The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-29
FOURTH edition
BURT. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HERE.


BURT, THEHALF-BREED HERE.
A nian Answering the Description Al
most Exactly Arrived Here wednes-
day NiEht-hcported TO HIVE been
Captured. ...
Wallace Burt, the half breed. who s
wanted by the Bucks County authori-
ties on suspicion of numbering Mr..
and Mrs, Samuel Rightley while asleep
In their comfortable little home at
Newton Sunday night for the paltry
sum OF 500, has undoubtedly been In
this city. The report comes from
Media that the suspected murderer
has been captured, but whether the
authorities there are positive that the
prisoner Is tho man wanted is un-
known. Ii he Is not the man, the one
seen mere Is the suspected murderer
Gurt was seen in Philadelphia We'd
nesday evening by an officer at Gray's
Ferry. Not being familiar with the
case, the description OF the suspected
I'm urderer not being issued by the au
thorities. the officer allowed the mar
To escape after directing him the way
to Baltimore.
Burt then left, going toward the b
~ q. IL. IL. ste tion, at Fifty eighth st.
where he boarded the accomm odatloI
train due ut the Delaware avenue sta
ton at 7.35 o'clock. Here he ullghtcG
and standing about the station were
L. X. Clayton and j. Austin Ellison.
These two young men the stranger
approached and inquired If this was
Wilmington. lie appeared stranger
here. and In fact admitted that he had
mot been In this city for ten years
After further inqulring the route u
the r., w. ~ Ii. Railroad station the
/ stranger departed. The story IA told
by the young men and the description
given Is generally believed.
They describe him MS being about 6
feet in height. OF dark complexion,
heavy black hair. which was partly
conceded by light slouch hat OF the
: western style, high cheek bones, blacl
musiache, and carried small grip
? lie wore n light col0red coat which
was cut square. The young men, at
that time not having the murderer In
mind, thought nothing Of the stranger.
The conversation tetween them was
net over one minute in duration and
the man left hurridedly.
..ouut oclock yesterday afternoon
lIOperGtor Perry at the West Iart
nlllced stranger about the yard
whose general appearance at once i'm
! oppressed him US the wanting man
, Being familiar with the published de,
lscrlptlon he telegraphed to Operator
Davis OF the b. 4 q. railroad com
lIpany, who in turn Informed the nu
i thorlties. A squad OF officers in clti
! zens' clothes went to the yard. but The
stranger could not be found. During
Tho afternoon he convnrsed with the
switchmen and is supposed to have
, gone In the direction Of baltimore oil
a freight train before the autboritie
ARRIVED.
q Patrolmen Mari and Lucas soarche,
! the GODS about Newport last night
= where he was last seen, but fnlled T.
come up with him. Detective MuNe
: arrested a man on suspicion this m ORR
I Hlg but he. was released. 1t ls said tina
il tho man seen ut the west yard wore
sack coat. tennis shoes and soft cap
/ which description, II true, cannot b
:, the man who alishted from the L.,
10. train tho night before, and who |
more strongly suspicioned as tn
murderer.
The description as furnished b,
: Alessrs. Clayton and Ellison CORES
/ Iponds in every respect as far as i
goes. The ono issued by the authori
ties is that the man wanted is about 81
iycnIs OF age. about u feet in height
slim build, 100 to 40 pounds in weight
II yellow complexion, black eyes. llrg,
?. nose, high cheek bones. straight blacl
}. halr, email mustache and small Sid
>. whiskers, is slightly stoop shouldered
Z mas swinging gait, speaks with
u slight negro rcceDt in Il short, grul
manner. He wore bib overalls of
ne Ag l. t.,I, 81 II
|, jacket or jumper and light slourl
hat He wore white towel with roc
5 striped ends around his throat ant
., carried an old overcuat of faded gray
color and dirty white canvas hand
bag about II inches long.
II can be seen that the descriptions
V conflict in many respects. His Ian
gunge was rather broken, and tn,
> young men say they were unable t,
: see his outer garments, he wearing hi
. cont huttoEed closely about his necl;
= They were not positive that the maj
J. carried anything heside the grip.
Without a doubt the man they chat
u ted with was the murderer, and
}, grievcs them TO think that such erin
). linal ahouid have eluded arrest will
!. he could have been captured easy /
u his q lne had only been fresh in til
r minds OF themselves and the Whining
a, ton authorities.
l. Sergeant nailey and Officer Piersor
VI who have been un the hunt of tn
iprison0r since last evening, telegraph
ien from AvOndale, Chester Counts
Pa, this afternoon that they had ear
itured a man answering the descriT
tion OF the suspected murderer. The
had failed 10 reach our city with til
uprisoner up to . O'Clock.
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