The Forrest City times., 1914-08-21
CHASE AFTER ROBBERS
Officers Pursue Fleeing Criminals For Thirteen Hours. and
 Lose Trail.


 period of thirteen and d half hours, pursuit Of the robbers who bie" the safe and robbed the postoffice in Dyal's store at Goodwin was aband oned at o'clock Saturday morning
 Deputies Tankersley and Jordan who went out from the sheriff's office at this place, arrived al Goodwin Friday morning and al once set about organizing posse and taking steps to run down the thieves A request for bloodhounds was telephooed 10 Memphis. but this request was with l drawn when it was learned that dogs could be had at Brinkley. These dogs were from the celebrated Simpson pack at Dyersburg, Tenn, aud an swered the names of Steamboat Bill" and Belle of Memphis, two oi the most famous trailers in the coun- try. MT Tankersley at once 'phoned for these dogs to be brought to Good win in an auto, and in a very short time they were on the ground. They were given the scent" and immedi- ately took up the trail of the robbers. This led to Palestine and through woods and fields, and finally blew up in the barn lot of an old negro three miles northwest of the above named town. Here all trace of the fugitives was lost. It is supposed the fleeing men had ridden the negro's horse far enough to lose themselves to the dogs, and then started the animal back home under whip A boy in the house stated that he had heard a disturbance in the barn lot earlier in the night, bot paid no par l ticular attention to it The old negro claimed that he was attending ser vices at church some distance away, and alleged that be knew nothing of the robbers taking his horse. if they | did take it. The house was searched. but nothing was learned Of the rob bers MT. Tankersley crawled through hole in the ceiling and explored the attic, but was empty. The trail was evidently d warm one. as vas shown by the eagernesS with which ! the dogs tagged at the Ieashes which 1 held them. All the afternoon and night the animals pulled fnanticaiy at the cords in the hands of the three men detailed to restrain them They were not permitted 10 go free for fear they might come up with the thieves and be killed There were eleven men i'll the posse, eight of whom were on horseback, while three were following the dogs on foot The members Of the posse took turns in this work, which. it is claimed. was some work" The dogs were never able to pick up the trail after ii dis appeared at the home of the old negro 1 mentioned above
 On Saturday morning Marsha J. l M Davis noticed three strange men al the corner of the Emporium build- ing. On the pavement was a yellow grip around which they were clustered. ana their appearance and actions were such as to arouse the officers sus picions, Procuring the assistance of Constable Tom Johnson he followed these men to the Rock Island depot. and arrested them as they were about to board the S:50 west. bound train. ne grip which they had earlier in 1he morning was no longer in their | possession, and is supposed to have been turned over to pal or pals They protested their innocence, claim ing to have spent the ght of the robbery lThursday) at rail- road camp between Goodwin and Palestine. Later investigation failed to verify their story. They were placed in jail as suspicious characters pending further investigation. Think ing that Deputy Sheriff Tankersley was there from the railroad camp 10 identify them, they contradicted their foreman story and asserted that they had spent Thursday night in Memphis There was nothing on their persons to incriminate them in connection with the Goodwin robbery. They gave their names as Richard Lawarana. Frank Crankey and John Hogan. The suspects were released Wednesday, no evidence having been adduced against them.
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