Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-01-02
DID TASCOTT SUICIDE?
HOW DETECTIvEs EXPLAIN THEIR
FAILURE TO CAPTURE HIM.
Some u tho Most skillfal Detectives Of
Chicago Believe That SMELLS Murderer
IL Dead-Ovcr $4,000 Spent In Prinsing
and Postage.
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O8vSGUVC9 Oh
Chic.ro Relieve That snoll,a Murderer
n..a-n,.- :, 4 .oro sr.,,t ~ p.,n,,.-
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sna Eosss6s.
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William b. Tascott. the murderer OF
Millionaire Smell Of this citv. ia dea.l--at
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soass snat y tno oeuoersSe OPINION Oh some
OF the most skillful detectives In Chicago.
They say that bevond n doubt the Smell
,.mi,v m,.ht ;,st =. vol, ,rcrs.aa ,ha
l.y "lsht 1uss ~ wen increases inc
S50.OOO reward now offered for the young
man TO one OF a million dollars. 1t will
never 90 paid.
what makes you think he 70 deada
asked reporter OF the local Superintendent
Because unquestionably II no were alive
ne would nave been caught long ago. was
the reply. In the whole histos y OF crime
there never was such hunt made for man.
TO begin with. the reward offered for bis
arrest e very much the oisgest offered sor
have secured his capture II he were not in
! hl& &ESves Then think Of the way his
c..si; ~ IA No. Z, :, y, i. =,
wv slI II wo c.a. lns.s lsn ~ ros.co ~ y
not ss woII tn"wn ~ Il q hars II rh;cs~o' -
.h no. as WI. khown ss y - ners "a o th Va.
on,5 r naay sucn ros ISL ~. ~ .ne Wing
Mv ., .Ie c..culass onel'ns .ue un . MUS.
T r' nave oeeh .Isnsla.eu In.o every ~
a,nn ,r"E aase ALu ILL., sou. MN. :. d 20
s.n.,s ow a"sco.. LOB Ian anu VIA na no 20
"au.ou Ior dIe nnvwn ~ T9.Is anu Do,nco'
"a s.eanS ana MeiDourne: Even tne ls'ana'
T ME ~ .no IaStne Oceam uase nes.u =, n'in.
aneis are spots ne m,gnt nlae N wnere ne
, wouau 80 ~ saos nno na - S VI so.0
p. place oi t h sort. nut woulo 70 lmpcss-
si ... ivr hlm 70 reacn any such p.aSSe Nun
PGup,e VINO woulu n.eIwaIo Iemomoes
nn .loan ans uescrip.i11ns IN Mo LoM ~
y. a.st oson u '"oy uiu "osr00osni10 nA'n
~ ns.
yne po.co omcia. mas Usoa qs1 ~ "a q
; SAYING tna. ne THINKS the maraeres 10 niu-
ing n3 N Tue lehse sWamps OF siouens Aong
me MississiPR, niver On tne uoruors oi
Wlsconsna. Ihat wouiu pe EoGu piaoe W
n M "a, Dut ne couid NOT say h I ansre
All ~ tnis time witnout someDody discovering
MIN. ~ - SIMPLY Hnpossipie. inis' .oo,
4lnes up announcer point. ne Is auVS. nov nov
uoes ne I'VE! All ne soI rom nj. nneii
ss sIe woulu not support MN TWO weeks.
Ms nis 'atneI OF any otner person mere seht
nun money. tnat iact wquio He
a a,,a immeaiatey aiscoyereai m, ne
couid not ply MS oid trade OF thlel
without associating with the criminals
watched by the police. without being pe,
trayeu py some one OF those ne would
nave 70 work with or without peing cap,
tured rs burglar long ago. AZ 70 manual
labor ne knew no honest occupation except
running an elevator. de could not work
without being employed by some one else.
ana now could ne 90 that anywhere witnout
discoveryf At every hamlet ana crossroads
ne would De recognized. 1t mas been sug,
gested that some woman or criminal friend
In eig city IS keeping MIN In conceaiment.
Iascott was OF such q restless, uneasy ma
ture that 1t would be Impossible Tor him to
remain concealed as long as TINS: some
tr; nee OF MN would surely DC lound, s,.
Couiun ne nave gone aDroads cuPerln-
tendent huDDard mas peen reported az
thinking ne has slipped across the ocean.
DON see how he could get abroad with
out leaving trail which the extraorolnary
search that has been made would surely
find"
Other detectives also supported the idea
that Tascott was dead. One Of them sMd :
Inns Is my tneofy: inspector b0nIeiu .
men positiVeiy Traced Iaseott 10 81. raul
Inere tney lost MIN, houxn tney prougnt
pack lndlsputable evidence that ne nAd been
ID the city. About month after the muir
ger pody was iound unoer !he ice some
distance below 81. faui Wnich was said 70
resonlpi, Aasco.t. never nesea t1at tno
nat1er was etosey msest,g1tea; An my
cot.' ne ueq anout anat ume anu IN soout
anat way. Lthink iaseott conm.eeo me
Huruer on suadeh Impulse. 1.
Mas Ine nrst Time ne naa sne9
piopu, anu ne Was aazea anu nan-craneo
ii he s saw that the hnnt Was eating close
70 ms iran. when was TWO on snIee days
before ne was posltveiy iaentinso as tne
W Man !neh ne nou W s oS; L"ui'
Mnue ne was there the iun iden.
uncation came: ana nc killed nlmsen. ~
may 20 argued !nat ne was NOV ing emu o.
man 10 commit suicide. n ne mao peen
an oIaihary oid ana nardenea crlminal .nat
NJ Mvuiu pe true, OUT Aascott Mne Young.
Inns was MS htst great crime; nc Was JUST
tne man 10 make away Win nims9n uncer
sucn circumstances; VI course' lnsPect0I
nonneiu. VINO mas zone 80 mucn naIo worK
On the case; uoes not IKE 70 OWL w posten'
ci9slon. So, :. c.,.,
m lnere Is an ihtimate nienu Oh Ooionel
aascott s. VINO was ms au ,.l "nen nis
T sTn was nrsI charged WIN ~. ~. muruer;
tmas lrieno was suspec'eu ~ she poacG ~
! having young Iasc0ts eonceaiou nis