Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-02
IS STILL IN HIDING
No Trace of Hunted Man
Found by Virginia Posses.
SAID TO BE Ed HARTLEY
Fugitive Not Edward Hays Of Wash
ington, as Was at First
Supposed.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
FAIRFAX. Va. August 2-"Edward
Hays" the Fairfax county fugitive, who
is now called ED Hartley" by Washing
tonians. who claim the man once was
known to them. is still hiding some
where, presumably in the woods Of Vir-
ginia, and men armed with shotguns and
revolvers are searching for him.
Nothing has been heard from the man
up to a late hour this afternoon. Sheriff
Allison OF Fairfax county was not in
town this afternoon. but people at the
courthouse said that nothing had been
heard or seen Of Hartley for twenty
four hours. At that time a posse Of
man hunters thought they had the
human quarry cornered in a field near
the Potomac river. The fact that the
fugitive is supposed to be willing to
shoot rather than be taken prisoner has
made the man hunters somewhat eau
tious. However, 800 reward offered
for the man has set farmers in this
neighborhood on their mettle, and the
gossip around town Is that the hunt
will not be given up until the man is
found.
Pursued Over a Week.
For over a week now the man mas
eluded pursuers, has been within their
grasp at least twice, has doubled on his
tracks with the deputies and bloodhounds
Of two counties lying in wait for him.
The story of the manhunt is being talked
Of everywhere in this section. From the
start the trail Of Hartley" and Mrs.
Hays, the woman who now says she is
not the fugitive's wife, but the vile OF
Bertrand Hays of Washington. has been
one of puzzling mystery. The two were
first heard of when farmer Of Dranes-
Vile set out for them. saying they mad
stolen his horse and buggy. Bud SNYDER,
have been kidnapped" Joined the party,
he says. after q drink Of whisky. Had
the man Hartley given himself up
when the trio went back to the nome OF
Bud Snyder the matter would propapiy
have been forgotten by now.
AS it is, however, the fugitive has made
himself q fame which will live g. long
time in this section. Sleeping probably
with one eye open," getting 1000 az
might. with his ears constantly s.raineo
for the stealthy approach of his pursuers'
he has lived a life of constant watch-
fulness and terror. To take drink from
a spring by the open roadside meant TO
invite. perhaps, the bullets OF the pur-
surers, who are all armed.
Hides Better Than Wild Animal.
This man mas ulOu6n HluSu OCIsSA SieAAA
a wild animal. He has been In the
neighobrhoods of farms time ind time
again, and has gone so far as to get a
complete change Of clothes, II the words
of VIII Naffett of Vienna are true. Mr..
Naffett says he saw the fugitive Monday
eventn. Just how long this man who is
being pursued with relentless motive,
can keep hidden is now a question. The
deputies and voluntary hunters OF this
county believe the man will be forced to
show himself within few hours.
On the other hand, it is believed that
he is a person Of exceptional endurance
and can Outlast any of his pursuers. The
game has reached the point where Fair
fax county does not want to be out
witted by a single man. The probable
tiles are that Hartley" will be driven
into a corner and be given a hard fight.
any Of the relatives of the Hays woman,
now in jail at Fairfax, failed today. A
message from Vienna. Va. to The Star
gave the information that Edward
Hays had left an address Of B. l. Hays,
lib 9th street northwest, on some bill
heads packed with furniture which was
recently shipped to Washington. B. l..
Hays was supposed to be printer at
that address, but on inquiry it was
learned today that no printing business
had been conducted there for two years.
printer in the neighborhood said that
Hays had gone out of the business and
was now employed by some other firm.
B. L. Hays is supposed to be Bertrand
Hays whom the woman in Fairfax Jail
now claims Is her husband.