Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22


Esent to- oFH6pkinton that the murderer
Ihad been captured in the town yof
Ryan. Sheriff Hennessey and 9 num-
Der Of S3Hopk kinton men hurried oRRy-
Ian, while Deputy Sheriff Pentony
went to Ryan from Manchester upon
receiving the word that the man; had
been arrested. I: s.:53 n,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FUGITIVE.
Hungry and tired the fugitive land
ed at the town ot Ryan at about four
O'Clock on Friday morning al /. having
walked west across Hazel Green and
Union townships during the night.
| He left his suit case and bundle Of
clothes at the Illinois Central station
while he went to- the hotel to get
something to eat and drink. Upon
entering the. hotel Mrs. L. c. Wilson,
the landlady, recognized the man by
the description which had been sent,
from HOpkinton, and notified the
town marshal, Mr.. Johnson, who Eplac-
ed chin under arrest while he
was eating his breakfast. He gave
the Ryan officer no trouble In max
ing the arrest but maintainedSt that
he was not the guilty party and that
he had just come to Ryan on the
night freight. AS soon as the Offic-
ers from NJ Manchester and HopkintOn
arrived they were certain that he
was the man they had been search
ing tor during the two nights and
the day previous q 3ss$ I. III
Sheriff Hennessey, Frank r. Tesar,
and O. W. Smith brought the prison!
or to Manchest arriving here at
shortly after nine O'Clock. In the
accompanying picture will be seen
the prisoner In charge Of the sheriff
and Mr.. Tesar Arriving at the jail
the prisoner appeared fearful Of
what might take place before he
could be placed behind closed doors.
"A large crowd Of curious spectators
had gathered at the jail when the
officers and their prisoner arrived, /,
After Sheriff Hennessey mad plac-
ed De Lair In a cell, he made an
oral statement Of confession Of the
crime which he committed, telling
Mr.. Tesar the facts leading up to
the commission Of the awful deed,
and where he had spent the two
nights and the day Intervening. He
told Mr.. Tesars that ke$ fired the shots
hut did not know that he had killed
the girl until the officers told him
onsthe morning Of the arrest at Ryan.
Following his confession to Mr.. Tesar
the prisoner made ia statement to
County Attorney E. b. Stiles, which,
we understand, he finally signed, and
Is now in pos ossession OF the county at
torney. We understand that the
prisoner recited many of the same
facts to- the county Attorney that he
gave to Mr.. Tesar earlier in the, |
morning The important part Of the
confession made al the admission
that he fired the shots which killed
the girl. It lis claimed that he. stat
ed In his conversation to- Mr.. Tesar |
that he regretted firing the, Shots
and that he was prompted to Go SO
the girl refused TO marry
him, and that he had been trying to-
drown his grief by indulgfng in
drunken spree, and that 1t was
while under the influence Of liquor
he committed the act, 81 u ss.. Il
When Officer Johns on placed De
Lair under arrest no wagons were
found upon his person. At first he
denied having carried any suit case
and bundle, but when questioned by
the sheriff and deputy he admitted
that the suitcase and bundle found in
the Illinois Central depot belonged to-
him. In the suit case the officers
found the 3S-calibre Colts revolver
and a box containing %. shells. The
weapon Is Of the large size. and
Judging from the supply Of ammuni-.t
ton, the murderer had In his Dosses-
sion, 1t is evident that the lives of
the officers and the members aof the
posse were in jeopardy. In his state
ments to Mr.. Tesar the murderer is
said to have admitted that the posse
were within several feet OF him On
two occasions, and that he had his