Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-27
FLOYD AND LEM ("cURLY")
FRYE, ALSO CHARGED WITH
MURDER, ARE ARRESTED.
MEN ARE ARRESTED
IN MINNEAPOLIS
Frye Brothers Are Alleged to Have
Been Parties to the Drunken Row or
Gambling Game at Which II is Al
legged Alexander Was Killed On or
About April I.

Search for those alleged to have
been implicated in the murder of
Henry Alexander, Of near Fergusoi,
whose dead body was found in Lima
creek in the rear of 216 Player street
April II, which has progressed in
widening circles since the arrest Of
Elmo C. Tompkins Friday night. came
to a climax today at Minneapolis. This
afternoon the sheriff of Hennepin
county notified Sheriff Edgar that he
had in Jail Floyd, Lem commonly
known as Curly" and Mark Frye, all
brothers and fourth brother, whose
name was not given.
Sheriff Edgar holds warrants for
Floyd and Curly" Frye who, with
Elmo C. Tompkins, are charged with
the murder of Alexander in complaints
filed by. Jack Alexander in Justice
PeekS court last week.
Arrested on Instructions.
The arrest Of Floyd and Curly" Frye
were made on instructions from Sher-
if Edgar who however, had no MUIR
der warrant for Mark Frye, or the
brother whose name was not obtained.
Sheriff Edgar goes to Minneapolis to-
night to get the prisoners. One or
more officers, perhaps from the city
police force, may accompany him.
The search that Sheriff Edgar and
County Attorney Scott have instituted
for the Fryes, even before Tompkins
was arrested, caused them to hunt at
and near Glendale and Owatonna
where it was believed the Frye broth
ers had been. Monday night the sher-
iff of Steele county, Minnesota wired
Sheriff Edgar that-the Frye brothers
had been in Owatonna.
Alleged in Murder Party. .,-
With Floyd and "Curly" In custody
additional details Of the alleged haunt
Of the gang, and of the row in which:
the murder Is alleged to have been
committed, were given out.
The officers charge. that the murder
was committed in the house owned by
William Mowry. ats23O Player street,
which the Frye brothers occupied at
the time. The, house is perhaps 100
yards frem the spot lin Linn creek
where Alexander sSzbody was found.
The officers charge that Floyd and
Curly Frye, who were by occupa-
ton horse traders and teamsters, were
also gangsters, and gamblers.
Say House Was Resort.
From evidence the officers have pro-
cured they allege Floyd and Curly"
Frye occupied the house from in Feb
ruary until late inHApril 1t is alleged
the murder was corttmited about April
l. And that whiiethe house was oc-.
cupied by the Fryesat was resort in
which men ana women congregated
and where gambling. - drinking and
rowing" occurred. "
It is alleged that 1t was In one Of
these rows, on Saturday night, that
Alexander was skilled. The officers
claim to have witnesses who heard the
rowing" the crashing of china and
crockery as it was being thrown, and
of fighting on the Saturday and Satur-
day night Of the alleged murder
The two Frye brothers, who are
charged with having been members of
the gang that Saturday night, moved
out Of the house within from ten days
to three weeks after Alevander's body
was found. 1t is said that the Frye
brothers left this city on Memorial Day
in covered wagon, bound, it was said,
for the Dakotas.