country
and follow up the river.
had no intimation that l should fine
my man in that direction. However
l took Deputy Sheriff Chas. Jennings
with me in order to be prepared 70,
emergencies. After driving for three
or four miles 1 noticed some fine head
of cattle and went over to question
the man in charge of the herd, as
thought he was a likely person tc
know the residents in that locality.
After admiring the cattle 1 told him
should like to buy one, and asked
him where his master lived. He
told me, and 1 then asked him his
masters name. The man had
no hesitation in telling me the
name, and found that his mas
ter was the very man 1 was
after. I then returned to the cattle
buying scheme, aud gradually got
from the man that his master had
gone to town and would probably re-
turn between 6 and o'clock p. NJ.
told the man 1 would not wait, but
would 60 back to the city; but in Or
der that if l met him and might not
know him, l asked for description
of the gentleman and his team, which
1 received, and telling the man that
if l did not meet his master that night
I would return in the morning,
drove away. Jennings and then be-
gan to lay our plans for arresting
Clark (Which, by the way, is not his
right name), and by the time we got
to the crossroads, the one leading
from East Los Angeles and the
other from the Arroyo Seco bridge,
we had fully determined on what
plan to pursue. We hitched up the
buggy and waited for the approach of
our man. In about an hours time
we saw a team and wagon approach
ing, and at once jumping into the
buggy, proceeded te meet him. When
within hundred yards of the ap-
preaching wagon, I told Charlie to
get down and examine the harness.
At the same time 1 told him to pull
the horse sideways across the road,
SO that we could get a good view Of
the stranger. When he approached
we discovered it was not our man, and
after he got little further
away we returned to our place
Of concealment. By this time it
was dark and we could just
perceive the outlines of wagon ap-
proachiug from the bridge. We had
decided that Jennings would read the
whilst covered him with
pistol, but as it was now completely
lark we resolved to take one side of
the road each and then command him
10 surrender. When the wagon,
Drawn by a double team. as described
BY the herdsmen, approached, 1
called out his name and he respond
I'D. Then We came close to him and
sold him he was our prisoner and why
he was arrested, at the same time
Jumping into the wagon and putting
The handouts on him. We searched
him but found no weapons. At his
we drove to a friends house
who went to Clark's house with the
wagon and explained matters to his
wife and family. Clark offered no
'esistence and stated that he
lad been acquitted before a magis-
rate, but had been indited by the
grand jury, and feels confident that
le will soon regain his freedom.