The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-06-26

startling scenes ever beheld confront
ed two policemen on Wedgewood ave-
nue.. A man was discovered with his
head crushed to a pulp and big stone
lying on it. The deed mystified the Of
ficers for several hours, but finally they
were hot on the trail of a suspected
party Frank Shelby was arrested on
information secured from man who
works where the murderer had worked
and he was arrested Sunday evening.
On Monday he was given a treatment
of the special medicine they have at
the police station for nfutes and he is
alleged to have made the confession
which is given below:
After an hours sweating at police
headquarters, Frank Shelby, the young
man who was arrested Sunday by De-
tectives Jones and Norton on the
charge of murder Of Robert Cooper,
confessed to Lieut.. Sidebottom and De-
tectves Irwin, Dowd, Norton and Jones
that he was the guilty man and stated
that there was no one else connected
with the killing. According to the
confession of the murderer, robbery
was the motive for the crime, which
| took place after several hours spent
in drinking and gambling. After the
confession Shelby, accompanied by
Lieut.. Sidebotton and Detectives II,
win, Dowd and Norton, took a Spruce
Street car to the scene of the murder
Here Shelby related the details of the
killing, pointing out the road he and
Cooper had taken, where they had
stopped to Shoot craps" and other
'objects that had figured" in the trag
edy.
According to Shelby's statements
Cooper and he met early Saturday
evening by appointment, Shelby says
that four or five of the men, including
Cooper and himself started a game
of craps, the gaming lasting for about
two hours. Cooper is said to have
won most of Shelby's money and about
SO besides. After drinking consider
ably the crowd broke up. Shelby pro
posed to Cooper that they take cal
and go out towards Cumberland Parl
and there continue the game Cooper
acquiescing, the two caught a Spruce
Street car and rode to Wedgewoo(
avenue, where they got off and walked
down towards the railway track
Here" said Shelby, eve started an
other game about fifty yards from thu
buggy factory. Both of us haC
crooked dice and we had only throw
a few times when we fell out over ;
quarter, which should have beer
mine. Cooper struck at me and
grabbed the fence post that was lyinl
near and hit him on the head.
"He fell down at the second blow ant
I struck him again, finally dropping
big stone on his head. had won bacl
several dollars from him while we hac
been playing there.
"After ] was sure that he was deat
took $3.50, all | could find in hi
clothes, and went back to town.
took my old clothes, which were al
covered with blood, and cleaned then
the best | could. I cut out the righ
sleeve, which was all soaked wit
blood and burned it. I then hid tn
suit of clothes in stable and wen
on home"
Detectives Jones and Norton foun
the bloody clothes belonging to tn
murderer Sunday afternoon The sui
which was covered with blood, wa
identified by a number of men tha
Shelby wore on SATURDAY. One of tn
men stated that he had seen Coone
and Shelby together about 10 ocloc
Saturday night, and that previous
that tive he had heard Shelby sev th'
he would yet sone money to-night
he had TO take It away from som
;, body.
Shelby was arrested late sunds
eyennf Ntne By Detectiy