Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-11-04
(From Thursdays Daily

(From Thursdays Daily)
The new. Ford sedan that was
parked on Poplar street, near the
intersection of Pruet, Sunday night
and taken in possession by Chief
OF Police Herbert Woodland Monday
afternoon was the property OF Chief
Deputy Sheriff E. B. Rogers, Of
Mississippi county, who was mys-
teriously murdered two, or three
miles north of Manila Sunday after
noon. The Identification of the car
was established beyond doubt yes
terday afternoon by Sheriff Dwight
BlackwOod and three deputies, of
Blytheville, who drove through to
Paragould for the purpose of in
specting the vehicle. The keys
found in the bed Of the car, are
the property of Sheriff Blackwood's s
office and were the ones known to
have been in the possession of the
murdered deputy on the day he went
to his farm near Manila and met
with foul play.
According to a statement made by
Sheriff Blackwood yesterday after.
noon, a woman was associated with
the murder Of Deputy Rogers, ac-
cording to persons residing in the
Manila section who claimed to have
seen the woman with the alleged
murder band prior to the time the
officer was killed. 1t is now believ-
ed that the woman accompanied
the unidentified man who is sup
posed to have driven the sedan to
Paragould, Sunday night from the
scene of the murder. 1t is also
believed that, since the body of the
murdered deputy has not been found,
the car was utilized by the man
and woman to convey the body of
their victim to a place Of conceal
ment, probably at some point be-
tween Manila and Paragould. After
extensive search by large number
Of citizens Of Mississippi county no
trace Of the body OF Deputy Rogers
has been found, other than his
blood stained hat that was picked
UP near the place whore he met
his tragic death, supposedly about
$3.50 Sunday evening. Creeks and
other bodies of water have been
dragged, under growth searched and
every other place where it could
be conceived the body could have
been placed has been secured by
the searching parties without avail.
Hundreds of people have been con-
stantly searching for the body OF
the unfortunate victim since 1t be-
came known he was assassinated.
1t is now confidently believed
that the man and woman coming
to Paragould Sunday night in the
sedan of the murdered officer spent
the night here and left Monday
morning on the north bound Cotton
Belt passenger. Two or three per-
sons in this city claimed to have
seen woman driving the identical
car early Monday morning, prior
to the arrival of the north bound
passenger. One of those individuals
expressed himself as being certain
he saw the woman driving to the
depot and back to the street where
the car was parked on Poplar street,
but is unable to give an accurate
description of the woman, only OBJ
serving that she was stranger.
It is believed the woman drove the
man to the station and, after park
ing the car on Poplar street. Joined
him in boarding the train north.
A man and woman were seen to
board the north bound passenger.
Two tickets were sold here by the
station agent to a point in Illinois;
one ticket to a woman and the
other to a man. The tickets, 1t is
alleged, were purchased separately.
A strange woman boarding the train
was observed in the day coach by
Paragould passenger going tc