The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
NOT so BAD AFTER ALL.
Sheriff Smith From Georgia Arrives
for John CLANCY.

With the arrival here today of Sher-
iq A. S. Smith from Waldon county,
Georgia, it was disclosed that the
wild tales of crime confessed to by
John CLANCY, while confined in the
city prison here, are without founda-
ton, and that although. the young
man is wanted at Monroe. Ca, for
perjury and subornation of perjury,
he was in no wise connected with the
murder and incendiarism to which he
confessed.
Upon the arrival of the official in
Topeka it became known that while
there is a young man named Miller
wanted in the place from whence he
hailed, Harry Miller, who was arrest
ed here by Detective Hutton at the
same time CLANCY was taken in GUS
tody, is not the one whom the auth
critics are after.
Miller joined CLANCY in Oklahoma
City nine days ago, and had not
known the latter until that time, ac-
cording to his own statement which is
believed by the authorities. He will
be held nevertheless, for the federal
authorities from Missouri who want
him as an accessory before and after
the fact in scheme to defraud,
which was practiced at Liberty. Mo.
Millerrs home is at Onagra. III,
where he left four years ago. His
father is a conductor on the Illinois
Central railroad. and runs on the
suburban lines out of Chicago.
That there was a murder of base
ball captain in Monroe on July 4th,
and the mill to which CLANCY con-
fessed to having burned was in real
ity burned. is the statement of the
Georgia sheriff, but there is a GER
tainty that CLANCY had nothing to do
with either of them. George w. Dur
den and OIin NJ Thomason, two of
bo xxr1,o !, 4
he Travelled, are wanted and there is
a liberal reward for their apprehen-
sion.
CLANCY, is also wanted by the fed
eral authorities for the fraudulent
use of the mails. This was practiced
by using the name of his step-father
who has a Dun and Bradstreets rat
| ing. The young man would commun-
| icate with different wholesale firms
that he intended starting a business
| Gated. and securing shipments would
sell the goods, pocket the proceeds.
! and decamp.
In this practice he used the name,
I. f. Flanagan, that of his step-father.
| 1t was after he had been joined by
Miller about ten days ago that the two
went to Liberty, Mo-. where the game
| was practiced, and where the connec-
tion of the latter with CLANCY makes
! him an accessory before the fact in
iTduQ, also forgery. "A Sn1Dmen oil
1000 cigars was ordered from the
Kansas City Cigar Co.. who suspect
| ing something wrong. notified the
postoffice department. with the result
| that a decoy package was sent
Then it became known to a certain
ty that evidence could be gathered
which would convict of fraud. The
young men came from Liberty to To-
peka. and attempted to pass a worth
less check on the local office of the
Underwood Typewriter Co., following g
which they were arrested.
CLANCY then sprung his wild tales
to the police. who Investigated. with
the result that a wire was sent here
by the Georgia officials 10 hold them.
While CLANCY started on his return
trip today, Miller is being held the
Missouri federal authorities being no
titled that he is at their disposal After
Chancy's case has been finished in
Georgia he will also be turned to the
federal authorities.
When questioned this morning.
CLANCY said that he had sprung his
wild tales of crime for the benefit of
the morning newspaper men who
grabbed them eagerly. He admitted
that they were fabrications, as the
sheriff says. Sheriff Smith further
substantiated the later statement OF
the young man by saying that he had
known him from childhood and that
he could be depended upon never to
tell the truth