The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-10-22
MURDERER ARRESTEI
Joe Smith Who Killed Mrs. Cab.
naday Caught at Hooking.

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Special to Daily Herald.
Abba, Oct. 17.--Joe Smith, VIII
murdered Mrs. Robert Cannaday q
Buxton Friday morning about fiy
/ O'Clock, was caught Friday evening a
seven o'clock about one-half mil
north of the mining camp of Hooking
1t seems that the man had returne
to Hooking from Buxton soon afte
the shooting and had remained ii
hiding at or near his home during tn
day. He left Hooking and starte,
toward Abba, walking on the railroal
track. He had proceeded some littI
distance when he was sighted by on
of the searching parties, among
whom was Constable A. B. williams
of Hooking. The colored man wa
recognized almost Immediately an;
as he made no show of resistance tn,
party approached him and Williams
made the arrest. Smith did not re
sist in any way and he told Williams
he was on his way to Abba TO Civ,
himself up to the officers.
Williams and his party took the
prisoner to Abba and he was immedi
ately placed in the Monroe county
Jail for safe keeping.
The news Of the capture OF tie mar
reached Buxton soon after the arrest
and the excitement which had abated
somewhat during the day bIazed uI
afresh and there was some little talk
of forming mob and going to Abba
and making a demonstration. Not
much of this sort of talk was heard
however. Many of the men had been
with searching parties during the
day and were more disposed TO go to
their beds than to Abba and little
more was heard of the lynchiRg bee.
If the man had been caught early in
the day when the miners were mucn
excited a small regiment of officers
could not have protected him. Sher.
if Doner did not anticipate any trou.
BILE, but he provided against any
emergency on account of the many ru.
mors of violence being done the muir.
derer when he was caught. A num-
Der of deputies were ready for any
trouble that might arise.
The man was not tracked by the
blood-hounds that were brought from
Knoxville. The dogs did not get near
him. The effort made in the morning
was a failure. 1t is supposed that the
dogs took the scent of the man who
regularly occupied the bed in which
Smith slept at the Mcmillan home
the night before the murder and who
shared it with Smith. The dogs took
Smiths trail soon after leaving the
Cannaday house, but they soon be
came confused and could not follow
the track Of the man again.
The officers, not discouraged with
this failure, went to Hooking, secured
the working clothes of Smith and an
other attempt was made to have the
hounds work, but this had to be Civ
en- up and the plan Of catching the
murderer with the dogs had to be
abandoned.
Smith is known about the mines as
bad man. He is light colored
weighs about two hundred pounds ant
has a reputation of being cracl
shot with a revolver. 1t has beer
said among those who have known
about the man and his doings that he
has a number of victims of his revol
yer. Smith had served in Jail FOL
several months before for an assault
he made upon Mrs. Cannaday, whip
ping her severely, and was released
only recently, the Monroe county
grand jury failing to find an indict
ment against the fellow. He re
turned to Buxton and applied for worl
but was refused at that place. HI
went to Hamilton and then to Hook
ing, where he has been working some
little time. He walked to Buxton OF
Thursday evening, making the entire
distance from Hooking on foot. HI
is said to have told a companion
whom he met at Abba that he wa!
going there to clean up the Canada.
outfit. He was going to kill Gamma
day and his wife and a man who was
boarding with them Smith was s,
extravagant in his utterances tina
the friend to whom he was talking
paid little attention to what he said
thinking the man had been drinking
and was making idle threats. Hal
Cannaday been at home there nigh
have been double murder done.
All is quiet at Buxton this morning
The fever of excitement that kept sew
eral hundred men from work Frida.
has vanished and all have returned t
their places in the mines. No fur
Their disturbance is anticipated.