The Paducah evening sun., 1910-04-14
Police Send Description TO
Falls City. Following State
ment Of Witness. Who Said
He Talked With Boy Here.

While the police have not given up
the theory that the boy, who was
murdered IN a field along the Pool
road Saturday night, may be Luther
Thompson, OF Decatur, Aal. Late
Developments lead Detectives T. J.
Moore and James Collins to sus-
pect that the corpse lying at Nance
& Rogers morgue may not be that
of Luther ("Red") Thompson. but
that of a moulder OF Louisville. Two
men claim 20 have had conversation
with the dead boy last Saturday might
in which he said he was a moulder
from Louisville. and Inquiries have
been received here from Louisville or
Jeffersonyille, Ind, and his positive
Identification tomorrow on next day
seems almost assured.
A description of the boy has been
forwarded the authorities in Louis
vile and an early reply is expected
Just as soon as 1t is established that
a moulder is missing and his name Is
learned.
Mr.. VIII Jackson, OF the Jackson
Foundry and Machine company, view
ed the body this afternoon. A few
days ago a young moulder applied
at his foundry for work, and Mr.
Jackson said the dead boy resembled
the moulder. but he was not positive
about the identification.
Says IL Is Thompson.
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dredge boat colbert" which arrived
from the Tennessee river this morn
ing, viewed the corpse and said that
il was the body of "Red" Thompson,
whom he knew well. He had seen
Thompson frequently in Chattanooga
, Tenn, and this is substantiated b.
the fact that the shoes supposed 10
belong TO Thompson were purchase
in Chattanooga.
B. NJ. Byrd. who Is a lineman |,
the employ of the Postal Telegraph
company and the Illinois Contra
railroad, says he saw the dead bo,
with a companion standing in IN,
fork of the Illinois Central and th'
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
railroads near Little's spoke factor,
Saturday morning about $40 o'cloct
Byrd was going up the track on Q
speeder, and says his attention wa
attracted by the two mon. The red
headed boy was nearest the track
and he says he wore a neat looking
blue serge suit and derby hat. A,
the time he said he thought the youth
looked too neat to be a hobo az
though his clothes were wrinkled. as
II ne had been sleeping in them. His
companion Byrd did not see well, bat
thinks he wore a soft hat.
Negroes Testimony.
A negro who resides near the
scene of the crime and whose name
has not been divulged. claims tc
have seen Albert Hale and the dead
boy together Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. Hale and his partner,
Guire, claim to have come to Padl-
cab Saturday night.
The negro said last Thursday night
two young men. fitting the dcserip-
tion of Hale and the murdered boy.
came to his home and asked fer a
drink of water. The red haired Roy
thanked him, but the other dill not.
The negro says Hale looks like the
one who did not thank him. He Wis
tied the jail yesterday. The boys
claimed to be looking for a train,
but their appearance in that vicinity
Friday and Saturday convinced the
negro that they were not trying TO
leave town and he told his wife so.
Sunday morning, the day the body of
the red haired boy was found mur-
dered. the negro says he saw Gully
one of the pair, resembling Haze He
said he saw him Just at sunrise and
the boy was walking slowly with his
head down and looking back of him
at intervals. The negro lives a half
mile from the spot where the body
was found.
Sunday afternoon about 5 O'Clock
the negro says he saw Hale and a
taller young man, resembling Guire.
walking together This corroborates
the statements of others that Guirc
was not seen with Hale until Sun
day.
The pair OF lace shoes taken from
Guire at the county jail and which
fitted the dead boys feet exactly,
will be used as proof, II Is said.
The shoes are branded MILLER Bros
Chattanooga" The soles of both
shoes show blood stained mud and
the left shoe shows this more dis
tinctly. An important discovery
made was the finding of a red hair
cling in the bloody mud on the so.e
OF the left shoe. The hair still cling'
in the mud