The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-31
LACY, DENIED BOND,
DECLINES TO TALK;
MYSTERY OF LONG
EXILE is UNSOLVED
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When the train arrived a man got Off
greeted the prospective automobile buyer
i'm a perfunctory manner and the car
came to Montgomery. 1t stopped at the
corner of Perry and Adams streets, one
block and a half from the JAIL and the
two men got out of the car.
1t is declared that the man who got
off the train was Lacy, though this has
not been substantiated. However, theps
is every reason for believing that the
passenger who got off at Perrys mill was
the absconding chief clerk of the convict
department.
The place from which Lacy returned to
Montgomery is about the principal fact
that is supposed to be known. Where he
spent the period of his exile, or where ne
came from when he got off at Perry $
mill is clouded in mystery. No one VIII
talk Lacy refrains from making any
statement. his attorneys maintain the
same reticence and representatives of the
state are equally elusive, If they Know
anything.
1t is not believed that the governor,
or any of the state officials know any
thing to tell
No reward will be given for Lacy's sur
render. There was a reward of $1,000 Of
fered, but inasmuch as Lacy was not cap
tured it will not be paid. The only re-
ward which the state will pay will go to
Detective Miles of Atlanta, through whose
instrumentaity Lacy is believed TO have
surrendered.
Solicitor w. T. Seibels will not return
to Montgomery until Monday, it was
learned tonight, hence Lacy will remain
behind the bars until that time.
The bond of $4,000. demanded by Judge
Armstead Brown when Lacy was a fugi-
tive from justice, viii probably be great
ly reduced. Lacy's attorneys expect that
the bond will be reduced to about $4,000,
Montgomery, January 30.-(Special AS
much mystery surrounds the sudden re,
turn of Theodore Lacy, abSconding chief
clerk of the state convict department,
as was attached to his disappearance last
March,
Where he has spent the long months of
his exile is clouded in mystery Lacy will
not tell and if his friends and relatives
know they will not tell. His appearance
was sudden and unexpected to the peo-
pie at large as if he had come out of the
clouds.
Officials are acquainted with only a few
facts in connection with Lacys surrender.
1t is known that he came to Montgomery
in an automobile, presumably from Dal-
las county. That lie had been in Dallas
county week or 10 days before his re-
turn there is every ground for belief
Chief credit for Lacys voluntary sur
render is probably due to Z. O. Miles. a
detective of Atlanta, who was employed
by the governor last summer after the
Burns people mad practically given up
the case. Following the employment of
Mr.. Miles, the governor dismissed the
Burns detectives, and the entire case was
given into the hands of the Atlanta Of
ficer.
Located by Atlanta Detective
Detective Miles at once began a rigid
and untiring search for the abscondng
chief clerk, spending a great part of hnt
time in Montgomery and Dallas county.
He followed clue after clue. keeping the
governor informed of his progress, and
finally succeeded in securing valuable in
formation concerning Lacy's whereabouts
Less than three weeks ago Detective
Miles notified the governor that there
was every reason to believe that Lacy
would either surrender or that he would
be captured. 1t seems that the detective
had been able to communicate in some
indirect manner with the man in hiding.
Certain 1t was that the net was being
closely drawn about the fugitive from
Justice, and his sudden appearance and
surrender are believed to have been due
to that fact.
The governor declines to make any