The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-14
Especial to The Gate City.l

WARSAW, H., July 14.-BIood-
hounds came. up with Henry Naples
this morning shortly before noon, four
miles south of hero. The dogs held
In leash came onto the alleged slay-
Der. Rising out Of the grass directly
In front Of them stood the man the
posse was pursuing. The man with
the dogs was unarmed, having all he
could do to manage the animals. He
was unable to attack the quarry Of
the posse and by the time the rest Of
tho men had come UP to the dogs,
! Naples had made good his escape.
The dogs were exhausted and were
brought to Warsaw In an auto. They
were given rest and will be sent out
may take to the river has been ex-
pressed, but there arc no boats along
shore In this vicinity, and the river is
I too high for him to risk swimming
| Nearly every man In Warsaw who
can dig up a weapon Of some sort 10
| joining In the man hunt Autos are
BEING pressed into service to take
| the men near the scene Of the fugi-
tive's disappearance. When the dogs
! are let loose this afternoon they will
be followed more closely by the posse.
| There Is criminal hunt Of some
prominence and creating considerable
stir and excitement In Hancock and
Adams counties, III. The object of
the hunt is Henry Reuben Naples,
who, it is alleged On June %
, killed at Meyer, village of Adams
county, one Jesse Ferguson. Staples
| is young man and Is represented as
being farmer and wood-chopper by
occupation. Governor Dunno has Of
fered reward Of 5000 for his appre-
hension and conviction.
Sheriff Crimmins Of Keokuk was
called upon to secure for the Illinois
officials the blood hounds Of Bert
Daley and last evening Sheriff Joseph
H. Lips of Adams county and Marshal
Bennett Of Warsaw came to Keokuk
and advised with Sheriff Crimmins
and left for the scene Of action with
the Daley hounds.
| Immediately after tn, killing
Naples disappeared from his usual
haunts, leaving no clue as to his
whereabouts although a sharp look
out had been kept for him or any
trace of him. The farmers In the
vicinity began to miss various articles,
even provisions and it began to be
suspected that Naples was hubsisting
upon S;e provisions thus purloined.
Finally a resident of the locality
missed an undershirt and soon after.
wards an undershirt supposed to have
been the stolen undershirt was found
by a man passing through the unfre-
uuented territory where it Is supposed !
Naples is hiding. It Is wild, I'M
frequented tract Of woodland, compris-
ing about 1900 acres of land or more.
In this broad strip OF woods spring
is located and it was discovered that
recently somebody had been making
daily visits to this spring, from which
no doubt Naples had been procuring
his supply of drinking water. The
rural route mail carrier who makes
trips tllroubh this timber. in recent
trip saw a man in the woods and he
recognized that man as Naples, with
taken as almost verification of the
suspicion that Naples was making |
this wild wood his hiding place. /
Those who are conducting the hunt
have corral1e6 the fugitive and secur
ed the blood hounds, expecting soon
to have Naples in their clutches
The whole country in both counties
seem to be aroused over the matter
and the fierce voices Of the blood
hounds, when turned loose on the hot
trail like the sound of continuous
thunder will add further interest
and thrills to the vigorous man hunt
Before the hounds are let loose and
permitted to herald their presence on
the trail by their loud, voices, the
locality will no doubt be surrounded.
in order to make the capture sure.
Sheriff Crimmins of Keokuk Is also
keeping his eyes and ears open for a
chance to offer any assistance in his
power to aid the officers of Illinois in