The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-02-19
DUAL LIFE LED
BY AMOS ADAMS
Central City Man Track
ed and Arrested.
IS ACCUSED or SAFE-bLOW|NG
Was Considered One of City'S
Most Respected and
Honest Men.
HAD FLED TO MOUNTAIN TOWN

Central City, Ky..Feb. lj.-Chief
of Police Langley returned to-day
with Amos Adams. one time citi-
zen of Central City. who nine
months ago blew open the safe of
the Wallace Hardware Company. il
is charged. and skipped for parts
unknown. Adams was one of the
most respected citizens, being con-
sidered an honest man. He had
borrowed money from the banks.
ran accounts. but met all debts
promptly.
The night on which the safe was
blown open was q rainy one. and
Adams was tracked by a pair of
gum boots which he wore. Chief
Langley. never suspecting that
Adams was the man. went to his
door to make inquiry, and on ac-
count of the answer given by
Adams wife, became suspicious and
searched the barn. where he found
burglars tools and the gum boots.
In we'll was found burglars
keys Which opened every store in
town. 30, 49,.
Adams walked twenty miles In
the rain. boarded freight ear and
went into the mountains. finding
work at Corbin. in the mines. Al
ter "A month he returned for his
wife and two children and with
them walked in the night in pour
ing rain to Nelson. where they took
the train for Harlan. There they
started a soft drink stand, the in
come from which was so great that
at the present time they were run
ming the largest hotel. restaurant
and grocery in the town.
Adams wrote to an installment
furniture house for goods, giving
Central City as his former home.
The house wrote to Central City
business men for reference. and
Chief Langley. ever on the alert.
got wind of II and went for his
man. Entering Harlan in plain
clothes. he stopped at small
boarding house. making inquiry for
Adams. The latter was going un-
der an assumed name. but the party
from whom Langley was seeking
Information Immediately recognized
from the description given. the pro-
prietor of the best hotel in the town
Langley slipped up to the hotel.
found Adams and wife in the res
taurant. The wife screamed and
fell faintlng to the floor. Adams
upon the request of Langley. held
up his hands and went quietly to
jail. the wife. who had recovered.
and the children following in the
rear and arOusing the entire town
with their screams.
Adams asked permission to Sc
cure his hat from the rear room,
which was promptly refused. Chief
Langley having been warned that
he was "A dangerous man. Marshal
Britton placed the hat ON his head
and told Langley that always in the
restaurant Adams had in full view
two loaded reyolvers. Langley left
with his man on Friday. and as he
passed through town. Adams lower
ed the blind of the coach So that
his old acquaintance could not sec
him. He was placed in the Green
VILE Jail and will have his trial ~
the next term of court. He denies
The parting with the wife
was pathetic. he telling her 10 re-
main and conduct the business. tina,
everything was paid for except Sl3
worth of groceries. on which she
had thirty days. The wife chung TO
the husband through all his career,
although she knew the life he was
leading. He is thirty-three years
old. and she is twenty-one. He mar
ried her in Central City. when she
was about thirteen years old She
was the daughter OF John Adcock.
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