The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-26
CATCH A DESERTER
 FROM THE us ARMY
VIM. ANDERSON coNFEsSES TO HAVE TAKEN FRENCH LEAVE, BUT POLICE SUSPECT HIM OF HAVING DONE SOMETHING ELSE

William Anderson, a white man, was arrested yesterday by Policeman Rich ardson on a charge of disorderly con- duct, and was fined by Judge Feagin While in court he made a confession to Detective Patton that he was a deserter from the United States army. His case has been called to the attention of Cap tain Heard in charge of the recruiting station, who is making an investigation to see if the mans tale is true.
 The police suspect him of being guilty of some crime and Detectives Bodeker and Hamilton had been questioning him about his career at the request of Po- liceman Richardson. They had just left the man when he called Detective Pat ton and made the confession. It is sus- pected by the police that this desire to go back to the army is the result of a wish on his part to hide something else he has done under the cloak of the service.
 Anderson is being held until the recruit ing station here can ascertain if he is really a deserter. If that turns out to be untrue the police will further investi- gate his past
 it is thought that she did not shoot her. self until early in the morning. It is cer- tain she had not been dead many minutes when the body was found, for it was still warm and the blood had not clotted around the wounds, as it will do in an hour or two after a person is shot The -l.z ok faIn nolr but had she died earlier in the night it would have naturally been stiff when she was found.
 The Police.
 The reason the police do not believe the murder theory is that the room was securely fastened from the inside and they do not believe that any one could have escaped from 1t. Every door to the room was fastened on the inside. One of them, the one into the hall which Police man Williams burst through, had a chair securely placed under the knob and it would have been impossible for any one to have gone out that way. The other door was fastened by a small catch on the inside, which cannot be fastened or unfastened from the outside. The windows were also pulled down, although one of them was not locked. It would have been impossible for a murderer to have gotten out the window and then lowered it without attracting attention of people on the streets.
 No Message Left.
 No message was left by the dead 1,a,, ,xIa f,, r, room was searched for a note or some thing to show the cause of the act. The search was fruitless. Ed Jordan. book keeper in the office of the Blocton-Cahaba Coal company, states that he was in the office last night at work from 7:45 o'clock until after o'clock, but that he did not hear Miss Stone in the adjoining room, neither did he notice light.
 Miss Stone was blonde aobut 25 years old. She has been at work in Birming- ham off and on for the past two years and was considered a very competent steno- grapher She commanded a good salary, and was formerly employed by the Bloc ton -Cahaba Coal company, of which Fred M Jackson is president. She quit work ing there about May and left the city on account of poor health. She went to Hot Springs, Ark, and remained there some time, afterwards visiting in Georgia and then in Tuscaloosa. She returned to Bir- mingham about two weeks ago and again sought work in MT. Jackson's office. He had employed a stenographer and did not have a place for her She, however, was given a desk in the office and had been doing special work for a number of peo- pie in the city, making about $50 to $75 a month.
 Income CurtaiIed.
 It is said that in some way her income was curtailed and that this was the cause of her despondency. This could not however be verified, as there was no way to ten exactly what her income was. Another cause for her despondency is said to have been that a man she loved and to whom she is said to have been en- gagged recently married another wo- man, and that this caused her to feel depressed. Her health is another req son given for dependency.
 Janitor's Statement.
 Henry Dorsey, the janitor of the build- inD stated vesterdav.