Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-09
PRICE LED LIFE OF
ADVENTURE SINCE
ESCAPE FROM JAIL
Went From Here to Baltimopc,
Next to France and Back
Reached Birmingham 10
Days Ago.
HE WAS HUNTED
IN MANY LANDS
special Dispatch 70 Ever, rvrn,na
By Helen BCthca
BIRMINGuAN, VA NJ,


With cigarette between his tccth
and grin on his African face. IrmucI
Price. alias Richard Harris, convicted Of
murder in the hls degree and sentenced
to death in Wilmington Del awaits the
arrival oi tho Delaware authorities here
N the Jefferson county jail, after q wear of
nj venture on land and sen Price Is q
cool and collected rs nc must have been
n when hr walked ont of the Delaware
prison. He insists that he IS not = muir
dcrcr and desires new trial
Price has been placed IL the death coll
of the jail which is guarded hv nine locks.
with KEYS N the pockets Of four different
men and three additional guards
Officers left Wilmington for Birmmg
ham last night Il IS understood They arc
expected to arrive in birmingham to
night and viii take the prisoner back to
Delaware immediately Officers stntc
that II, Negro will not ask for papers
lie IS sald to have confessed after he
was caught hcTc Monday 10 being the man
convicted of murder IN Wilmington. Civ
ing the name Of Richard Harris, he was
caught Monday morning hy Policemen
Bragan and Flanders nf the city force.
He was charged with burglary and grand
larceny having broken into the NIntCr
Clothing TO- packed a suit case with S236
worth of new clothes and made ms get
away without being seen.
woRE rELLrALF SUIT
He was clothed from head To foot IN
new clothes and whun caught had the
suitcase IN his possession His rags wcr,
found in the store and hroks'n skylIght
showed how he had entered
Price was Identified IS the Negro want
ed in Delaware by his frgrr prints and
the picture which local authorizes hav'
had SINCE hc escaped last Dcccmhcr
sullivan and Brown, city finger print c<-
perts. traced the Identification and ~ two
hours after he was examined had notified
the WIlmir gton authorities
Price is said TO have admitted escaping
Virginia authorities beforc gong 10 Della
ware
WENT TO BALTIMORE THE FRANCE
oh. | had good time h SAID, in
answer To questions a. 10 wher he had
been IN the last eleven months Il Just
walked ont Of the work house AZ VII
mingtOn Getting out was as easy as dirt
Ny first stop after leaving Whining
ton was Baltimore | spent three weeks
W. MIX IL ttH- tlOthN AaFif htiN tAft-A.
shipped for Frarc on cattle boat |
was gone 30 days They watched me so
close that | could not get of and stay in
France, as had intended dolug
when ! got back to this country ]
went TO Washington In Washington |
was chauffeur for a white family and
for taMcah company | spent four
months there and then travelled down 90
Richomnd Va In Richmond ! worked
in the freight house Of the c. 4 O. Rail
road for SIX months
Il came straight from Richmond 10
Birmingham on the freight cars landing in
this city ten days ago Sunday night
got desperate. could not get any food
and ] could not get any clothes nor any
where 70 sleep
4 determined that | would have all
three so broke in the store and stole the
clothes That * the first crime ] have
committed since ! left the workhouse in
Delaware
Price was born ID Media, Pa, and has
lived most Of his life in his native State.
Delaware and Virginia