The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-14
RUN TO EARTH
The Murderers of A. j. Eick
Captured Near Lexington
Mystery Cleared.

oklahoma city, Aug. 12-The Ohahoman
says. The murder of the stranger a week
aro and the tmpenetrable mystery sur
rounding II has begun to unrave and but
little more is necessary 70 fasten the
crime upon the perpetrators.
a man named Hopper is In jail at OK
lahoma CITY charged with the crime ana
another man viii be in the clutches OF the
law before twenty four hours have pass
ed The evidence is circumstanuial but
the chain is complete and not link is
missing Hopper was arrested near Lex
ington yesterday morning by County At
torney w. r. Taylor OF Oklahoma CITY,
and the fact was wired to ttg officers
here.
County Attorney Taylor and Constable
Sam Bartell have worked increasingly on
the case since the finding Of the headlesa
trunk In the north Canadian. Many mis-
leading clues have been followed up but
when they founl the scent failed, they
begun anew. They have waded the river
for miles. have scare, "a the undcrbrush
nnd have beaten over me same ground
time and again.
"Wednesday morning while searching
che ground near the bridge, they found
at the side OF the road, POO yards south OF
the bridge. the ashes Of a camp hie
There were dark stalnc upon tho groun.
and leaves as N blood had been spilled
rhero. Carefully Sitting the ashes they dis
covcrcA that clothing had been burned
ana at inst a plain white business card
! turned up. n was partially burned out
! but upon the remaining part was the
name a. J. Glck" and other lettering
which showed that the owner Of the card
was n patent rEht man The initials were
Same as those on the dead mans shirt
| Confident now that they were on the
right track the officers came back 10
the cHy for further clues. They knew
that some strangers had stopped at Nor
rows wagon yard ON Reno avenue fol
several days They found that one OF
them suited me description of the det'
man Mr McEwen who manages the var.
related that two of the men with the wa
gon and team had come on July 3lst, tha
later "a stranger came and was with thcm
That the stranger was drinking heavily
and that the other men were trying 20 pc
suade him 20 go somewhere with them
b The men went away for day but re
turned
THE LAST DAY.
ON Thursday they paid their BIN an.
iet The sandy Completed man was verl
drunk They got into the covered wagol
and drove away 90 hte s0Jth. The mex
morning the body was found in the river
the head seyerad from the body and a hul
let holo through the head The piece %
u carpet. tho pillow slip ana the rope re-
eemble strongly such articles 20 ihe pos
session OF the two men.
Tho dark complicated man told Mo'iwe
. that h.B name was Hooper ana inst n
lived near lex ngton ITS part le" gov
. bis name as King but the stranger
name was not mentioned. THE Vihcer
have no shadow of "a doubt that he wa
A j. Elck At the farm n few miles sou
. of This city. where the men went for
- dav and night. Dick was seeu 90 have
7. large roI OF money ana That RON ~ wa
!. that incitcd the murdercrs 10 comm
Il the rcyolt.pg crime.
- THEORY OF THE CRIME.
The officers who have So successfuil
q, managed the case contend that the ~
\, men Hopper and King, were tr'yelin
Through the country living on Their wilt
10 Iu oklahoma city, they ran upon Eici
b. who had a con derable sum u money d
his person They ala not az hrst COZ
h, template taking ElcKs ne. This is shon
n by the fact mat they told their nam
and resiances 20 the wagon yard mlu az
" others E.ck as drinking and they q
termued 90 secure iis money az an ha
A. ards. The trip 90 the c1un.ry for d
E. brought them no resnts aud the scher
Co take Bck's nfe' was formulated. II
co believed the bullet was fired Into
ID brain. while he was in a drunken stup'
er that the body was lying on the groun
WIN devush coolness they devised i
a. means Of defying detection. The he
was severed from the body, shs BODY ~
ld ed and carried down the line fence al
n pushed into tha water The current W
~rorg and the murierers doubtless G.,
10 culased that both head and body Won
y. be washed Tar down the swollen strea
vn and finally lodge miles apart u was Gle
erly planned. but ike the plans of nea
ID ly al murderers u went asrray.
A CREDIT or THE CAPTURE.
IDS To County Attorney W. r Tayior al
Or Constable Sam Bareu Is due the 1907
la sbars of the credit for the ferretng o
Of the criminals Cshould the men sus2e'
'sn ed b. proven guilty. they have devps
las their entire time thoughts and ene-si
RIO % the case and have stopped neither
raw n0r sleep They have invsstizat