The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-02-09
apecIal 10 Tho Htatesman.

Special TO The Statesman.
PARIS, Tex, Feb. lon Thursda
night, Jan. 26, Henry Smith, ALA
Bob Dowery, Committed the crime q
rape and murder upon Myrtle Vance
the 3 year-Old child Of Henry Vance
The sight of the torn and mangle'
body aroused the people of this plac
To fury and u vigorous and exhaust
i've search was made In ever widening
circles till at length he was found ant
captured in Arkansas, brought bach
and today paid at the han Dis CT the
people penalty as awful az his crime
A representative of The STATESMAN
met the party having him IN charge
at Texarkana and from his captorz
learned the
PARTICULARS OF THE ARREST.
The posse was composed of b. B.
Sturgeon, county attorney; b. Walters,
tax collector; Gilbert Owens, cOlorei;
Naby Robertson. colored. They went
to Washington, the county site of
Hempstead county, Arkansas, and
there secured the aid of officers and
citizens to scour that county thorough.
ly. A party composed of J. l.. White,
II. b. Holman, JAMES Robinson, Jas.
TLieks aud Na0y Robertson went to
OLlrt. small station on. tho Nash
Vile and Hope tap, and learned that
Smith had been seen there. From
Or trk they went to u SIN station
called Claw and learned that Smith
Was knocking around there, not max
Ing any effort at concealment, ami
was down at spring getting drink.
they quickly walked down to the
place and saw Smith on his hands and
knees drinking out of the branch.
When he raised up five guns covered
him and in q moment he was hand
cufred. Smith was very much sur
prised at being arrested, and insisted
that he had done nothing. This he
reiterated, and all attempts to get him
TO confess were futile. His protesta
items were little needed, as Naby Rob.
inson, the colored member of the
posse, was from here and knew Smith
was the man wanted. When asked
why he left so suddenly, he said he
did not know, but supposed it was
some fool idea that struck him while
drunk. The capture was made about
noon yesterday, and the party wen,
back to Ozork aud sent kilograms, as
published this morning, and then
proceeded to Hope, the junction with
the tap road with the Iron Mountain
TROUBLE FEARED.
Here it WAS reported that the party
would have trouble reaching Paris
with the prisoner as the people III
points who did not understand the
situation here wee afraid Smith
would not he dealt with summa"ilN
and this party were inclined 10 make
q circuit in order to evsde interior
ference, but the people OF Hope told
them to come straight ahead aud they
would see them safely through
Mean while ii was learned ere thai
there was such probability and Z
special with seventv-hve men lef
here last night for T+Xarkana to as
sist in bring Smith back tn the scene -
his crime They reached TeYarkans
at 4 o'clock this morning and at 8 III,
hon Mountain came in from Hope
with Smith and guard aboard. The
Texas and Pacific furnished II SIP ella
coach for Smith and the people o
Hope and Paris who had him in
charge.
SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE
were swarming around the depot and
absolutely refu -ed To let the train pull
out until smith was SHOWN. &c
satisfy them Smith was brought q 4
but some one in the crowd atramted
to draw apistol, it is presumed t,
shoot smith. but was covered In a
moment and made drop the we ,p"n
From TeXarkana here every station
was repetition of the scene at reXar
kama. Hundreds gathere In see tn.
man who had done 81 terrible deed
and hundreds who wished tn come on
to Paris aud see the execution could
not find room on the train. A repre-,
sentative Of The STATESMAN accom-
panied the patty which lett here last
night aud on the way back
TALKED WITH SMITH.
about the crime and his experiences
i'm escaping. For quite while Smith,
who had been appraised OF the crime
against him, persisted In denying all