The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-20
Baldwin Unchanged in His First
Belief.
MISS KEISTER IS NO BETTER.
She Answers Questions Asked in the
Aftirmative-If an Assault Can
Be Proven the Negro Can
Be Convicted Without
TrouhIe-Wby He
Was Arrested

ROANOKE, VA, June 1s.-speciai.-A
negro named Paul wallace. a farm Ia
borer. whose home is near Amsterdam,
Botetourt county. was arrested early this
morning by Detectives w. G. Baldwin and
Thomas F'etts, and brought to Roanoke
and placed in jail here for safe keeping.
This arrest was made III view of the
many suspicious circumstances connected
with the accident to Misses Linkenhoker
and Ke:ster. who were found unconscious
in the road near Cloverdale, several days
ago.
Detective Baldwin stated to-day that
should it be shown that assault was COM
mitted, he could convict Wallace in III
teen minutes, but that he stiu adheres to
mis- opinion That the injuries resulted from
accident, and not from assault notwith-
standing the suspicious circumstances.
BALDWIN's THEORY.
He advances several reasons for his be-
lief. The tive ladies mentioned, while re-
turning from days shopping In Roanoke,
| IN some mysterious way at a point near
CloverJtae, We're removed from their buggy
TO the roads de, where they were found a
few moments later unconscious. each with
. serious wound on the skull and prac-
tieally no other marks upon their bodies.
Miss Lfnkenhoker was removed to aer
home and on Saturday last. regainsd con-
sc.ouSness- She was able to remember
everything that occurred during the drive
hoinewGrd up 70 Il certain point. but re-
calls absolutely nothing of the accident, or
how it came about
She is row almost totally recovered, and
is st-u unable 10 remember
MISS KEsI5TER
Mss ketster has lowered between nfo
and death ever since the misfap Sfie mas
spoken at times. but never been rational
or made a single statement that could be
take mas evidence. She Will ans wer in Etla
affirmative any question put To her 1t Is
now feared that she viii never recoyer
In this event the prisoner. Wallace. viii
be turned ever to the Buietourt county
authorities for such treatment as muy oa
decided upon
The scene OF. the accident is within a yard
or two OF the verge nf a gully fifteen or
twenty feet deep. along wllicfl tie road
runs, exactly opposite the pona where
another gully leads due south TO the raar
OF long hill running parallel With the
road, and reaching almost to CIavertislIe
FOOT PRINTS
The foot prints showed that the man Left
the gully and passed 70 tle rear of this hill.
They correspond exactly in shape and size.
being very pointed, and about No. In
s.ze. to the shoes bought by Wallace In
Roanoke the day of the accident. worn
home by him and found on him when ar
| rested.
Wallace's statements cannot be made to
agree.
He claims that he left Roanoke at 6
O'Clock 2 NJ Hte was on rhe porch
Of Ainnick's store. at CloversIale, at
| twenty minutes past !. and said he walk
| ed the distance of seven and three
| quarter miles in that time without meet
| ing soul
f; 1t is proved that he left Roanoke az
| O'clock and asked for rids on a load
| OF lumber leaving the city at that hour.
| SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
| Beng refused he walked Ieisureiy be.
| hind the wagon ut O'Clock, ard within
a few minutes of the time OF the aecf.
| dent, ne was seen within two hundred
| yards OF where the accident occurred and
| was recognized by the two persons. FIa
was sitting OH TIE fence when seen ut
| Cioverda!e-it was after the accidenr.
| fie was at the intersection of the road
crossing route from behind the hill
ana the one ne claims to have followed.
lie was very hot which could not bava
/ been attributed to any ordinary walk ON
| account of the rest ne had on the fence.
| Among other statements he has said