The Detroit times., 1914-03-26
HOTEL BANDIT
SUSPECT COMES
WITH DETECTIVE
Edwin Won Walden, Accused Of
Holding Up Metropole Clerk.
Is In Detroit
ARRESTED IN DAYTON;
WAVES ExTRADITION
Man He's Accused of Robbing
Will Take Look At Prisoner,
This Afternoon

Edwin Won Walden. tall. slim youth
|of 20 years, brought here from Day.
ton. O., by Detective Boersig. on the
charge of being the bandit who held
up Night Clerk W. H. Burns in the
Hotel Metropole. natly denied that
he was the nervy robber, and said he
was In Cincinnati the night Of the
robbery and would prove It.
Bring aM-of. the witnesses In. III
look every one straight In the eye
and deny any Identification" he said.
He Is q peculiar study. He admits
that he has been q wild youth,
heavy drinker seeker after excite
ment In the tenderl0in and else
where. He admits that he shot
man In Dayton, in a row In resort.
But he denies ever stopping In De-
troit. He has opaque looking eyes,
dark hair. and heavy black eyebrows
that slant dixxily downward to- near.
ly meet at the bridge OF his nose. He
only laughs when asked about the
Metropole job, but the next instant
quivers and quakes as though with
palsy.
what have you been doing since
you left home." was asked Of him,
and he went into a 1T Of trembling,
turned his back to newspaper men.
walked away, and returned, with
scarlet face and stammered Just
just visiting around"
The next instant he was laughing
and chatting about the Dayton shoot
ing. The next he was shivering as
though with q chill.
Detective Andrew Boersig arrived
In Detroit ct 1:30, Thursday after
noon, with Edward Won Walden. Of
Cincinnati. arrested In Dayton. o.,
on suspicion of being the bandit who
held up the night clerk in the Hotel
Metropole.
Night Clerk william H. Burns and
other employees OF the Metropole a.
well a. the chauffeur who took him
to the place In taxicab on the night
OF the robbery. will be taken to po-
lice headquarters to identify the man,
late this afternoon.
Detective Boersig says this 10
merely formality. as he has evil
dence which will identify him as the
bandit without q doubt.
In Won Walden's room. In the Ho-
tel Phillips, in Dayton. ne says he
found the coat and cap which he
took from the chauffeur who took
him to wyandotte on the day Of his
escape.
Detective Boersig, after q confer.
ence with Attorney Egau, In Dayton,
| representing Won walden, Wednesday
night agreed to appear In ourt.
~ H. -
ment on extradition.
Later In the night he visited Won
Walden In his cell In the Dayton jail
and obtained his signature<to waiv.
er OF extradition, and, ct 2 o'clock In
the morning. obtaiueA the consent Of
Assistant Prosecutor Patterson 70 the
withdrawal Of q charge Of shooting
under which he was being held IN
Dayton. He took Won walden from
the jail at $50 o'clock In the morn
Ing. and. with him, boarded q c., H.
& d. train for Toledo at I o'clock.
Fearing that IN attempt to inter
cept him would be made In Toledo,
Detective Boersig placed his man IN q
taxicab Immediately upon arriving IN
that city, and drove to . point out.
side the city. whore he made coonec.
tions with an interurban car for Do.
troit.
Night Clerk William H. Burma. ol
the Hotel Metropole. hss positively
identified photograph OF Won Wal
den ~ picture Of the bandit whO
held him up, early last Thursday
morning, and forced him 20 hand over
1901 Of hotel funds. This aftsrnoou
Ihs vi1I have An opportu0ity of ldo0.
tifying the original Of the, photo.
II could pick him out Of q thou
sand" saiA Burna There n no Ques
tioh that .he y the man" m