St. Tammany farmer., 1912-11-09
McELvEEN CAPTURED.
Man Charged With Murder Of Young
Woman to be Tried at Amite
City.


Woman to be Tried at Amite
City.
Amite City. Nov. 4.-Newt McEl-
veen, under indictment for the muir
der Of Lula James, who effected .
daring Jail delivery here with Claud
Holmes several months ago, was cap
tured Saturday at Columbus. Miss.
The crime for which McElveen will
be brought here to face trial was
committed about three miles below
here, and it is said by those who wit
messed the killing, that McElveen
murdered the young James woman
without any visible provocatton. It
is related that McElveen, who is said
to have been an unwelcOme visitor at
the Jemes home at the time Of the
murder, was persistently urging hif
cause to the young woman, when
the name Of his more fortunate rival
was mentioned by sister Of tho
girl, whereupon McElveen drew his
revolver and fred the shot which
caused the death Of the woman.
He then turned the weapon upon
himself and fired one shot, inflicting
an ugly wound in the breast, from
which he recovered after a stay OF
several weeks in the Charity Hos
pital in New Orleans. McElveen had
only been in the parish jail here a
few days when he effected his escape
McElveen's victim was seventeen
years Of age, and said to be very
handsome.
Deputy Sheriff VIM. Afford has
gone to Mississippi for the prisone,
and will bring him here, where he
will be given a speedy trial. The an
nouncement that McElveen had been
captured was received here to-day
over long-distance telephone by Sher-
i'll Ballard, who has kept up a con-
tinuous search for the man since he
escaped from prison.
Slew Girl in Jealous Rage.
MCElveen was infatuated with the
girl he slew, and at the time the
homicide he was held in the grip of
a jealous rage. The James girl, 1t
seems, was engaged to be married
to q man by the name Of Davis, and
upon learning this McElveen sought
to have the engagement broken OF,
but failed in his attempt. In spite
of his pleadings the James girl re-
marked In McElveen's presence.
isn't my fellow a fine sport?" mean
ing Davis.
This Was more than McElveen
could stand, and he drew q revolver
from his pocket and fired at the girl
the bullet taking effect near the heart
and resulting in her death a short
while after. McElveen, still suffer-
ing from his jealous rage, decided to
finish the whole affair and turned the
gun upon himself, firing one shot
into his breast. The wound was of
a very serious nature, but he manag-
ed to stagger several hundred yards
from the scene of the murder to
house, which was occupied by several
women. McElveen related to them
what he had done, but the women
we're frightened too much to render
sny aid to the wounded man.
Saved From. Suici:le and Broke Jail
In the meantime Sheriff Saal hal
Leen appraised Of the murder, AMI
while on his way to the scene OF the
homicide he met McElveen, who
readily gave up. McElveen's wound
was admisistcred to at this place as
much as possible. after which he was
rushed to the Charity Hospital in
New Orleans. where he remained for
three weeks with his life hanging in
the balance. During his GONZALES
ence he was removed to the parish
prison here. Hardly had he recover
ed from his wounds before he began
to devise ways and means of making
his escape. Through some means
he secured six hack saws and with
the aid of these and several of his
the bars to his cell and to one Of
the windows leading to the open.
With several blankets tied togeth-
er he succeeded in reaching the
ground and made his escape, and be-
fore the night watchman was aware
of what had taken place the prison
ers were OF in the dark.
Another prisoner who was in jail
at the time lowered himself to the
ground through the same means and
notified Sheriff Saal Of the Jail de-
livery. Sheriff Saal and his staff OF
deputies at once got busy with blood
hounds in an effort to capture the
fugitives, but without avail.
The descriptions of them were tele
graphed to the authorities all along
the railroads. The next morning one
of the prisoners who was in the jail
delivery returned and reported to the
authorities.
When asked why he wanted to re-
turn he replied that all that he want
ed to do was to visit his sick mother.
The girl whom McElveen murder
ed was commonly referred to as one
of the seven sisters. There were
seven sisters of the James family,
who came here from Washington
parish to pick strawberries.
head, and was followed to the ropes
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