The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-23
SUTTON'S LUCK
CAUGHT ALLEGED BURGLAR BY
ACCIDENT
Price King Nodded Too QuickIyWh
Name Was Spoken

Price King, who once worked for the
Perry Keith Coal company near the
/ Rock Island depot, and was well and
! favorably known here, was arrested yes
/ terday 10y Detective Sutton on inforrna-
ton received from Parsons, Kan. charg-
/ ing King with burglary. He was taken
/ TO the city jail and locked up to await
/ the officers from Parsons. The arrest Of
/ King was made under rather pecul. ar
| circumstan ees, and was as much Of a
+ surprise % Detective Sutton as to Mr..
/ King About a month ago the police
/ department received d card from Parsons
/ notifying them 10 be on the lookout for
/ Price King.aIias P. 5. King, wanted for bur-
! glary. Detective Sutton picked the card
up and put it in his pocket, but he could
! never find a man 10 suit the description
exactly. a week ago he returned the
card 70 police headquarters and thought
no more Of it, although he had a stranger
under surveillance whom ne thought
might De the man but who hardly filed
the description. Detective Sutton had
known Price King very well for several
years, but had never heard his name.
King has been here for a month, and
the officers have seen him every day and
talked with him, but nevr suspected in
the least that he was the man described
on the card Yesterday, however. the case
came to a climax greatly to the surprise
Of all concerned. King met Detective
Sutton and officer Fox in front Of Eckert's
place and inquired If the officers knew
where he could get work While they
were talking the man whom Detective
Sutton had been shadowing passed along
on his way to the Santa Fe depot. The
two officers scrutinized him closely, when
Detective Sutton happened 10 remark:
Fox, that man don't look ike a burglar.
He surely can't be Price King" At the
mention Of the name King looked up
suddenly thinking the officer was adj
dressing him Detective Sutton's quick
eye caught the move and the meaning Of
it in = minute.
We'll" said Sutton, maybe you are
the man we're looking after. Is your
name King?"
Yes, sir" said King.
We'll" said Sutton, not yet over his
surprise, and at the same time tracing
the description given on the card. Il
guess we have a card for you"
rs that SOP" said King. who was quite
confused, but apparently honest. What
is it"
1T charges you with burglary. What
IS your given name?"
price"
Where did you come from here
Parsons"
We'll" said the detective, still sur
prised; you are the man we want for
burglary committed at Parsons. Have
you any other name?"
Yes, sir. I sometimes use the Initials
P. S"
That's right Take him to the station,
Fox"
When they took King TO the police sta
ton they found that he was perfectly
described by the card. and the officers
are certain he is the right man. but they
were never more completely surprised in
their lives. for they had been associating
with King for nearly a month and had
never suspected him in the least The
PROBABLE reason for this is that they
had known him when he worked FOR the
Perry Keath Coal company, and he al
ways bore a good reputation here. He
had been absent from the city for some
time. and had spent most Of that time
al Parsons.
King refused 10 say 1nythins about
the charge except that he did not under
stand II.