The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-02-10
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CAPTURE OF FIEND.
HIS TRAIL or BIZ oDl sEx TEN NpDsI
ACROSS AUsTRAL,AJA.. IA sss

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HIS TRAIL OF BLoo ooD sgx TENDS
ACROSS AZ 5s
Arrested on ArrIvinsy m. an ri. 4, 4, * !.
Remarkably COOL sYillain Tho j yid enos
Against Him is IL ,g ardoa az J, oonoiu. /
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. a. g gorge
Edward Rutler, alias Ashe, the m,ur.5
deior, whose arrival on the ship s wan
hilda was so long expected, is nowS,ilin3
San francisco Jail. The Swanhiida
was sighted at 5:15 this morning cOnn4
ing through the heads in tow ofs tho
tug Alice. ne tug was to blow Six
whistles as the signal agreed uponsif$
| Butler was aboard, hut detectiyeg5
waiting down the bay from Eg
wharf did not hear them and although
they knew the Swanhilda was coming
1n they did not know.whetherB B utler5
! was on board. Suddenly red; light
flashed ie out through the darkness.
Ibis was was another signal and the Off
| GERS know Cir man IA as there 4:
The custom boat Hart tloy, & ~ ich
had been placed at the disposal of5 the
police, was boarded in haste by; six de-
tcctiyes, four newspaper men and four
revenue officers aud the little vessel
steamed rapidly away to the S.wanhil-
da, which was met OFF Fort Point
The detectives remained concealed in
the ceoin while the revenue officers
went on boari tho Swanhilda IA to see ifl
Butler had been put in irons. They
| reported, he was not and the detectives
went on board and Butler was pointed /
ont and in second r,as han G tfss5.t s;5!.
He denied that he was Butler. but was
positively identified by Detectives
mcHattie and Cohroy, who came here
from Australia for that purpose. 4
| The captured murderer was taken
on board the Hartley, which soon
landed him at the wharf. The patrol
wagon was in waiting aid he was
whirled Off to prison. }{ !S.s
Although the arrest was 8 complete
| surprise 70 tho suspected man. he 81
maintained remarkable coolness and
calmly puffed q cigarette as he went /
1t was agreed that when the crew
l!ned up for inspection Captain Fra.
z!er was to slip in front Of Butler.
When the police came on board and
the mon lined up Butler was the sec. \
ond man in line. Capt. Frazier
stopped an instant in front Of him and
at the same time Sergeant Bonner Of 4
the local police force covered him with
O pistol. Buffers hands won't up like
Q Lash. Irons were slipped over his !
wrists and one of the most notable
criminals of modern times was O. pris..' =
oolnler. oller. Desectives Mo Hattie and Con. d
roy, who knew But tier In Australi ia, s.
slonIoy s;haylne: ;l narroW esca ed ba.s
ins one OF his isgnised
Wnen yy5i ti,ey ded the Swan
xY Xxx leng Sineys e
crlnles attri u to pro fessed
Il and enied that hid
s3 aiae BY tho Hagt tlsy,
j6yed at the sue cess of the OH 10 me Of
the long and weary wait. s3 10 trad on
papers have ALREADY " been ser we'd and
unless sonnet thing unfo oreseen3 3happ ens,SS
Butler and his GUST dians vii sail for 8
Australia Saturd day on the Mono oWai .ss
w hen his baggage was brOugh q
ashore any amount OF incriminating
evidence was found carefully packed
IN his belongings "a photograph Of
Mrs. Weller, pair of bluchers on
which were stamped the Weller name,
two watches, a spectacle case i and
watch chains withBa locket bearing
Lee Weller's name and q number Of
books on the fly leaves OF which wore
the names of Weller and his wife and
many other articles recorded by the
detectives as positively connecting:
him with the murdered sea captain and
prospector. The detectives are very
positive as to thesidentity of their pris-
oner and scout any possibility of g.
mistake. S. 81 N
The known victims OF Frank Butler
the Australian murderer, 1t iss said
number fourteen. His trail of blood,
it is alleged, reaches from New South
Wales to the reefs of Western Austral-
| la. where he is suspected of similar
deliberate murders. His method was
to advertise in English and American
papers for partner to prospect rich
mineral districts He stipulated that
the intending victim should have o !
capital of $50. He received many re-.
sponses and whenever he took q COM
rade' into the wilderness to search for
gold he returned alone. AS no one
knew Of the partnership existing hes
tween he and his victims, Captain Lee,
Weller and Ed Sorenson, their absence
excited much alarm. Butler had
sailed on the Swanhilda. The first
clue was discovered when the bodies
of Weller and Sorenson were found
by q shepherder. 1t appeared as
though Butler had induced the mon
to dig their own graves in g pretended !