Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-08
CAUGHT AFTER LONG CHASE.
,oxs Darrell Charged With Murder
of Fellow Soldier.

From the New York World OF Today
Iovs Darrell IA sergeant in the 1th U. >.
,-axaIry who is accused of the murder or
T,ooner Henry c. Crouch at Pinar del Rio.
Cuba last June is locked up in Castle
William on Governors Island, and will be
taken on board a steamer for Cuba tomof-
row. Secret Service Detective w. o. Du-
puv. who caught him, after 3o.oo3-miie
chase told the story of the pursuit and
canture to a World reporter yesterday.
First l found that Darrell wanted money
to support his Cuban sweetheart" said Du-
puy. 1.-The murdered man had been robbed
Of s135 in five-dollar gold pieces.
II found a letter written by Darrell at
New Orleans in which he told how he left
cuba on q steamer. After waiting several
mo nths he got chance to ship to South
Africa on the English transport Milwaukee.
He was going to Cape Town to enlist, he
said.
hin, off and get to South Africa ahead of
him. He had twenty days start Of me.
II went to Washington, established my
credit accounts In Europe and South Afri-
ca and was soon bound for Southampton.
/ put United States Consul j. 7. Stowe at
Cape Town on the watch and hurried
across southern Europe to Naples. going
night and day. At Naples made a hair
breadth connection with the steamer Her.
zos of the German East Africa line. /
had barely time to rush my baggage aboard
before she put to sea.
'sWhen we got into Cape Town I found
the TRANSPORT had not stopped there, but
Africa-Portuguese territory. DarrelPs ship
had arrived only few days ahead of me.
'She lay in the harbor as We steamed in,
and leaning over the starboard side, smok-
ing pipe, / saw my man. An hour later
l was ashore making friends with the Por-
tuguese secret service men. Even then
feared he wouid escape me and get into the
army before l could get my irons on him.
OF course, l could BOT Jake MIN on an En-
glish ship. j a@l
1.-The captain of the Milwaukee said he
would help me. put an advertisement for
a hostier in the loca, paper and the captain
showed it to Darrell. 81
"He applied for the place. and stood up
before him and told him that he was my
prisoner He turned sdeathly white, and,
letting his hands fall at his SIDE he said:
"eWell, it's all up with me-
.HThat was the nearesteto a confession OF
anything he said - II
ITO get the papers to take him out of
that territory proved a. task. / went to
Delagoa bay, and found the governor a
crusty fellow. He wanted to make me all
the trouble he could, and did. But finally
I took my man aboard the same vessel /
had come on and started back around the
world.
ION the way the stokers of the vessel
mutinied Coming through the Suez canal
l locked up my prisoner in room and
guarded the door with my gun all night.
as l found the stokers intended to help
Darrell to get ashore The stokers are in
irons now.
my prisoner was seasick all the time he
was afoat, and though he did not make a
confession he talked in his sleep about his
Cuban sweetheart, accusing her one min
ute and teasing her the next. He is not
married, but tells me he has an old father
and mother in Colorado whose hearts will
I,-.1 l. i. A. q ~ hi
when I took him to Governors Island
fellows of his regiment locked up there
shouted, Hello, DARRELL You are up
against 1t, Darrell! and things like that.
He only answered theaa: Yes. they got
me, but they had to go q - of ways "
As = reward for his capture Dupuy Ak