The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1893-01-12
TASC0TT FOUND IN ALASKA,

| SPOKANE, WASH. Jan. 2.--Tas-
colt, the alleged murderer of Bank
er Smell Of Chicago, is undoubtedly
III Alaska. Jules Beauvois, owner
Of several rich mines in SLOGAN
county. is in this city for few days
having recently returned from
Alaska. where he is interested in
several mining properties. Toare-
porter he said he spent all last sum-
mer in Alaska. On various occas-
ions in Sitka; Juneau and other
places he saw and cOnversed with
William B. Tascott, accused of the
murder of Smell. Il knew him
personally while living in Chicago"
SAID Beauvois, "and when / first
met him in Sltka he recognized me
and did him. We had quite
talk on various subjects, and when
| mentioned his connection with
the murder of Smell, and how detec-
tives were searching for him every
where, he appeared to dislike to
talk. and, while he answered quest
ions on the subject without heslta
ton, he would quickly change the
conversation into other channels.
Beauvols said futile. that Tascott
has been in Alaska nearly all the
time since the murder and makes
no pretense of concealing his iden-
titv. He has made little money
at times prospecting and dabbling
IN mining property, but during the
past summer was hard up and drink
ing heavily. Beauvois gave him
money on several occasions. Tas
colt said the mystery of :he murdel
would soon be cleared up, aud then
he will have plenty of money. Tas-
colt and his connections with the
murder are well known to many
miners In Alaska, and in converse
at various times he has always in
timated that the murder was porre
trated by a person of wealth and in
iuence, and the general inferencetis
that Tascott was heavily bribed tc
take upon his own shoulders the
odium of another's crime.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2-s'Whether Tas
colt is i'll Alaska or not, he did not
murder Millionaire Smell. The man
who murdered 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"
This is what Detective John A. Dier
said after seeing the despatch from
Spokane. DER passed more than
two years searching for the murderer
"If Tascot is IN Alaska" said
)ier, che went there after March
asst. for at that date he was in a
ertain town in Manitoba. But
there or elsewhere. there is little
danger of his apprehension and re
urn 10 Chicago. As matter of
fact the offer of reward is no
longer in force, and if any one
should arrest aid bring Tascott to
Chicago he would have his trouble
fof nolhIng.
Il worked two years on the case
and spent $1,000 of my own money
in following up the MATES. As a
result l am able to declare that Tas-
soft never murdered Smell. The man
who did tie killing lives in Chicago
and has spent fortune keeping
Tascott out of the way and is cover
ing up his own tracks.
"rhere were four men implicated
in the robbery and murder-the man
who did the killing, TWO other men
md Tascott. Tascott was taken
INTO the scheme under the pretence
that robbery alone was contemplate
ed. He was placed on watch on the
outside of the house and the other
thr men entered. After riflIng
he house of valuable papers the.
ma lie noise, which brought the
I'D man, Smell, into the room, anG
his man, to whom | have alluded.
Kill ID him. AT the sound of the
shots Tascott. according to his
,wn story and from other evidence
[ h I'VE secured, ran away. Tasco,i
'en lined in town day or two, and
hen went to st. Paul, where he re
NAMED three weeks, during which
time he received by express big
,ack ,ge of money from Chicago.
With instructions to leave the coun
try.
"The man who did the. killing
vent to a drug store on West Madi
son avenue shortly after the killing
md had wound in his leg dressed
The drug clerk who was on duty
hat night was green boy, who bad
,een in the store only few weeks
md knew comparatively little about
he business. He had no means and
vas working for pittance- Three
" four weeks after the murder, and
While the police and detectives were
earching heaven and earth Tor clueS
his DRUG clerk went to a Watering
lace up nth of Chicago and Omen
d drug store with a $40,
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