Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-06
john HAMLIN UNDER ARREST
Man who shot Miss EnEeI at Grand
Island f. Caught at
DannebrOE.

GRAND ISLAND Neb.. Aug S--Cspecial)
Sheriff Dunkel accompanied BY Albert
Smith. fellow employs Of Hamlin and who
was in the party wheh John Han,lin shot
Miss Rachel Engel, Gus Neumann Of the
Independent and Bert Watts. a deputy. re-
turned at o'clock this morning from
Dannebrog, bringing with them the would-be
murderer of Miss Engel who Is safely
lodged in jail There is at present no un-
easiness to any attempt at mob law
though during the last two days Of the
carnival with its big crowds, considerable
talk was heard along this line Miss En-
gel ia this morning reported to be in prac-
,tically the same condition. The paralysis
is still complete II IL possible that the
X-ray will be used to locate the bullet, in
which event the young woman may be
taken to Omaha If able to undergo the
trip.
Hamlin went from the Kent barn in a dua
north direction. taking the St. Paul road.
He was seen going through st. Libory in
the night He ran into a rainstorm and
his progress was thereafter slow. He was
compelled to walk great part Of the way
and finally. yesterday. laid down to rest.
He fell asleep and does not know how long
ne slept. About six miles from Dannebrog
his wheel broke down, he states. and he
abandoned IT on the prairie. He was
drenched to the skin.
story of the Arrest.
Hamlin walked into Dannebrog about 8
o'clock last night. Going TO Woods restau-
rant he called for supper The description
of the would-be murderer had been sent
out thoroughly not only in the immediate
vicinity, but to all points in the state, and
Of the Union Pacific had a complete net
work laid for the man. and with especial
reference TO the home Of a sister, in Wayne
county. whittier, they believed from the
first, he would work Mr. Woods, there
fore, suspected at once, when this stranger
called in the little village that he was the
man wanted. He notified Irwin McFarlan,
a special detective in the village, who called
in the marshal, Mr. Peterson, doubling
his own authority to make the arrest When
these had returned to the restaurant Ham
lin had gone TO the telephone Office TO call
up Charles Wicker. neighbor OF the step
father of the girl. Hamlin gave the name
OF Emerson at the restaurant At the tele-
phone Office he gave the name of Thompson.
He did not get to talk over the phone before
Deputy Sheriff Dunkel and o. e. Hart,
who had been securing the northern part
OF the county all day, drove into Dannebrog.
Hamlin knew the deputy and at once con-
fessed that he was the man they were
looking for. but said, at this time that he
did not do the shooting. The sheriff did
not know that his brother, the deputy,
would be in Dannebrog and thus was on
the way before the news reached here
that the deputy was on hand. When the
sheriff's party arrived Mr.. Smith at once
positively identified Hamlin. and Hamlin,
then in charge of the Dannebrog marshal.
remarked that he was sorry It was not
Smith that had been shot instead OF the
girl. though he evidenced no great inter
est IN the condition of the young woman.
The party started AZ 2 O'clock for Grand
Island