The gold leaf., 1911-02-16
WILSON MURDERER CAUGHT.
Lewis West, Negro.Desperado, Who
Killed Deputy Sheriff Mumford and
Seriously Wounded Chief of Police
OF Wilson Captured at Maxton.

OF Wilson Captured at Maxton.
Maxton, n. G., Feb. 11-Lewis
West, whose bloody trail has been
followed persistsnly since his henious
murder OF Deputy Sheriff Mumford
and the dangerous wouuding OF the
chief -of-police OF Wilson, n. C., about
| ten days ago, was arrested here last
night by Chief of-POlice Dunlap, and
is today safely incarcerated behind
the bars in Raleigh.
With nine loaded revolvers upon
his person, the negro whose savagery
was evidenced when he continued to
| fire into the PROSTATE form OF his vic
tim at Wilson, after he was shot
down, calmly rat in II negro reStau-
rant here and ordered supper. Secure
| III he belief that his personal arsenal
wa- sufficient to resist arrest he reck-
pned not with the power OF the law
and fnileG to realize the hatred all
men bore him.
Without giving the murderer
chance to escape Or to use weapon
Chief Dunlap covered him with Il re-
vOlver and demanded surrender.
With the negro it WAS II quiet surren-
Ter into the hands of the officer OF a
quick entrance into the great beyond,
fpr Chief Dunlap's finger quivered
just Il trifle as it pressed the Trigger
of his trusty revolver His hand WIS
steady. however, aud his vote" WAS
that "f ii master -p"nkirg to II "a
nine.
Cow, d into submission The negro
was hnndcuffed and searched Wrap-
on after wrnpou WAS taken from his
person, in every pocket h. carried II
pistol. In the bosom of his shiri lie
had two d, ath dealing guns = ncrnle
First deny ing his identify, VS.
| made II pretcnsp of braggadOciO, but
when stripped of his weapons aud
surrounded bv men who were positive
in the identification. II" negro al
| mitted he is Lewis West and made a
| full confession OF the horrible crime,
crime for which tfn punishment
| will be death.
Officers from Wilson arrived this
morning and the negro was hurried
| to Raleigh to prevent any attempt
| on the pnrt of angry citizens to take
the law ia their own hands and deal
out summary justice to the black
tirnd. He was utterly subjected
when he was placed aboard the train
| For the first time since he shot to
death Deputy Sheriff MumfOrd and
| later wounded very seriously, the
chief-of-poIice OF Wilson, the negro
| seems to recognize the aggravated
nature of his crime.
After mOrtally Wounding Deputy
Sheriff Mumford who attempted to
arrest him, the negro again fired into
the helpless form of the PROSTATE
man shooting him in the head as he
lay on the ground.
| Rushing to the assistance of his
fellow officer the chiefof police was
fired upon and a wound inflicted that
was at one time thought to be fatal,
but later developments have proven
that the wound is not so dangerous.
| The negro Immediately made his
escape Those who were his accom-
plices were arrested but West man.
aged to elude every officer until last
night. Telpgraphic communication
with every city in North Carolina
and with all cities in other states put
the entire detective and police mach
inery of the country on the trail Of
the murderer, and his arrest here by
Chief Dunlap is regarded as a clever
piece OF work by this brave officer
who faced the negro with nine revol-
vers and placed him behind the bars.
Raleigh, \. c., Feb, 11.-ln custody
of Chief-of Police n. II, Dunlap, of
Ma1ton, Sheriff Sharp of Wilson, and
a posse of guards, Lewis West, the
negro who killed Deputy Sheriff Num-
ford and dangerously wounded Chief
of-Police Glover at Wilson is locked
in the penitentiary here. They ar
rived from MaxtOn this afternoon at
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