The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-08
DUNCAN SHAVED
IN MONTGOMERY
Immense Crowd Watches the
Operation
SEEMED IN GOOD HUMOR
While Breakfast Was Served to Him
In His Car Numerous Spectators
Crowded to the
Windows.
SEEMED IN GOOD HUM0R

uopteomerv October 7.--(Special.)-
Frank Duncan. murderer and safe blower
and general all round crook with guard
of marty of officers of the law from
Birmingham reached Montgomery Ell
ro,.te to birmingham, early this morning
and attracted large crowd to the WIND
sor hotel barbershop where he was taker
fo,. a shave. After that he was given
breakfast on the train in the presence
of as many spectators as could crowd
into the car and hang on to fences and
structural iron of the depot shed on the
out side. Duncan, himself. took the whole
matter cody. only asking Detective
George Bodeker, to whom he was chain
ed, to give him a little more room to
each the ham and eggs and get at the
coffee, the first meal of any consequence
he had had since he left Jacksonville
several hours before.
The party of officers in charge Of the
convicted man was. composed of Sheriff
Andrew Burgin. Chief Deputy Sheriff Al
bert Stradford, Chief of Police William E.
wier, Police Detective George Bodeker
and Patrolman Burke, all of Birmingham.
They had no trouble with the prisoner
since the trip to Alabama was begun.
He has talked of actions and movements
since getting away from the Birmingham
Jail and seems to regard the whole affair
as a great Joke He knows that he is
going to be hung and says that the only
thing they want of him in Birmingham
is to take off his top.
Went for Shave.
Just after the train pulled into the
union depot the party with Duncan chain
ed to Detective Bodeker and manacied
with an extra pair of handouts dropped
off and filed out of the car, looking Tor
barbershop. Almost ut once 1t was real
lied by the crowd .round that prisoner
OF Importance was In custody ana by
the time the barber got his lather stitt
he had an audience that filled the street
almost back to the river 9aueduct. Dun
can kept up running fire of jokes and
seemed amused at the crowds and the IN
terest he was attracting. Breakfast mad
been ordered at the union depot dining
rooms and as they got back 10 the
coach 1t was served 20 the prisoner from
the seat in front, with as much assistance
as could be rendered by half dozen willing
hands,
Regret at Failure.
Duncan shows a happy rnien and gay
Temperament and seems to have become
resigned to his capture. All along the
way he has told stories and discussed the
capture He was almost in possession or
s48. 600 in the Florida bank he tapped and
as result of which he was captured
and IL he had gotten that he told Chief
of Police Wier that he would have gone
west, bought farm and settled down. IL
seems a matter of the greatest regret
that he failed to make this last connec-
tion, regarding the matter In the light
of having been deprived of what he
should have had
His Great Bluff.
Duncan gets the most fun out OF the
nitroglycerin incident in Florida. He
says that for several days he had been
saving out little molasses from his meals
and putting 1t aside. Getting enough to
color the water he fixed up bottle of
the mixture and had it ready. He planned
to do the grand bluff act when he was ar
raigned in the court room. and then es-
cape during the excitement. He desisted
in this, however, because there We're
number of women on the front seats, ana
he was afraid some of them would be
killed in the panic. His next idea was to
make the attempt in the Jail where 1t was
made Every time he talks of the fright
given the whole crowd he laughs hear
tily.