Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-22
Kermeen Expected Here This
 Morning From Fl PaSo; POs-
 sessions of Harrel Found in
 His Baggage; Also Messages.
Witnesses Found Who Saw Kermeen and HarrelI in Can- yon Together; Bankers De-
 teCtive Agency Is Interested.

With this evidence and the further evidence that is reported to have been found upon search of the bag gage Of Kermeen in El Paso the case against him is made to look great deal stronger than at any previous time in the eyes of the officers. The latter have had no doubt of his guilt but they have been uncertain about their ability to prove it.
 Kermeen yesterday in El Paso talked further of the Mrs. R. C. King, who was here during a part of his stay and was about with him, both stopping at the Copper Queen hotel He claimed yesterday that he was only slightly acquainted with her that she came here Co see Harrell and spent most of her time with him This assertion is consid- cred important as it puts Kermeen in the light of falsifylng at the start, 1t being known that he was intimately acquainted with the wom an and that they had been together for some time before coming here Kermeen alleged yesterday that he believed the woman to now be in Los Angeles.
 The association of Foster with the case is considered locally to be very strong point, indicating as 1t does that the Bankers Protective Association, of which he is a special officer in Arizona, is taking active interest in the case of Harrell, pre- sumably at the request of Los Ange- les and Oklahoma City banks with which Harrell was formerly assO. ciated and with which correspond ence he had in his possession indi- cated that he stood in high esteem. The Bankers Protective Association is one of the most powerful and relentless as well as successful. crime detection agencies in the world confining its operations strict ly to affairs interesting banks in it's membership.
 John Foster special officer and Deputy Sheriff Billy Graham will ar rive in the city this morning with W. W. Kermeen That was the eX- pectation last night. when advices from the officers in El PasO were that Kermeen would return with them without the formality of requi- sition papers.
 From both Foster and Graham there were confirmatory telegraphic adyioes yesterday that the man they held in El Paso was Kermeen be- yond doubt and that he admitted fully his presence in Bisbee and his asso- citation here with J. F. Harreu. in connection with whose murder on lonely mountain ridge in Upper Brewery Gulch two weeks ago yes terday. he is wanted
 It was also learned from Fl Paso yesterday that there had been some of Harrelrs former possessions found in the baggage of Eermeen in El Paso lt was further reported that there had been some telegrams and letters found which greatly strength ened the case the officers have worked up. What these telegrams and let ters contained is not known
 It is learned that Kermeen con- tinues to stick to his story that he knew nothing about the disappear ance of Kermeen and left Bisbee believing that his friend was about his usual employment From this 1t is believed that the man will make a stubborn fight and that he will compel the officers to do some sx- traordinary work in order to hold and convict him
 The doubt which existed here as to the ability of the officers to hold kermeen in the absence of the posi- tive evidence which they lack. was lessened yesterday. however. when it became known that witnesses had been found who saw Kermeen and Harrell together less than an hour before the murder is believed to have been committed Kermeen and Harrell were then in the canyon, near the scene Of the murder walking together
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