The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-24
BAILEY COMES BACK
WITH HIS PRISONER
Handcuffed All the Way From,
Seattle TO Man Charged
With Murder.
CUT THROUGH LEGAL TANGLEs
Had to Arrest Mechanism After
Latter's Release on FIabeas
Corpus.

! Finishing UP q man hunt which has
continued for tho last five years anu
safely bringing back his prisoner. after
many difficulties, Detective Sergeant
Forrest c. Bailey of Police llcadquar-
ters. returned from Seattle. wash. al
2:+5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and
Immediately reported to Major >rner
and communicated with Governor Mann,
whose representative he had been On
his mission to the Pacific coast.
Sergeant Bailey left here on the
night OF January 3. meeting Sheriff j.
I. Fleming. OF Dickinson county. IN
McCianihan. wanted in that county for
the murder. five years ago. OF viii
[ Harris. whom he Is alleged to have
| killed with tho latter's own pistol.
Had Many difficulties.
The journey West and return was
I! fraught with many difficulties and OBJ
/. stacles. Several times the officers
were snowbound in The Far west. ana
in several places they had TO wait over
until their trains could get through.
| The trip occupied exactly twenty days
| \, hen In Oregon news reached The oin-
| GERS that their man had been released
/ on a writ of habeas corpus. and ,ncy
began to despair Of ever bringing him
back. But Sergeant Bailey, who has
| Idu ItiuNIl IN pei leICc IN utlcCIl'c WOTK
and IN bringing eXtradition cases TO :,
/, successful issue, managed to get
| through the legal tanglcs which
! threatened permanently to obstruct his
work. ana McClanlhan is now in jal-
! In the county from which he was an
! alleged fugitive
a detailed report Of the trip was
! given TO Major Wcrlier yesterday after
noon, and the chief was much pleased
with the work OF the detective, as re-
! ilcctng honor on the Richmond Police
/ Department and upon himself. Crcu.>
! was also given to Sheriff Fleming, who.
/ according to Sergeant Bailey, proved
i himself to be n good woods craftsman.
/ Cnsc Looked Hopeless.
| When the officers left Virginia they
| were Informed that McCanihan was
under arrest in Seattle. In Portland
Ore. Sergeant Bailey bought copy
| OF the Portland Times and learned that
McClanihan had been released on q
| writ Of habeas corpus ON January T.
II looked then as If their mission
would prove futile But Sergeant
! Bailey was equal to the emergency
/ Hc left the train at Portland, sending
! Sheriff Fleming ahead, and tclephoned
| to the deputy sheriff at Cheielias.
| Wash. where AIcCanihan was said TO
! be. asking him to meet Sherin Elem
/ ing and TO AFFORD the latter all as
the State OF Virginia. and to have
| the alleged murderer renrrestcd
| Then he caught the next train for
| Olympia. where he saw the Governor
| and obtained the lattcr's signature
| to the extradition papers. Then he
! went to Chelelas and met Sheriff
! Fleming. where they learned that Nc
Clanihan was at a place called May
| field. thirty miles distant They OBJ
! tanned vehicle, and. with n deputy
| sheriff, drove the thirty miles. and
! found Mechanism in a store. getting
the information from q couple Of small
children they found III the road
Mechanism was surrounded before
nc knew there were strangers In the
village. and was arrested. They drove
back to Chelelias. making the thirty
| miles. going and coming. In twenty
four hours. and found that they were
too late TO catch a train The next
| day was Sunday. and no train out
Ready to Nab Him 4ignin.
| In the meanwhile McClanihan was
| making efforts to sue out another writ
! OF habeas corpus. But Sergeant Bailey
was again on the Job. He remained
| with the prisoner. ready II lawyers
came and got him out, to swear out
another warrent and to hold his man
! for another twenty-four hours. In
!, case OF third effort to have Me-
| Clanihan released ne had made ar
| rangemcnts to arrest him on another
warrant and to get the Governors of
| Virginia and Washington In commu-
ncation with each other, so that the
| 9,ooo-rnie journey would not prove to
have been useless.
| At one time, when It was practf-
| caly certain that an effort would be
made to release the prisoner. Sergeant
! Bailey worked a ruse on the LAWYER
for the defense and had his man safe
~ hidden.
day and a night were. spent in
Seattle. and the return Journey was
! begun at o'clock last Tuesday morn
! ing. The train had gone but eighty
! eight miles when 1t ran into q snow
bank, and was delayed ten hours All
night while he was handcuffed rs
| the prisoner, Sergeant Bailey listened
to the snow plows working ahead. He
had little sleep. Hc had McClanihan
handcuffed to him the entire journey.
never losing sight Of him for a mo-
ment At a point in Ohio he separated
from Sheriff Fleming, and the latter.
VINO was met by another officer. took
the prisoner to Dickinson county
Five-Year Search.
Mechanism, for whom search has
been made five years. had lived in
/: Washington State for more than four
years. He refused 10 talk of tho crime
with which he stands charged
| sergeant Balley said that, except for
the continued anxiety that efforts
would be made to get tho prisoner
from him and Sheriff Fleming, he en-
! joyed the trip He saw many interest
/ ing sights, met many interesting peo-
| pie, and was welcomed by the authori-
| ties In the various cities in which he
had to stop. He complimcnted Sheriff
| Fleming on the way the latter con-
| Quoted himself. Once, when they
thought there was danger ahead