The Washington herald., 1910-09-05

Hudson. n. Y, Sept. 4-The bandits
who murdered young Denton Fowler. as
sistant treasurer Of the Atlas Building
Material Company and his negro driver.
George Ragsdale, yesterday afternoon.
fed through the woods in such haste that
they dropped the treasurer's suit case
containing $3.50 in gold. silver. and bills
Police Chief James J. Lane and super
intendent jerry Leonard, Of the Atlas
Brick Yards. stumbled upon the cash bag
this morning while they were beating up
the thickets with a party OF armed men.
Lane and Leonard found not only the
money that Denton Fowler had been hur-
rying with 70 the Atlas brick makers,
but within a few steps OF where Fowler
and the plucky negro hid been shot 10
death they came upon the weapons the
robbers had used IN the killing. a Win
chester repeating rife, a shotgun. and
two revolyers.
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Searching on their hands and knees
through the wet bushes they found two
caps. such as Italian laborers commonly
wear in this part Of the country: two
red bandanna handkerchiefs. which had
been pierced with eyeholes and used FOR
masks; the scattered fragments of an
envelope. and the letter the envelope
had contained, and the scrap-strewn spot
and tiny clearing surrounded by almost
impenetrable thickets Of thornbush where
the robbers had made camp while they
waited for young Fowler's buggy
Pressing close 10 the ground and fight
ing their way through thickets Chief
Lanes men picked up the trail OF two OF
the assassins. which led in a wide curve
90 the least likely place IN the world
the brickyard where $50 Of the employees.
Italians. Hungarians. POlacks. largely.
had been waiting for Dent Fowler's ap-
pearance with their three weeks pay.
And while Lanes country detectives
were skillfuly gathering clews from the
woods which were telling tales on the
robbers, another party Of policemen and
citizen volunteers under Sergt. Cruise and
Policeman Klemmer were finding interest
ing things less than a quarter Of a mile
away. on the other side Of the road
where Fowler and Ragsdale were killed
Tracks Found In Mud.
Here and there, leading in exactly the
opposite direction from the tracks that
Lane and Leonard were nosing. Sergt
Cruise came upon the prints OF hobnailed
shoes deep in the mud apd sharply
marked on bushes that had been trampled
down by rushing feet. These signs.
broken. lost. and recovered at long in
tervals, carried Cruises party southwark.
away from the brickyard. toward the
river. At length they disappeared i'm
perceptible on a regularly used road.
Chief Lane was swearing this afternoon
because bloodhounds were not included
in the police reserves Of the city Of
Hudson. II he does not nail the mur-
derers within few hours-and the evil
dence is such already that he can al
most give their names-he says he will
try TO get dogs from Albany or New
York.
The discovery Of the suit case with the
pay envelopes unopened untouched even;
the rifle, shotgun. and revolvers. the
caps and masks and the torn envelope
and letter. and the clear significance Of
the trail that led to the brick yard al
most tell the story in themselves OF the
incidents that preceded AID followed the
killing and the looting Of the buggy.
They Indicate that employees Of the Az
las company-Italians. almost certainly:
men who were entitled by their work TO
a moiety of the cash young Fowler was
conveying men who knew every step
the paymaster had taken. ambushed him
and then, unable to escape with the
heavy money case. and in danger Of be-
ing caught by the brickmakers who were
pouring down the road TO the woods,
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