The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-06-01
CONVICT ENDS
LIFE SUNDAY
Was Cornered in Ravine
Near Prison From Which
. He Escaped
Copyright, 1896, United Pre'')

for five killings, added slHth '1o
his score Sunday, and it was hlm-
self. Lindsey, object of the
greatest manhunt in Louisiana IN
recent years, killed himself as a
posse closed in OH him and bullets
| from their guns spattered around
him. -.r....
Lindsey had taken cover IN a
wooded ravine near the prison
where he was discovered by state
police and prison guards. They
opened fire. The fugitive, who
four days ago escaped after MUIR
dering the captain of the prison
guards and his wife, returned the
! fire with a rifle. :,
Then Lindsley's gun jammed.
,, As the possemen advanced, laying
down a barrage, the convict shot
himself through the chest with a
revolver and toppled forward as
Sheriff-elect Ted l.. Martin and
state police reached him. =.
"I'm shot! Pm dying" the
youthful killer cried.
His Jacket was ablaze and his
chest was severely burned by
powder. The officers smothered
the flames but the jacket was half
burned away. =,
Although Lindsey fired 16
shots from the rifle in his last
stand, no one was hit. The near
est he came to hitting any OF his
pursuers was to shoot a gun
from the hands of guard.
Earlier yesterday, however, ne
shot J. A. Walker, an oil well
Waterman, in the leg when the
fugitive attempted to steal an au-
tomobile parked at the well.
Last week a possemen and a
farm youth were shot and killed
accidentally in the manhunt. The
other death chargeable to. Linds-
lev was the murder for which he
was serving life in prison.
James Hamilton, trusty guard
who was abducted Wednesday
night by Lindsey, was forced by
the fugitive to walk up to the oil
we'll Walker was guarding to see
if any, prison guards were about.
Hamilton was wearing the prison
clothing in which Lindsey escaped
and would have been shot by two
guards stationed in the watch
mans shanty if they had not rec
ognized him as a prisoner from
Camp E. 49,. -. ~.
"What the hell are you doing
here?" demanded Drew Fields, a
guard. - :, >,
az was kidnapped by Lindsey
said Hamilton, rolling his eyes and
making faces at the guard. Fields
understood that Lindsey was
! nearby, and remarked: Pm 60
inc in here and get my coat" He
turned to enter the tool house
where Walker and his fellow
guard were waiting. He had left
his gun there. ... . -.
Lindsey. suspicious, fired at
Fields. The bullet went wild,
plowcd through the wall. Of the
tool house and struck, Walker.
Hamilton dived behind the au-
tomobile Lindsey sought, escaped
through the woods and ran to, q
ncgro's cabin for aid. He knew it
meant certain death if he APP
peared on the highway in Linds-
ley's clothing. One negro ran to
the highway and notified state
police. turned in the alarm and
raced back after Lindsey.
The oil we'll is in sight OF
Pcrcy's general store, which was
field headquarters for the posse
men. Rloodhounds and officers
we're rushed there and surrounded.
Lindsey where he had hidden in
a deep gulley.
They advanced across fat
ground with little cover, in the
face of Lindsley's rifle fire. They
poured lead across the top Of the
ravine so fast that it was difficult
for Lindsey to- aim. To this they
believed they owed their lives.
They were within a few feet of
Lindslev when the convicts rifle.
damned and he shot himself thru
the heart. - S.. 80 =
Lindsey had $3.50, one shot
gun shell and seven rifle cart,
ridges in his pockets when his
body was examined. His face was
covered with beard. His curly
black hair was matted, his eyes
were circled and he appeared al
most exhausted from his tiYe-day
fight through swamps and woods.
The trail of death left by the
Youthful criminal began Wednes-
day afternoon when he cut the
throat of Mrs Cecile Himel, wife
of the prison, captain he served as
ward boy, when she repulsed his
advances. = =
He left her body lying in the
bathtub and waited several hours
for her husband, Nelson J. Himel,'
to return home. He shot Himel to
death, seized HimePs revolver and
money and escaped in Himers car
by telling guards at the prison
gate he was running an errand
for the cap'n." a..
| The next day. possemen looking
| for him killed William Wade. 81,
a deaf youth dressed in clothing
similar to LihddsH's when Wade
did not halt 2ati their command.
Then two prison foremen were
shot by fellow possemen who
mistook them for the fugitive.
Captain Tom Fluitt, one of them,