St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-03
A Louisiana Murderer Cap
tured in Montana After a
Hard Chase.
Since the Crime Occurred, in
1889, He Has Played
Cowboy.
Story OF Gus AlberS' Brutal
Murder of a Brave, Hon.
est Woman.
General Roundup Of the Hop
penings Of an Unevent-
full Day.

A young man clad in the regulation
cowboy costume, including broad
brimmed white hat and top boots, re-
clined on a bunk in cell at police head
quarters yesterday afternoon.
The prisoner was Gus AIbers, who is
on his way to New Orleans, where he is
wanted to answer to charge of murder.
Albers is six feet four in height, and as
he puffed away at cigarette caressed a
twenty-pound metal band which en-
circled his right leg just above the
ankle. He has repulsive-looking face,
the mouth and teeth giving him de-
cidedly brutal appearance. His eyes
are shifted from one part of the cell
to the other, and while he tried to as
sumo a free and easy manner 1t was ev-
ident he was not feeling much at ease.
AlberS is in charge of Capt. Grabert and
Detective Budd, Of the New Orleans
police force, who returned yesterday
noon from Miles City with the prisoner.
The crime for which Albers Is wanted
was the unprovoked murder of Mrs.
Wymans, at New Orleans in November,
1889. AlberS was raised by the woman
he killed and was told by her not to
come near the house again; this order
was given him the day previous TO the
murder. The killing,occurred OH the pub
lie street and in the presence of the muir
dered woman'S three daughters. Albers
was ordered from the house which had
been his home fOr years, owing to his
circulating scandalOus stories about
Mrs. Wyman and stealing money. The
murderer met Mrs. Wyman and her
daughters on the street and asked if she
had forbidden him the house. The
woman replied in the affirmative, and
without further words Albers pulled
revolver and shot her in the head, kill
ing her instantly. The scene of the
murder was in the suburbs of the city,
and before the police could reach the
spot AIbers escaped.
n ShiftY Customer.
Since then the police officials have
been using every means in their power
to secure him but without success.
About year ago a sheriff i'll New Mex
leo notified the New Orleans officers
that Albers was where he could put his
hands OH him, but the sheriff talked so
freely about it that Al6erS became
suspicious ana fled the country. The
first week in February United States
Marshal Smith while at Buffalo, Wyo.,
met AlberS, and as he did not like the
fellows looks, made inquiry about him.
A friend of Albers named Buck Enos was
taken into the scheme by the marshal and
enough was learned to satisfy them
that Albers was wonted in New Orleans
for murder. Albers had number of
friends at Buffalo who were not at all
afraid to shoot on the least prOyocation,
and in order to prevent anything of this
kind AIberS was told the marshal was
looking after him for contempt of court.
| This had the effect Of sending Albers
away from Buffalo instead of allaying
his suspicious, and he borrowed horse
belonging to the marshal and started
for Montana. Marshal Smith and Buck
Enos started after the fugitive, and
after a chase of over four hundred
miles caught up with him about eighty
miles from Miles City. Albers had
stopped to feed his horse, and, very
| fortunate for his captOrS, he had just
| laid his revolver on Il table VIXEN they
entered the building. With the per-
suasiye argument of a Winchester and
six-shOoter, Albers weakened and con-
scented to go with the marshal. 1t was
not until he had been safely landed be-
hind the bars at Miles City that he was
informed as to the cause or his arrest.
He was terribly enraged at tie conduct
of Buck Enos, and ''pal'' OF his named
kid" White threatened to kill both
! Enos and the marshal. Word was inl-
mediately sent to New Orleans, and the
officers mentioned above started to Miles
City for the prisoner.
Wandered 20 the West
Albers was not inclined to talk when
seen Yesterday, but after having par
taken of hearty dinner and lighted a
cigarette he lOOSened up and talked
quite freely. He would not say any
thing about the murder, but told of his
wanderings since the crime was CON-
mitted. After the shot which killed
Mrs. WymanS was fired, he walked to
Leland. and from there took freight
train to Vicksburg. At this point
he stole a sgIiff and went across
the river to Arkansas. He jour
| neyed to Texas. and after drifting
about that state went to New Mexico.
From there he travelled TO Wyoming.
finally bringing up at Buffalo. Here he
was employed as a stagedriver, and also
on a cattle rancho. In speaking of his
| wanderings since the murder, AlberS
| said he had not earned an honest dollar
since he left New Orleans, and the fear
that he was about to be arrested had
made life a burden. He said he was
| thirty-one years old, and had an aged
| mother and two brothers living i'll New
Orleans. He supposed his mother and
| brothers were still alive, but had not
| heard from them for over three years.
| He said he was ready to face the music
when he arrived home. but it was very
| evident he only said this in spirit of
bravadO. and that he was fast breaking
| down.
The officers having him in charge
! speak highly of the courtesy extended
| them by the officials at Miles City and
by the police officials here. The officers
| and Albers left on the Northwestern
road last night for Chicago, and expect
to reach New Orleans Sunday night.
Both officers say it is almost certain
that the death penalty will be the SEN
tence passed on AberS after his trial.
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