The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-09
FORGING THE CHAIN
Detective Hot on Trail of
Montgomery's Assassin.
STORY OF BOOT HEEL
Footprints and Other Clues to
Be Developed.

The murderer Of George c. Montgomery
the santa Fe detective, had not been ap-
pretended at midnight last night
Nearly a score OF officers were working
on the case and a reporter for the Eagle
has it from reliable authority that there
is a good clue TO the assassin.
It has been eroneously stated that
Sheriff Daniels Of Winfield, refused to fol-
low the hounds into Oklahoma He did
no such thing. according 70 his own
statement. AT Arkansas City he was told
the hounds would cost IS the first day
and SIS every additional day. He said he
did not know whether the county commits
sione-s would stand for such an expense
but he decided that he would keep the
hounds another day at his own expense.
The owners OF the hounds would not lis
ten 10 this. They said they would not
want him to pay for them and took them
away.
Sheriff Daniels was not a strong advo-
cate CT a continuation Of the hound
chase anyway One Of them laid down"
shortly after leaving Winfield and had 10
be carried in buggy. The other hound
seemed TO have light scent. and when
she reached the stable at Arkansas City.
she locked IN at al the stalls, as any dog
would have done, and did not select one
stall, as stated Sheriff Daniels has not
lost faith in the ability Of the Manhattan
blood hounds to trail criminal, but he
thinks too many people tramped over the
scene Of the murder for them to get a
reliable scent.
That the officers believe that the assassin
came from the territory. there is scarcely
any doubt Both Oklahoma and Kansas
officers are centering about Bliss. where
Mr.. Montgomery had trouble with cow
boys. They are leaving no stone unturned
10 find clue to the assassins.
It is reported at Winfield that the muir
derer left the point of a high heel cow
boy boot in the yard OF Mr.. Montgomery's
residence and that It was preserved by
having a box placed over it It is also
stated that measurements have been
taken of the fun imprint of the boot
and compared with measurements OF q
shoe man. 1t is thought that the boot
track viii cut quite a figure in the case
The affair at Hackney is also attracting
a good deal of attention from the detect
ives That the murderer had been there
Saturday night there is no doubt. Two
hours after the assassination. a masked
man called at the depot agent-Ed Don
nelly-at Hackney and asked if it were
true that Montgomery had been killed al
winfield He could not have heard of the
tragedy at Winfield unless he knew some
thing about it. The people on the freight
train, which had just passed Hackney
did not know anything about il, as the
train had left Winfield within a few min
utes after the time the crime had been
committed. The masked man could not
have had time to travel from any point
where the news could have been heard
during the time which had elapsed be-
tween the time of the shooting and the
time ne asked the agent at Hackney. if
it we're true that Montgomery had been
killed.
The theory is that after the tragedy oc-
CURED at Winfield the murderer ran to a
crossing. wnere he caught the freight
train that had stopped there en- route 70
Arkansas City. lie appeared at Hackney
Immediately after this train had un-
loaded some freight there and had gone
on This Is pretty strong circumstantial
proof that the masked man had gone to
Hackney on that train and that he was