The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-11
THE DENISON MURDERS.
SOME MORE ARRESTS AND VERY IN
TEREsTING DEVELOPMENTS.
Mrs. Haynes Ring Discovered and an Al
legged Confession - Young Peel Re.
arrested on Prisoners Statement.
A Chance for the Hangman.
Special to The Statesman.

from the south bound Missouri, Kansa
and Texas train, having in charge
certain man whose name has been 70
some time connected with the murde
of w. +. Sharman, and also the no
torious Denison murders of May 1911
last. but the crowd was fooled. NJ
officer came, and it can be said witt
safety, that the man referred to has
not been arrested for the crimes
named.
The murderer of Mrs. DR.. Haynes
has, however, been captured. The
arrest was made near Muskogee upon
information furnished to ElwOOd
Smith, a private detective, whose
headquarters are said to be in San
Francisco and other cities, and who
has been at work on the DenisOn
mysteries for some time past. Smith
left here a few days ago and no one
knew where he went. Yesterday q
telegram came from him addressed to
Chief of Police James, saying: "Have
your man, proof positive. Send trans
portation for self and two assistants"
This was sent at once, but the bag
gagemaster by whom was carried an
order to the station agent at Muskogee
to deliver the tickets forgot his COM
mission and went past without deliv-
ering them.
They have since been provided and
and private telegram was received
tonight which says that officers will be
here at u. m. tomorrow with the
prisoner.
Who he is cannot be learned, but he
certainly is not the man whose name
has been Cd everybody's lips for
weeks past, or ever since the arrest of
the parties for being accomplices of
the murderer of Sharman. But al !
though the greatest reticence is main
tanned it is known that the party cap
tured had in his possession |
the diamond ring taken from the
hand of Mrs. Haynes on that terrible
night Of May l6 when four women
were shot and three of them brutally
murdered. The ring is of peculiar
pattern, being plain, solid gold band
set with four quite large diamonds,
the settings being a square with a
diamond in each corner. Not
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recovered from this man
but it is said he has confessed to the
murder, and other important facts are
in possession of the detectives, which
are as certain as anything can be to
lead soon to the arrest of other per-
sons.
A whole gang of as desperate cut
throats as ever lived will be shown to
have been in one way and another
with the murders which so
shocked the country and which has
puzzled some of the best detectives in {
America to uuravel.
Bill Luttrell, now in Jail at Shel-
man, whose capture has been kept
very quiet, is believed to be implicated
in some of these crimes. He was ar
last Wednesday by United States
at the instance of Private
Detective Lewis of San Francisco, who
was recently here investigating
the murders Luttrell was
quietly brought here overland
and taken to Sherman jail. 1t is un-
derstood that he was taken on sus-
picion only. He has already killed
his man some years ago, whether con-
nected with any of the Denison MUIR
ders or not,
A CONFESSION.
LATER-The man arrested in or
near Muskogee has made confession.
The exact nature of which is not
known except to one or two officers,
who will not divulge anything yet. 1t
is learned, however, that among
other things he claims to
have got the diamond ring
from Ed G. Peel, young man who
was recently clerk at Jones Bros.
furniture house. 1t will be remem-
bered that Peel was arrested for the
murder of Maud Kramer few weeks
ago, on information furnished by a
Mary H. Lewis. He was
discharged for lack of evidence, and
al once had Mrs. Lewis arrested tor
SANDER. She is now under
on the murder cases on her own hook.
Upon receiving information by tele
graph of the implication of Peel, Sheriff
McAfee and deputy, also a detec-
tive, went in search of him. They
walked to Peel's boarding house
Peel was thoroughly surprised.
"What do you want me for now?
Have you not arrested me enough on
these charges?" said Peel sarcastically.
ooh don't know what you are
wanted for" said the said the sheriff,
okingly.
"You have got to show me war
rant,u said Peel
"Get your hat and go with us and
don't tarry."
The prisoner was taken to the city
all for safe keeping, when afterwards
he will be taken to the county Jail at
Sherman.
Peel profes sed his innocence strong
ly as he did before when charged with
the murder of the Kramer woman.
The news ofthese arrests has renewed
interest in the murder cases, and will
doubtless to considerable excitement.
t is believed that it will not be long
efore at least nine persons will be
nder arrest for participation in and
cling accessory to these crimes.