The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-22
Go From Hold-up Scene to
Erie Car.
Establish Connection Between Two
Crimcs--Suspects Show Nerve
When Hounds Come Upon Them.
Made Good Their Escapc-OfTiccr
Discharged.

him up last Thursday night, Roy Hofr
hines now declares that he does no
know whether Wilson is one of tn,
men or not. As a result of Hoffhnes
uncertainty and the work of blood
hounds brought here Saturday night
Wilson and William Rodgers, a sus.
pect arrested with him at Lima, viii
probably be released today by the au.
thorities.
Principal among the results of the
shooting of Hostetter will be the dis
missal of Officer Harry Fisher. a new
patrolman, who, it is claimed. was
| with Hostetter when the latter was
shot down and who, brothers of the
dead man claim. lodged in under a
car until the danger was over.
The bloodhounds were brought here
| from Newark Saturday afternoo
They were immediately taken to the
Erie passenger coach in which were
the thugs when Hostetter was shot
| down. They picked up the trail i'm
mediately and started out of the
| coach and into corn field to the
north of the track. They continued
| eastward and thence i'm northerly
| direction to the very spot where Hoff-
hines was held up on Thursday night
From there they went on Kenton ave-
nut for short distance until the trail
was lost
The hounds were brought back and
started on the car again. This time
they went into the corn field and pro-
cecded west going through the fields
until they had passed MI tower In
the Erie yards. The scent was lost at
the railroad track. showing that the
thugs had probably boarded train
there.
Then the officers went back and
took the dogs oven. practically the
same trail. Before they had started
the two prisoners, Wilson and Rodgers
were placed in charge of Captain
Bond and Sheriff Stark ana sent across
the trail and proceeded some distance
before stopping When the digs. go
ing over the old trail struck the new
scent, they stopped and followed
the prisoners
Here the actions of the two men
would indicate their innocence, but
whether innocent or guilty they dis
played remarkable nerve. With the
ferocious dogs dashing down upon
them they stood their ground. one of
them saying.
"If We are guilty captain, hope
those dogs will tear us to pieces and
If we are, want you to let them do
It,"
The two prisoners. handcuffed to-
gether, stood there facing the oncom-
ing hounds and neither even ninched.
The dogs bore down upon them and
the officers felt that they were about
TO leap upon the prisoners but in
stead they merely came up to them
and stopped, walking slowly away
without a demonstration of any kind
The action of the dogs showed
plainly that Wilson and Rodgers are
not the ones wanted for the killing of
Hostetter. While the dogs did turn
off the trail they were following and
take TO the new one II Is said that this
Is not even evidence that the new
one was made by the same persons
as the old. Dogs sometimes turn off
an old trail for fresh one when
made by other persons.
Chief Klinefelter and Captain Bond
put the prisoners through rigid ex-
animation. Their stories did not vary
whit from that told when they were
arrested and given in the Mirror Sat
urday. In addition Captain Bond in
vestigated and found that the story
told by the two was substantially cor
rect and made 1t impossible for them
10 have been either at the scene of
the hold-up or at the Erie coach when
Officer Hostetter was shot.
Before the pair Is released, how
- a., 4 a
ficer, two of whom are detectives, will
be given an opportunity to examine
them.
Chief Klinefelter stated this morn
ing that Harry Fisher, who went
through the west end yards with Hos
letter Thursday night in search of the
hold-up men. will be discharged when
he reports for duty tonight. 1t Is
claimed that Fisher did not do his
| duty when Hostetter was shot and
| other charges made against him, are
| such that It Is not considered advis-
able to keep him on the force any
| longer.
The county commissioners Saturday
| afternoon met and offered "A reward
| of 1000 for the arrest and conviction
| of the thugs who shot down Jerome
| Hostetter. The reward was put up
at the instance of Prosecutor Charles
l.. Justice who has been assisting the
| police in an effort to apprehend the
criminals.
i But even with the reward and tn,
untirng efforts Of the police 1t is un'
likely that the murderer of Hostettel
will ever be punished.
This is admitted today by the author
tiles. The bloodhounds have estab
lished the connection between tn
two crimes. They have pointed OH
plainly that the men who held up Ro
Hoffhines are the ones who went I,
the Erie coach and shot down the OF
ficer when he apprehended then
there. But there II ends. The hound
followed trail that ended on the rail
road track and It is believed that Tn
men who shot down Hostetter board
ed a train and before daylight th
next morning had completely coyere
| their trail.