The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-11-24

SAM RAIDER CAUGHT
Man Who Assassinated VIM. Lacombs
at Flat River Last May Now in
Jail at Pennington.

Sam Badnr. who assussiuated VIM.
Lacolabs at Flat River on the night
OF May 18th last, while the latter was
taking Il girl home from circus,
and succeeded in making his escape,
was recently Unidentified at Sharon
Springs, Kansas, and Sheriff London
notified. The Sheriff went to Kan
sas last week, secured RAIDER, who
was in jail at Sharon Springs, and
! arrived home with him last Sunday
| Ii seems that RAIDER went almost
directly to Kansas after the killing
! of LacOmbs, securing work on II
ranch near Sharon Springs, Wallace
county, under the name Of Tom Kel-
! ley. Some time afterwards he got
into trouble with girl and was ar-
| rested on charge of rape. When
he was arrested he said to the Of
ficer arresting him, 81 know what
you are aftcr--it's that reward"
Tho Sheriff of Wallace county had
received one of the postal cards sent
out by Sheriff London just after the
murder, giving description of Ra-
der. This he had laid away in II
pigeon hold, and along about the
middle Of October happened to take
IL out and read ii over. The de-
scriplon so well fitted the man
"Tom Kelley" whom hc had IN Jail
oi tn" charge of rape, that he wrote
Sheriff London that hr thought me
had RAIDER, wanted for the murder of
Bacombs at Flat River. and for him
Shcriu London wrote him to have a
photograph taken Of his man aud
send It to him. When the sheriff Of
Wallace county told RAIDER hc wanted
to have his photograph taken, Ra-
der replied "oh d-itstcll London to
como on get me-"
Sam RAIDER and Walter Dccluc had
had some trouble over II girl that
both were going with. On the day
of the murder the girl went to RAIDER
and asked him To take her to the
circus that night. lie told her he
wouldn't do 1t, and she said she was
going any way with another girl,
and he told her that was all right,
but If she went with any man he
would feed him hot lead before
morning.
She went to tho circus that night
with VIM. Lacombs. Declue was also
at the circus and saw them, and ms
they left the circus Decluc preceded
them up the railroad track shor,
distance and then disappeared. The
couple had gone but two or three
blocks further on after Declue's dis
appearance, when some one stepped
up to them and shot the girls com
panion through the head, the ball
entering just over the left eye. De-
clue was suspected of the murder
and was arrested, but at the COrOn-
er's inquest the next day the girl
testified that 1t was RAIDER who did
the shooting, and after he had killed
Lacombs he remarked that he had
killed the wrong man. RAIDER then
made the girl go back with him to n
beer depot, where he walked up his
brother, Frank RAIDER, and told him
to take the girl home, that he had
gotten into trouble and wanted to
get away. Frank RAIDER in his testi-
mony before the Coroner verified the
latter part Of the girls statement.
RAIDERS bullet was evidently in
tended for Declue.
BY this time RAIDER had made good
his escape, and nothing was heard
OF him until after his arrest in Kan
sas as above set forth and the acci.
dental discovery Of his iudentily by
the Sheriff Of Wallace county. A
reward Of 500 was offered for his
arrest, $500 by the State aud 800 by
the County Court of this county.