The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-21
MARIETTA BARBER TRIED TO
WORK SCHEME WHICH FAILED.
DID NOT DROWN HIMSELF
An Effort Was Made to Get Wood.
men Of the World lnsuranee-But
the Fact That His Body Could
Not be Found Killed II.

The dead has come to life and the
drowned man found. Edward Knight,
the Marietta barber who was suppos-
ed to have drowned himself some time
last November and left his clothes
on the banks of Red River together
with a note to his wife stating why
he had committed the act and 50 forth
has been found and is at present lodg.
ed in Jail in this city with a charge
of embezzlement opposite his name.
Knight was arrested at Stamford,
Texas, yesterday morning while at
work in barber shop in that city
and brought here last night and placed
in Jail by Deputy Marshal Duncan of
Abilene, Texas.
Some time during the month of No
vemOer package of clothes was
found on a Lridge across Red river
near Marietta with a note from Ed
Knight to his wife stating that he
was driven to the deed by business
reverses, and while he regretted hav.
ing to do the act he thought it best
to save his family from disgrace.
Deputy Marshals Cochran and Nor
veil made thorough drag of the
river and were assisted by the mem
bers of the order of the Woodmen of
the World in which organization
Knight held an insurance policy. The
party after dragging the river for
q week or more, and not being sue
cessful in finding anything like the
dead body of knight, became suspi-
cious that instead of foul play having
been dealt the supposed dead man,
or that knight had drowned himself,
that he had left for parts unknown and
given his wife an opportunity to cod.
lect the insurance.
The search for the supposed drown.
ed man was thorough and resulted in
his being found.
the rules and laws of the order of the
Woodman, the body must be identi-
fled.
Knight when seen this morning by
a reporter refused to make any state
ment until he saw several people
whom he was expecting to arrive in
the city today.
Mr.. Duncan, the marshal who made
the arrest, when seen this morning
just before returning to his home at
Abilene, had the following to say: 81
have been on the lookout for Knight
for the past six weeks, and at times
| have been in less than days travel
from him. Each time, however, when
I reached a town, Knight had just left.
Deputies all over the northern district
have been on the watch for knight as
they were notified that 1t was thought
he had made his way into Texas. The
report that he had drowned himself
was never believed by the Ardmore
marshal's Office they sent me pa
pers for him some weeks ago. From
reports which | have picked up while
on the trail of Knight. | learned that
he first made his way to Fort Worth
after leaving Marietta. Deputy North
of that place got after him and he
left. have traced him to ten other
places in Texas. Last Friday | heard
of the man I wanted at Stamford,
Texas, a small place about forty miles
north of Abilene. I went to Stamford
Saturday and found knight. He was
at work in a barber shop, His family
had Just come to Stamford and 1t
looked as if knight had settled down,
seemingly secure from detection. How
ever, he was going under his right