The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-09
CRANK OR MUR0ERER2
A Peculiar Story Told 10 Poiicc-oaSS
HeIs Fugitive.

The Atlanta Constitution tells inns
strange story - -.. the chief of
A Stranger called 10 see the Gn gu, mi
police Yesterday morning ana sta'eut US
49, a tust,iye from justice anu Voc
wanted for Inurder IN Sew Jei90! IN
man gave ms name az hehIy =. Stn.r,',
ems. re had every apped. an ,nc1tnaJ
demented and chef Muniy Wa llS.,.,1iu
10 LOOK upon the man story as INC ieSN''
oil ulSOrdered Hlhu. --.,...- ,,o,.,, Of a
very blood Curdnng mufuer WHICH "O
claims 10 have committed. a., ..,,,,
@About eighteen yeas ago lived win
nv wife and i've Chldren at QueidNlaie ~;
y. j. a young man named !. 0ui -
out of WORK ana asked me 10 hciP nm nm
/ invited him 10 live with my fanny
Then there came stories connecting me
name OF my wife anu tnat OF RuiIh -
first [ PAID no afternoon 70 the luilot ,,
but was nnally convinced that my VIE
One Mani / borrowed a shotgun from
4, nelghbor telling him / wished 70 shOOl
a CHICKEN thief. / had the gun loaded WIN
buckshot and | slipped TO the sue OF ny
dwelling. IL was very late anu l threw
a rock against the house. Ihis aroused
Ouirk ana he came TO the rear door ana
asked what was the matted itpleu
that wanted TO settle with MIN. lie must
have thought / was joking Tor ne came
out and was waking toward me "nsh
i raised the gun ana let MN nave thT
contents OF both barrels. ] saw MN Iaii
WITHOUT even a Elbdif hAA'
killed him. | threw down the gun anu
fled TO New Orleans"
then exclaimed suddenly:
1T never rains. but u pours. i had been
correenonding with my eldest daughter
Addie all the while. she wrote me one
dav that she was In Nashville ana must
see me right away. hastehed 10 Ndsh-
Vile and found she had left her husband
and run away with another man. l asked
what she meant by such conduct. ana she
told me some heartrendlnS story aOout
loving the other fellow. she asked me 10
take her back home. and did 80. went
10 the marshal OF the town ana gave NY p
In 10 10 this time stephens story had
been apparently "straisht GOODS ~ IN IN
police express IT, but then ne went "'i
al a tangent when he SAID: ,-,- ..,
''They tried me for killing QulIk anu
sentenced me to imprisonment ior ten
months. u.,..,,o,ed the chief
OF police. THAT YOU were given only ten
months for such crime! ..A.a ..
take into consideration the fact OF me
deep wrong ! had received rom the man
| had taken into the bosom OF my FANNY
our laws up there. anyway. are nQt hkS
your laws in Georgia governing cIiIncs.
The man did not appear 10 De u ing 20
deceive the chief. He believed hhseil
every word he spoke. il was only ques1,
ton whether or not he was lunauc ana
had imagined all he had told.
Chief Manly believes the stranger IN,
sane hui said that perhaps his mind had
become deranged on account OF the muir
der
Stephens is about sixty-hve years or
age He claims TO have fought IN the
Union army during the late war. lie Is
O man OF respectable appearance ana
dresses well. "
When asked why he told the chief Of
police the story OF the crime he said:
FOR eighteen years the awful murder
has haunted me awake and sleeping. Ihe
law may be satisfied. but | am not. ] feel
that nv mind is giving away under the
strain and | am simply afraid OF myself.
wish 10 he kept where can do no more
harm in this world
stephens was locked up in cell and the
chief OF police wrote letter 70 Quers :
Vile n. j.. making inquiries about the
man.