The Cairo bulletin., 1906-09-23
ARREST CLEARS UP
THE MURDER
MYSTERY
SHERIFF MAKES TWO ARRESTS
IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH
or DYNES.
WOMAN is BEING HELD
In the Belief That She Knows Who
Shot the Young GaIen Oper-
ator--Man is Accused of the
Crime.

ST. 10 eph, Mich. Sept 22- Sherin
Joseph Tenant tonight brought tho
mystery of the murder OF Lloyd A
Dynes, the Michigan Central operator
at Gallen, several weeks ago to a sen
satlonol climax by the arrest Of WI
liam Smith aud Mrs Corda Swank. a
popular young matron, both of Gal
len
They were arrested on a minor
charge but merely as a blind The
officers think they have evidence
against The couple that will bring the
| fill ng of a formal charge of murder.
Sheriff Tenant and his deputies to-
night are trying TO wrest a confession
| from the woman and her companion.
Smith was arrested just at sundown
as he was at work in cornfeld three
miles from the village He maintains
that he Is innocent.
Basis of the Accusation.
The foundation upon which Sheriff
Tenant has built the case against
the couple is furnished by an incident
that occurred a short time before the
murder Of Dynes at the Michigan Cen.
tral station. II is related that Smith
was with Mrs. Swank when Dynes
came to the house with telegram for
the yodng woman The operator talk
ed familiarly with Mrs Swank and
his manner enraged Smith.
The woman saw the anger of her
companion and to pacify him threw a
sack of peanuts from which she was
eating into Dynes' face and told him
he had better not get to familiar"
Smith then made the remark that
'he would get Dynes and soon, too"
Operator is Shot
A few nights later the operator was
shot as be sat working at his telc. /
graph key. Dyne5' revolver, that he |
always Kept at his side when working
al night, was missing after the shoot
ing. In his pockets was nearly 800 /
that was untouched showing that tho /
motive for the murder was not rob. /
berry
The detective. after following sew
aral clues on the revenge theory turn.
ed TO the robbery theory and, until a
few days ago. have been working
along this line. Two Pinkerton men
have been associated with Sheriff Ten.
lant In the case.
Hidden beneath a shanty a few hun
lred feet from the station was found
4 few days after the shooting. a bloody
bearing the laundry
mark Of smith This bit Of evidence
gill bear an important part in the
,asc.
Try TO Wrest Confession.
Sheriff Tennant stated after The ar
est of Smith and Mrs. swank had
een made:
We hope to get confession from Z
9th Of them. The present charge is
made preliminary to the filing Of tho ]
cal charge against the couple if tho {
violence we have holds together. The Y
uthorities do not think the woman {
ad any part in the murder. Smith Is j
uilty He did the job alone. but Mrs.
wank knew about it," q
\ domestic al the Swank house tells h
hat the night Dynes was murdered .
irs. Swank was IN Mysteries She u
ESQ relates the story of Dync.' appear.
nee at the house a short time before
lat aud the throwing Of a sack Of
eanuts in his face. together with the q
lreat by Smith against the opera
l-
] he charge against the couple was
ade by the husband of Mrs. Swank. g
or eyeral months. il IS sad. he has ID
Dmplained Of the attentions shown I
NTH by his wife. They had frequent p
iarrels because Of f. The culmina- q
on coming in a separation last Sat II
rday night o
Weeps When Arrested b
Mrs Swank Is a pretty young wn- Is
a. abort twenty-four years old. She
Is a daughter four years old. When oi
rested and brought before Justice el
T. Hail Of Gallsn for a hearing j
nieht she was gowned in a blue trav- d
ing sH,t Eiih a atring Of pearls al
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