Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-23
SHERIFF NICHOLSON MAKES AR
REST OF NORTH cARoLINlAN
CHARGED WITH CRIME.
RECEIVES LETTER TODAY;
PRISONER is IN JAIL
Upon Advice That Man Suspected of
Murder Wrote Letter From Lamoile,
Sheriff Investigates and Places Har-
per RayIe Under Arrest-Man De-
ciares 'nnocenee-Ecars Lynohins.

| In less than four hours after being
advised by letter this morning that one
Harper Rayle, wanted at Winston
Salem. N. c., on a charge of being
guilty of a most brutal murder, Sher
| if A. a. NICHOLSON had Rayle under
arrest and this afternoon placed him
in Jail awaiting word from the sheriff
of Guilford county, North Carolina.
Sheriff Nicholson received from
Sheriff E. B. Jones, at Greensboro, N
c., this morning. letter enclosing a
/ ing the officer that letter postmarked
May IS at Lam ollie. Iowa, had been
received at Winston Salem, indicating
that Rayle might be working near that
place.
Sheriff in Short Order Stunt.
Cautioning Nicholson that Rayle's
friends in the north knew he was want
ed. and would help him get away. and
that quick work was desirable in the
case. Sheriff Nicholson went to La
noble himself and there learned that a
young North Carolinian, answering
Rayles description, was working for
w. H. Adams, tenant on the farm of
Mrs. w. H. Jones, of this city, three
quarters of a mile northeast of La
noble. Nicholson went to the Adams
place, and at 1870, when Rayle reach
ed the house from the field for dinner,
placed the young man under arrest.
Declares He is Innocent.
After his arrest. and while on his
way to the county Jail, Rayle informed
the sheriff that he was innocent of the
crime ,altho he knew about the crime,
and that he was wanted, charged with
its commission. In his native mountain
style Rayle told the sheriff of the crime,
and expressed fear at being taken back.
Il amt feared of cote, for they will free
me when I have my trial" said Rayle,
"but 1 am skeered fhat bunch Of them
fellers will get together and hang me
befoh / have time to git trial" said
Rayle. W
Crime Was Brutal One.
In his letter Sheriff Jones declares
the crime for which Esayle is wanted
was one Of the most brutal in the his
tory of Guilford county. It was COM
mitted July 90 last, but the sheriff gives
no more particulars. Rayle, however,
informed sheriff Nicholson. that Lydia
Newman, a widow about 20 years old,
was the victim of the murder. and
when found her head. was beaten to a
pulp.
Has Been Here. Since March q.
Ray1e has been working at the
Adams farm since early in March. Ac-
cording to Sheriff Jones Rayle left
Winston Salem about March 2. buying
a ticket for Grinnell. At that time,
the sheriff says, .Rayle was not suspect
ed of the crime The sheriff says.
however, that Rassse practically, if not
wholly, confessed the crime to an ac
quaintance while on his way to Iowa"
Rayle is 25 years old, tall and slender,
with black hair and eyes. He is of a
nervous disposition, and at the Adams
home Mr.. Adams had remarked fire.
quently that there was something that
Rayle was afraid of. The other day,
Adams says, some one came into the
field where RayIe was at work, to look
at a horse and Rayle came near rum
ming away. Rayle was known by his
own surname, but had adopted Louis
as his christian name.
Sheriff Nicholson informed Sheriff
Jones this afternoon of the arrest of
Rayle, and it is expected than an Of
ficer will reach here within a few days
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