Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-01
PRICE STILL AT LIBERTY
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Price can rcnd and write fairly we'll
That lac is already fully aware Of what Is
going on, even 10 the dog upon hrs trail
to have kept ahead of his pursuers oil this
time without help from the Negro popn-
lation 1t IL thought probable that
Price has been furnished with copies of
newspapers. telling of the pursuit and that
the knowledge thus gained may have
determined him To change hls COURSE
altogether
Thinking a. one time they ~. good a.
had him. detectives rushed the hound
over to Brandywine Summit, about Blk
miles from West Chester but this clue
like tho others, did not work out A
Negro thought to have been Price spent
tho night In a greenhouse near here and
the authorities were kecnly disappointed
when the dog, knowing the fugitive's g
body scent well, refused to take the trail
there. The dogs actions convinced ail
that it was not Lemuel's trail.
The canine mnnhunter was taken ont
into the sane section this morning IN
charge of State Detective Frank w
Mccoy TO hunt little closer along the h.
Il O., railroad tracks. (Bandenburg
branch). The dog followed the trail
eagerly as far m the railroad line, yester-
day, then stopped short as if the quarry
had lifted himself upon passing tram.
II Price did catch the tram there IT II
thought he may have left II before reach
ing the end of the line at Landenberg,
in order to fool his pursuers If 80, 1t may
not yet be too late for the dog 20 pick
up the scent
All the hunters acknowledge they have
been completely baTlcd.
Price WAS once thought by many to hc
"thick headed " Not few have changed
their estimate of his mental calibre en-
tirely Detectives yesterday portrayed
the Negro sitting in his cell at the work
house planning his dash for freedom md
relying upon catching that very tram to
Iandcnbcrg, that he likely did catch,
freight passing there Mt 5.37 Monday
afternoon A a trlsty at the Institution
several tunes before the murderer knew
that was the only tram down N the after
noon He had also il ls supposed. got on
tn the fact that it passes that point any
where between $40 and b3a, and that
he timed his escape accordingly ~ That he
would not have to wait very long hat
this scheme worked ont JIst NJ planned
now Seems quite probable
Price escape has acccnttIated the need
of police dogs at the PRISON as a regular
precuatlou Police and other officials
now SAY THAT had the warden possessed
n good dog Prise would have been caught
within tvo hours Enough afFai from the
PRISON tables 10 feed at least four blood
hounds, II is said. would keep Al least one
hound without any extra cost - the public
Indications are that tins will be ono 0f The
first recommendations IL come before the
board Of trustees Al their next meeting
ncoY mAkrs fnFsH srARr
state Detective MeGoy and several
Others ted ont from police hcndTlAr
tcra eayls tins morning To get the dog ~
the work house Just what direction II
hunt thev were undecided Four hunt
ing partIt@, were scattered around the
COUNTRYSIDE IN place u the SIX that were
out all dav Yesterday and far into the
night Ten . clock came and not a clue
Telephones that kept ringing MI day yes
tcrdAv we're now silcnced as II out 81 com
mission This WAS taken indication
that the excitement has subsidized with
the failure Of the poses to catch the
Negro while the trail Was stll warm
At tho work house today the opinion
prevailed that one Of the prisoners threw
the lever that paved tho WAY for the
murdcrcr's escape Moreover, it Is be
hcvcd that Price WAS handed some
change. st least, before he left Friends
on The outside who are believed to have
seen the Negro since his easy exit through
the main gate are also believed to have
furnished him = change Of clothing and
cash
Near Vest Chester live several Negroes
who were implicated with the murderer
IN robbery = fcw wears age. Price Is
,4id 10 know many Negroes yll through
Chester county and between here and
there.
The police dragnet Will be extended
still farther il the fugitive Is not re-
captured ii the meantime But the sur.
rounding country 4nd Wilmington =
we'll must be conbed 70 make sure that
Pricc is not still lying low close 70 base