The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-21

Illinois to be tried en- the charge of
robbery.
II Hunt is the man for whom the
detectives Of Ave states have been
searching for three months then he
will be able to solve the mystery that
surrounds the identity of the young
man who was murdered in the city
OF Paducah on April 10. for he alone
knows who he is II he committed the
crime. The man rests In an unmarked
grave. and II he IL able to give the
name OF the man there viii be some
relief TO the people OF Paducah.
RcmarEablc Case.
The case Is one OF the most re-
markable In the criminal history OF
this state. and has brought up for
solution more seemingly impossible
connections than any case OF the kind
known The body Of the unknown
man was found dead on the outskirts
OF Paducah on the morning OF April
10. and on the same evening Bert
QuIre and Albert Hale. two young
men. were arrested on the charge Of
having committed the crime.
They employed Attorney David
Browning to defend them. and Il
seemed as II their case was lost. for
on April 2i. Mrs Thompson. the
mother Of Luther Red" Thompson.
went to her home from Birmingham.
Ala. and Identified the body a. be-
ing that OF her son. who had left his
home at Decatur. Ala. a short time
before the murder was committed.
The young men claimed that they
knew Red Thompson and that the
dead body was not that OF Red
Thompson. but on the contrary that
they knew that Red Thompson was
alive. This assertion In the face OF
the Identification OF the body by Mrs.
Thompson as being that OF her son
seemed to be a foolish statement. but
nevertheless on April 23. four days
later, Mrs. Thompson wac taken to
Dayton. Tenn. where she met her
son, Red Thompson. who was work
ing on steamboat In that city
she was dumhfounded. but ac-
lknowledged her mistake and the two
young men were freed. and given
their liberty. This accomplis hmeni
was brought about through The In
genuity OF Mr. Browning. and IN
working up the case 20 get his clients
out OF their trouble he says that he
struck a trail that would turn up the
murderer.
Wrote 10 Wilson.
Accordingly Mr.. Browning wrote
the circumstances TO Governor Will
son and requested him 10 offer re-
ward. and In compliance with the re-
quest Governor Wilson offered a re
ward Of 500 for the arrest and con
yiction OF the murderer Of the un
known man stipulating that the ar
rest must be made within sixty days
and that il must be made outside OF
Kentucky.
In the reward Governor Wilson
said that II the murderer Of the IN
known man al Paducah was In Ken
lucky then II was the duty OF the Of
ticers In Kentucky 10 make the ar
rest This reward was offered on
May Il. and expired five DAYS ago. so
that u Is probable that the detectives
who caused the arre't will not get
any reward even II Hunt proves to
be the right man.
From the day the reward was offer
ed however. up until the time that
Hunt was located in iail al Murphys-
boro. ILL.,. the search that has been
made for him has been a tirele's one.
and from the evidence that Browning
mas IN his possession he thinks that
Hunt Is the man wanted. This inform
alton Is contained in a letter that
Browning wrote 10 Governor Wilson.
II convicted. the case will be one
OF the most noted in Kentucky for
when the reward was offered Cover
nor Wilson offered Il for an un-
known man who had killed an un-
known man.
Al present Guy Dean and Tom Far
rim are in Jail. Farrin having made
confession and then denied It.
The G. w. Robertson will run an
excursion to Golconda Sunday under
the auspices Of Olive camp. Wood
men OF the World. The boat will
leaVe Metropolis at 7 o'clock. Brook
port AT o'clock and Paducah at 3
CLOCK Golconda will be reached
at noon and the return trip will be
started at 4 o'clock. The boat will
remain until after the Brookport
Eagles and the Golconda baseball
teams have finished their baseball