El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-12
GAPLEs AND MISS
G0DSEY ARRESTED
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40" had the Godsey girl as a passen-
ger in the trip from here to Demlng-
The two left here at o'clock Ihurs-
day afternoon and reached Dem1ng at
midnlght-after being intercepted on
the county road between Canutillo ana
Anthony. by sheriff PeytOn J. Edwards,
who did not identify the girl
CapIes Leaves in Auto.
Caples up to this time was believed
to be in Mexico, according to the re
developed that he LEFT FL Paso some
time early Thursday morning driving
in the Overland roadster ne recently
purchased. Caples was headed for the
New Mexico line, passing through Las
Cruces early Thursday morning
Sheriff Peyton J.. EDWARDS was nOtl-
fled at o'clock Thursday afternoon
that the girl was attempting TO make
In fbe meantime Judge Dan NJ Jack
son learned that the girl was not TO be
found and was preparing 10 leaNe Ior
her with accepting a brlpe was lmme-
diately filed in the justice court II
was signed by J. B. LarrazOla, sr-' who
is d deputy sheriff
watching for Girl.
The report made to judge Jackson
l %y t M tbe Golden State limited for
California. This he communicated 10
the sheriffs department The ponce
department was notified, and deputy
sheriff Stanley Good, IT., and Bill
Crosby. with the city detectives, went
to the union station to intercept ner-
also At the station. Crosby was put on
the train because II was JnOuSnI IndL
the girl. after driving. out OF town a
short distance. would board II. CROSBY
went on to Deming and il was there
that he arrested the girl
Deputy. sheriff Fulgham was put
en- route to SocOrrO. Sheriff Edwards,
with county attorney P. R. Price. who
knows the Godsey girl by sight sua ,TII5d
for Canutillo IN ms auIomoplIe- ms
was after the sheriff had sent his depu-
ties out on the trains, and had Wlred
the officers Of all Sqrroundil an towns
search of every passenger train for the
leeing couple.
Sheriff Meets the Girl.
When near CanUtillo something went
wrong with the sherif's automobile and
ne was compelled to return to FL Paso
to have it repaired. When this was
done he took deputy sheriff Good, j.,
and headed for Anthony. On the county
road between CanutillO and Anthony,
the sheriff overlook the Pathfinder car
with Marshall and the girl. The car
was stopped. The girl claimed that
she was not the GOdsey girl but that
she was Margaret Bennett, who lived
on Myrtle avenue, and was only out
iovridfne and would return to FL Paso
later This was between o and O'CLOCK
Thursday night While the girl IN the
car is said to have fitted the description
Of the Godsey girl the wound under
meath her upper lip. made, 1t IS said, by
a blow Caples delivered, was missing.
The couple was finally allowed TO go.
Sometime after their departure, the
sheriff grew suspicious and telegraphed
denutv Crosby at Deming to lookout
for the Pathfinder car with the girl in
it The car reached Deming where
Crosby took the girl in charge and
brought her to FL PasO Friday after
noon at 1920 o'clock
Girl Had No Funds.
Ellen Godsey. Kill now have to go to
trial on the charge of accepting
bride It is known that before her de-
parture from FL PasO she was out OF
work. having been discharged some
time ago from the chorus of the Tri-
state Amusement company It is also
said that she was without funds and
was to have returned to work last
night. and in order to leave for Cali
fornia, someone must have financed her
.sThe entire credit for the arrest is
due the sherifFs department and to the
police. who rendered the department
valuable assistance" said judge Jack
son
Chorus Girls Before Gradn Jury.
Sleepy-eyed chorus girls Of the Tri-
principle witnesses before the grand
juy Fiday moning. They were being
brought to the courthouse by the
bailiffs and city detectives. It is be-
Iieved that the girls were being exam
ined in connection with the case against
Ellen Godsey, at one time a member OF
the company