Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-05
MYSTERIOUS POSTAL
CARD HINTS THAT
PRICE MAY Be HERE
One Received by Every Evening
Purporting to Have Been
Written by Murderer
THIS is DOUBTED;
AUTHORITIES AT SEA

While a poStal card mailed IN VII
miugton Yesterday afternoon. as shown
nv two Wilmington postmarks 5.'u
and : so. Jar signed L Frcc ana
nurrortmg to have been written by Lem
uel Pnce. the escaped murderer. was re-
ceivrd through tn, mail by livery wen
ING todsv, II Is very doubtful whether
lricc wrote 1t tomparIson has been
mad. with Prlcc~ signature. on file IN the
Defective. ,,urcau. and there Is some re
-ruhlsncc. lut not enough TO he sure
about the matter :, >
UoVc,er. Price IS still at large, oil Of
~. .lu,,> 81 ;sr received by the authorities
having isilcd
At noon today Detective Sergeant
Green. state Detective Mccoy and Dcpu-
y sheriff Parker left Tho Public building
1u a hurry call. the presumption hcing
that thcv had unearthed 2 new clue to
l'rIce's possible whereabouts and they
we're losing no tune TO investigate II.
Nothing developed over sunday ~
connection with the hunt for the Negro,
sccording u Detective Sergeant FrancIs T.
Crsen aud Stat., Detective Frank "
Mccoy. When thew were asked about the
lnartrr tbj. morning and they had no
fresh clU,e 81 that tImC that looked prnm-
ising
If Prlc y Ia Wilmington, rs the
InvTte-ious roStaI cord would Indicate he
was YESTERDAY. when II was nalicd Y i
a mailed ~ him The police don +
snow Il; arrovd-Q 10 Detective Green
! hcv have hunted every SPOT - and near
'he 81, vhc-e hc might 70, hut without
success
there ucrc tuo points on tho card that
nav or r,lav not no significant
II ~~t,r veal
and hc ,ildrI know me THIS evidently
sDnl,es ~ PatroInan " illam ! Burchcnal
me ~ the oldest men on the force in point
=. service. and one who, il Is believed,
knows vel the face II every person white
ar black. living in the crty. with whom the
police have had dealings II tho message
Is correct ii would indicate that Price has
assumed disguise probably false
heard or something Of tho sort that has
made him feel immune from idenubcstion.
oud which appears ~ have worked sue
cessfullv. 50 far, Il that Is true
The other polnt IS found II The sentence,
] hid 10 another cell, not closet Fol
owing Prices escape, an investigation IN
dlcated that he had shipped our ct hrs
..,orridor. when The gate lock was sprung,
presumably by > confederate, and Was
aidine N q closet when q guard was cs
.artlng several other prisoners down
falrs, the suppc sition being tbat he was
inohserved there and was enabled 70 get
1to the main corridor because Of that
act The writer SAYS he hid n another
t.eU This may ~ NAV not nc true. but I
IS true II would Indicate that tho writer
~ least knew the facts This lHforna.
nor probably IS known only - Pr'cc him-
sru Or h. may have told i II others
Following is tho text 81 tho message
an the postal carl
Editor
You sand en- prIcc wouldu
nave no happy new yo.sr ! II say
did ! told Harry Pierce IN city
nall he q never see rae hang, hc wont
/ Passed 3urchensl and hr didn't
snoR me hes luc6H
pelsware gives rnurlerers Is or
20 ". hut coInrcd man hangs for
,nansiaughtc- som. laV | didn't
.e- j square deal s ! put the toe
y nv shoe IN the locb slid the bolt
couldn't looh + F'rscc
hId IL suothrr col not a closet
] c. II glvr un can ! have i
.a,r trial ~ q coiorco Jury.