The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
THE TERRIER AND THE BLOODHO[NDS
The Terrier Beats the Pack on Man Tra and the killing of
 Conductor Frazier Is Avenged

board the northbound train from Gal veston, hold 1t up, and rob it between the water tank and cyverton. Owing to their discovery, however, and the un- expected shooting affray, they left the train and, taking a circuitous route. made their way to Oyerton.
 They could easily be traced back thus far owing to their tracks In the snow. but when they reached the main street their tracks were lost among the nu- merous other tracks there. I concluded that the men were residents of Overton and not tramps, and continued my in vestigations on that hypothesis.
 In the meantime, as soon as the news of the murder became generally known. a special train had been sent from the town of Marshall Tex, to Overton, with a pack of bioodhounds, which were owned and kept by the Texas and Pacific Rail- road company, and were in charge of a man named Mundon, who accompanied the hounds everywhere they went. Nun don brought posse of several men with hiin in addition to the hounds, and as soon as the train reached Overton all the citizens thronged to join the party
 The hounds were taken to the spot where the masked men mad leaped from the train, which was about a mile and a half south of Overton. Being unleashed they at once took up the scent, following. t'iS 'iaShS to oNtilD1s W11tTe. like Inc men, they became confused by the large number of tracks on the main street However, there was one wise old dog in the pack named Lee. Lee finally scented the track in the street and began below Ing and continued until he arrived at a high picket fence which surrounded the home of a man named John Price The hounds were being followed by a large crowd, and when they arrived at the fence, which was too high for them to leap, Lee kept up his bowling until Mum don silenced him.
 The hounds were then taken back to the spot at which Lee had scented the first track that led to the home of Price, and, after good deal of barkine old Lee scented another track which he followed to the house of a certain John Knight.
 Knight and Price were brothers-in law. and both of them were among the crowd that was following the hounds. so that the crowd burst into jeers and laughter when the animals led them to their own houses
 As I have stated was busy upon my own investigations in the mean while. While the hounds were follow Ing still other tracks and affording sport for all the male population of Overton. I was on my way to Pales- tine, a division and headuuarters Of the International and Great Northern railroad, some 40 miles south of Over ton. Here I found the colored porter, light and rather good looking mu- 1atto He wore what were called "side- burns" and a mustache of which he was very proud. He had stated that he would be able to pick out the men whom he had seen board the train at Overton providing they were wearing the same clothing as on the night of the tragedy. I was anxious to bring him back as soon as possible. I be- lieved the guilty men to be in Over ton, but I was afraid that the hounds would be liable to indicate some poor unfortunate, but innocent person, who would be more than likely to be sub jected by the mob to violent treatment. Before proceeding to Palestine I had telegraphed to one of my men, Mike McCabe by name, to meet me there,