Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-24
BELIEVES H|NES|S
. STILL HIDDEN IN
/. RICHMOND HAUNTS
Search for Man Sought in
Curtis Murder SO Far
Proves Futile.
FUGITIVE'S WIFE MAKES
CONFESSION, is REPORT
South Slider Boarded Train at
Acca, After Flight in
Auto, Belief.

Early this morning the malice
raidcd house I'm Everett Strc.t In
the expectation Of nnd,,r w,,,.,
Hines. II WINS reported that Hines
had been In the house rnidcd sIn.c
the shooting.
friend OF Hines nnys he will sur
render this morning
That the police OF Richmond nou
arc convinced that Policeman Wash
'ngton Irving Curtis. who was .mur-
uered early Monday morning I'm :,
vacant lot near the corner OF Fifth
anu stockton Streets, came To his
dca'h III attempting To arrest a man
Whom he recognized aS 4 bootlcgrcr.
WAS the ono new feature of the mys-
terious shooting that came to light
last night. The police profess IN h,-
iicNc that the officer discovered tno
late that his gun was out OF com.
mission and that tie bootlccgcr. rct.
tinS the drop on the officer and re-
aii"ing that he was no match nhysi-
cally for the stalwart policeman in
hahu-to- hand encounter. resorted
to his own revolver in an EFFORT To
end the struggle which. II is believed.
began when they met. and thus sue
/ ceedcd III effcctins his escape.
NO suggestion even of Il clue as
10 the whereabouts of Walter lines.
the South Richmond young man he
ing sought in connection with tho
crime. was found by the police yes
tcrday. Conflicting stories. most OF
them proving by investigation to he
unfoundcd, reached Police Hca,lnuat-
t"rs during the day, and officials now
are inclined Ia place some crcdencn
In the story that Hines has made his
escape into the North. 1t was inti-
mated at ,hcadquartcrs last night by
officers who knew Hines and who arr
able to read his character. that they
believe he fled from the city. prob
ably by automobile, at the first on
portunity after he discovered that
he was under suspicion of having
committed. taken part in or had some
Knowledge OF the crime.
FIees CITY in AutomobiIc
They point To the fact that the
fugitive. said to have been seen
aboard northbounH Atlantic Coast
Line train by negro porter after
leaving Ashland u few hours after
the crime. may have boarded the
train at Acca, or the station where
he was first noticed by the porter.
after having fled the city in an
automobile.
Despite the fact. however, that
forty eight hours have elapsed since
the murder and the statement made
10y the porter. substantiatcd by po-
lice officials. a minority element OF
the force still think Hines is in
hiding within the city. ana arc cling
ing tcnaciously to the slightest clue
that supports their theory.
II is known that the wife of the
man sought has been questioned nt
Police Headquarters and has made
an important confession. but the ma
,urc Of the contents was not di-
yugcd.
Hines is known to have been the
owner of an automobile Of an OK
pcnsive make. but this machine he
is said 10 have left behind him
The police also have asccrtaincd that
Hines owned some real estate In
South Richmond. said to have been
acquired recently. While the own
crShip Of the huge still captured by
the police of Richmond and Peters
rg in Prince George County Mon
day afternoon at the expense OF the
life Of William Stafford has not been
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