The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-09
Mob Takes Up Chase Of
Wayne Stinson, Who
Makes Break From Frank
Strayer's Court.
HELPED TO ESCAPE
Cries of ''Stop Him. Preface
Staging of Movie Thriller
Up Main and Sixth
Streets.

When q crowd of over one hundred
persons in full cry. headed and d.
rected by Constable Ben Crump OF
Justice Frank Strayer's court, round
ed the corner OF North Sixth and
Main streets and proceeded north
ward, full speed ahead, in the wake
OF hard sprinting. long-legged youth,
there were quite few people In the
vicinity who believed moving pic
ture stunt was being pulled off,
They were mistaken, however. 1t
was the most thrilling part of Wayne
Stinson's desperate effort to escape
prosecution on statutory charge pre-
ferred against him by Thresa Killing.
16, daughter of Elmer E. Killing, 81
North Fifth street. Stinson, who is
10, is the son of George Stinson, owner
OF the Lookout" farm, southeast OF
this city. Young Stinson was recently
released from juvenile court on prom
ise OF good behavior after he had been
arrested on charge OF being one OF
school house.
strayer Leads Chase.
Justice Strayer, who took part In
the pursuit Of Stinson yesterday after
noon, which ended in the youths cap
ture by Herschel Little after he had
darted into blind alley, said today
that the attempted getaway OF Stin-
son was the most exciting incident
which has ever occurred in his court.
He also stated that the boys pareIS $
aided and abetted in his effort to es-
cape. Crump, who has been consta-
Bile for over twenty years, was as
much mortified as he was excited over
the affair, because he believed that
his record of never having 2 prisoner
get away from him was going to be
broken. - -
After arraignment yesterday after
noon. and plea of not guilty had been
entered, young Stinson took a seat
near the door, next to his mother.
The elder Stinson had just concluded
saying that he would not stand for his
son marrying the Killing, girl, which
brought a threat from Strayer of pun
lshment for contempt, when Prosecu-
tor Keller was called to the ante-room,
Strayer to his private office and
Crump to the telephone.
Boy Takes Leave.
This presented a golden opportunity
for an attempt to escape and young
StinSOn promptly TOOK advantage OF
It. Crump says that when the father
gave a signal Wayne suddenly darted
out of the door to the hallway and
then fled down the stairway to Main
street. He also says that Mrs. Stin-
son attempted to thwart pursuit by
blocking the doorway. The prospect
I've bride, in tears. yelled "Oh. stop
him; he will hop freight and 60 to
Cincinnati" This galvanized the
court attaches into action and in a few
seconds pursuers in full cry were hot
on the heels of the fugitive. stop
him, stop him." cried the pursuers in
chorus, and in remarkably short
space OF time their ranks had been in
creased by over hundred men and
boys. Herschel Little, however, was
the real Nemesis of the unwilling
bridegroom-elect. Foot by foot Little
essened the distance between himself
and the fugitive, leaving the other
shouting pursuers far behind. The
chase ended when Little cornered his
quarry in blind alley.
With handouts on Crump led Stin-
son back to court. Justice Strayer
fixed his bono at $500 and remanded
him to the county jail. The incident
will probably be concluded with a
wedding ceremony today or tomor-
row.