The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-03-26

Harris and John A. Locke arrested
Both admit identity. Send for tn.
Notify aIl parties concerned. 1T
JOHN r. DINEN.
Chief of Police,
San Francisco. Calf
The above telegram was received
yesterday morning by Sheriff Ss,ith
who at once notified Chief of Pc,ice
Jesse Bailey. This brings into The
tolls one of the most desperate and
notorious criminals, John Locke. ia
the history ofWayne County. ast
night Smith and Bailey were two or
the happiest men in the city. I. sey
Prosecutor Jessup will prepare extra
dition papers and 1t is hoped that
Locke will be behind the bars of tb>
county jail within the next two wee
Just what will be done with Hef
is not known. This county has
case against him and 1t Is prof
that he will be turned EOver TO IT.
thorities acting for The Big
Railroad. ~ he Is badlv wan.
that company forl hnd 1aSg
Mattoon. III a-l st. Lonis. foa
his arriysai IN this city will bes
ralgned on the charge of stealA
I hogs from John Macey who resides
near Hagerstown, Loeke's home.
Many other charges could be placed
| against Locke but the local authori-
ties feel that they have the strongest
case against him on the hog stealing
charge.
BaiIey's Good Work.
| The story of the capture OF Harris
and Locke reads like chapter torn
from an '.Old Sleuth'. or Nick Car
ter weekly. From the day The des.
peradoes made their escape at the
point of their shot guns from Bailey.
who was then deputy sheriff, and
his posse. the little police chief has
4 been untiring in his efforts to effect
a capture. About the first of March
4 Bailey, learned that Locke and his
/ family and Harris were in San Fran
cisco and he discovered the exact
place they We're located. He wrote to
the chief of police, In San Francisco
on March 9 but received no response
to his letter until yesterday, when
the telegram announcing the arrest
of the two men was received.
Story &C Capture.
The circumstances leading up TO
the capture of Locke is best told in
Supt. Bailey's own words:
After our unsuccessful attempt to
arrest Locke and his cousin Harry
Harris on March 10, 1905, the two
I - .ss. -
camp 21a miles north of Hagerstown
and spent the. night there | am not.
certain but | think that the follow
ing night was spent in one OF, the,
buildings at the Hagerstown fair
grounds. About March 21 | think
that Locke and Harris went to Chi
cago. / begun to wcrk on the case AZ,
once and | learned that few day
before the attempt To arrest LocF
was made a wagon load of good0
left Hagerstown and had
Millville, from which poin1
Il been shipped to the Tran
tai Shipping Company at ChicagU
with orders to have 1t re-shiDpcd to
Mrs. Mary Sive Seattle. Wash
Clever si.ith Work.
Il learned that 'Siye' WAS the NAL
den name of Locke's mother 20 my
suspicious were aroused and OH
| March % 7 went to Chicago as [
thought Locke might be there to look
after the goods. My suspicious Were
correct as Locke had been there but
left the day before my arrival. The
Big Four was notified OF the chip
ment Of goods, which they headed
of and conflscated. These goods in
cluded property stolen from Big
Four cars amounting to $1,000.
The treasurer OF the shipping
company showed me the correspond
ence he had regarding the shipment
Of these goods and found a letter
! written by Locke. While In Chicago
Lockg went under the name Of 'c. K.
crablree-
Goes TO ST. Louis.
After a lapse of several weeks
agaip located Locke at St Louis an
4 NOTIFIED the St Louis anthoritie
Johl1 evidentiy got wise to what ~