The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-21
FIND VENABLE WILL
MURDERED MAN LEFT HIS EsTArn
 TO RR0THERs.
Police Now of the Opinion That shs Murderer Was Shot Down ana Killed By Earl .Luts
 . Week Later.

conveying all property. both real and personal, to his two brothers. Sam and Paul Venable. the will of the late walter K. yenable. who was murdered Tn his store in North Montgomery. on March l7. was found yesterday. The paper was discovered in a mass of pa- pers by the appraiser of the estate. while making an inventory. The Montgomery ~- Bank and Trust Company Is the administrator. The work Of the appraiser not having been accomplished. 1t Is impossible to as- certain. with any degree of accuracy. the value of the estate which was left by the murdered merchant.
 week ago. Sam venable advised Sheriff Hodd that the estate would of fer a reward of sl.0oo for the capture of the murderer. the sum having been made up by subscriptions promised by the various benefciaries of the dead merchant before the finding of the will.
 Since the offering of the reward. the police and the sheriffs departments, have discovered no clues which gave promise of leading to, the discovery of the murderer. It Is strongly stated In official circles that the murderer of the merchant has been killed. and a strong chain of circumstantial evidences has been brought to bear in support of this theory.
 Ii Is said that with the killing of Tom Pagan by Earl G. Lutz .on the morning of March 23. the murderer of Mir. venabie met his just punishment.
 It is pointed out that before the killing of Pagan by Lutz. the police attempted to arrest him at a restau- rant on Bibb Street upon another charge. The story is told that when the police passed the restaurant they A Al rV.a. aa. t~as. 4 Street in & leisurely manner. and that they followed without hurry. Knowing that they would catch up with the ne- gro before the coner of the block was reached.
 sudrsmiy. as Pagan came to an alley way leading to Commerce Street from Bibb Street. he made . sudden run, eludfng the bullets of the police efi- cers. Mounted men. foot men. and spe- gro. tracking him to the block in which he met his death. The block was surrounded. but the negro could not be found.
 Lutz. on arising the next morning. discovered the negro hiding under his bed, and getting his revolver. fired at the negro several tifn@. intending to scare him away from the premises. One of, the bullets took effect. how ever. the negro receiving the shot bee low the shoulders. causing internal bleeding and early death.
 The police point out the fact that the negro Pagan did not know he was be- ing watched. neither did he know the two officers who first saw him in the restaurant were after him. They sua- picion that he Is the murderer of Ven able from the fact that he ran from the police without being aware that the officers were intent upon making his arrest.
 While the chain of circumstantial evidence about the negro is strong. the officers have not given up hope of fnd- ing out definitely the name of the mur- derer. While some of the officers be- lieve Pagan to have committed the deed, others believe that another negro Is in hiding, and that the oner or large reward will lead to his being de- iivered to the police or sheriff's depart ment with certain information as to his guilt.