The Detroit times., 1909-01-11
CARM ICHAEL NOT
ARE STED FOR
CHURCH CRIME
HE Is REPORTED SEEN IN MANY
PLAcEs-oETEcTIvEs IN CHI
cAoo SEARCH IN vAIN-cANA-
DA LATEST CLUE

PORT HURON, Mich, Jan. IL
Especial when the CLEANS of morn
ing had struggled through the re-
cesses Of the windows the quaint lit
tie church at Rattle Run still con-
cealed its secret today. for the appre-
hension OF the man who committed
the cruel murder last Tuesday had not
been effected. The rays OF the sun
shone upon the CHASTITY tokens that
lead the police TO believe firmly that
Gid" Browning. the roustabout. was
slain In the church.
The villagers at Rattle Run were
astir early today They wended their
way 10 the little church. The voices
OF the men sounded hoarse as they
discussed the crime; the women held
their heads together and they talked
in whispers. Groups OF boys were
congregated outside. Everybody talk
ed OF the murder. discovered by My
ron Brown. who entered the church
Wednesday morning and found the
CHASTITY embers In the stove burning
away sleepily, and deadly implements
and other gruesome tokens scattered
in different parts OF the church.
The people today gazed at the
church In which were found the mu-
tilated parts OF Gid" Browning. They
talked OF the deadly duel that must
have taken place when Gid" Brown
ing and Rev. j. II. Carmichael stood
breast to breast, their flesh almost
touching. and with thighs entwined,
Keeling and swaying. What Carmich-
ael gained In strength; Browning
made up In rage. The villagers are
convinced that Browning was slain:
that his footstep. breaking the early
stiffness, will be heard no more.
The description OF Carmichael has
blazoned the papers OF every city.
town and village In the United States
and Canada: IL has been flashed to
the police in every city in the states
and Canada. The country at large
has been dragged by the net of pub
licity through which few living men
are small or shrewd enough to pene-
trate. And yet Carmichael Is at large.
He Is reported to have been seen in
many places. The officers were con-
vinced that they had definite clue.
The. ticket agent of the Grand Trunk
railroad. at Port Huron. declared
man answering Carmichaers descrip-
tion boarded train for the west last
Wednesday morning.
Conductor 10 Certain.
| Tne conductor OF west-bound train
on the Grand Trunk was convinced he
carried man to Chicago answering
the description OF Carmichael. He sat
staring into the realms OF speculation.
the railroad conductor says. His
cheeks were feverish and hollow: his
| lips drawn from the effects OF the bat
| tie he had waged. His eyes were fixed
on, the drifting landscape; they saw
M he
harvest fields. His thoughts did not
concentrate themselves enough to dis
| I'll into words they were dim and
| irrevelant procession Of scenes, rising
| like smoke wraiths out OF the past.
The quaint little church was gilded
strangely in the reflection In the win
dow. The scenes in the village that
knew him so well haunted him and he
felt an indefnable yet deepening
gloom.
The train groaned and painted over
| the prairie. His soul was not the
same he put his hand to his breast;
| he wandered desolately amid the
scenes which he and Browning had
known together; the strains OF the
| hymning In the little church were In
the air; the trees sighed and moaned:
the tragedy was setting on his heart
with nameless misery.
Detective Eli Baker, OF Detroit, and
Deputy Sheriff Will Moore, of Port
Huron, hurried to Chicago and with
the assistance of other officers, began
a thorough search for Marmichael.
The officers had succeeded in fding no
trace OF the missing cleric up TO a late
! hour
Another man answering the descrip-
ton of Carmichael was found wander
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! ing on the Canadian Pacific tracks
near Clairemont. Ont. % miles from
Toronto. He was locked up in an oil
house and the authorities were mott
/ fed. The man was described as weigh
/ ing over 200 pounds. wore closely
clipped brown beard. walked with
decided limp and one OF his feet turned
out, He was incoherent in his replies
when questioned
Letter is Given Public.
Porter Carmichael, son of Rev j. II
Carmichael. has revealed the contents
of "A letter which his father was 81
anxious to get al the Adair pOstOffice
before the murder The letter was
/ from Rev A. OD. Hammond. OF Stand
ish. II referred TO an Advocate sub
scription list" and says
II wrote you twice regarding the Adj
vocate subscription list and had you
! needed my letters your task wouldn't
have been So unsayOry ] told YOU !
had lost my memorandum and could
not tell which one had paid II there
have been any unsavory recoilections
cast on IL II is your fault "a ! asked
sou twice 10 inquire OF the subscrib.
ers which had paid and said thar II
anyone had not been reported as paid
/ would settle with the ADVOCATE. You
lid not answer my letters 50 | con.
cluded that the list was o. n
u will write Immediately TO the Al
vocate ana pay H.. as J concluded thdt
he money was paid TO me. That's
what ! wanted 10 know year ago"
Rev Mr Hammond is the Methodist
Episcopal minister who preceded Rev.
MIR Carmichael as pastor OF China.
Adalr and Columbus churches. Rev.
Mr.. Hammond was reported missing
from Omer about the date OF the mur.
der bur later appeared at Standish.