Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-10
OFFICERS Slayer
IN RICHMOND JAIL
Murderer Of Canton, o. Dete1-
tive Will Be Taken To Scene
Of Crime Monday

When Richard Howe, alias
Howell, and a half dozen other
al1ses arrested at Irvine charged
with the murder of detective
Scotnicty, Of Canton, Ohio, was
brought to Richmond to await
extradltion papers, he refused
l Sunday to talk to anyone, except
E lanes Hurdlicka' a Canton de
tective, and the latter is about the
only one the jail did not want to
talk to the much wanted man.
Hurdlicka told the prisoner what
he thought of him, and it was in
choice language. Upon the face
Of this, however, Howell asked
for the privilege Of walking in
the corridor which was refused.
Howell, who was taken into
custody by Chief of Police Phil
jpot Of Irvine, is known as des-
perate man. 1t is claimed that
he was one Of a gang of bank
robbers in Canton that robbed a
bank some time ago and it was
for this job that he was hunted
down and arrested by Hurdlicka.
The latter was the working part
ner of detective Iurdlicka, and
this IS the given reason for the
latter refusing to talk to him SUI
day.
1t develops that Scotnicty had
arrested Howell, and had stopped
on his way home with his prison
er, being near Canton, in an auto
mobile, and had given the man his
supper and then resumed the trip
to Canton, when the officer met
his untimely death.
Jail employees have the report
which is said to have been given
by the prisoner to the effect that
when he was arrested and search
ed. small automatic revolver
+ which was in the watch pocket
Of bis trousers, had been over
looked by the arresting officer
This caused his death. It was
while driving along towards
| Canton, after the men had had
their supper at the officers home
that Howell, while handsuffed
worked his hands to his side
drew the revolver unnoticed by
the detective driving the. machine
and placing the point Of the
wapon close to the unsuspectine
Imam pumped till the bullet
chambers were empty" then he
stopped the machine searched
/ the victim, who was dying, found
the key to the handouts, TN
locked them and threw the deaC
mans body out of the machine
drove on for several miles, put
the machine up in a garage anc
made his escape.
The city Of Canton offered q
reward of $500 for the capture ot
: Howell, and it is understood thai
a similar amount has been Offered
by the state Of Ohio, and this will
| doubtless be the reward of Chic
of Police Philpot. There is Z
t certain air Of mystery about the
case as yet uncleared. However
officers who are here in the in
g terest Of the case will not spcal
, Of it at this time.
Upon the discovery Of the
murdered detective, the latter,
c pal, detective Hurdlicka was Civ.
. Ell the job of running down the
g murderer Of his service mate. Ht
bounded Howell through Ohio
West Virginia, and then into
b Kentucky. He located him a
i Irvine, and, knowing that Howell
I would recognize him, informed
y Chief Philpot of the case and the
c latter went after the man wantet
d and got him. Officer Philpo
G said that he had been told of thu
: desperate character of the maj
: and that he took no chances, bu
C when Howell was confronted b,
d him and the order to throw III
!, his hands was given, Howell i'm
n nediately obeyed,
Deputy Sheriff C. w. Kirk, o
Canton, is at Frankfort seeking
{ the endorsement of Governo
It Morrow to the requisition paper
and as soon as this is accomplish
ed, which will be some tim
n Monday, he will come to Rich
: mond and together with detec
s tive Hurdlicka, and chief of de
e tectives E. H Swope, who /
i here, will start to the Ohio cit
If with their prisoner.
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