Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-03
MANY NEGROES IN
RURAL DISTRICTS
MISTAKEN FOR PRICE
This is the Cause for So Many
False Clues Concerning
Escaped Murderer.
CONVICT STILL AT LARGE

The search for Lcmtel Price. the escap.
Cd murderer was resumed today, but
with nothing definite to follow except
vague clues The Negro Is still Mt large.
Attorney -Gencral Rcunhardt. for
one, has not vet abandoned hope of re-
capturing Price before next Friday, the
day set for the NCRros execution for the
murder OF patrolman Thomas j. Zebley.
Tho sttorncy-gcn al said today he would
make application Ia Governor Townsend
for s. respite. but that he had not decided
whether to wait until the last moment
If rccapiurcd in the meantime. or
even nj any time during the dnv OF the
9th, Price can lc executed without further
iormalitics, but the attorney general in
iImatcd he might moi wait until the last
moment to take The prccAutiou necessary
to keep the origiual sentence operative.
Detectives and police arc apparently
wnrsc Of for clues today than at any
other time The bitter cold weather IS
regarded rs decidedly IN the fugitive, S
iavor rs naturally The hunt Is made harder
by such sudden drops III the temperature.
Man-huntlng last night and today WAS
tar from comfortable for man or beast.
Even gasoline engines seemed TO freeze ln
rcma- kahly short time Those who havC
been on the hunt slnrr 1t began have begun
to feel the effects of day and night work,
with little and irTcpila~ sleep All the
cnnstahlcs in tho city have bcen enlisted
~ the search and vet the force has hccn
insufficient "a MAINTAIN the usual vigilance
in the city and hunt for tho murderer ut
the same time
'Tins' came IN tn1av and yrsfoufav
rs rsual onlv they were fewer than on
the previous DAYS Al.wprc mn out hut
10 no avail Apparently Negroes on the
roads arc 50 much afraid q being mus
taken foI the fugitive and shot down lv
;lc mauuhutrrs hat many If thcin have
acted st,splciouglv hi4 gvlnE rise 81
many 81 the false clicS which have kept
the I<NS,s busy ever slUep thc PscaTs
The officers werr sen. "a hgnnctf
SIuar Ia to investigate one report
Others went to Chadd's tnrd. Pa. 20
hook INTO another rnmoy hut neither
hat any foundation to speak IF The
next promising tip II WAs thought,
came yesterday afternoon woman
driviaR along 4 F0ad near the city ~ !.
motor car saw Negro sneak'pg along
Is If irving u avuli observation. t'ong
to the nearest telephone she notified the
police And Detective Sergeant Green ard
~tatc Detective Frank W Mccoy hurried
os,t N car To look Tor this man. They
found him hidirE behind oornshock
almost frozen He sand he thought II
sccn he might bc mistaken for Price
Mayor Taylor last night said he thought
a thorough Investigation should he made
81 the mlrrdcrers escape and the blame
fixed without regard 20 the consequences.
HI said his familiarity with the lay OF
the land al the workhousc made 1t seem
irrTCfsible for IricC % have reEalncd hfs
hh,Tty without tho enjoyment oi entirely
too many privileges Tor hnv prisoner
Rclicf among the police and detectives
that Fricc IS hiding among friends IN
Philadelphia nov almost amounts to
conviction All the Ipcal men that can be
spared and. as one officer said, perhaps
few more. arc aln,adv detailed there to
hunt for tho Negro Certain places whore
il is thought the fugitive may seek refuge
arc beng watched closely day and night
in The haI,c that ne vii yet apply for help.
Attorncy-C icneral Rc'nhardt SAID to-day
that on Monday he would write q letter 10
Governor Townsend asking hun % respite
Price for Il week il the convict IS stll at
large the following we,ak similar course
wit be follow ed ana SO OF weekly for an
indefinite time This viii obvlate the
necessity FOR res,utence if Price should
be ~ large after next Friday