The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-26
.ALIBR or THON. s
BELIEVED MORRIS
PAL. SHOT 10 PIECES


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Scs.sanssa A. 49, eeel
AGiller's soa on6 dau0ntoh employed
thoeo, 70 80 q their n6t1oe voeo cos'
rect Il placing ~ doto. 81 found
Kunkel and tod him os hog uAstAke.
Che said that The two bon had
stayed al ,nighl u her place On the
night OF their arrival h Detroit. bur
not the night Of the party.
Mr.. Doloo -Apk9r. Of No. 21e John.lt..
It,, sister OF Thon, called on Capt. PAT
mer. Thursday morning. 70 discuss
her brothers arroat. She was greatly
surprised. She made no attempt 70
OFFER an alibi for him. She said that
che thought that he was 1t home the
night Of The shootins. but could not -
sure.
She said that the Moore boys and
Thoa had always been GREAT cnums.
and the Moore boys treQuonsly visited
her brother IN hce home, and the three
went out together at night. very olten-
The Moore boys. rhe said. taught Thon
how to drive hs. auto. and they USED
II often.
Detectives Fox and Kunksl and
Capt. Palmer believe that they have
the right man In Thon, He ID the drst
suspect to tally. In description. IN
every way. with the second bandit. he
has : MackinaW coat @ described 20
the police: he 10 OF the right height
and build. and he wears . 8 6-6 sise
hat. The velour hat sold By Walter
0runst. Of No. ll1S Fort-st. west. ana
found near the scene OF the MADDEN
crime. was 81 hat. In which 0runst
had placed . ''rcducer'' TO make u
size s 6-s. TO at his customer.
Grunst will be brought TO headquar.
tsrs to Try to identify Thon. some time
Thursday.
The startling story Of Wesley Moore.
naming his brother. Alpheus, ~ Mad.
den's slayer. and giving details Of the
crime. was made more impressive
than ever. Thursday.
One thing in his story. regarded %
a weak spot, was his statement that
Ar told him that they had stuck
up" q restaurant, and rot drunk on the
proceeds. shortly before losing their
way and picking up Madden. The po-
lice, wednesday. could mot nnd rscor6
Of q hold.up Job that night. II made
them tribe doubtful Of We9ley's
story. But Thursday they found that
Westbrook's restaurant, No. 1889 Jet.
lerson-ave.. was held up at u:lS
o'clock that night. by lone bandit.
who fred one shot In the wall, and
robbed the cash register Of -. after
driving the clerk to cover.
The description Of the bandit tailies
with that of Alpheus Moore.
When young Thon failed TO attend the
funeral Of his former chum, Alpheus
Moore. auto bandit. who was shot and
killed Saturday night, he cltnched the
belief Of the local police that he MAS
the companion Of Alpheus on the Joy
ride. the night Of Dec. 9. which ended
with the shooting and killing Of Pa
|trolman Thomas +. Madden.
ThO0 was arrested BY the Saginaw
police. and wa6 brought here at 10
O'Clock. "wednesday night He was
grilled by Detectives Fox and Kunkel.
n charge OF the Madden 1nv06ttSAti0n
|until 1880 o'clock. T0ureday morning.
and the detectives were back on the
| fob q ESQ o'clock. and started ont 20
look for several young men mentioned
by Thon. and to investigate Thon's
movements.
Wesley Moore. In confessing to
Chief Of Detectives Palmer. Tuesday
night. that his brother "Al" had I'd.
mitted 70 him. two weeks ago. that
he was the man who shot and killed
Madden. mentioned the names Of ssv.
| eral Of "Al's" former chums. Of whom
Thoa was the most promising, accord
ling 20 the views Of Captain Palmer.
Wesley insisted. though, that he did
| not know who arg companion was,
lon the night Of the Madden shooting.
However, when DonaiS G. Moore,
father Of the two bandits, returned
| from Saginaw. Wednesday morning.
after seeing Alpheus buried. Chiel
| Palmer asked him many questions
labout ThOn, and told him that he Wa
| inclined 70 suspect Thon Of beinS
I"ArS" accomplice IN the Madden
Staying.
Then Mr.. Moore remarked, II b.
lieve you are right, captain. We
searched for Thon. to have him oct -
Ipallbearer Ct 'Al's' funeral. We could
not Ind him He aid NOT Hppoar q
| the funsrai ct ali, ana everybody
thought that Il was strange. II be.
siOv1 SnSS yVNS ouDVsSsVoo 0oy ~
fright"
Soon afterward. Thon was arrested.
He denied al connection with the
Madden case. But he has -A-rod
Mackinaw coat, similar 20 the one
|, " orn By one Of the men In the auto
when Madden was killed. The velour
hat found near the scene n his sise.
He worked with Alpheus n 6tude-
lhakar plant No. Z. and 81 the Timksn-
Detroit Axle Co. plant, near tho k0b0FI
dashery where the velour hat was pur.
chased. But he did not room With
AL Moore at the time Madden va
shot. A. far - thu, police hare been
able 70 learn, he lived with his Sistor,
Nfs. Delos Apker. IN Mrs. John string
er's boarding house. No. 21e John r.
Ct. while Moore roomed at No. u
Watsou-st.
In height and ssaeral build, no an.
swsrs the description Of the second
man IN the auto, according to The -
scriptions received from several Per
sons q the time o. the crime. WeU10y
Moore, who II not free of l0uSp1cion,
IN spite Of his statement that 10 Waa
not with "Al' on the fatal night Il to-
tail TO At the description Of the sec
ond man.
Thon came to Detroit Dec. 8, with