Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-06
ALLEGED SLAYER
IS AN ESCAPED
CONVICT, CLAIM
William S. EStaver, Held at
Tucson, Is Identified as
Paul Hadley, According
to County Attorney.

Tucson, Ariz., May 5.-Paul Had
ley, escaped life-termer from the
Oklahoma state penitentiary, was
identified here today as william
s. Estaver, charged with murder in
the first degree Of Mrs. Anna c..
johnson, wife of Denver contrac-
tor, in a statement made by Coun-
ty Attorney George r. Darnell.
Shrouded in mystery for six
months the criminal record of Will
lam s. Estaver charged with MUIR
der in the first degree OF Mrs. Anna
C. johnson during November, 1921,
was clarified here today when
County Attorney r. Darnell an
nounced that finger print evidence
has identified the prisoner as Paul
Hadley, escaped life-termer from
the oklahoma state penitentiary.
Disclosure of the facts surround
ing the past of Estaver, or Hadley,
recalled one of the most sensational
criminal cases in the history of
courts Of Oklahoma, marked by de-
votion Of a wife, and final escape
Of Hadley during a sixty day parole
BIdnteu III WhiCh W WISH MS SICK
mother.
Identify Finger Prints.
On Wednesday wires received by
County Attorney George r. Darnell
from the superintendent of the Ok
lahoma state penitentiary in Nc.
Allister, identified finger prints Of
Estaver as identical with those of
Hadley who escaped from the Okla
homa prison more than one year
ago.
Although finger prints of Estaver
had been forwarded repeatedly to
Identification bureaus, Fort Leaven-
worth and other finger print ex-
changes throughout the country no
response was obtained at any pre-
vious time until the prints were
sent to the superintendent of the
Oklahoma penitentiary one week
ago yesterday. The actual prints
sent to Oklahoma were photographs
Of the originals taken by Albert
Bushman, a local photographer,
and were originally Imprinted by
Dave N. Wilson. local finger print
expert five months ago.
After all previous attempts to
identify Estaver as having q Grim
inal record in another state or Sec
ton Of the country had failed ut
terly in a last effort to learn the
unknown past of Estaver. which
had never been traced far past his
acquaintance with Mr.. and Mrs,
Peter Johnson of Denver. in Tucson
during November, 1921, County
Attorney Darnell indicated he de.
cided to forward photographs to
every state prison in this country.
photographs Sent Out.
Photographs were sent one week
ago yesterday to the Oklahoma,
Louisiana, Florida, and several
other large state penitentiaries
with the object Of destroying final
" uncertainty as to the past OF
Rtaver. The only response elected
as yet was that from the McAllister
penitentiary the county attorney
announced.
Following a trial of record length
in the superior court here, retrial
was ordered two weeks ago and q
jury which failed to agree was dis
charged by Judge Samuel l.. Pattee
Trial for the second time had been
set for May Is here and was this
morning reset to May 10 on motion
OF Attorneys X. Berry Peterson
James r. Dunseath and Louis
Kempf for the defendant. All at
torneys serving in the Estaver case
for the defense have been appoint
ed by the superior court in the alb
sence of any funds with which Es-
taver could pay a fee.
Paul Hadley, according to In
formation in the hands Of local au-
thorities, was first taken into Gus
tody at Kansas City, Mo-, March
20, 1918, for alleged grand larceny
in Texas. He was arrested on the
charge of numbering Mrs. Anna C
Johnson during November, 1921
near Stoval, on the right of way OF
the Southern Pacific, on the morn
ing following the alleged murder
Of the Denver woman. Mrs. John
son Is alleged to have been murder
ed by Estaver after he had accepted
1.-THE courtesy Of the victim and her
husband, Peter Johnson, as a pas
seuger In their car from Tucson to
Stoval.