Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-06-13
DID REED KNOW
SYRRET1?

Post Dispatch and concerning the COD
neetion bet ween Syrett and W. E.
Reed has not been verified at the
tine Of going to press and rs all posi-
bic avenues Of enlightenment have
been followed there viii probably be
nothing definite on this subject until
the Grand Jury has met
Mr. MeDermott, Of st Louis, has
been snbp0enzed by Prosecuting At
turney Orear and this new phase Of the
case viii be Investigated Mrs. Reed re-
fused to discuss the subject tc-day,a and
Mr. Reeds brother, who resides south
west Of this city, said IL bis brother |
bad any business dealing with q party
called Syrett be knew moth ing OF it. j
MeDermott says he made the futher
discovery that Syrett has made several
trips 10 Mexico, No., In connection
with the pan In which be and Reed
we're interested. He was introduced
to Reed by Syrett.
BY a curious coincidence, McDer-
mott was at Greenwood, in st Louis
county. on the morning Of May I3,two
days after the Reed murder, when q
stranger dropped on q passing Nilsson
ri Pacific freight train and asked to
be directed 10 Mrs SYrett's residence
in that suburb. The astonishing ap-
p~earence Of the stranger made a pro-
found Impression upon Nc Dermott.
Inquired for Mrs Syrett.
His face was friR htfully disfgured
by fresh gashes and scars, giving him a
sinister expression. One heavy welt
crossed the nose. The entire left
side u the face had been cut or scral-
ched McDermott says that the
wounds we're so remarkable that be
could not keep bis eyes from them BE
was more vitally concerned at the mo-
ment 10 the inquiry made for the
missing Ssrett. whose bond be had
signed for $1,000.
What DO you want to see Mrs Sy-
rett about" asked McDermott,
"Well, I've been taking care OF rim
for the last month" was the reply.
Where is be nOw?'' was NcDer-
motifs next question.
The man begnn to shift uueasily
from q fnot 10 the other. BE loOk-
ed MeDerm0tt from head to heal be
fore ans ~eriBg:
'He's out 10 the country some
where. l don't know where be is now
IN awe you $500 IL you tell me
where be Isl, said McDermott, ''ano
there is where I made the mistake Of
M life, he added, In telling OF the
incident. Il should have followed
The fellow over TO tue Syrett resid-
enee, where be went while 1 stood
there looking after him The reason
i nld not foiiOw up my advantage
right tnen was because or the manas
answer 10 my offer. He said: "I'n be
b,ek 10 an hyur and see you, he never
Feturoed.
'fbe incident wax recalled to my
mind BY reading Of the murder OF
Reed 10 Mexico on the morning OF
MAY H." said McDermott last night.
TAO days after the murder / was In
Greenwood, st. Louis County, and met
a man Of uisfigured appearance who
Inquired The way TO Syrett's home Il
tod him that l would give him $500 II
be would tell me where to ind SYrett.
When / asked Mrs Syrett about
the matter, she said that she knew
nothing about the man."
McDermott has been ordered to for
felt Syrett's bond. He resides at No.
3sl4 Page boulevard.
LATER.
James J McDermott, q bondsman
OF ALFRED w. Syrett, a fugitive under
Indictment on a charge OF forgery,
said last night that the man who was
introduced 20 him al Reed BY Syrett
ten days before the latter's disappear
ance, and whom be later supposed TO
have been the Mexico csttleman, was
about 6 feet tail, weighed 100 pounds
and was Of fair complexion.
A close relationship in LAND specula-
ton involving large sums Of money,
between W. Z. Reed, the
wealthy cattleman OF Mexico, NO.,
Iound mysteriOuslY murdered on the
morning Of Mas II, and Alfred ". Sy-
rett the fugitive, indicted for forgery
md other crimes, was discovered last +,
light by Post Dispatch reporters after
syrett's bonds OF $4,000 had been de- |
Jared forfeited by Circuit Judge Sale. ;
James J. MeDermott, the bondsman, ,
who has been ordered to pay the |
mount Of the bond, told 9 Post Dis
,ateh reporter that he saw Reed in J
'yrett's office al Greenwood less than l
days before Syrettis disappear :
noe. Reed and ISyrett were discus !
ing the details Of an elaborate town. I
Ice scheme and McDermott learned :
hat Reed intended 10 furnish tie !
money for the speculation. IN
Misses Elizabeth GU, Frances N sson I
Elizabeth Price and Eva BlYth left z
iondAy for Columbia 10 start in the !