Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-09
IMMEDIATE STEPS TO
RETURN HE PRISONER
Chief of Police Black and Detective
Sergeant Benson Started After
Him Last Night.
EXECUTION DATE is
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER l.
Another Stay May be Necessary,
as Prisoner Cannot be Returned
So Quickly.

The aapuir. 81 l.emuc Prlcc. Negro.
rlurleret ~ birmingham Ma, yrstcr-
daN morning which was reported IN
Every Evcnlng YESTERDAY resulted from
rnhhcr, ~ that city which hc alleged Z"
have committed during the night
The poh,c q birmingham aud Whining
ton bong satisfied with the prisnncr
irlenti'N vhich he IS sand a. admit. aftcI
. finger prtui test had aroused the eii--
uictau 81 Ia, Birmingham police, STEPS have
been taken tn bring the Negro back
ta Delaware rs qHckly as possible
While neat Friday tho dstc schcdu-
"a for his execution. the fatal day having
hecn postponed hy Governor Townsend
regularly every two weeks since the Negro
,hsappcarcd furih her delay ~ few days
uay H. u.rrss9rV because u may not bc
possible - 90 Price back 50 quickly
War - Hummer Of th' workhousc to-
dav received telegram from James !.
puckrtt postothcc Inspector n Btr-
mlrgham. which read
'pricc admits his Idsntlty.
ny rleHr rNrR,pITIo~.
Chre; II Tol.rc George Black and
sergeant 81 Detectives Robert J Benson
lrit last night Fl q 10 oclock over the
Baltimore 4 nhr tal.rradtor birmingham.
Thor trsiu due N Cnclnnatl thus
afternoon - ; Is They Will leave Clncln-
nati ~ 6 - snl are duc 70 arrive II Slr-
nngham tomorrow morning AZ $50
II = not known whether the chief and
Sergeant benson Will return ~ once with
Pro although they hope TO Do 50, as
there Is possibility az them waiting day
~ two g. rcst from The trip South to pre-
pare FOR ,hcir return trip with the fugitive,
There i also q possibility that Pnce
NAV DELAY hIs return 20 tins state by HAY
ing lawNcT - represent hIm 10 fight cx-
tradition. compelling Delaware t. prove
ln> IDENTITY before he can hc legally
damned hN tins state
II Is MT probable that the officers will
return a. tins city much before the end
Il tho week and possibly sunday u -
not vct known whore Price viii hc placed
ur,ou his return 20 this city, but II Is eN-
pe,icd that h. VIII be Immediately taken
to tho vorkhousc and again lncarccratcd
n the death coll. as il hls escape had ncvcr
happened and a stay OF execution had
merely been granted for some other reason.
,RRrsrrp o. RoRFERY CHARGE.
Nccording 10 information from Blr-
mngham. Price was arrested carly YES
terdav morning while passing through
n dark street He was well dressed and
.
Investigation Indicated that he had
robbed = clothing store. dofiing the rags
hc wore and ionnIng stolen S,iIf.
The gpods stolen from the Winter
Clothing Co. Of birmingham. the place
robbed are SAID 10 bc worth about S236.
Tpou heIng arrested. the Negro Is sand 10
have admitted that he had broken into
the store but gave hIs name aS Richard
iiarrIs Detectives sullivan and Brown
81 Birmingham, 10 whom Will probably
e. the reward Of 1000 offered for the
capture Of Price. by a comparison OF
finger prints. discovered the prisoner
identity as they believed When confronted
with the accusation oi being fugitive
fleeing from the gallows IN Delaware, the
supposed Harris IS said 10 have admitted
he was Price and 10 have told Of the muir
der 81 Zebley and his escape from the
work house
SOMETHING ABOUT BIRMINGHAM.
Birmingham, the capital and largest
city IN Alabama and one Of the largest
cities Of the South. Is a center Tor coal
mining. iron and steel manufacture, IN
addition TO having great cotton and lum
Der IN eres;s Birmingham has cotton
factories. automobile factories, cotton
seed oil mills. -four and grain mills furn-
ture. box and mattress factories and
numerous smaller industries. Because of
us mineral products Birmingham an
ulal railroad tonnage ! greater than the
total Tonnage OF the other gul States
The population OF the CITY. according To
the 1920 census Is us 30 The CITY
- served by nine railroad systems. several
nf which have two or more lines entering
the city. Birmingham via Cincinnati and
Nashville Is a distance Of about 900
miles from Wilmington. Price probably
thought !; was large enough to enable him
20 escape detection, especially in view Of
the fact that IT has a large Negro popula-
ton
MANY FALSE RUMORs
The capture Of Price in the southern
eltv will set al rest many rumors that
have been current since his escape There
were rumors 10 the effect that Price died
Of exposure on the bitter cold night Of his
escape from the workhouse Others were
that be was drowned in stream IN the
section Of the country through which he is
believed TO have travelled in his flight
Another rumor was that he was drowned
~ sea II was only within the past few
dsys that the police were working on
cline that Price was in Mexico. This clue
rss being carefully traced al the time Of
,hs receipt Of the information from Blr-
mineham. He was reported To have writ
ter letters from Mexico 10 Delaware
friends
The police Of this city have always felt
that Price would eventually be captured
:. they claimed he was the type Of q crlmi-
nsl who could not keep out Of trouble, as
arcordlng to the police records he was a
drng addict. as well as robbeT and
murderer. and they thought that he would
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