The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-01
SHEA, ESCAPED PRISON.
ER, IS WANTED FOR
MURDER.
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clared to be valid and constitutional
law.
Then an investigation was pursued
with view of fixing the Greentown
murder on Shea, who is known to the
police as ''Hollidaysburg Slim" The
investigation was not productive Of
sufficient evidence to make certain
a conviction, and as 1t was the desire
C the prosecutor to make no mis-
takes and not permit the fellow to go
to trial on an insufficient amount Of
testimony, thus allowing him to es-
cape, the indictment was brought un-
der the tramp act If convicted-and
there was hardly the shadow of doubt
OF that in the face Of the facts-he
would have received sentence Of from
one to three years. Doubtless the
court would have secured sufficient
knowledge Of the fellow, through pub
lications in the News-Democrat and
from other sources, to have suggested
THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE,
to make the fellow secure in the event
Of subsequent disclosures.
But while the indictment was brought
under the tramp act, it is known that
the grand jury investigated Shea with
direct reference to the Hartong murder.
1t was in the case of Shea that Isaac
Stripe, who figured SO prominently
in the Henderson case, was brought
down from Greentown to appear before
tie grand jury. He gave testimony
along the line of identification. 1t
Is claimed that Shea is one of the fell
lows who appeared in Stripes church
the night Of the murder, and that
it was he who had a quarrel with
Stripe, and for whom the belligerent
ckurchman was heating the poker OH
that fateful occasion.
Furthermore, 1t is said that Jack
Donahue was not the only prisoner in
the county Jail that attracted the at
tention of Mrs. Gates, the Indiana
evangelist, during her late visit to tie
county Jail, which was detailed in these
columns on a recent date.
Shea was in the Jail at the time, and
the evangelist took
GOOD LOOK AT HIM.
The result is said to have been quite
satisfactory. 1t is said to have been
sufficient to form a very strong link of
circumstances that the officers have
been trying to wind about Shea, with
a view to convicting him Of murder.
When Mrs. Gates came out OF the jail
she pointed Shea out. She said: "He
looks like one Of the fellows that were
at the meeting that night" She
thought he was the one whose conduct
was so exasperating as to arouse the
righteous indignation Of the proprietor
of the meeting house, and to suggest to
him that he prepare the hot end of the
poker for his special benefit. Mrs
Gates could not be positive in the
matter, since, as has been stated, she
was on the platform and they were
church, but in general way her
IDENTIFICATION WAS COMPLETE.
Supplemented it would be very strong,
and Isaac Stripe was prepared 40 sup
ply what she could not. 1t is said that
Stripe also visited the jail and saw
Shea and the others. He was quite
certain that the fellow was one Of
the men in the church that night.
So Shea becomes q very important
figure. His escape is much to be re-
GREETED, and the public is quite likely to
be little more critical in his case
than they might be in some of the
others.
The arrest Of Shea, it will be re-
membered, was brought about through
the police. He was begging and was
arrested by officers and held several
days. When he arrived at police
headquarters his hand was tied up In
such manner as to indicate that he
had lost all of his fingers. He told
emotional persons story to substan-
tiate that view and raked in quite O
few shekels. His hand was most in
geniously bandaged. He had poured
A LITTLE CARBOLIC ACID
on the bandage and had added some
iodoform, which gave it the odor of an
operating room in hospital. The in
vestment in the drug is said to have
paid good percentage every time a
charitably inclined citizen got whiff
of II.
10 supplement this feature, Shea
had printed card that he handed to
each prospective donor. On It was
printed verse. signed by Henry