Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-13
WITH GUNS.
A PRETTY WOMAN WHOM THE DE-
TECTIvEs FEAR.
Marion Hedspeth and the Way She Will
Be Taken East-A Small Army of
Armed Officers to Be Her Escort.

Marion Hedspeth, the wife of He'd
speth, the noted train-robber. who with
Slye, recently arrested in Los Angeles,
is much wanted in st. Louis for holding
up train in that vicinity several
months ago, will soon dispense with the
further hospitalities of the police de-
partment here, says the San Francisco
Call.
Since her arrest some three weeks
ago, Mrs. Hedspeth, who is a most re-
markably clever young lady, and that
rara avis OF her sex-a woman who can
keep her mouth shut and not disclose
even the tippy tail of secret-has been
prisoner at the central station.
At first it was thought that she might
disclose something as to the where
abouts of her husband, whom the police
are itching to lay their hands on. But
she has been as mute as the proverbial
oyster on this poinS. Every plan to get
any clue from her has failed, and even
the honeyed taffy daily administered by
Officer Cody, who has, from an early
trivial acquaintance with the genuine
and only true blarney-stone, the gift OF
the tongues and could wheedle diamond
earrings away from any other woman,
has been only so much sweetness wasted
on the mephitic prison air.
BoDY-GUARD.
Not being able to mine any secrets out
of Mrs. Hedspeth, and as a requisition
for her appearance in st. Louis has been
recognized by the governor OF this state
she will be taken there in, as the social
headlines cay, "the immediate future"
The papers for Mrs. Hedspeth's de-
portation to Chicago's rival are in the
possession of Detective Tracy of St.
Louis, who like the modest man he is,
has registered at the New Western hotel
as Joseph Morrison of "New York"
Both the eastern and local head police
officials, are not entertaining many
fears that Hedspeth, who is desperate
of desperadoes, will with his gang derail
the train bearing his wife east and
rescue her from her escort. Still, chiefly
to prevent any trouble, they have made
arrangements to guard against any such
possibility. The story that request
was made by the'authorities to the COM
,manding officer at the presidio for the
services of regiment of the United
States regulars with gatling gun an
mex to act as guard of honor for Mrs.
Hedspeth is, OF course, without any
foundation.
CUT DOWN sHoTGUNs.
But there is positive assurance that
extra care will be taken with the avail
able material on hand here. Southern
Pacific Railroad Detectives Smith and
Hickey, Officer Cody, of the local force,
and "Mr. Morrison of New York." alias
Detective Tracey, will be Mrs. He'd
epeth's body guard. They will be armed
with sawed-off, double-barreed shot.
guns, loaded with buck shot, such as
messengers carry, besides the ordinary
outfit of revolvers and bowie-knives.
A force of St. Louis detectives and pe-
lice officers, accompanied by a squad of
Pinkerton detectives. will meet the
Hedspeth guard of honor half way on
the road, and at all dangerous points the
sheriffs will have posses stationed along
the line of rail.
When the Hedspeth excursion party
will leave here and by what route, is, OF
course, a deep, dark secret, buried
away in the inner valvular recesses of
Chief Crowley and Captain Lees, and
consequently too profund for the com
prehension of ordinary newspaper read
ers, but from the fact that Mis-. He'd
speth's washing has been called in in a
hurry, the chances are greatly in favor
OF an immediate skip of the party.
Possibly special train may be chartered
to take the lady and her guardians east.