The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-05
Gets in Trouble Here Impris-
Oned as Suspect.
Elmus Harley May Prove to BE 4
Badly Wanted
Thief.
TELLS A GAUZY
STORY

officer Albert Senser made what he
thinks may develop into an important
arrest this morning in the person Of
Elmes Harley, a seedy looking ooun-
tryman, apparentl, about "a years Of
age, who claims to be a detective, and
who had two COWS in his possession
when arrested.
The officer heard Of Harley coming
in with the cows and Immediately be-
An investigation. Harley was arrest
cd as result and put through the
sweating process. His rather aimsy
tale was that he and painter named
Irwin Springer were hickory nutting
near Boaz Station yesterday and while
in the woods waiting for train. met
Harley's brother, Elmus Harley, rid
ing horseback and driving two COWS
before him. They agreed to drive the
COWS to Psduoah for $3.50 each and
the bargain being struck with the
brother, who paid over the money,
they came to town with tho stock.
Springer was arrested this morning
but claims that he has not been with
Harley and knows nothing about the
COWS or Harley either. Among the
many things Harley had IN his clothes
was Q card Of membership certificate
to 1.-THE Graham Detective Bureau.
Harley seemed to imagine he was .
full fiedged detective and on several
occasions 10 known to have attempted
to exercise the duties and powers Of
an officer. Last Saturday night week
ago he came to the city hall and
wanted to have the officers arrest
woman, claiming that she was run.
ming q bawdy house. He showed Mar
shall Grow his detective card and GER
tificate and informed him that he was
an officer and insisted that the police
be instructed to carry out his, Har
ley's orders, or suffer the consequences,
or words to that effect. Marshal Grow
told him to 60 home and give up the
detective idea and thought no more Of
the matter until Harley was detained
this morning.
The police have telephoned to Boaz
to investigate the matter more
thoroughly and have since learned
that stock is missing in that locality
and Harley will be held until the mat.
ter has been probed to the bottom.
The suspect claims that his father
lives near Boaz and is named VIM.
Harley but that he has not seen him
in some time. He further claims that
he himself lives in Princeton but when
he took out his detective certificate it
gave his residence at Eddyville, Lyon
county.
The certificate is one of the old tin
horn kind which have gotten many q
guileless country youth into trouble,
and Harley seems to imagine that he
is licensed officer and is being detained
without reason.
1t is said that Harley had tried to
sell the two cows at the Thompson
stock yard and this is how the matter
reached the ears of the officer who
made the arrest. Marshal Grow says
that he thinks something more definite
will develop before night.
Later developments show that Har
ley and Springer left the city together
last night for Bcaz Station and the
officers think now that they will be
able to secure sufficient evidence
against the two to hold not only Har-
ley but Springer also Inquiry of the
residents in the vicinity of Boaz does
not show that any such person as VIM.
Harley lives in that locality.