The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-01
DID HE COME HERE?
A SEARCHING PARTY IN WIN
STON THURSDAY MORNING.
BIoodhounds Followed IA Trail in
This Direction Wednesday After
noon, but Lost Researchers
Left Here About II O'Clock.

noon, but Lost Researchers
Left Here About IL O'CIock.
M s>rs p NJ Sheets. D. A Shoaf,
v Humphrey and Will Holt, OF Lex
iDeton, and w r Hart5oe, II Rurliyg
ton, arrived in Winston about two
O'Clock IN Thursday in search Of the
villain VINO murdered Mrs. A. A
Springs in Lexington, ,early Wednesday
morning.
The party Travelled in a hack and
were accompanied by two bloodhOundS
which belong to Mr.. Hartsoe. They
left Lexing on a. bout o'clock We'd
nesday evening.
The party spent the remainder of
the night here The dogs were placed
in the basement of the municipal
building. The animals were curiosi-
ties to majority OF the large number
of people that called to see them.
There were many conflicting re-
ports current that morning in regard
TO the searching party. One was to
the effect that the dogs trailed man
from Lexington as far as the car line,
South of Salem.
From a member of the party it was
learned that the dogs struck and ran a
trail out of Lexington to the farm be-
longing to Baxter Shemwell. Two
suspicious looking men were seen near
the farm Wednesday morning and
the searching party tracked them for
some distance The dogs were unable
to trail only when they would strike a
moist place in the road. The animals
ran the trail (off. and on) as far as
Midway.
The searching party, with their
d lgs, re tu ned to Lexington Thu lay.
They leIU here a few minuteS after ii
o'clock.
From the Charlotte Observers ac-
count Of the dreadful tragedy we make
the following extracts
'Mr A. A. Springs, proprietor Of
the March house. was suddenly
awakened from sleep by the scream OF
his wife at his left side, and the
fire of pistol few feet from
his face on his right side, in the hand
of an assassin, standing just inside Of
his chamber door. A dim light, burn
ing in the hall, aud the fash of the
weapon revealed to him in this waking
moment of time white man OF
medium s'Ze. He did not recognize
the man. The burglar ran from the
room through the hall into the hotel
office, and escaped by window
through which ne had evidently en-
tered
Mr.. Springs was horrifed to find
that Mrs Srrinos was shot He called
up the family aud hastny summoned
Drs. Joel aud David Hill. Mrs Springs
meyer spoke after the fatal shot, the
bullet having entered her left eye.
From her position she had evidently
been awakened by the entrance OF the
burglar, had raised up on her left arm
aud was looking at the man when he
fired-ber eye being open, or partly SO,
when the ball struck it. Drs. Hill
were unable to give her any assistance,
and death came quickly, perhaps
twenty minutes after the firing.
The news spread rap diy, and the
entire town was soon horror stricken
over the awful tragedy. All efforts
were made to apprehend the murderer.
Men went in every direction, and tele-
grams were sent to all the surround
ing and accessible towns.
The pursuing party and Mr.. Hartsoe
came in tonight "wednesday the dogs
having lost the track in a dry old
field, after having run several miles.
Part of the time the tracks of two par
| ties were seen. They were going in
| the direction of Winston, or toward
Danville, when lost"