The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-07-18
SAYS PRICE HASN'T
LEFT RICHMOND
Self-styled SeereSs Tells Police That
SeabOIt's Murderer is Still i'm City.
Police Plade No Faith i'm Story.
.RFC HlIOND. vA.-SpeciaI.-

* L 4 HnOND, NA.-Special.-
According to n seIf-styled seer
. Rss, William Harris Price, sus-
I,ected murderer OF Thomas
ChaskIey SeabOIdt i'm the home
of Mrs. Bessie Walker, on South
Allen Avenue, on the morning of
Friday, July 5th, is still i'm Rich
mOnd.
Ia any credence Is to he placed
in the woman's Story-and il
might be parentheticalIy stated
that the police place but little, il
any, in her narartivc-thc man
is disguised. This disguise, ac-
.cording TO the informant, con-
sists of false mustache.
~ II this be true, Price, who is
barely out of his teens, would he
made 10 appear several yea :
older. He might, granting that
the WOman'S story is true, thus
etade capture indefinitely. unless
the detectives are instructed TO
look out for a man resembling
Price, but wearing a mustache
and appearing somewhat older.
This eiairvoyant, or whatever
she might be called, paid visit
To police headquarters yesterday
afternoon and impaired her in
ornaCon 10 Clerk William y.
H0ier. Mr.. Toler, who is also
fle Bertiilon operator contested
With the department, placed HttIe
credence In the woman's decIa-
ration and did not deem .her in
formation worth bringing 10 the
attention of Acting Chief of Po-
lice Thomas j. McAfahon, save in
casual way Iateu on.
The police, while inclined TO
treat the whole matter rather as
joke, aUte, nevertheless, making
quieE investigation along the
lines indicated and are prepared
for any emergency.
Operator Toler, though, is in
clined TO believe that his visitor
is ''llighty." He did not learn
her name or business or place
of residence, it appears. nor did
he give her the slightest encour-
agemcnt or indicate that he
placed any faith on her warn.
Dlsmissing the spirit world
from any and all consideration.
The police TO-DAY are just rs much
III the dark regarding the where
aboufS OF Price as they ever were.
There have been absolutely no de-
NelOpnentS since the cOrOner's
inquest and there is no great
likelihood that there will be
right away.
Pretty much all of the cOntig-
nous country has been covered
with descriptive circulars OF the
alleged murderer, and the police
are awaiting possible results
from this source.
II Price is within a thousand
miles Of Richmond the DOlice- be-
Iieve THAI he will be readily ap-
pretended. They rely to "a great
extent on the mans several ne
cuiiaP characteriStics-na an
impeachment to his speech and
the tone of his voice. which is
said 10 be not unlike that of a
woman.
In the meantime Mrs. Walker,
''the woman in the case" is liV-
ing quietly at the home of a
friend on Brook Avenue. She has
assured the police that she is
ready at any and all times TO
len4 them whatever assistance
might lay in her power.
: ~ erhe most important part of
! Carr testimony, as given by her
Es&9 TORE the inquest. was that after
sound or firing had ceased
3; Istinctly heard the voice of
whisper Bessie"
In of Detectives Thomas
,hon has evolved another
s. II lin connection with Price,
part Mrs. Walkers one
~ lover is supposed to have
yed In the tragedy.
While there is no tangible evil
dence that would indicate such a
deduction, IL is not impossible.
or Improbable, according to Cap
tain Mcmahon, that Price and
Seaboidt met by accident at the
home of airs. Walker, where the
cx-c convict was living with the
woman as man and wife, and
that. following some words over
Mrs. Walker. Price shot and
killed Seab0ldt.
lthilc the conclusion is moth
ing more nor less than cOnjec-
turc. e must be admitted that il
& entirely plausible. At any rate,
1e4cftivcs at work on the case
WIZ nr0cecd, among Others, along
sl,ts line.
r. this should prove TO be the
co&S Il foiI0tys that maybe Mrs.
walker i3Rs not told all that she
Knows ana may he able 10 throw
H,nre H<>l( on events leading uD
ii Tie If1ec{l s--in other words,
III, 5n<|<t nbont The crime and its
,>1>I<e lhoH she has yet told.