The San Francisco call., 1897-03-23

derer had been sent out and the detective
was unaware of the fact that he had been
travelling with the murderer till he saw
the circular with his picture week or two
afterward at the police station at Fort
Worth. He Immediately notified Cap
tain Lees of the fact.
The next heard of Blanther was when
the Chronicle received letter from him
postm arked Atlanta, Ga, purporting to
have been written on the train, and CIV
ing the impression that he was to em ba-k
on a sailing vessel for Cuba. The letter
was sent by Banther to Atlanta to
friend 10 be posted, and it is supposed the
friend was Addie Walker, alias Addie
Harper, Addie hertel or Anna Forbes,
who had been consorting with Banther.
This was the last positive information
heard of Bianther, although there were
number of false alarms till Monday,
March Is, when Captain Lees received a
dispatch from Sheriff Boyd of Meridian
that Arthur Forbes, school-teacher at
KopperI, Texas, was under arrest in Me-
ridian Jail on suspicion OF being Blanther.
What led TO the suspicion of the officials
at Meridian was copy of the last circu-
lar sent out by Captain Lees, which was
published in full on the first page of this
months issue of The Detective, OF
monthly police paper, published in Chi
cago, and which IS sent to every police de-
partment in the United States. Along
with the circular, which gave full de-
scription OF Blanther, was picture of him,
taken from a photograph by Brund, Chi
cago, February IL, 1891, while Blanther
was living in the Windy City. The cireu-
lar referred TO the fact that while in Texas
or Chicago Blsnther consorted with Ad die
Walker, who had lived at Atlanta, Ga,
and was last heard from at Knoxville,
Tenn, her former home being with her
grandmother, Mrs. Z. E. Stewart, Te1ar-
kama, Tex, and that she might join Ban-
ther in his flight.
Banther and Addie Walker, who passed
as Mrs. Forbes. first appeared in Kopperl
IN July or August last, and he secured the
position of teacher in the school. They
lived quietly and unostentatiously till
December, when the woman left kopperl,
telling her friends there that sne was
going to pay visit 10 her grandmother
in Texarkana. That was the last seen OF
her. She had told these friends that her
maiden name was Addie Walker.
When the police paper reached Merid-
ian the strong resemblance of Arthur
Forbes, the kopperI teacher, TO the photo
graph in the circular. and the fact that
the maiden name of his wife was Addie
Walker, led to the arrest.
The dispatches to Captain Lees men,
toned all these facts, and although he
felt almost certain there could be no mis-
take he intended not to make the arrest
public till Detective Gibson and George
Dodge had an opportunity of Identifying
BIauther.
1t took the captain over five months
hard work to get the Brund photo and a
month longer 10 get positive information
as to AGdie Walkers relations with
Blanther, but with these in his possession
and the complete description of the mur-
derer and his past life he fslt sure that If
alive he would be captured in time.
Il have insisted all the time" said the
captain yesterday, .tthat Blanther never
left the State of Texas. and l was in con-
slant communication with the officials in
the different counties TO keep a sharp
lookout for him.
cit was the Brund photo and the woman
Addie Walker that led TO the capture, but
l had months of hard work before obtain.
ing possession of thess two important
points.
II expect to hear from Detective Gibson
at any moment, and as soon as Blantner
is identified Gibson will go to Dallas to get
the e1tradition papers signed by Governor
Culberson and then will return to Meri- |
dian and bring the murderer back"
Captain Lees re mained in his Office late |