Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-06-23

II | was positively denied at the office of , Constable Peil, where it was stated {, that the deputies were working on the case and had five men under l suspicion, two of whom were run down, to find that neither was the one wanted.
 Another rumOr was to the effect that the police had caught the man and that he is now in the city jait The city detectives emphatically de nied that they had made any arrests at all They arrested man this af- ternoon. but it was for another of tense.
 At the county jail this afternoon it was asserted that no one had been lodged there under charge of criln- inal assault and Sheriff Roberts is sued orders that should the man Dc arrested that he be not received at the jail but taken somewhere else to prevent mob violence.
 Just as, soon as one report is fol- i lowed until it is found to have no foundation. another comes into eX- istence. At the penitentiary this af- ternoon it was said that no prisoner from Pulaski county had been re- ceived there for safekeeping, and so fnf fn off ia1 none will be offered.
 Two Suspects DOcketed. The police at o'clock this after i noon had two white boys on the po- lice docket marked suspect. 1t was stated positively by both the regular police officers and the de- tectives that the boys are suspected of petty larceny, and the facts in the case have not been fully deeyloped. The arrest of the boys, it is stated. is not in any way connected with the tragedy that occurred at Fifth and Main streets
 The police further stated that the mere arrest of suspect would not be given out in detail by the depart ment, for the reason that slip might result badly The sheriff. force and the constable's office are working on the case and a verified rumor that one department had run , suspect to earth might result in tn q other departments stopping work.
 Bayard Damon Lodge. knighs of Pythias, held meeting tonight, an.l offered a substantial reward for the capture of the assaulter. The lodge feels more than passing interest Ill slipped into the lodge room and used l the telephone from that place to de- coy Miss Burkhalter to the room. The affair was one of the main 1 topics of conversation on the streets 1 today. The question on the lips 7 i everyone was ''Is the fellow caught, and where is he?' The deed has stirred the city from center to cir cumference
 Offering Rewards.
 To whatever reward that may be offered for the capture of the as saulter, Jack Ashton, who is now employed at Garibaldi's, will add sos
 Mir. Ashton does not know the wo-
 man and does not know that he ever
 saw her, but he says he wants to de
 what he can to bring the fellow with
 in the clutches of the law.
 Description of Man Wanted.
 The following description Of the a slender man, probably 19 or 2o
 years of age, and a dark blonde. He
 was probably , feet inches tall and
 weighed about 130 pounds. He wore dark grey pair of trousers. dark shoes and a white blouse shirt and
 a four-in- hand tie. He did not wear
 a coat or hat when MISS Burkhdltef first saw him and when she last saw him he was without coat or hat.
 A particular feature of the de
 scription is the man talked with a Southern accent and up to the min ute he made the attack was extreme ly courteous.
 An Account of the Crime.
 The police, sheriffs office and the constable's force have been securing the city for the last 24 hours in ? search for a white man who yester- day assaulted Miss Ray Burkhalter after he had decoyed her to the Knights of Pythias lodge hall, which is on the third floor of the building at the southeast corner of Fifth and i Main streets The deScriDtiOn of the