Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-06
TEE GIVES CA. EXTRA CONGRESSMAN
TROUP SLAYER,
MEXICO BOUND, |.
COTTO WESTON
There Flight Ended And
Now He's Back In
LiaGrange --.

Through a piece of fortune, assisted
by official attention to business, Pat
Cohen, the slayer of Walter Howard,
at LAGRANGE, has been captured by
Cheriff c. M. Christian, OF Webster
county, and is now back at LaGrange
to await trial for the murder. Cohen
was captured at Weston, in the west
ern part of Webster county, with a
companion, by the town marshal,
who held the pair ON suspicion, be
cause of their demean0r, and turned
them over to the sheriff by him, the
sheriff later establishing their lden-
tlty and the seriousness of the charge
against Cohen. The man with Co
hen was S. l.. Boyd, also of La
Grange, said not to have been inn
plicated in the killing, but who had
whisky in his possession and is now
held for that offense in the Webster
county Jail. He had accompanied
Cohen from LaGrange after the kill
ing, merely as a companion. Both
sand they we've headed for Mexico
when caught.
The killing Of Howard in La.
Grange appears to have been a cold,
blooded crime. Last Friday night,
according to reports here, Cohen at
tended a social affair at Howard s
home and during the evening the
two had some trouble. The next day
last Saturday--Cohen called at
Howard's small store and shot him
down. He disappeared and was
picked up at Weston Sunday even
ing, he and Boyd having ridden into
town by auto with a farmer from
whom they had begged a ride.
Prediction Fulfilled.
Cohen is said to have had a bad
reputation at LaGrange for illegal
liquor handling. Il is understood the
new sheriff, "Uncle" John Collier, of
Troup county, who took office Jan
uary 1, informed Cohen last week
| that before the coming Saturday
night he would have him in custody
! for some offense. ;,
| This prediction has been made
! good ahead of time.
Cohen, according to information
from Preston and LAGRANGE, makes
! no denial OIL Cne Killing.
Sheriff Christian, of Webster, was
! in Americus last evening and talked
! of the capture.
at was last Sunday" said he
''that the marshal of Weston called
me and said he had couple of sus-
picious characters that he wanted tc
turn over to me. | went over with
| c. l Patterson and took charge OF
then and brought them to the coun.
| ty a5 Preston. Cohen gave his
! nam as J. A. Robertson and BoyC
said name was Arthur Davis.
thou they were escaped convicts
and ted at once to find out who
they ually were and where they
WerD from.
Tell-tale Overcoat.
'"They said they had come from
Columbus. | asked them who they
knew there and they named two men.
| asked them who else they knew
They couldn't name any others, but
explaEed that they had been travel
ing all over the country. | let them
rest then and called up Columbus,
giving the police there a description
Of them. | was told of the killing
and that probably one of them was
Cohen. then mentioned that one of
them wore a mole-skin overcoat, and
was Immediately informed that Co
hen was the man. Lagrange was
communicated with and Tuesday
Sheriff John Cariey and Deputy
Smelling Davis arrived and identified
Cohen and took him back with them
They were a slick pair. After
had discovered their real names and
the charge against Cohen, they ad-
mitted their identity and Conen ac-
knowledged he was wanted for the
killing. They insisted on Boyd re-
turning with Cohen, both declaring
the liquor had been found in Cohen's
pocket intsead of Boyd's, which i,
was not. Cohen had $84 when ar,
rested and Boyd $50. 1t developed
that Cohen had all the money when
they started out and that they divid,
ed it evenly so that if they got sep
arated each would have something
and that if one lost his money they
you'd not both be broke"