The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-14
Answered Description Of Men Be-
Iieyed to Have Murdered Clayton
NO NE VS. FROM WREN
Theory That Murderers Are In the City Is
Being Worked for All 1t Is Wor,h.-0ue
Of the Men Now in Jail Avail.
ing q Hearing Says His
companions Went to
Baltimore.

Up to late hour last night no official
information had been received by Captain
Angle from either Detective Wren or
Officer wiltshire, who are in Washington
searching for the negro suspects. VINO
are believed to have murdered MT Clay.
ton last Sunday morning.
Captain Angle is under the impression
that they will proceed to Baltimore II
unsuccessful in Washington, and he does
not know when they will return, and
doesn't expect to hear from them unless
Interesting developments turn up.
The search for the murderers is not
confined to the two men in Washington.
Neither is the clue they started on the
only one being worked. The idea of a
woman in the case has not been entirely
abandoned, and aside from this theory
there Is another bearing on the possibility
of the murderers beng st II in Richmond.
WORKING THIS END.
With the end in view Of following up
every clue officers Schlief and Bailey,
two Of the shrewdest men on the force.
are spreading their nets, and, under the
direction Of Captain Angle, nothing will
be left undone to land the murdercrs of
Clayton.
The sudden departure from the city Of
well known young sporting man. who
went North OH "Wednesday night. is also
being looked into, and its bearing, if any,
upon the Clayton case will be fully in
veStgRted.
The negro. Charles Johnson, who was
before Justice Crutchfeld yesterday
morning rs a suspicious character, and
who is thought to be implicated in the
murder, was remanded to Jail for a hear
ing on March ed. He says he knows
nothing about the affair. He says that
he left here Sunday night with Pitts
burg Eddie and sand House, but that
he returned after reaching Baltimore
and left the other two in that city look
ing for work.
SUSPECTS AT GoRDONSvILLE
Captain Angle received a telegram from
Gcrdonsville late last night in response
TO inquiries sent by him. He had re-
ceived information that three negroes.
answering the description of the sus.;
poets. jumped a train of the Chesapeake
and Ohio line, at Jackson City, on Tues
day evening. They, concealed themselves
on the blind baggage car. and at Cor
louisville were detected in the attempt
10 rob mail bag hanging on the train
hook.
After a fight the three negroes We're
captured. One Of them escaped. He is
believed to have been the negro. Charles
Johnson, who was held by Justice
CrutchfieId yesterday. The other two
We're tried at Gordonsville on Wednesday
and fined $3.50 each and costs. They paid
their fines and were allowed to depart
No one knows in which direction they
went, but it is entirely probable that,
following Johnson, they came to Rich
mond, and may now be in hiding here.
The fact that the negroes took the
train at Jackson Sity, wehere the sus-
fs ba6 f,eer hv Detective Wren
and officer Wiltshire. and that they an
swered the description Of the men wanted
leads to the conclusion that the men
instead Of going to Baltimore, as john
son stated. came back this way. And
the fact that the two who were caught
at Gordonsville had money goes far to-
ward fixing them as the guilty parties.