The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-24


both days.
Did you see Allen at the depot. or did
you wire him from Roswell?''
mo, but he seemed TO have some means
of knowing. When we got off the tram
Mr.. Forrest Crowley and myself went right
around to Stewart & Bowden's, got a bug
gy and drove out through West End 10
Weswood park. We found Allen out there
standing under a little tree, waiting for u.s.
l introduced Mr.. Crowley to him. They
talked a few minutes. Allen told me to wait
in the buggy and he would take Mr..
Crowley over the hill and show him the
land. They went off together"
did you tie the horse?'
In WestwOOd Park.
mo, but he stood near a little tree and
nibbled at the leaves on it. l stepped out
and stood by the buggy. 1 had no idea
anything was wrong. In about twenty
minutes L saw Allen coming back alone. He
walked fast and jumped right in the buggy,
throwing down n long purse and Crowley'S
watch and ring. / was very much frighten-
ed and asked him where Crowley was. He
replied the over the hill as dead
as a coal. Then he told me to take the
poclletbook, watch and ring. He pulled his
pistol and told me if ever told anything
about this he would shoot my d-n head
off. Then he ordered me to drive like HI
over to the electric road at West End.
showed the pocketbook between my legs
and the seat and drove away as fast as
1 could make the horse go. was frightened
nearly to death. 1 had no idea Allen had
intended to kill Crowley"
Where did you go?"
81 drove to the street car line Allen got
out there and L drove to the stable"
What about the figuring the cuffs
you left there?'
II did that up at Roswell with Mr..
Crowley
tsyVhv did 1yn1, divide S-I nv
THAT was to find the cost of each OF
the four mules.
AFTER leaving Fo!som's," Myers went
on talking calmly, IL went around the
street a few minutes, badly frightened all
the time, and then went to the Aragon,
where l stayed until time to catch the
East Tennessee train.
''Now, about Brown Allen" 1 asked.
"Who is he? Is he Ben Allen?"
mo. l know Ben Allen. He and Brown
Allen are different men"
do you know Brown Allen to be his
correct name?'
NO. All l know is what he told me. I
never saw him until he spoke to me that
day at Beermann's corner"
"He led me into the scape with the girl
and got me in his power But if had known
he ever thought of killing Mr.. Crowley,
why I'd never have gone to Roswell or
carried Mr.. Crowley out there"
What are you going to do nowT
II don't know. l have told you the true
story When | get back. maybe L can find
some witnesses; some people who saw US
together. Allen knew all about Mr. Crowley
and made me his tool. had no idea of what
he intended doing"
To hear his story in the free, off-hand. but
thoroughly straight way he tells it, one can
but feel that he has been made the victim
of an old and experienced criminal.
fhpsa
who will believe Myers concocted the story
and Is playing his hand out with great
nerve. Yet the tracks about the scene of
the murder show that more than one man
was connected with it. There are those
among the Atlanta officers who believe My
ers is holding back the names of others
connected with it. but Myers asserts and
repeats that only ne and Brown Allen were
in any way parties to it. Just how he Is
going to prove this. unless Allen is caught,
he says he don't know. but he hopes men
will turn up who saw him with Allen ami
who know something about Allen. with
this hope in view, appearing to feel that he
will come out Of he.affair all right Myers
goes back to Atlanta.
Characscr sketch OF MYERS.
To the world young VIII Myers IS muir
derer. cold. Gallons, heartless and delib-
crate
To his father and to his old grandmother
he is willie" loving and dutiful boy,
the pride of a home. the delight of their
eyes.
Handsome, polite, gentlemanly, pleasant
spoken, with a record behind him that has
not a single blot-surely such young man
was never before charged with such n
crime. How wonderfully strange that such
a pleasant. genial youth should have the
black heart of a murderer, that he should
conceive and execute such a masterpiece of
villainy! Shady actions. bad deeds. crime
of some sort invariably distinguish the
possessOr of such heart. When such Il
man performs some great crime every one
readily says, Il told you So" No man has
said this of young Myers. on tho contrary
every man has marveled at this strange
phenomenon in human character.
The father Of young SIyers Mr.. 3. p
Myers, originally the proprietor OF the
Crescent Steam Laundry, now the pro-
prietOr of the barbershop at 13 North Broad
street, and who is just starting an ex-
tensive new laundry on Peachtree street
is completely Frustrated over his sons
trouble. He has not been to his place of
business since Wednesday, and cannot be
seen at his home. 60 Alexander street.
Young Myers stood well socially As has
been stated, he was Il member of the Gate
City Guard. Before that time he was a
student at the Gordon school and was
placed in command Of the company. lie
was sergeant In the Gate City Guard
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