The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-11
W. R. LYTLEARRESTED
BROTHER OF MONTGOMERY WO-
 MAN DYING IN CHICAGO.
Police Believe That Brother of Marie Gordon Knows Something About Mysterious shooting-Be- Longs to Prominent
 Family.

William R. Lytle of Murfreesboro, fenn., is | confined at the Montgomery police hsaaauer. ters. He is . brother of Marie Gordon, q Mont. gomery woman of in repute. who either shc, herself or was shot by another in chicarc Sunday night.
 The brother of the woman reached Mont somery yesterday. It Is believed that he fired the shot which win undoubtedly end the life of the woman.
 This telegram was received last night by A. & Gerald Chief of the Montgomery Police Department:
 Arrest wilianfNR. Lytie, as years old. rea- disn hair, 10 pounds. crush hat. tar, coat: charge. assault to murder: well known in your
 "supsrintenden, of Police.
 shortly after 10 o'clock LytIe was impris- oned In the police station. Who he is accused or attempting to murder Is unknown by the Montgomery police. It is the opinion of some mat ne Is charged with shooting his dishonorsd sister. but dispatches from ChicaRo indicate that he Is charged with shooting d negro in that city. when in company with Marie Cor don last Friday night.
 Lytie was evidently traveling hurriedly. He was without money with the exception of A hve-dollar bill. which he is known to have borrowed from a negro woman whp ia in charge of the house formerly conducted by the Gordon woman at 223 Smythe Street. He car ried a small satchei. but it's contents were In- sihnihcant. A letter was found on his person address Mrs. Van Lytle. Murphreesboro. Tenn. On the inside of this envelope the name 'Will" is written. Over this writing are numerous pencil marks. making 1t ilegible ex- cept under a maEnifying glass.
 Lytle is 23 years old. but appears younger He bears strong resemblance to Marie Cor don. He has reddish curly hair and is de- bonair in appearance. While in the office of the Chief of Police undergoing the closest seru- tiny. having his clothes searched and his every action observed. he smoked a cigarette. laughed and whistled rag time airs. While he denied having shot anybody and refused to talk for publication, Lytle admitted gibly that he was brother of Marie Gordon and had re- gently been with her in Chicago. Up to a month ago, he says. he was clerk in a de- paFtment store in Chicago. Several days ago he received 6 letter from his mother telling him of the Gordon woman's presence in Chi- cago. He called on her at the Auditorium Ho- tel, but denies the story in reference to his being in her company when q negro was shot.
 Accordingsto Eyt1e's statement he left Chi- cago at l. o'clock Sunday afternoon and ar- rived in Montgomery last night Marie Gordon was not shot until Sunday night. Arriving in Montgomery, he registered at the Exchange Hotel but soon after went to 223 Smythe Street. tho house of his sister. There he made known his identity. demanded a room and when arrested by Detective E. W. Jackson and Po- Nco fS<Aptdlu w. A&ylOEp nc N1S III Kutt pOS- session of the house and was drinking a bottle of beer.
 When brought to the police station. he was stripped and searched under direction of Po- lice Chief Gerald. He apparently understood police procedure. He candidly admitted that Marie. Lytle. better known in Montgomery as Marie Gordon. was his sister and that their home was in Murfreesboro Tenn.
 When asked by Chief Gerald whether he
 would return to Chicago under no other paper | than the telegram, he replied that he would demand a formal reauisition.
 Lytle spent last night in the police sta | tion behind bars. He says that six years ago. when Marie Gordon was living on Hiiliard Street, he visited her.
 Marie Gordon came to Montgomery about ! eight years ago and since that time has con- ducted notorious houses here. She was known | to be of a prominent Tennessee family. a num- Der of Montgomerians having known her before | her downward career. She was Marie Lytle | and a niece of Gen. William Lytle. for years | prominent as soldier and a politician. Several years ago she was desperately in- | jured in an accident here. At that tiP1e her family tried to reclaim her, but failed | About three weeks ago she was arrested fo' firing a pistol at a woman living near her. | She left Montgomery about two weeks ago Previous to leaving Montgomery for Chicago. | she told her companions that she would prob