The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-09

DEATH OF ACTRESS AND
PLANTER ATTRIBUTED TO
SOCIETY BOYS

Memphis. Tenh. Nov. 9.-Warranii
charging 1arkin j. Flanagan and
Waddell Field Kith the murder ol
Margnerste FaYsr and James G. Grow
ell. tae former an actress and the lat
ter a planter and manufacturer ol
iGreenwood. Aiiss., IN the 3euhan
flats in this city. Sept p. have been
sworn out here by Chief Of Detectives
james Roper. TIE motive Is said tC
have been robbery. The murderers
needed the money and diamonds own
ed BY the actress to continue their
gay life They ransaeked the rocn
after thes murder. These warrant
are on file in the office OF Sheriff ~
A. Summers OF Cape Girardeau coun-
ty 3iO. Flannigan and Field are IN
jail there on the charge Of forgery
based upon the cashing Of a check
Cor $3.50 on the Sturdivaut Bank al
Cape Girardeau.
The Issuance OF the Tennessee war
rants Is merely a move to prevent the
accused men going free until inyes
iigatlon OF the Fayar-Crswell murder
mas been completed
The main basis for suspicion being
directed against the two men Is
found in the claim BY Sam Harris, q
negro. who conducts clothes press
ing establishment here. that he rec
ognized the prisoners on forgery
charge as the men who, Sept 2s
brought to his place a suit Of clothes
on which there we're blood spots. The
negro went to Jackson. Alo., where
Flanagan and Field first we're i'm
prisoned a week. ago Thursday, at the
instance Of local detectives. In the
jail there the suspects we're seated
with four other men, and from the So
the negro is alleged 10 have pointes
out Field and Elannigan as the twl
who had brought the blooi-stainet
suit 10 his shop. Subsequently he al
SO identified. il IS said, sun.
clothes as the one he had cleaned.
F1annlgan and Field persist in the
statement that they were not in
Memphis Sept. 21. when the double
murder took place, or on the 23rd
and that they can prove an alibi
They claim to have been in New Or I
leans at the time.
Police at Cairo claim to have turn
cd up the clews upon which 1t ]
sought to fasten the murders upor
he alleged forgers. Among these ii
railway mileage book found amoni
he effects OF one OF the prisoners
which ct first was supposed to have
belonged TO Crowell. but it has de
ieloped that it was the property o
/. o. Locke. Memphis travelling
aIesman.
Flanagan is the son OF Wei-po
10 absstractor Of Osceola, Ark, and
ricld was fcrmely a wealthy Mem
his youth. They we're arrested Oct
2. after an exciting chase by VIII
am II. stubblefield, Jr, president OF
ne sturdiyant Bank Of Cape Girar-
eau, who charged that Flanagan
,assed a bad check for $50 on him
nd that Field was an accessory.
The murder OF Miss Fayar anc
JroweIl was a mystery which has
ngrossed the police OF several cite
or more than month. Miss Fayal
sas widely known on tae stage, an
I one time vas said to have beer
larrIcd to Creatore. the bandmaster
'rowen was married, and was about
0 years old
The bodies of the pair were foun'
! an apartment that the dancer mao
ccnpied for some time under the
anne Of Mrs. r. D. Tomkins. The
oman was lying on her face in bed
Ter throat had been cut and heI
ample crushed by a heavy blow
body was found just out
Ide the bedroom. with the throat cui