The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-28
Hartsfield and McDuff
 Have Had Thrills Such
 as Come to Few Officers
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'Continued From Page Five.) that Lewisburg, which was known as the bloody beat" was cleaned up.
 The officers stated that the-- worked on the Lewisburg case for more than year. and a large num- Der of men were killed there for apparently nothing. As a result of the efforts of these officers Walter and Arthur Jones were arrested and confessed to being implicated in IS murders. Will Watson also con fessed to being implicated in several murders, and these men were hanged In the Jefferson county Jail yard. After that the officers declared the Killing ceased in that beat, and it was now one of the best In the county. An interesting case worked up by MT. Hartsield and myself was that Of two Italians charged with the murder of Louis Staff between Sayreton and Coalburg," said MT. McDuff. There were IS wounds on the body of the man, as we'll as two bullet wounds in the chest, and we worked on that case for several days before we finally discovered the per petrators of the crime. Both of these men escaped when Overton did and one was killed, while Sam Msini escaped and is still at large.
 Experience at Trussvnie
 Sheriff Hartsfield and myself Lad an exciting experience at Trussvlle the second Sunday after we went to work for Ex-Sheriff McAdory We had regular battle with the man and chased him all day with the oogs, finally giving up the chase at II o'clock that night after it had started to rain. However, three days la.er the negro was arrested m Nashville. When we were un;.i,le % appr eaend the negro we notified all towns along the way in the <d'-e:
 ton he had gone, and SUI eedsd in | having him arrested.
 | i"DlIing all the years 1 have been an officer I have never killed but enc man and that was the highwa. .,,nan | I killed last year on the fs;:een Soi ,ngs road. If had not killed lin wien I did he would have hi,.ed me.
 for he had his shotgun cooked aud was aiming when fred"
 It was under the direction of MT. T'artstield and MT. McDuff' that John W.hiteside. negro convicted and hanged for the murder of J. l.. Bour- Eeouis, 73-year -oldf Confederate vet ! eran, ana ms l0-year-Oiu CompanlOn, Lacey Murphree, was caught.
 This double murder occurred at Henry Ellen as the man and hoy. were returning from a fishing trip.
 and for two days officers secured ! the woods in that vicinity loko.ng | for him. On two or three occasions | it was reported that they had him surrounded, but he succeeded in catching train for Chattanooga. However, Chief of Police Taylor at Leeds. who is also deputy under 1 Sheriff Hartsfeld, followed him, and
 the negro was arrested four days after the crime was committed in the Tennessee city. He confessed to killing MT. Bourgeouis and the boy. HartsfeId Makes Friends
 'I had unique experience during Sheriff Batson's administration"
 said MT. Hartsfield, when went to
 arrest a man charged with shoot ing his wife. He lived at Littleton. and it was 1 o'clock in the morning,
 and I went alone. When l reached
 the scene the man was barricaded in
 the house. and had threatened to kill
 anyone who approached or attempted
 tc-get in. I didn't feel like walking up and getting shot. so I got in
 touch with the mans sister-in- law. and got her to go to the house with me. When she knocked on the door and told the man who she waA he