Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-02
True Connection of Tascott With the
Smell Murder.
THOUSANDS OF STRIKERS UNDER ARMS
Mexicans Implicated in a Treason
able Plot.
L y d Err AN AVALANCHE
TAsCOTT NOT WANTED.
IL IL Claimed That He IL q Scapegoat 70
Banker SMELLS Murderer.

II IL Claimed That He IL a Scapegoat for
Banker SMELLS Murderer.
SPOKANE. WASH, Jan. The whereabouts
of 1sscott. the alleged murderer of Banker Smell
of Chicago. whom the detectives have unsuc-
cessfully sought for years. has undoubtedly
been located in Alaska.
Jules Beauvais. well-known and reliable
mining man and owner of several mines in
SLOGAN county, Is stopping in this city for a
few days. having recently returned from
Alaska. where he is interested in several mining
properties To reporter he said he
spent all last summer in Alaska. On various
occasions in sitks. Juneau and other places he
saw and conversed with VIM. b. Tascott. accused
of the murder of Smell
NOT THE MURDERER.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2-"whether William b.
Tascott is in Alaska or not. he did not murder
Millionaire A. ], Smell. The man who muir
dered Smell lives in Chicago and is we'll known.
He does not want to have Tascott caught and
he is furnishing him money all the time to
keep away from Chicago"
So said Detective John A. der. after being
shown the dispatch from Spokane. Detective
der perhaps knows more about the famous
Smell tragedy than any other man in Chicago
outside of the participants in the bloody deed.
He passed more than two wears in making in
sassination and in searching for the murderers.
FOUR MEN IMPLICATED.
There were four men implicated in the rob-
berry and murder the man who did the killing
two other men and Tascott. Tascott WAS taken
into the scheme under the pretense
that robbery alone was contemplated.
lie was placed on watch on the out
side of the house and the other three men en-
tered. After rifiing the house o: valuable
papers they made noise which brought the
old man Smell into the room. and
this man to whom l have allued killed
him. At TIE sound of the shots Tascott
according to- his own story and from other
evidence | have secured. ran away. Tascott
remained in town a day or two and then went
to 81. Paul. where he remained three weeks.
during which time he received by express big
package of money from Chicago, with instruc-
tons to leave the country.
THE MURDERER WOUNDED.
The man who did the killing went to a drug
store on West Madison street shortly after the
killing and had a wound in his leg dressed.
The drug clerk. who was on duty that night
was a green boy who had been in the store
only few week and knew compare
lively nothing about the business. He had
means and was working for pittance.
Three or four weeks after the murder and
while the police and detectives were searching
heaven and earth for clews this drug clerk went
to n watering place up north of Chicago and
opened drug store with a $4,000 stock of
goods.
Where has Tascott been all these years.
TAscorr IN HIDING.
oh at various places, but 1 cannot tell
you some things. He spent a good deal of
tine in Manitoba. In March, 1890, he
living in London. Canada, under the name
Of Dennis Mcguire. have known his where
abouts all the time, and have
those who are interested in keeping him under
cover. At one time was prepared to bring
him to Chicago to turn states evidence against
the real murderer, but the plan was frustrated
by people living IN Chicago.
''Tascott was in Chicago several DAYS in
December. 1S91-a little more than a year
ago-and while here received a considerable
sum of money. During his brief stay in
the city he was disguised as a bent
old man with white hair and beard.
He returned to the north and remained there
until he went to Alaska. One thing is certain,
he is not the SLAYER of A.. j. Snell but has con-
sented to be the scapegOat for certain sum of
money and guarantee of safety
1T is not generally known that early in the
evening in the night of murder of Millionaire
Smell and the man who killed him had a fight
left vowing vengeance. and securing the aid of
Iascott and two other men returned in the night
for the ostensible purpose of robbing Smell. but
II was this mans intention all the time to kill
Smell and he fulfilled his threat"