The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-11
SHIPP IS WAITING
NOTHING MORE FROM CAPTURE or
1Een Who AAxfsea Morgan Sheriff They Hne WeoalaHd DFiIls Bfan Have
 Not ReAehed Dccnfar
 Wfth prfmnuex- sss.

Decatur. Dec. 1o.-(Specfa1. 1<-fzo further news. has been received ct the oflce of shsfih ThoIas R. ship o ssn- r renton. Marshall County. said to be Tom Edmoudson, charged with having murdered his wife. mother. and three children. at Woodland Mlls. this coun- the fire witch destroyed their resi- dence and barn.
 Last nikht skeriH shipp received 2 tslephons messaee from officers . ss ss son under arrest there and were bring inK him to Decatur They have nof reached here and Sheriff Shfpp has not heard from. them. :,
 T. B. Moebes of Arab, MarFhali County.Swas in Decatur today,
 T live near Arab" said MT. Moebes. 'T left there yesterday morning. Early yesterday, morning a etranEer. caueo at . store i.l Arab and asked for some thing to eat During the conversation he was asked if he had. beard 9f the Edmqndson, tragedy at Woodland Miiis. He said he had heard little. about 10 fused to say and left the store hur- riediy The description of this man fits Edmondson exactly. ,
 sOn my way to Decatur 'yesteroay ! met several officers going towards .the mountains. They told me they. were going after Edmonuson. that they hao learned that he was the 'mam whot Was in the store et Arab and that lpey y wsre goipg to get him and sbring him
 MT. Moebe says the people at the store In Arab who saw the man sup. posed to be Edmondson told him tnal the man did not appear to be crazys
 Arab is about ten miles from WAr- renton the place where Edm0ndson is ieAfd to have been arrested. Both ars Atnall country places. Warrenton is about ten miles west of Guntersyiile and about forty miles on an air line acroa the country from Decatur. 1un xersviile is the nearest railroad sta zion to Warrenton and from Gunters- A*ille by rail it is a roundabout way 4o Decatur One would have to travel from GuntersviIle to Huntsville tno then over the Southern Railroad to Decatur. The train connections are not good and it would take sevfral hours to make the trip by rail rom Guntersville to Decatur. Y
 Mr. Moebes says he has been 70 woodland Mills. where the Edmqnd- son tragedy took place. and says ev. ervona there fs of the opinion mat EdmOndson himself committed fne crime and then fled. and that everyone there thinks Edmondson Is stiil awe Mir. Moelses says Edmondson on fev- erai occasions. threatened 10 mYder his entire family and burn his nliia- inRe. On one occasion ne IS quo14 as saying the only thing he rsgretteq vas 4 that he could not burn the land aIone E with .he bodies. of his wife. i4moth: CT. his children and, his buildirRs and live stock and other property.
 District Solicitor David c lAlmon and County Solicitor D. E. Grlen are Of che opinion that Edmondsq com Ynitted the deed. SlIeriff Shipl holds to the opinion that Edmondsa was
 Citizens Of woodland Mills hre So strongly of the opinion that tgmond' son cornmftted the crime and!that he is alive that they have offerd re ward Of saEO for the arrestpf Ed mondson This amoiint has Nsa col Imcted in, cash and is in. the gIrst N@' fl6nal Bank at Hartselle @p5scf se fhe claim of anyone who aEssts Ed ffg0ndson and delivers him tqLhe Sner, TIT of Morgan County. The mount oi this reward, too. is growiK TOT tns hood are aiding to 1t almqt daiiy-