Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-13
OFFICERS THINK
WINES Is INNOCENT
But Prison Agent Says All Road
Convicts' Actions Are Ac-
counted For In Harlan

Frankfort, KY, Sept. 13. =, Road
| Superintendent Green, who is in
| charge of the convict camp on Pine
/ Mountain, near the scene of the MUIR
| der of Miss Lura Parsons on Tues
day, arrived here last night and re-
ported to Warden Meyer, of the State
Reformatory, that the movements of
all prisoners in the prison camp have
| been accounted for. There is nothing
to indicate that any of them could
have committed the crime, he said.
Harlan, KY, Sept 13.-Sunday's
Developments in the search for the
slayer of Miss Parsons, Pine Noun
tain Settlement school teacher, mar
rowed the trail of two men, both of
whom are known to Sheriff Howard
and his deputies and can be reached
at any time, the sheriff said last
night.
The man believed by Sheriff How
ard to know all the facts concerning
Miss Parsons brutal murder on a
lonely mountain pass Wednesday is
one of the convicts in the state la
Dor camp a half mile from the scene
of the crime He has not been charg-
ed with the assault and murder of the
young woman, but can be taken by
the officers at any time. The sheriff
would not say who the other man sus-
pected is.
Sheriff Howard stated yesterday
that he did not believe DIR. H. c. Win
mes, veterarian, held in connection
with the murder, is guilty, but he
will be kept in custody pending fur
ther developments.
The authoritis place much value as
clue on a small purse carried by
Miss Parsons at the time of her muir
der which was found Sunday $50 feet
from the lonely pass where the wo-
man was killed. 1t had been rif1ed Of
its contents and only q parcel post
check remained in it. When it was
taken to the local postoffice it was
found to be one given to Miss Par
sons when she checked a suit case
here.
Finger prints experts may be asked
to examine the purse and. see if any
marks can be used in establishing the
identity of the murderer.
The Harlan county grand jury will
begin a complete investigation of the
murder Monday. DIR. Winnes will be
one of the chief witnesses to be ex-
amined.
An indictment charging murder may
be returned against the suspected con-
vict.
The scene of the murder and the
surrounding country was thronged
with hundreds of men, women and
children from over the section on
Sunday and Harlan is full of pcople
trying to find facts concerning the
murder.
DR.. Winnes accompanied Sheriff
Howard and deputies on their tours
of investigation Sunday, visiting the
scene of the crime. He displayed no
emotion, it is said, when taken to the
cliff where Miss Parsons was thrown
over after it had been cruelty as
saulted and the head crushed with an
oak fence stave. DR.. Winnes assured
the officers that he will do all in his
power to assist in the solution of the
mystery.
Friends of Miss Parsons Sunday
told of her work at Pine Mountain
school, where she was an assistant
teacher in domestic science, and Of
her conscientious effort toward i'm
proving living conditions in mountain
homes.
The convict camp is being kept un-
der guard for fear of trouble. The
men brought here rom the State Re-
formatory at Frankfort to work on
the roads. Ten of them were sent
back to Frankfort after the crime was
committed. Warden Meyer has au-
thorized Deputy Sheriff C. j. Nolan
to take charge of the camp and do
anything that would lead to the dis
covery of the murderer.
STREET WORK PROGRESSES.