St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-26
The Murderer of Millionaire
Smell Run Down in Penn
sylvania.
A Man Who Tallies With the
Description Of the Miss
ing Chieagoan.
Remarkable Finger-Cutting
Duel Between a Pair Of
Southwestern Men.
A Colorado Cowboys Ill Sue
cess in Quieting Bob
Ford.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. ga man is
locked up in this city who, if he be not
1ascott, the notorious murderer of
Millionaire Smell, of Chicago, answers
most marvelously the description fur
nished of that person. For two weeks
past the detective authorities have been
annoyed by man who has been passing
or attempting to pass forged checks
purporting to be signed by j. r. Wood,
general passenger agent of the Penn
SylVania railroad. 1t became known
that the man had left the city,
and Chief of Detectives Wood de-
tailed Detectives Bond and Murray
to hunt for and. if possible, to secure
the culprit. After visiting two or three
towns they reached Reading at noon
to-day. An examination of the register
at the American house, in that city, re-
vealed the name of "Charles Harris,
Philadelphia" Upon questioning the
proprietor. the detective learned that
Harris answered the description Of the
fOrger. He was in his room, and they
went there at once and found their man
in bed asleep. They awakened him and
told him to get up. as he was wanted.
When the man got out Of bed he
wore only short shirt, and detec-
tive Bonds attention was attracted by
prominent sears on his right leg, and
also gun-shOt wound in the right hip.
1t occurred to the men that these marks
were conspicuOusly mentioned in the
description of Tascott. A casual glance
also revealed scar on the right knee
and scars on both elbows, all of which
are borne by TascOtt, according to the
description. Bond quietly commune
Gated his sC5picioRs to his partner. and
both agreed that it was important to get
their charge under lock and key az
with the fOrgerieS the prisoner
ACKNOWLEDGED HIS GUILT,
and readily signified his willingness to
accompany the officers to Philadelphia.
Accordingly they proceeded to the depot
and boarded train for Philadelphia,
reaching here at o'clock. They took
their prisoner to the central station and
placed him in a cell. TaScOtt is de-
scribed as having bad teeth, the upper
front ones filed with gold, blue eyes,
rosy cheeks, rather good looking. about
twenty-three years old, inclined to
SLOUGH. and has habit of carrying his
hands in his pantalOons pockets. The
scars, as mentioned above, are
infinitely described. A later descrip-
ton of the alleged murderer says he is
an expert guitar and mandolin player.
All these points are observable to
marked degree in the man arrested to-
day. His teeth are bad, one upper
front tooth having been filled, and he
says the gold fell out not long ago.
From each side this tooth one has been
extracted. Among his effects is
guitar, and small satchel he carried
contained guitar and either strings
and keys for tuning the lat
ter instrument. Chief Wood tel
egraphed the Chicago authori-
ties tonight, and is awaiting a reply
from them. In the course of an inter
view he stated that the man under ar
rest answers in most remarkable man.
ner the description of the murderer.
CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-MTS. Stone.
daughter of tho supposed victim of Tas-
colt, millionaire Smell, was shown the
dispatch from Philadelphia tonight.
She said nothing concerning the new
suspect had been communicated to the
Smell family, and they attached little If
any Importance to the arrest.