Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-02
Says He Knows Nothing of
Woman Who is Thought to
Have Followed Him.
IN COUNTY JAIL HERE
Says He Did Not Have Handcuff Filed
OFF, But Slipped OFF
His Wrist.

Deputy Sheriff Angus f. Mcneil, O.
Redfield, arrived in Pine Bluff Sun
day morning with Attorney" |. +
Long, who was captured in Little RocE
Saturday morning by deputies from
the office of Sheriff w. G. Hutton, OF
Pulaski county.
A large crowd was at the depot tC
see the prisoner, who walked away
from Mcneil at Stuttgart last Friday
morning. while ell route to this city
from Charlotte. North Carolina. where
he was arrested and lodged in Jail OF
a charge of embez elme,antz
a charge of embezzlement, a full ac-
count of which has appeared in this
paper.
Sheriff Brewster and other Officials
met the train. as we'll large crowd o
curious citizens, who. having read sc
much OF Long, had Il desire to see him
When assisted from the train the pris
oner was handcuffed and shackled, the
deputy sheriff evidently having taker
every precaution to prevent Lonf
from walking away from him. En-
route to the Jail. Sheriff Brewster no.
ticed that Long was shackled, and or
/! dered that the irons be removed al
4 once from Longs limb, stating that he
did not approve of such methods IN
the handling of prisoner. unless
that prisoner be desperate criminal
and determined to escape at any cora
The handouts We're. 1stiSoarg'st' Q
however, uptt.% ss.e.~ c.i Long
! .The iii he reached the Jail. j
" e report published in a Little
,ock paper to the effect that Long
ras "paraded" through the principal
treets of the city. followed by a large
rowd. was erroneous. The prisoner
vas followed by a crowd of curious
,eople, but he was not parade through
he streets, the officers walking Long
10 State street from the depot, the
most ulfeCU route W Tue JAN
A reporter for the Graphic called on
.ong in his cell at the county jail
yesterday afternoon and asked him II
le had any statement to make for pub
ication. He replied that he did not
care to give out any statement ABOUT
lis case at this time. but would IN
'ew DAYS, prepare letter which he
would furnish for publication. When
asked how he escaped from Mcneil,
while the train was at Stuttgart,
wide smile overspread Longs counten-
ance and he replied:
well. Angus went to sleep some
time before we reached Stuttgart, IN
fact. awoke him twice-and when
the train arrived at Stuttgart, decld-
I'D | would get off there and take the
early morning train from that place
to Little Rock, where l wanted TO
max arrangements with my attorney
for bond. Upon inquiry of the ticket
agent at Stuttgart | learned that the
train to Little Rock would not leave
until about o'clock, so | decided IT
wonld he safer for me to walk down
o the next station and take the tram
from there. | walked several miles
and did not come to a station, and be-
iiey;ng that the distance to Little Rock
was only about thirty-five miles, de-
cided to walk to that city, which l dld.
But | want to tell you that was some
walk It's over fifty miles from Stuff
cart to Little Rock, and being tired
and sleepy myself, | slept on the
ground Friday night and finished my
trip Saturday morning. | was cap
,ured before | could get chance to
see my lawyer and locked up
When asked about having the hand
cuff on and how he managed TO con-
ceal it while getting off the tram ana
while in the passenger station az
Stuttgart. Long said:
THAT was good pair OF cuffs
and | hated to lose EN-. just simply
slipped the cuff we'll up my sleeve
and went on as though l had nothing
of the sort on me. The story that l
had a negro file the cuff Off is untrue
1t was loose enough that by niue
effort | was able to slip the cnff over
nv hand. | left those handcuffs neaf
England, and when they are touna
YOU will see that my story is true
The reporter then asked him II nc
knew the whereabouts of the blonde
girl who was with him in the CITY
Park in Little Rock. just before his
arrest. He replied:
Il know nothing about her de
NOT know where she is
When asked If it Was Mae Leonard
the girl who it was charged at one
time Long had abducted, and who. Il
| : belie,ed was the mysterious oion0s