The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-04
LAUGH WAS ON THE DEPUTY
Went to Tennessee After a
Murderer,
THEN FOUND HIS DEAD BODY
Mack" Reynolds, Murderer of Charles Cloud
Captured in Tennessee While At
tempting Escape-Fact Concealed.

The Marion county. Tennessee officers
have peculiar way of transacting
business, as lis evidenced by the follow
ing story:
Last Monday morning Sheriff O'Brien
received a telegram from r. Smith,
deputy sheriff of Marion county, Ten
nessee, at Whitwell, asking If he want
ed Mack Reynolds for killing Charles
ton Cloud, at Blossburg. He answered
yes" and also wired full descrip-
ton of The negro wanted.
Tuesday morning he received a tele
grtan, words as follows: Arrested
your man, he broke, is shot, come at
once"
Mr.. O'Brfen answered that the writ
of arrest had been sent by mail, and
that deputy would follow with extra
dftion papers. Deputy Sheriff Waldrop
left Tuesday night for Nashville with
extradiuJon papers which required him
to slse Governor Taylor. of Tennessee.
Armed with a writ of recognition from
uhe Tennessee executive. Waldrop re-
turned to Decatur. took the train for
Bridgeport and arrived ait $3.50 Thurs
day night.
ANOTHER INQUIRY.
Yesterday morning Sheriff O'Brien re-
ceDved a. telegram as follows:
1--WE have Mack Reynolds, co1ored.
Also proof, Your man has not come.
State what to do. State reward An
swer."
1t was singned by J. w. Morrison,
deputy sheriff.
Sheriff O'Brien was under the impress
sion that Deputy Waldrop would ar
rive there at o'clock yesterday after
noon and wired to that effect.
In the meantime Waldrop, who was at
Bridgeport, twenlty-three miles from
Jasper, the county seat of Marion coun-
ty, called up the sheriff by telephone
and inquired if Mack Reynolds was in
Jail at that point.
The sheriff fnforrrmld him that Reynr
olds was i'm charge of Deputy Smith, at
Whitwell, and seemed reticent about
giving any information.
HE advised Waldrop to call up Smith
by 'pflonet which NE did, and was told
tIfDat he had THE negro i'm charga. Whit
wel lis about fifteen miElss from Brddga-
port and Deputy Waldrcp thinking hllat
if the negro was elble to travel HI could
be brought ito Bridgeport by the offie:rs
in charge and save him time and expense.
THE LAUGH CAME.
He inquired of Smith If the negro was
in condition to travea and received th5
startling reply THAT Reynolds had been
dad since two hours after the shooting.
This fact had besin carefully concealed
from Shsrdff O'Bifen, and not until Wall
drop returned yesterday empty handed
and told his STORY did he' know of it.
AT Bridgeport Waldrop met Morrison,
who was with Smiith ait the Tins of THE
shooting. He said THAT Reynolds was
positively iule man wanted and was
placed under arrest.
He accompanied the officers about 200
yards and ttJh:n broke away from thsm
and ram. He was ordered TO halt, but
kept on running and was shot. He died
in two hours afberward, in the meantime
making a confession that he was the
man wantAd.
The officers insisted that Deputy Wal
drop take charge of the body and bring
it back with him, but he refused to do
it. They also told him THAT thsy und.r-
stood a reward of $500 was offered for his
capture
No such reward has ever been offered.