The Prescott daily news., 1912-09-30
LULU WILSON OF CHICAGO DE-
CLARES THAT HE is
"DOC DANVELL."
STRUCK LIEUTENANT BURNS
Says He Passed Dominion Money
you've Got Wrong Guy" De-
clares Canadian Bank Rob-
ber Suspect.

st. Louis, Sept. 30.-Lulu Wilson, q
blonde, blue-eyed, rosy-cheeked young
woman, came from Chicago Saturday
and confronted the prisoner variously
known as Walter Stacey, Frank Wet
and j. c. Adams, held here on sus.
picion that he was connected with the
$272,000 robbery of the New West.
minister branch of the Bank of Mon.
treal.
While the prisoner stood before her
at police headquarters, guarded by
four detectives, and manacled with
handouts, she said to him:
You are Doc Danvell oYu are tha
man that struck Lieut.. Burns With a
piano stool in the Sunset saloon In
Chicago when he tried to arrest you
for the Canada Bank robbery"
Describes the Attack.
The prisoner was told to sit in a
chair directly in front of Miss Wilson,
who had been brought to ST. Louis by
Pinkerton detectives to identify him.
Taking his seat the prisoner leaned
forward and glared at the young
woman.
Girl Wrong, He Says.
you've got the wrong guy" he said.
you don't know me-
"Oh, yes, l do" said Miss Wilson.
I've known you a year. You're the
man, all right"
After shaking his head and again
denying that he had ever seen Miss
Wilson the prisoner was led back to
his CELL
Miss Wilson then gave a dramatic
account of the attack on Burns and of
her connection with it.
The st. Louis police are eager to
send the prisoner direct to Canada.
The Chicago police are insisting upon
his delivery in Chicago to be prose
cuted on charge of assaulting Police
Lieutenant Burns in a saloon.
If the prisoner is identified posi-
lively as one of the Canadian bank
robbers he will be sent direct to Brit
ish Columbia, regardless of the de-
mands of the Chicago police. Chief
of Police McWeeney of Chicago tele-
graphed Chief Young to hold Stacey
at all hazards, and that that police
men and witnesses were on the way
to identify him.
viii Hold the Suspect,
The police will continue to hold the
suspect on the charge of attempted
murder, but If he makes any attempt
to obtain his freedom by writ of ha-
beas corpus or other legal procedure
an application for a warrant against
him as fugitive from justice will be
applied for The Chicago police have
issued a warrant charging him with
assaulting-Lieut. Burns. These war
rants will be sufficient to hold him,
unless he should make a determined
fight for his freedom.
Attorney William e. Fish, employed
by the prisoner to represent him. said
he was expecting fund of not less
than $4,000 in st. Louis Saturday to
be used in his defense. Fish said he
would exhaust every legal recourse
to prevent any injustice being done to
the prisoner.
The prisoner refused to make any
statement to teh local police, further
than to say that he was tramp
painter wandering aimlessly about
the country. He had denied that he
had any connection with the Canadian
bank robbery, or that he slugged
Lieut.. Burns in Chicago saloon.
Confession Reported.
The st. Louis police express surprise
at report sent out from Chicago that
Jennie Little, arrested in Edwardsville
in connection with the investigation
of the bank robbery. and taken to Chi
cago Friday night, had confessed to
the Chicago police. According TO press
reports from Chicago she has prom
ised to give the police information to
aid in the recovery of $4,000 of the
money stolen from the Canadian
| bank
The woman was trying to lure the
police off the track of the real cul-
prits, according to the st. Louis police.
When she found that she was shadow
ed she went to Edwardsville and
formed an acquaintance with coal