The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-07
WARD TIRED OF WANDERING.
HE ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE MADE
A PRISONER.

BeIden GOT $500 out of Chief OF PO-
lice MOsIey by n sharp Trick-Ward
ON the ssme Steamer with His Pur-
suers, But They Did Not Know IL.
when Beiden Came Aboard ward
Gave Him "a Note to Take 20 CHIEF
MosIey.
New Orleans. Dec. 6.-J. NJ. Pannell. a
mining engineer who arrived here on the
steamer City OF Dallas after months spent
in Honduras throws a new and altogether
different light on the sensational cap
ture OF A. X. Ward. the Memphis de-
faulter. by Chief of Police Mosley of thau
city. Pannell is on his way to Jackson-
vile. Fla. According to Mr.. Pannelps
story of the work OF capturing Ward de-
volved upon Ward himself 1t was Ward
who found Mosley. and not Mosley who
found Ward Mr.. Pannell formerly lived
in Memphis. and knows Ward and Mosley
well. His relations live there. and he
has a letter of introduction ito whom ix
may concern" from Col. f. w. Carmack,
editor of the Commercial-Appeal.
Mr.. Pannell says: 81 was an eye-wlt.
ness to all the incidents in the oapturs
Of Ward and know the man and the ma
ture of the crime for which he was =
fugitive. l was. of course. greatly inter.
ested. Long before Mosley set out to
look for him, Ward had concluded 20 re-
turn and give himself up. Anybody wh0
has spent any length of time in the inte-
rior of Spanish Honduras can appreclate
how much preferable i'm a Tennessee jail
is to freedom in Honduras. Wards life
was breaking under the suspense and try
ing climatic conditions, and the situation
had become unbearable 10 him. He came to
Puerto Barrios and purchased his ticket for
New Orleans the day before the City. OF
Dallas touched there. He desired to come
TO New Orleans, and md his way un-
recognized to Memphis and to that end
he secured steerage passage on the Dali
las. When the ship arrived Ward went
aboard. Mosley and Derance were on
deck, but they did not recognize him nei-
ther did Ward know of their presence.
Mosleys plan was to stop at all coast
towns and make short incurslons into
the interior In search of his man He
stood little chance Of success, however
The hunter and his quarry Travelled
together on the Dallas to Puerto Cortez.
the hunter IN the cabin and the quarry
in the steerage, When a few hours out
of Puerto Barrios Ward discovered Mos
cover and debated with himself the best
thing TO do, The ship lay twelve hours
at Puerto Cortez, and Ward could have
left the ship undetected, but he never
faltered in his purpose to give himself
whilst at Cortez a man named Belden,
an engineer on the Spanish Honduras
road came aboard. When Ward first ar
rived in Honduras he made Belden's ac-
quaintance telling him all the circum-
stances surrounding his fiight and max
ing arrangements with Belden to keep
him posted on the movements OF anybody
who might arrive at the coast terminus
OF the road In pursuit. For this service
Belden was 10 be well paid and was paid
When Belden came on board the City Of
Dallas and was passing through below
decks Ward attracted his attention by
ed. Ed Mosley, chief of police of Mem
phis IS aboard and is looking for me.
want you TO carry this note to him.
What, said The engineer do you
Yes; why not? I'm going home any
way, and Ed. Mosley Is an old friend OF
mine went TO school with him. He is
F'AIl right replied Belden. but you
can keep out Of his way II you want to-
"Belden took the note but did not de-
liver Il at once He had a scheme OF his
own. He took out a train of bananas.
and returning found Mosley.
"T understand, said he, to the chief,
you are looking for Ward, the forger'
i" ] am said Mosley, DO you know any
That depends said Beiden. There is
reward Of 500 for him isn't there?'
"'Do j get $500 If I show him to your
" On the spot, but remember, sir, no
trlning. said the. chief.
Thereupon Belden handed him the note:
AS Chief Mosley read the note and realized
how he had LET $500 go, he almost died OF
heart failure, but revived and went be-
low to meet Ward. From Puerto cortez
Ward came as a cabin passenger en-
joying all the freedom OF an ordinary
This. " says Mr. Panneil, sis the true
story of how Ward was captured"