Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-08-16
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Officials, Thrown on the Track, Caus-
cd Arrest of Lawyer.

Atlanta, Aug. 11.-Thc alleged de-
sire OF criminal to cover his own
tracks, will lead, so local detectives
claim, to the ultimate conviction of
T.. S. Bishop, a young Atlanta solicit
tor, who is now held, charged with
the murder Of his child-wife. BY the
alleged substitution of several bits of
paper, known % have been left in
her mothers home by his wife,
Bishop managed to weave around a
prominent young attorney here a
chain Of circumstantial evidence.
which led the sleuths, when the wo-
mans disappearance was first report
ed, to arrest the attorney. Now the
attorney has been released aud the
husband will be charged with mur-
der in event search Of a large wood
ed stretch in the suburbs OF Atlanta
discloses the dead body of the wo-
man, whom the sleuths are certain
has been murdered
Mrs. Leila May Bishop, Is years Of
age, but wife for IS months, failed
to put In an appearance at the home
Of her mother, Mrs. Pauline Pearson,
widow, on July 22d. Her husband
claimed to know Of her whereabouts,
but told her mother that he feared
that she had eloped with the attor-
ney, Henry B. Troutman, young
nf n1
OF excellent reputation.
For this reason he begged her
mother not to report her disappear
ance to the police. A week after the
girls disappearance the husband ap-
peared before his mother-in-law with
paper bearing Troutman's name
and telephone number The paper
he said he had found among the pos
sessions left in the house by his wife
He then induced the mother to make
inquiries about Troutman, whom she
found to be out Of the city on his
vacation. This naturally tended to
strengthen the theory Of the clone
ment. Troutman returned to the city
a few days ago. Mrs. Pearson ac-
companied by Bishop Immediately
called at his office. Bishop gave a
fictitious name and told the young
attorney Of legal tangle on which
he desired the opinion Of an attorney
IN this way he managed to secure
Troutman's signature. Compared
with the address and phone number,
which Bishop alleges to have been
left by his wife, it was evident that
Troutman had written both papers.
Mrs. Pearson Immediately reported
the whole matter to the detectives.
Troutman was kept under suryeil-
ance for several days by the sleuths,
while they investigated his ,ucord.
Finding 1t to be exceptionally good
they hesitated at making the arrest,
although a plain clothes man contin-
ually followed him. Finally Detective
Chief Lanford called Troutman,
Bishop, Mrs. Pearson and others in
terested to his office. The facts as
he had them were stated. and all
parties confronted with the state
ment each had made.
Troutman was able to prove that
while on his vacation he had been
in the mountains with party of six
teen we'll known Atlantans. He fur
ther declared that week before the
disappearance Of the woman that
Bishop had appeared in his home.
consulted him about a legal matter,
saying that he would probably need
him again, had requested his name
and telephone number 1t was soon
evident that Bishop was not in good
faith. Later witness was found
who claims to have seen husband and
wife on Decatur trolley car on the
afternoon Of her disappearance.
Other bits Of circumstantial evidence
have been found, and tho city detec-
tives say that all they need to have
now is the body Of Mrs. Bishop. They
declare that when the body is found
they will be ready to take the case
before the courts.