, 1905-01-24
NEGRO SUSPECT IN
THE COUNTY PRISON

ing of w white men or of the killing
OF a man at Laramie.
Burney agreed to return with Sher-
if Reals without requisition, but he
declined to sign an agreement to tina
effect. The ride from Fort Collins to
Greeley was without incident. At the
! latter place the negro was delivered
to Marshal Camp and became his pris.
oner until the appearance of Sheriff
Reals this morning, who brought him
across the state line, where the war
rant was read to him. From Cheyenne
to Laramie the trip was made by day
light n without incident.
Dicey is a young man, very tall and
light compleXioned. He has a peculiar
face, a broad, fiat nose, and the face,
once seen and noticed, would be a hard
matter to forget. He smoked a cigar
cite in the sheriff's office this after
noon, while Deputy Sheriff Jones was
taking his age; name, shape and other
data for the prison record, laughing at
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a reporter spoke to Bernie Feather
stone, deputy clerk of court, who sat
in the office.
His eyes were rowing about the room
during the whole time he sat there,
from face to face. A reporter for this
paper was the last Of four men to
enter the sheriff's office, and the ne
gro watched him for full a minute,
without once removing his eyes. When
the record has been completed Burney
was taken to the cell in the Jail below
and locked up.
Sheriff Reals saw Conductor Kelly
at Cheyenne this morning, while his
train waited there, and the latter was
invited to take a look at the negro.
That's the man who rode on my
train with Two white men last Thurs
day night" he said, without a mo-
ment's hesitation, and both myself
and the conductor of the Pullman car
are ready to so swear. | cannot be
mistaken. | saw the mans face in the
'i6ht of the lantern | carried and D,
the light of the lamns in the car. 1t
is a face not easily forgotten, as you
yourself will say"
The sheriff feels confident that he
has one of the slayers of George Ger
Der. He says every incident that has
come to his knowledge has Tended to
strengthen that belief, and, despite the
stout denial Of guilt of Burney, de-
clares that so far the search for the
murderers has been successful. He
will keep on at work on the case, and
not only VIII Burney be convicted, but
that he will soon have his companions.
The officers are working on the theory
that Burney is the negro who pur-
chased the package of tobacco at Ger
ber's store about $50 o'clock Thurs
day night and who was seer to re-
turn and peer through a window into
the store. He himself says he was in
the store at that time of night, but
says he went from there to the Chin
csc restaurant, where he was driven
by the police to the depot. and thence
took the train for Cheyenne, without
once speaking to a soul except to or
der his supper and try to reason with
the policemen.
Sunday afternoon at 4:3O word came
from Fort Collins that Burney was
there, answering very nearly all the
description telephoned from this city.
Sheriff McCreery was told to arrest
the man and hold him. which he did.
Telegraphic reports from Fort Collins
to the Denver papers noted the arrest
of the fellow, but there was doubt as
to his connection with the crime. Bur
ney says he has a wife at Omaha. but
he has not seen her for some time. and
there Is indication that he has an
other at Greeley or somewhere in that
state.