Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-13
CROOK;
KILLED BY DRINK

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this was the truth. be ssid that he
was frightened and be wanted to get his
Wits out Of town % her parents would
not hear Of II. He said he later thought
Of returning and notifying the authorities.
but the farther off he got the less he
liked the idea Of facing an explanation.
He said HE real name was Adams and
that he never went under the name OF
Ridley. Rigiey or Castle, The name
Castle was found on papers In his suit
case At Mankato by the police there and
Adams explained that by saying II was
an order book belonging to a friend. He
did not know where the name Ridley or
Rlgiey came from.
Detective Murphy. who returned with
the prisoners. told Captain Dempsey last
night that the couple yehemently denied
that murder and robbery could In any
manner be charged to them.
The dstectiv. said that Adams. under
which name he Ia booked. had told him
that he had met Simpson Thursday aft
ernoon at O'Clock In q saloon at -.
North sIxteenth street, and being inti-
matsiy acquainted with him. he bought
several rounds OF drinks. after which he
invited him TO his apartments. a.,
b -- Left simpssn h Rsens. ,ssNss;
When the rooms were reached simpson
was very drunk and Immediately upon
sitting down. fell asleep. II was I'M
pssseic 10 arouse him and II was then
that arrangement for another room were
made. At about I o'clock In the evening
he and the woman went downtown to
chop sasy restaurant and stayed there
until about . o'clock. Thsy returned 10
their room Immediately and found simp-
son still asleep and, unable 10 awaken
him thsy occupied the other room which
they had arranged for.
In the morning they visited their own
room and upon making another attempt
10 awaken simpson they found him dead,
either an tho result Of an overdose Of
morphine. which no frequently used. or
from. alcoholic poisoning from . pro-
trgsted spree.
When they saw that he was dead they
became frightened and ran away. the
woman buying a ticket on the North
western through 10 st. Paul and the man
going to Council Bluffs end catching the
same train there
search for the Pair.
The effectiveness o. the police system
was demonstrated last night BY Adams
story. lie says that within three sta
tons Of Sioux City he knew that officers
we're seeking him. At Sioux City he saw
several policemen scruunise the passen-
gers and watch the train until II started
again. He says he escaped arrest by
getting off the train and making q run
ming leap for It a. II started. At Mankato
the same tactics were repeated and with
the same success. TIE woman. however.
was unable to follow the example Of her
eomrsds and she was spotted at once b.
Chief Of Pallee ponahpe Of Mankato and
arrested. When Adams saw that the
woman was arrested he walked over to
Il guess you might Just a well have
both Of Us as one"
The dead man was identified a. Paul
simpson. stsreotyper. by w. d, Heard,
. fellow craftsman Acting Chief Dever-
eess Is OF the opinion. however, that bis
real name Is Y. p, Kidd. the same ~
found tattooed upon his right forearm.
Heard, who says he came from Houston
with simpson, after the two had beer
released from the Houston Post employ
viewed the body at croshy's undertaking.
parlcrs and was positive 10 his belief that
4 was Simpson, his companion He says
that Simpson and he came here seekins
employment. Heard cannot account foi
the fact that +. p. Kidd Is tattoosd upon
: his friends arm. nor the initials ]. f. G
and Frank Davis upon hts clothing and
linen