The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-08
TWO MORE ARRESTS
FOLLOW MURDER Of
|. CASH|ON0N ISLAND
BULLETIN.

Sheriff couuhlan, Of Lauderdsle
county, returning from Marion, Ark"
Monday afternoon, said that the man
and woman held there were not the
Done KID" and his friend, and eonse,
uuently we're not wanted In connection
with the cashlon killing,
man and his wife, from an island
lower down the river from the point Of
ths klllina, IN Memphis Monday 10 see
the circus, were being sought for con.
neetlon with the murder late Monday.
After having been In Memphis within
a stones THROW of the police station
and courthouse IN roomlng house Mt
| i5i North Second street, for some days
Lonnie II, Bottoms and his wife, Flor
| ence Bottoms, the woman masQueradinR
as u man. were arrested at Hubert,
| Ark, and were brought to Memphis
Monday, and will besheld on suspicion
| OF having been implicated In the MUIR
| der OF George T. Cashlon on Island ii
last week
Cashion's body was found buried In
the sands on the island, and Archie
Bottoms, cousin OF the couple, arrested
in Arkansas, Is being held in the Shell
by county jail charged with the muir
| der, The couple arrested in Arkansas
| say they are cousins to Archie Bottoms,
but deny any completely In the killing.
The man Is said to answer the de-
scription OF the "nono Kid, alleged to
have been with Archie Bottoms and
| others just prior to tho murder.
Sheriff o. X. Perry, accompanied by
| Sheriff J. r, Coughlan, of Lauderdale
county, and Sheriff G, n, Volz, of Tip
planned to bring the couple to Memphis
for further exa,nination,
The pair were arrested late Sunday
| at Hubert. Ark, by f, j. Jacks, deputy
| sheriff of Crittenden county, Arkansas,
on a charge OF trespassing. They were
trying to beat their way on a Rock
Island freight train to some point IN
Texas, When taken to Marion and
| questioned by W, Il. Fish, sheriff Of
| Crittenden county, they stated that
| they were out of funds and had walked
| from their room at l54 North Second
street In Memphis to Hubert to try to
| get to Texas TO visit a sister OF Mrs
Bottoms, They admitted hearing Of the
| CashIon murder and also admitted theiI
| kinshp with Archie Bottoms, but de-
MED all knowledge or completely In the
killing or any OF the events leading up
| thereto,
| Sheriff Perry, accompanied by Sher-
| lff j. 7, CouRhlan, Of Lauderdale coun-
| ty, and and Sheriff G, N. Volz, Of Tip
ton county, will go to Marion to inves-
| tigate the charges against the woman
| and man held there by the sheriff OF
Crittenden county, II the suspicious
against the two is sufficiently strong
| they will be brought back to Memphis
| for further examination
Sheriffs Coughlan and Noz will alco
| interview woman by the name Of sal
| lie Cain who Is In Memphis. This
woman lives on Island "a and claims to
have seen Bottoms on that island the
day of the murder OF Cashion, She
says he had shotgun and his clothing
! was covered with blood,
As soon as the investigation is over
Sheriff Coughlan will take the suspect
| ed persons back to Lauderdale county
for trial, as II now seems that Lauder
dale and not Upton county has juris-
dction
Bottoms and Cashion were whisky
runners and we're coming down the riv-
er with LIQUOR TO be sold here, Bottoms
admits he high lacked" Cashion Of his
share OF the liquor,
| Cashion's funeral was held SUNDAY
morning In Elmwood cemetery
SCashions mother arrived from Ken
| lucky Sunday He Is also survived b!
! n wife and four small children, wht
live In a houseboat at the foot of Wis
consn avenue.