The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-09
DETAINED WITHOUT BAIL.
Arkansas Officers viii Determine
Whether Sullivan Is Dunn.

i '.@ss'A A>ASsA~N W F>o'ShNHy ~ ~
Free Press as having been arrested npol
suspicion that he was connected with
bank robbery was arraigned befor
Judge ComstocK yesterday afternoon oil
a warrant sworn out by Deputy Sheriff
Anton Osten, charging him with being
| fugitive from justice. The complains
charges that he is John P. Dunn, an,
that on Feb. 5th, 1902, at Clarksville
Johnson county, Arkansas, he attempt
ed to burglarize bank, and that Will
so doing he shot and killed one John Fl
Powers. The hearing was set for Sat
mday at 3 a. m, by which time it i
| expected that officers will have arrived
| from GAINESVILLE to identify him, if pos
sible. He was remanded to the county
Jail without bail.
The prisoner said that his name was
Lawrence Sullivan, and he denied any
knowledge of the crime with which h,
was charged.
Sullivan or Dunn was recently releas
ed from Jail in lie Sueur county, where
he served sixty days after being arrested
with burglar tools in his possession. HI
was held so that there would be time t.
find out whether he was wanted any
xtrba Init ~ of HE
lease that Constable Southwick of Wat
erville concluded that he was probably
the man who is wanted in Arkansas
and he set about finding him again
which he succeeded in doing in this city
Saturday afternoon.
The man has bullet wound but
claims that it was received more than
twenty years ago. Marshal Southwick
has notified the officers at GAINESVILLE
and if the prisoner turns out TO be the
man wanted, he will claim the reward
that was offered.
Word has been received from Sheriff
j. b. King of johnson county, Ark.
to the effect that he is already on the
way to Mankato. He is expected to ar
rive tomorrow night If he fails to
identity Sullivan the latter will be re-
leased at once.
Sheriff Williams today received cir
cular from Sheriff King giving descrip-
ton of John p. Dunn, alias Dick Dimes
alias Big Dick, bank burglar and gam
bier, who with George Durham, alias
Jersey Durham, alias Oklahoma George
attempted to burglarize the Bank of
Clark sville at 2:30 o'clock on the morn
ing of Feb 5th. In the fight that fol-
lowed Sheriff John H. Powers was kill
ed, and it is thought that Dunn was
wounded. The latter was arrested Feb.
10th in st. Francis hospital, Wichita,
bullet wound in the hip. He made his
escape from the hospital April 3rd.
Dunn's age is given as thirty-five
years at the time of the robbery, height
six feet, weight l75 to 1875 pounds, yell
low grey eyes, ford or sandy complex
ion, gold in teeth, dark hair with some
gray over the ears. An abcess formed
inside of the hip bone where he was
shot and did not heal Dunn is pos
tive talker. The circular contains two
pictures of him. There is reward OF
So. 500 out for the mans arrest and con-
viction.
The man under arrest very closely
resembles the description given OF
Dunn. His size, complexion, color OF
hair, positive talk and wound all cor
respond. He seems about fOrty-five
years old The wound has not healed.
County Physician Holman examined the
wound and found that it tallies with
the description, except as the exact
location. which seems about four or five
inches away.
Dunn states that he is sixty-three
years of age and claims to be an
old soldier drawing pension. He has
told different stories as to the time
when he received the wound, it is said.
ranging from twenty to thirty years.
He is very nervous, and requested that
no reporters be told of his arrest or ad-
mitted to see him. The main difference
between his appearance and the picture
in the circular is the fact that he Is
much thinner than the picture indicates.
He is little grayer.
Sullivan had been stopping at the
Commercial House eight days when ar
rested