The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-30
Statements About Francis
 Wrung fig l Negroes. CHASE LED E THE MINES
.Frenzied Crovs Hunting for
 Murderer of Mss Henderson
The Negro Has Thus Far Eluded His Pursuers, But They Will Con- tinue the Chase This
 Morning.

Kansas City, Aug. 29.-"Bossie'
 Francis, the murderer of Miss Mary Henderson at Columbus, Mo, Tuesday evening, has thus far eluded his pur- suers and tonight the large posse that has been searching for him, partially disbanded, discouraged over the fail- ure of their efforts after having been. as they supposed, at the point of cap turing the negro.
 A pack of bloodhounds was obtained today from Manhattan, Kas., and taken to the Hyatt farm, the scene of the murder. They found the trail of Francis readily and followed it straight | to the coal mine at Blackwater. owned by a negro, John Hardin, whose wife is an aunt of Francis. The posse, com posed of 200 men. felt sure that Francis was hidden in the mige shaft. but as he was known to have two pistols, none of the men ventured to go down. Finally. A. W. Rice. owner of the bloodhounds, entered the mine, taking the dogs with him, but failed to ind Francis, after a thorough search.
 Late this afternoon Deputy Sheriff | Temple of Warrensburg, called a coun- cil of the posse and, after discussing the situation, the men decided to dis perse for the night, leaving a few of their number to guard important points. The search will be continued l tomorrow by a large number of men. Charles w. Hyatt, brother-in-law of the murdered woman, will offer a re- ward for the arrest or body of Francis, and this is expected to stimulate the efforts of the volunteers. The three negroes taken to Warrensburg, sus- pected of having aided Francis in his flight, are in no danger. the town being l entirely quiet.
 Negroes Strung Up. Kansas City, Aug. 29-"Bossie' Fran cis, the negro who outraged and mur- l dered Miss Mary Henderson on Tues day night, Is believed to have been lo- cated In a mine pit in a negro settle- ment. six miles north of Holden and within a mile of Columbus. the scene of the crime. There seems no doubt that the mur- derer is hiding in the mine or in that vicinity, but as there are so many fa- vorable places there in which he may secrete himself. Francis may elude his pursuers almost indefinitely The lead to his whereabouts was Ub- tained by stringing up three negroes who lived near the Hyatt farfA at Co., lumbus.
 Bloodhounds have been sent for and will arrive during the day.
 In the meantime search for the mur- derer has been renewed with increased vigor by hundreds of armed men. The mob had spent the entire, night search ing for the negro.
 Finally, after midnight, they came upon Emmet Davenport, Charles Biis- co. who lived near Columbus, and Bud Francis. a brother of the murderer, be- tween Columbus and Holden.
 The men acted suspiciously. but de- clared that they knew nothing about Francis's whereabouts.
 To make them ak 1t was decided to string up all three.
 A rope was placed about Brisco's neck, but he would say nothing and at tention was turned to Davenport. After Davenport said that Bud Francis had told him he was to meet the murderer last night at the Porter Murray coal mine, six miles north of Holden, where | he was to give Bessie SIS that BriS,G | owed him
 Bud Francis had. Davenport said. | taken Davenport and Frisco with him | and made them go into the mine to find | the murderer. He declared they had l not found Francis.
 Davenport, with Briscoe and Bud | Francis. were hurried before the mob | to the place indicted by Davenport. | The negro led them to coal bank | several miles away. The mob worked | hard and long but to no avail and gave | up when relieved at daybreak by hun | dreds of other armed men who took | up the hunt where the night shift had | left off.
 The three negroes wore finally cent | to Warrensburg and placed in jail for safe keeping and surrounding towns were wired fo1 bloodhounds.
 Until these arrive this afternoon 1t is K,Cth hnIf 0 ta
 Tracks Led to Mines.
 A special to The Star from Warrens- burg says:
 "Wednesday afternoon tracks were seen leading into an abandoned coal mine near the house of a colored man named Hardin. about six miles south- west of Columbus. They led from Francis's trail.
 Pete Lanners, a miner, who had ex- amined the tracks, persisted that they were old, and became so decided in his opinion that he was arrested and brought to Warrensburg. As yet noth- ing has been learned from him. A ne- gro near Center View, who rode by the Hyatt home on the afternoon the murder was committed, was also ar rested and taken to the old mine on a charge of knowing of the whereabouts of Francis, but was later released.
 "The funeral of the dead woman was held this morning.
 Francis is known to be armed, and 1t is said if finally located in the mine It will doubtless become necessary to starve him out, as but few men could enter the pit at time they would be at the marcy of the murderer. A special to The Star from War rensburg says: After it became known that the ne- sroes who were strung up last night to make them talk had been brought here a mob of 800 people gathered around : the jail Excitement is running high and the crowd about the jail is grow l ing.
 A Terrible Accident.
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