The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-05
latter route in addition would take him
past the Luzerne street crossing.
ROAD TO THE SLOAN.

Twenty yards farther on across the
hillock Is the branch road running
past the Delaware Lackawanna and
Western In the rear OF the HAMPTON
and down through u practically unin-
hablted region to the Sloan. He Sc
ected this branch road as the nearest
and safest way to the open country
lying between the Hampton and the
Round woods and extending all the
way down into Taylor borough.
Two hundred yards up this branch,
accepting the theory that the unknown
negro committed the crime, the fugitive
encountered Waterman Otto Shilling
er.
Hey, there! Where are you going?"
inquired the Waterman.
When the negro stopped he was close
enough for the watchman to see ur-
mistakably that he was a negro. that
the whites of his eyes were very large
and that he wore cap.
81 was just going home" said the
negro, retreating a step or two.
Don't you know this is private pro-
perty and you can't go through here?"
askedLthe watchman.
Excuse me If am intruding, didn't
know"
Just then the watchman turned back
the lapel of his coat displaying his
special badge. The negro was starting
off on Il fast walk. when he saw the
badge lie broke into a run and kept
running as long as he was within sight
OF the watchman. His course was In
the direction Of the central dump Two
other watchmen saw the incident from
Il short distant.
There was Il story anoat, yesterday,
that Il negro had been loafing about
the Hampton breaker for several days
prior to the murder and that since then
nothing has been seen of him.
STORY DENIED.
Michael Krouse. one of the night
watchmen. who was given as author
ity for the story. and who. 1t was said,
was in the habit of giving the negro
food. was seen last night by the police
and denied all knowledge of it. None
OF the other men about the mine knew
anything of any negro ever having
been around there. The coal companies
operating in that region, it was thought
might have imported some negroes re-
Gently to do cooking for the coal and
iron police and imported workmen, but
lHey All Sluleu I)OSltlNeIy tHdl SuCH Is
not the case. There is not as vet any
men being quartered at the collieries in
that district
The police regret that there were no
blood hounds available to put on the
trail of the murderer early Tuesday
and before the rainfall With the scent
that could be obtained from the han
die of the club and the paper on the
jar it is almost a surety they say that
the path of the fugitive could have
been followed until he was overtaken.
A colored man living in Scranton who
was in the habit of going to the Con-
tinental was taken into custody Tues
day night and given a close examina-
ton at the West Scranton police sta
ton. as to his whereabouts Monday
night He succeeded in proving that
he was not on the west side of the
river in IA week, and was accordingly
released.
The doctors in the case say that 1t
is impossible for them to tell whether
or not it was Il negro who committed
the assault.
County Detective w. A. Phillips. yes
terday. was told that Il woman living
in Sloan patch, half a mile below the
Continental, saw Polander washing
his clothes in Keyser creek early Tues
day morning. The county detective
was too busly engaged in court yester-
day. to investigate the story.