Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-23
POLICE. SEEK WALTER HINES
IN THE CURTIS MURDER CASE
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til" younEstcr they want, and vino
talked to Hines on his train after Il,
had left Ashland yesterday morn
ing. The train in question leaves
richmond At 3:lo o'clock. The porter
said tina; he had engaged tn. Young
man in conversation. The latter was
taiiativc enough. nu, seemed /. H..
very nervous
Nervousness prnmnunrcL
Alter the train drew out 81 Ash
iihd, according to tho porter. tho
S"uhSSicr entered the iavatvry AMI
remained there until the train drew
INTO Washinptou u. {. Ills ucr.
N"uShcSs WAS 80 pronounced that tho
porter permitted himself to follow
nm AFTER the Grain drew into Wash
'hGtoh. Tn" youth. the porter sayc,
ran Tor another train, northbounI.
which makes connections with the
Atlantic Coast Line train. The
horthbounh train IN question. tho
porter says. makes only three s,ors
after LAYING Wushington-Balt .mor..
Philadelphia and New YORK
The porter said that his passenger
was drssed in Il blue serge sui, and
VI -" sra" nat Tie had IISht hair.
weighed about l2l pounds ana was
apparently about II years old All
these facts tally with the dcscrip.
ton Of Hines already in possession
OF the police.
Clues which led the police to re-
tcrsburg. Chesterfield and Prince
! George Counties yesterday developed
nothing OF Importance as far as di-
rect bearing on the case is con
ccrncd. The Prince George visit
Wh!ch was made FOR the purpose of
running down clue that Hines
might have decided to visit "A man
there with whom he Was said to be
"chummy." Robert cox. Developed
another tragedy, when local po.
! iicman. y. Il. Anthony shot and
killed an alleged hootl.gp-r name,
/ William stafford. bu, II brought Il
| light no Information which could bc
1 construed as having "A connection
| with the death OF Curtis.
! Cap Near Scene Of Murder.
! Ihr 'inding Of cap near tn,
scene of the murder, grccnish In
color and GI-S in size. gave the 20.
! lice another clue yesterday, and IS
SAID I" have been one OF the dcvcl.
! opmcnts which induced them to seek
/ young Hines. One ur two were rornd
! WI" protested to have sen ycunu
/ hihcS wearing n cap which rnu VERY
much the same appearance. the po-
/ lice say. The description which taa
( raiirnad porter gave or Hines hn,
/ him wearing an old STRAW hat, pu-
IL.
had plenty OF time to 20 home u,.t
! get another hat
All members az the Richmond po-
lice force. In and out OF uniform
( worked on the ease al day ycs,c-.
day. many OF them abandoning Steer
| ana hours off In order to do wha,
they could To bring 10 justice the
slayer or Policeman Curtie. The 20.
| ice OF ali cities in Virginia a. well
| as The forces of many cities outsi.Ia
! the state, were notified 81 the n,ur.
! der an! asked To Cooperate In The
! apprehension Of the murderer. a de.
! Scr!ption ~ Il suspect having beer
/ sent broadcast
! Hines. according TO the police, had
! been arrested last spring on "A rhary,
! OF bootlcrc Ing. He furnished bal
! following h:. arrest. and later for.
| feitcd IL. Notwithstanding he wa:
! indicted in Hastings Court. Part II.
/ but had never been taken into Gus
| toby under ta- Indictment the pole.
! say that they hod been told tina,
/ Hines had said he would Kill any OF.
| hcer VIII" attempted to arrest him.
| Mrs. Hatfield I-nrs ShnotIng.
In their invest .sa,ion of The affair
! Yesterday the police found Mrs. T.
I ~. Hatfield. 81 Stockton street. who
told them tina; she had heard tho
shooting. several shots having boon
nrad in rapid succession. All shots
! must have been lrcd by the murderer
| as the polio" learned yesterday. when
| they examined the dead policeman.
| revolver, that IL was out OF order
! Thc revolver WAS found on the
/ ground. near the dead policeman NJ
| shot had been fred from IL. and
when the Investigator attempted :.
ire Il. tho trigger refused TO func-
/ t!on.
There was little evidence 10 show
that there had been anything like
Il desperate encounter in the vlcan,
lot in which tho shooting occurred
IN fact. all the evidence PRACTICAL,
tended to show that the murdcrc,
got the drop on the officer. Thrc,