Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22
DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF !,
TOBACC0NIST'S MURDER
Says Revolver Found in Room Was
Loaned Him by Washington Man.
MONKEY WRENCH IDENTIFIED
Weapon Used to Slay Mickle Was
the Property of William Ander-
son, Wood Dealer, at Whose
Place Suspects Slept.

Willard Wilson Stout was ar.
rested today in Newport News.
Va, by Detective Cornwell in
connection with the murder of
William H. Mickle last Thursday.
Stout declares he is innocent,
knows nothing about the murder
and denies that he took from VIII
liam Anderson's wood ward the
wrench which felled Mickle.
William Anderson and Mrs. Ida
Goldstein today removed all
doubts about the wrench. Mrs.
Goldstein recognized the wrench
from picture in The Star as one
she sold to Anderson, who now is
sure that the wrench. along with
other tools and two revolvers,
were missed from his wood yard.
Arrest of Stout.
Stout says that Anderson
loaned him one of the revolvers.
The other revolver has not been
located. The revolver which
Smith pawned when he lived at
3I3 Pennsylvania avenue was
not identified by William Ander-
son today.
James Smith, in his cell at the
ninth precinct police station, is
still as positive as ever that he
knows nothing of the assault on
Morris Bennett and the murder of
William H. Mickle. Detectives
have had him under the third de-
gree nearly all day lono. but were
unable to force the slightest in
formation from him.
Special From STAFF Correspondent
NEWPORT NEWS. Va. November d.
Willard Wilson Stout. twenty-five year.
old. a native of Lovettsville. Va, was
arrested here this afternoon in connection
with the Mickle murder mystery in
Washington. d. c.
The arrest was made by Detective
Sergt. ]. W. Reynolds OF Newport News
and Detective Fred Cornwell of police
headquarters. Washington, D. c.. by au-
thority of a fugitive" warrant, which
they obtained from a justice here. Stout
was arrested at the home of his par
ents. 323 45th street, where he Is re-
siding. when he returned there for lunch
con from his place Of employment. the
plant Of the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company
Stout entered no objection to returning
to Washington and will depart for the
National Capital with Detective Cornweli
on the Norfolk and Washington line
steamer this evening. Detective Cornwell
left Washington at o'clock this morning
and arrived here at 1880 o'clock.
Stout says he knows nothing of the
tragedy in Washington and that he is not
aware of any trouble that James Smith.
arrested for the assault on Norris Bell
nett, had. other than the shooting of the
Miles boy.
Revolvers in His Room.
In Stout's room here two pistols were
found One of them Is of twenty-five
caliber, and Stout says it is the property
of William Anderson, proprietor of the
woodward in Washington wnere Stout
was formerly employed. He says the
nistol was loaned him by Mr.. Ander-
son in connection with his duties as
watchman, ana tnat Wnen ne uepafted
from washington he brought the pistol
with him by mistake
In SIour's room another pistol, or .3S-
caIiber. was found. Stout says he bought
thls for use in connection with a tneat-
rical production in which he and smith
and a Miss cooper, known as Paddle
foot" participated. They gave one per-
tormance al ishlandtown, near Bslti-
more. Md In the play, or skit, Stout
was a tenderfoOt and Smith had the
character OF a cowboy. The womans
voice was not strong enough, however.
and the project was abandoned
Stout decla. es he has no knowledge OF
the taking of the monkey wrench from
the woooyard. The departure II ON there,
ne says, was without significance. he
and Smith simply left washington ana
came to Newport News. This was about
the middle of October.
Boarded at Stout Home.
Smith boarded at the Stout home while
here, and when he left to return TO WASH
ngton he owed a board bill amounting to
>s. Stout, however, told Smith that it
would be all right as Stout would
stand for the bill.
stout says he and Smith were pretty
yooo friends and he knew nothing against
3nly occasionally. 49,,
Stout says tnat he has worked for VIII
Brown at EdnOr. Mo-; Tor u w. brown
At Sandy Spring. Nd. and for Howard
: ielos. deputy under the snerin of Alex
.ndria county. va, all or whom. stout
insists, will testify that his reputation
S sOod.
10 and Smith are not brotners-in-iaw.
Stout says that frankie Davis told him
hat she was twenty-five years oid ana
.esided at l220 Union street southwest.
That house was next door
O the house where Stout's parents for
neriy resided-1x22 Union street. Accord.
ng to Stout. frankie Davis toid MIN sne
VAS about to be required to leave tho
Jnion street house, for non-payment or
ent. or something Of the sort, and Tor
hat reason she spent two or three nights
It the woodward.
No Third Man, He Says.
when asked regarding statement at
ributed to Mr.. Anderson that there was
mother man, in addition to Stout and