The age-herald., 1900-04-02
INTENSE EXCITEMENT
Captured Crooks Are Frank Miller and Frank Duncan.
ST0UTLY DENY THEIR GUILT
After Being Positively Recognized By the Dying Officer the Men
 Were Taken Directly
 to the County Jail


 1 Rational of mind and possessed of the knowledge that death was perhaps only few hours off, and of the full importance of any statement that he might make, Po- identified two of the crooks who have been arrested by the police, as the assailants of Officer Kirkley and himself on last Tues day night.
 The men who were identified by the dy- ing officer are Frank Miller, alias John Manning, one of the gang arrested in An nfston, and Frank Duncan, one of the Chat tanooga gang, who, with Tom Fay and John D. West, were brought in from Chat tanooga at 10.10 o'clock.
 There was no hesitancy, and in the pres- 
 other witnesses, the poor fellow who may not live to see the light of another day, declared that he would stand before the judgment bar and swear that the two pris- oners who stood trembling before him, with manacled arms, were unmistakably the same men whom he and Kirkley had un- der surveillance on the fatal night.
 It was solemn scene and II still more sol- eInn declaration the wounded man raised his hand and ointing his finger at Miller de- clared: "You are the man who shot me-" and turning to Duncan continued: "And you are the man who was with him."
 His voice was strong, his eye was clear and a slightly perceptible smile of satis- faction lit up his haggard face as he gazed upon the men whose protests of innocence only brought forth more positive declara- the poor fellow, who seemed to realize that justice would be done.
 The Prisoners Arrive
 Although not positively known, the news that the Chattanooga gang would probably reach the city on the night train spread rapidly through the business part of the city and long before 9:5O o'clock, the hour at which the train was due to arrive, the passenger station was crowded with an eager, expectant throng of people. anxious to get a glimpse of the prisoners.
 Chief Austin left on the early morning train for Chattanooga, and late in the afternoon wired that he and the other the hour named above.
 The patrol wagon was quietly stationed ct the gate near the mail service depart ment, back of the express office. Captain Weir, Sergeants Donaldson and Johnston, Police Commissioners Chiles and Mobley, eight or ten patrolmen, representatives of tine press and quite number of other per- sons who gained admittance were under the car shed awaiting the arrival of the train. which was twenty minutes late
 It was an impatient wait, but suddenly the bright headlight hove in sight and in a few moments the train rolled into the shed.
 The officers and prisoners were discovered in the second coach and there was a grand rush for that car.
 The officers under Captain Weir. stationed themselves at the entrance near to the coach and held the crowd back, while the officers with the prisoners securely hand euffed alighted.
 Hurried to the Hospital
 The crooks were hurried to the wagon and, according to previous arrangements were driven to the HIillman hospital cor ner Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street where Officer Adams is being treated.
 This arrangement was made necessary from the fact that Dr. Whelan and other physicians attending upon Officer Adams announced early in the evening that pneu- Saauia had developed in the right lung of