The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-07-28
Will McClelland Broke Into Two
Houses Early Yesterday.
This Morning He Made Desperate
Attempt to Escape From the
City Hall.
THREE CHARGES AGAINST HIM

Wiiildii MtOlelidnu, HtBTO DOl
about 1 years old, this morning de-
veloped into a criminal of the most
daring type, but is now safely lodg.
ed behind prison bars with two cases
of housebreaking pending against
him, to say nothing of one charge
OF carrying a concealed weapon.
Il ,e boy lives at 521 Campbell
street, and was caught red-handed
last night. 1t later developed that
he had Just broken into another
house short time before being
caught and had concealed on him
a pistol. This morning, to cap the
climax, the young desperate made
bold dash for liberty as he was be-
ing brought up from the city Jail to
the court room, and with pistol
ball singing about his head ran only
the faster, but the police finally out
stripped him and landed the boy
again.
McClelland last night about 7
o'clock went to the residence of Mrs.
Emma Rehkopf at Fifth and Mon
roe and entered the servants quar-
ters in the rear of the house, steal
ing a pistol belonging to Annie Nor
ton, servant.
After leaving the Rehkopf resi-
dence the boy went to the residence
of Mr.. ]. s. Baker, formerly the l..
w. Boswell home. on Fifth street,
between Madison and Harrison
streets, and entering the room of
Hattie Hord a colored servant, be-
gan to ransack her trunk. The wo-
man heard a noise in her room and
going in found the boy standing over
her trunk examining several gold
rings. &vx k4gW
She grabbed up a stick to strike
him but the boy was too quick. He
jumped out of a window and scaling
the fence tried to make his es-
cape. Ii happened, however, that a
negro man was standing in the al
ley and when the boy tumbled over,
he fell into the arms of the man who
held him and later delivered him to
Officers Johnson and Rogers.
A search of his person revealed
the pistol taken at the Rehkopf res
idence and the rings taken from the
Hord woman's trunk. He had bro
ken out a screen in effecting en-
trance to the latter's residence.
The boy was taken to the city
hall where two separate charges of
HOUSEKEEPING were lodged. and al
so one of carrying a weapon con-
cealed on his person.
The latter charge was entered on
the police court docket this morning
and while City Jailer Tom Evitts
was bringing up the prisoners from
the lookup, the McClelland boy
made a bold dash for liberty.
He ran out of the city hall by
way of the Fourth street steps and
started south on Fourth street. Of
ficers Thad Terrell. e. A. Cross and
Gus Rogers took after him. Officer
Terrell secured an express wagon
while Officer Cross went around to
Fifth and Court to head the negro
off in case he turned back towards
Broadway.
Officer Rogers whipped out his
pistol and shot into the air but this
only spurred the negro on and soon
he vanished from sight of the OFF,
GERS.
A big crowd collected at the cor
ner of Fourth and Kentucky ave-
nue. and soon boys. men and women
were running in all directions to see
the chase. Mr. /. ID. Wilcox, who was
coming down Kentucky avenue to-
wards Fifth street saw the running
boy and then saw the police come
tearing around the corner. He real
lied something was up and headed
the boy off.
McClelland then changed his
course and started towards Broad
way on Fifth street. At the John
Orme residence he turned and tried
to scale the fence. Officer Cross
wheeled about the corner at this
juncture and just as the boy was
on top of the fence starting to jump
over. the officer drew back his club
as II to strike and the fugitive fell
back onto the pavement and the Of
ficer nabbed him.
He was taken to the city hall and