Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-11
rs VIM. B. TASCOTT DEAD?'
sx1r,ruL DETECTIVES BELIEVE He
Is BEYOND HUMAN CAPTURE.

six Months Have Passed without Bringing
to Light Any Tidings OF Millionaire sneh's
Murderer. Despite tho Immense Rewards
Offered. ,.,,
William B. Tascott. the murderer OF
Millionaire Smell. OF this city. is dead-at
least that is the deliberate opinion 81 some
Of the most skiliful detectives IN M Cnlcsg
family might just as we'll increase tho
$50, O0O reward now offered for the young
man to one of a million dollars. 1t VILE
never be paid. ,,,
asked a reporter Of the local Superintendent
Of a well-known detective agency.
because unquestionably If he were alive
he would have been caught long ago." was
the reply In the whole history ~. o. crime rim,
To begin with, the reward offered for his
arrest is very much the biggest offered for
any criminal. That alone would probably
have secured his capture If he were not IN.
his grave. Then think Of the way his
description has been scattered over the
civilized world. There isn't Postofflce in,
the United States where his appearance ts
not as we'll known as 1t is here In Chicago,
there is hardly such Postofflce in the wide
world. The circulars Offering the enormous1
rewards have been translated into every
European language and sent around thoI
globe. How Tascott looks and what he is
wanted for are known in Paris and Borneo.
in Vienna and Melbourne. Even the island
ers in the Pacific Ocean have heard of him.
There are spots he might hide in where he
would be safe. like Kamschatka or some
place of that sort. but it would be impos-,
out being seen on the way by hundreds OF
people who would afterward remember
him from the descriptions in the reward
circulars, even if they did not recognize him
at first.
"One police official has been quoted as,
saying that he thinks the murderer ia hid
ing in the dense swamps or sloughs along
the Mississippi River on the borders Of
Wisconsin. That would be good place to-
hide in, but he could not stay hidden there
| him. It is simply impossible. This. too.
brings up another point. If he is alive. how,
does he live? All he got from Mr.. Snell,ss
his father he or Or any other person here sent
almost Immediately discovered. HeI
could not ply his old trade of thief
a5d hS f6s nace WIN Mb 5ae 6ene
trayed by some one of those he would
have to work with or without being cap
| tured as burglar long ago. AS to manual
labor he knew no honest occupation except
without being employed by some one else.i
and how could he do that anywhere without;
| discovery? At every hamlet and crossroads
he would be recognized. 1t has been sug-.
In big city is keeping him in concealment.
| Tascott was Of such restless. uneasy ma
ture that it would be impossible for him to
remain concealed as long as this. Some
Couldn't he have gone abroad? superin-
tendent Hubbard has been reported as
thinking he has slipped across the ocean.
Il don't see howhe could get abroad with
out leaving trail which the extraordinary
search that has been made would surely
find"
Other detectives also supported the idea
that Tascott was dead. One OF them said:
This is my theory; Inspector Bonield,s
There they lost him. though they brought
back indisputable evidence that he had been
in the city. About y month after the mur-
der body was found under the ice some
distance below st. Paul which was said TO-
matter was closely investigated: In my
judgment. if that was not the body of Tas-
cott he died about that time and in about
that way. I think Taseott committed the
was the first time he had shef!
blood. and he was dazed and half-crazodt
by his crime. He hung about Chicago I'M
til he saw that the hunt was getting CLOSE
before.he was positively identified a. tho
murderer. Then he fled to st. PaMkH
While he was there the full iden.|
LITIGATION came. and he killed himself. "a
| may be argued that he was not the kind Of
q man to commit suicide. II he had beenl
an ordinary old and hardened criminal that
would be true; but Tascott was young. i
This was his first great crime. He was JUST
such circumstances. OF course. INSPECTOR
Bonteld. who has done so much hard work.
on the case. docs not like to own up beaten
Eventually he will have to come to this con-
clusion."
There is an intimate friend of Colonel
Tascott's, who was his adviser when his1
son was first charged with the murder.
This friend was suspected by the police Of
having young Tascott concealed in his!
house or his office. For this reason he wasA
for a long time carefully Swallowed by del
tectives. He said to friend one day: II
am dogged by detectives. who think have
young Tascott hidden some whore. haven't
but can assure you positively that tho
young man will never be caught in thisI
world from which it was inferred that he1
knew Tascott was dead. The man who.
made this remark is a reputable citizen.
who stood in a delicate and confidential
position toward the elder Tascott. It would!
be manifestly unjust to give his name.
Neither Inspector Bonf1eld nor Superin-
tendent Hubbard, any more than A. j. Stone.
Mr. Shells son-in-law. will admit a belief
hopes that he will be caught some day.
Nevertheless. they do not assert that the
prospect is any brighter than it was sixl
months ago. The search has now been going
on ten months. It has cost in the neighbour
hood of $4,000 for printing and postage
alone. As an evidence OF the keen interest
that is taken in it all over the world. It nay
be mentioned that Inspector Bona.AL re-
eeives every day a pile of letters about
Tascott half as high as his desk. Superin-
tendent Hubbard and Mr.. Stone are also
deluged with correspondence. 1t is no ex-.
aggeration to say that there are many thou
sand men scattered over the globe who are
keeping keen watch for "a slender young
man with gold filling in his teeth" etc. In
creasing the reward has increased their
number and their vigilance.
He Wants His Money.
NJ. NJ. Gray, one of the lawyers for
John Arensdorf in the famous Hsddock
murder case at Sioux City, Iowa, has sued
Arensdorf for 81, 900 for services rendered
| during the trial Aran sdorf ic xaz,z .e,.,