Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
MURDERER
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~ as lollONS
"The trustees of the New Cnatle County
Workhotise have been in communication
and III conference ever since the escape of
Lemuel Price was learned last evening,
investigating the facts and doing NIL That
could be done to apprchend the escaped
prisoner.
"As result of the Investigations, il
was learned that one officer, r.. w Sud
dard, was grossly careless IN the per
tormance of his duties IL was he who
opened the doors which enabled Price To
leave the workhouac mistakinp him for
one of the farnhands. MIR S,ildard has
rendered his resignation which has hecn
accepted by the board of tua3tees
''I'hc trustees believe that frice Ind
one ncComplice who is a fellow prisoner,
and the guilt lies between the two who
arc under further invretigation-
"Thc question Of bribery WINS consider
ed but was rejected as factor in ths
escape because Price, as far as could bc
asceTtained, was penniless mud had no
friends who could a,sist him financially.
Nothing Is being left undone IN capture
the prisoner. During the evening and
night. guards and officers Of the workhnuac
searched for many miles IN all directions.
The prisoner was traced ms fnr as Ealtlk
land This afternoon police dog ie hcng
used on the trail of the escaped convict.
Tho trustees have the full 60 operation
of the police of the surrounding towns and
arc hopeful that Price viii te apprehcnded
This forenoon a conferences Of Govern
or John G. Towfsend md the tr'wtoes
was held Governor Towneend stated that
hc had Offered on behalf of the State, r.
ward of 81 900, which is IN addition to the
$500 offered by tho trustees for the re-
capture Of Price
Tho trustees want Ia express fheis
appreciation Of the energetic 60 orersiion
of the State detective and tho mcfnera nf
the Wilmington city police
hoy Will alsn request tho assistance of
tho attorney general III nseeftaining tho
persons rcapous lie far the prisoner
escape The whole subject is still uudet
investigation
The investigation liv the trustees was
continued M meeting thia morning ~
the office of ] Prank llall the secretary.
n tho Equitable Pudding
stGtrlora nog's crrvrH woRK
The hunt with The police dog Yesterday
afternoon Was ono ~ thn most sensational
features of the entire affair This dog e =
trained Toirrmann Pinseher. and mot
hloo-lhounj. ae has lcnn reported II IS
the property ~ Ralph T Miller, - North
Allison rtrrcf Philadelphia. ard was
curcd Yesterday morning and brought to
the wofkhourc yoeterdav afternoon
The dop. Rolf ~ narne, has freat
record. lelng known na the lest trained
T1l,cr dog III tho world. and has leon re-
ferrrd ~ AZ the dog with tho human
hrain II understands commands given
ia Engiirh, German and French. having
lscn trained rs n German war dog bY it's
former owner
'Rolf" llack MI ovrr and With rves
llbr steel, dlfplay7 the German timfer vol
hlotd that courses through his VEINS. for
hc IS ever pacing restl,Fsiy to and fro.
like the wolf in It's cage. when he u not
on the hCnt
The dog was placed IN Price, cell and
shown towel That the fugitive had
used. and \ magazine that he had ben
reading He aniftcl the ariiclcs and 1T
once PICKED up the scent and whincd 10
hc i,f ont az The cell "Rolf' lcd the war-
den and several of the guards to the c0fri-
dor and then made for the store room.
Tho animal then tracked the scent ta the
MAN corridor and to tho front door, *
actly the course trav, lei by Price. The
bag Of flour that Price had used 10 hide
his face wsgs ~ a room alongside the hall
leading 70 the MAN gRic oi the tnsltl-
ton and Rolf led the man hunters to
tins place
After going out the front door "Rolf'
took the course leading to whore The hag
oi flour had bccn abandoned tho night
before hy Price, and then started cross
country followed hy three warkhof.se
guards and the onncr Of the dog and his
partner. The dog continued across the
tield through which Price hsd previously
lcsn traced and made for the Iandrnz
berg branch OF the Baltimore 4 Ohio
rai!rcad and then continued up the tracks
to Falkland Rolf made thorough
examination At tins point threw hls head
III tho ar and whncd hut refused 70 20
further.
EVIDENTLY HoARpFp LtNpFNsFkG TRAIN.
The authorities immediately got IN
touch With the railroad officials and found
that tram en- route for l.ahdeHherg, Pa,
left at 5.37 Monday evening THIS
would have gwen Price nearly 30 mn
utos 10 make the tram aHd II the station
Is about half ml, fFegi the prison. II 10
thought that he boarded this tram
Detective Sergeant Green and De
tectives Rileg ard kcmpski responded to
q call from farmhouse netr Hockessin
last night shortly after O'Clock The
informant notified the detectives that q
man had slept IN the barn Monday night
Us an impression was lett n the hay / a
ter the same person while milking stock,
found one of tic COWS dr. I his led to
;is belief that Price had visited the farm
aud had STAYED for breakfast, milking
onc OF thc COWS ard driIikiEs. the milk
Ihe detectives, Who Wau hurried 10
the farm III al automobile secuted the
property aud that OF The surrounding
farms bui failed to find any eluc that led
anywhere
The police investigated il ramor To
the effect that ii man answclingthe de-
scription Of Price, accompanied By auoth-
Cr man, had entered a house on Sixth
street. three doors from where the fugitive
had killed Patrolman Icbley Several
officers went 10 Inc house, hut It vas
found that an innocent man and woman,
instead Of two men, had entered the house.
and the man wanted had not been there
Inspired perhaps by the large rewards +
offered farmers, suburban residents and
thousands Of inhabitants Of the villages /
and towns through Delaware, MARYLAND I
and Pennsylvania arc aiding the autharI- t
ties in the hunt County and town con
stables in Delaware are particularly on the T
alert aud many false reports came pouring
III during the day Wilmington vas not +
exempt from these and the police in I
vestigated numerous rumors that proved +
ia be without foundation
Searching parties began to return to /
the workholIse after 10 o'clock last night. I