Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
DO NOT BELIEVE, HOWEVER
THAT HE is FRANK LEWIS, ST.
LOUIS AUTO BANDIT.
ARREST MADE ON REQUEST
MANHATTAN, KAN, SHERIFF
Younq Man Under Arrest Claims to Be
William A. Bell, Son-in-l Law Of }. M.
WinsIow, West of Town-Oenies
Emphatically He H.. coran,itted
Any Crime.

Police officers of two states are
awaiting anxicusly today the identifi-
cation of a young man held in jail in
this city, arrested on the request Oh
the sheriff at Manhattan, Kan, on the
statement that he is wanted for muir
der. The young man is believed by
the officers at St. Louis to be Frank
Lewis, auto bandit, who, with his two
brothers, shot and killed two police
men at St Louis in April 1915. 1t is
presumed the Manhattan sheriff holds
the same opinion, altho there was
nothing in his telegram 20 indicate that
he thought the man might be Lew
is, other than it was said the man
wanted was charged with killing two
policemen.
kilograms here to both Chief of Po-
lice Breckel and Sheriff Edgar referred
TO the man who could be found here
as w. A. Bell The young man ar
rested says his name is William A.
Bell. However, he denies most en-
phatically that he is Frank Lewis, or
that he ever went by the name Of Lew
is, and the police are inclined to be-
lieve that he is not Lewis.
Crime Stirred St. Louis.
The crime for which Frank Lewis
is wanted stirred ST. Louis as it has
not been stirred in recent years. Three
brothers, Frank Ora, and Roy J
Lewis. So called auto bandits, shot and
killed John +. Mckenna and William
A. Dillon, two St. Louis police officers,
April I, 1916, when the police at
tempted to arrest the brothers who
were suspected Of having stolen a
large quantity of copper wire.
Roy J. Lewis now is serving a life
sentence at the Missouri penitentiary
at jefferson City, No, and Ora is in
Jail at St. Louis, awaiting sentence to
be hanged.
Arrested at Winsow Home.
Believing that they had a bad man
to deal with, and that without doubt
he would resist arrest, Chief of Police
Breckel and Sheriff Edgar formed a
posse which included Officers W. A.
Starn, Frank Campbell. and F. c.
Buchanan. Bell was known to be at
the home Of his father-in-law, J. NJ.
Winslow, who lives on the Ingledue
TarIn, just ives. OF Town.
But instead of finding resistance the
police found what appeared to be a
harmless looking young nan engaged
in doing some carpenter work on an
outbuilding. He made no attempt to
get away, and submitted peaceably to
arrest. Not only did he deny that he
was Lewis, ard that he had ever gone
by the name Of Lewis but that he had
never committed a crime, and that he
would go to Manhattan without re-
QUESTION papers.
Tells Reasonable Story.
To the police and a Times Republi-
can reported Bell told a story that is
reasonable to believe. If he is not tell
ing the truth he is very cool and COL
lected. He does not deny that he has
been at Manhattan, for he claims to
have worked at his trade at Camp
Funston, also at Camp Dodge, and to-
belong to the electricians union at
Des Moines. These two points, and
St Paul. are claimed to have been his
places Of residence within the past
year. AS to ST. Louis, he claims never
to have been there, excepting for over
night, and that several years ago.
Lacks Marks Of Identification.
One positive mark Of Identification
lacking in Rell to connect him with
being Lewis is tattoo mark on his
left arm of the nude figure Of a woman,
standing beside two cannons which are
crossed. This mark could not have
been removed, and is not on Bells arm.
The police Of st. Louis have received
information that while in Kansas Lew
is was shot thru the right arm, that
this arm is stiff, and tina: Lewis is
unable to raise it above his head. Bell
has no stiff right arm.
Comparing the picture Of Lewis
with Bell there is in a way general
resemblance, especially about the fore
head and hair. However, one picture
Of Lewis, who is said to be &c, looks