t
HEARING
ON SPOT
IMManc K. C Will Hav Biggest
Doings of Order vf Held in Al
j llance Many Art Coming
Aft th bl claw initiation of (he
Knight of Columbus to b bM In
AJilano Sunday (he first degree will
be conferred by the Alliance council,
the second degree by the Uteri' un
council, and the third degree bv me
Cbadron council.
The Alliance council to going to a
tremendous expense to bring the
team from outside and the affair
will be on long to bo remembered.
The banquet, will be rvd by the
Daughters of Isabella an the Gadsby
bail. A class of about Afty candi
date Is to be in HI a tod. Many visit
ing delegates are expected from
Nebraska points.
Sheriff Cl Cox, chief of police
Jeffers, night pollremnn Curtis, with
seven other mn, composed a search-
tag party Saturday night that thor
oughly covered the negro quarter of I
Alliance. With thep arty were two
Herald reporters. AM were deputii-
ed and armed to the teth. House
alter house occupied by negro resi
dent was surrounded and searched
during the rain. If the murderer
had been located here he would
have been ek.hr caught or shot in
attempting to escape.
COX LEFT FOR
LINCOLN SUNDAY NIGHT
Sheriff Cal Cox left for Lincoln
on 42 .Sunday night after receiving
a long distance phone message from
sheriff Hyre of Lincoln. Although
Edward shot policeman Burnt in
Lincoln the officers there will prob
ably deliver mm o uox ror inai Arthur Edwards, who murdered
here, a they desire the charg of hte wlfe M ten o'clock Wednesday
murder pushed.'
BANKERS
DISCUSS
BOSTON, Oct. 6. The axltninUtra
tlon currency program in expected
to be the chief topic at the thirty'
ninth annual convention of tho Am
erucan Bankcrw Assoc-bUion which
openiMl preliminary biuiluoHtt sessions
today at tho Copley-1'laai Hotel
The chief discussion on this topic
to expected to arise when a resolu
tkn is offered euggoKtlng that the
American Bankers Association a
dopt a memorial pHtltloning Con
gross to adoK the amendments to
the Owen-Glass moiiBure, which wore
cmegeated at the rtxnt bankers' con
ference In Chilcngo. It wan mado
known for the first ttone today that
there is a strong insurgent element
composed , of the Binallcr and rural
bankers who are openly in favor of
the administration currency program
in toto. The convention will conUn
lie through October 10.
I Today's program consisted of com
tnJUee meetings, the annual session
of the executive council at the Cop
ley-Plaza hotel, sight -seeing tripe
around Boston Including trips to Con
cord, Lexington and along the north
fbore and a water carnival on the
' Charles river basin. Practically all
the 6,000 delegate from every sec
tlon of the United States were here
today. The entire membership will
be La Boston by tonight. Tomorrow
there will be a section meeting only
aad on Wednesday the convention
wiM be formally organised. Vice
President Arthur Reynolds), of the
Dos Moines National bank, will pre-
fdde. President Charles II. LutMg, of
ft. Louis, having died Uat July.
Trod Conway was fined one dollar
abd costs In police court this morn
lag for being drunk and disorderly
There are now three men in the city
Jail and all refuse to work on the
streets, preferring to take the diet
oi bread and water with which they
are treated when refusing to work.
He (arriving home): "Well. I've
bad my life insured for $20,000.'
His Better Half: "Thank goodness
Now I shan't have to keep caution
log you to be careful whenever you
go any place."
First-class short order
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EDWARDS CONFESSES
TO SHOOTING JORDAN
In his cell at the city Jail In Lincoln, after tht shooting, Ed
wards was given tht third degree. Hs finally mads ths following
confession: "I was smoking lrt tht houtt at Alliance when I
heard her scream. She called mt stveral times and I grabbed my
revolver, which I had bought In Lincoln, and ran out of tht house.
I saw a nigger holding her wrist and fired quick. I only fired
thrtt shots In all. I kntw that I hit Jordan because I saw him
fall. I did not know I hit my wlft. She madt no sound. I rar
Into tht houst, got my hat and coat, and ran east along tht rail
road tracks. I walked to Antl-och, caught a freight ther early
tht next morning and havt been rldlgn towards Lincoln onf frtlghtt
tvtr slnct. I arrived In Lincoln thlt morning. Had nothlnb but
a few scraps to eat. I am ver-y torry I killed my wife."
kit lH A
evening In Alliance and shot officer
Ben Jordan, was captured In Lin
coln, Nebraska, at three o'clock Sun
day afternoon after a terrific revol
ver battle In which a policeman was
shot and a negro companion of Ed
wards was shot in both less.
8HERIFF CAL COX
Sheriff Cox, chief of police
EDWARDS WAS
BEING SHADOWED
Sheriff Hyres of Lancaster county
and chief of police Malone of Lin
coln had been shadowing Edwards
since he arrived in Lincoln Sunday
morning on a freight from the west.
The Lincoln police had his descrip
tion and began shadowing him the
moment he left the Burlington rail
road yards. In company with him
was another negro named Curtis who
on the ground first. Sheriff Hyers
called sheriff Cal Cox over the long
dlet&nce phone early Sunday evening
and asked Cox to come to Lincoln.
PURCHASED GUN IN LINCOLN
Edwards stated after being cap
tured that he had formerly lived
in Lincoln and that he bought the
gun with which he did the shooting
in Llnclo nbeforeoomlng to Alliance.
He bought it to a pawn shop for
$2.50. Edwards refused to takl at
all without a cigarette between his
lips and appears to be a dope fiend
of toe lowest type.
County attorney Burton and dep
uty county attorney Joe WeatOTer
are securing all possible evidence
and arranging to have a speedy tri
al for 'Edward as soon as possible
after he is returned from Lincoln
It will be Impossible to have the
preliminary hearing for Edward un
til after Jordan recover sufficient
ly to leave the hospttal. The trial
can probably be held the for part
of November, unless unforseen con
tingencies arise. Unless he appeals
to the supreme court tit might be
possible to have matters completed
and the negro sent to' the electric
chair in three months. Hanging
was abolished about two weeks ago
and an electric chair wlflll be used
for the next capital punishment.
A chrase fo murder in the first
degree was filed against Edward
Sunday night and the warrant Issued.
EDWARDS DRESSED
SAME CLOTHES
Edwards was dressed In the same
blue overalls with hole in the seat
that he wore w hen he was In Alli
ance. His poeke's were loaded with
opium and cocaine. The revolver
which he did the shooting in Lin-
with is the same one with which he
shot Jordan and killed his wife in
Alliance.
HER RELATIVES LOCATED
J. H. Julius, an Alliance colored
man, who has taken some interest
In regard to finding the relatives
STORY OF THE -MURDER
"Mrs." Archie Edwards, a comely; of the murdered woman, in order
negro woman, aged about thirty that the body might be saved from
years, was Instantly killed shortly I being sent to a medical college, wir-
after ten o'clock Wednandav nifht Arl FMu-nrrla In T.lnrmln fnr infftrma.
jf. is saia to dp iruui ai"u. hy a shot fkred bv her "husband." ' t tan rnrrilno- W rlartv ll r.
fers, and their assistants all deserve 'h 1K'al offlcer8 hav been unable to R revoivjr duel wlth jn Jordan, ' ceived the following message at 8
great credit for their untiring hunt l v ' special colored policeman, on Nio- o'clock Sunday from chief of police
for the murderer since Wednesday hte companion were traced to tho Drara evenUe, midway between First Malone: "Vlrge Holmes, St. Louis,
night. They have spent night and nero quarter wnere xuey and Second Btre within a block; her sister. Biff Gentry, c.f., color
ed, St. Louis, her brother. Her
trunk In Alliance depot, check No.
J5285, from Broken Bow."
The trunk was located in the ex
press office but it was found that
be number was not complete. It
has been here since Septmbr J 8th.
sending telegrams and descriptions
broadcast,
lo
cated In the house of th ngro by
he name of Herman McGurley.
RAISING DEFENSE FUND
of the city hall and within half a
block of The Herald office.
The body of the woman was allow
ed to lie near the east slide of the
arrived,
SEES OFFICERS COMING
Officer Burns headed four police- street until the coroner
men who started for the MoGurley which was In a f we minutes. The
It was reported Sunday evening house. The Inmates of the house woman was dressed in a faded blue
i - .
that several colored people who I were eating dinner when th officer serge skirt and had on a mans
were friends of the murderr are approached. coat. It was probably the coat be
raising a defense fund of $400 to be Policeman Burns opened the door longing to her husband. The body
used 4n endeavoring to keep Dd- when he wia seen by Edwards, who lay In a twisted position, fact up
wards from going to the electric jumped to his feet, drew his rovolv- ward, with staring eyes. In her
ohatr. er from a hip pocket, shouted, "Here right cand was tlghUy clenched a
comes the law," and Bhot Burns in xey nng on wmcn mere was a out
the groin. I tonhook, a door key and a suit
case key. Her hair was combed
NEGRO WOMEN 8HOOT I oaca irom ine loreneaa ana laeten
ed at the back with a .large back
THORNTON RELEASED
Jim Thornton, a colored man of
about thirty years of age, who had
been employed at the Drake hotel,
was arrested at the dpot Sunday
morning after he had been making
some suspicious remark about Ed
wards, the murderer,
There were several negro women
In the house who bgan shooting at
the deputies and' the police
men through the windows.
dropped to tho ground and Edwards
leaped through a rear window, and
comb.
The coat which the woman was
Burns I wearln nad apparently been grazed
on tne lert arm Dy a cuuet.
That Is was a deliberate attempt
Ing and (within three or four feet
a At-.. A A. 1 All i.. 901 Kn .
loo aiow to caun anyone ana toe r, whom he di
ne anew wnere rxi warns ww. ne .
ww taKen xo me puiice buvuuu huu
thoroughly Questioned but would
give no satisfactory explanation. He CAPTURED IN CONCERTED RUSH
was then taken to the county iall Edwards continued to shoot at
i
and placed in a dark cell. He was the nollce as he backed away, en-
released Sunday evening after word deavoring to rid himself of the win
had been receivd from Lincoln. Idow sash, which was about his
shoulders. He yelled, "Don't come
JORDAN 8TILL IN HOSPITAL near me, you our
policemen circled around him and all
Ben Jordan, the special -colored rushed towards him at once. He
officer. 1 till in St. Josephs bos- threw up his hand ana wasnnauy
Dttal and 1 slowly recovering from captured. His revolver was hot. It
Via wnuniiH H hrtnrvl the news I was a 38 calibre wooden handled
of the capture of Edwards tonight I double-action revolver,
from The Herald reporter with a
smile of joy and eald, "I knew they
would get that fellow. He ought
to be hung. He not only killed his
wife but he tried to kill me. I will
be at his trial."
of Jordan. That Jordan was not In
stantly killed U due to the poor
marksmanship of the murderer.
AUTOPSY SUNDAY NIGHT
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
An autopsy was performed by cor
oner Slagle and Dr. Hershman at
nine-thirty o'clock Sunday night on
the body of the murdered woman
The bullet which caused her death
entered two inches above the nipple
on the right breast. It went down
atnd in one inch to right of center
of the breast bone. Hit the sixth
rCb on the right side and was de
flected backward and upward, strlk
Ing the heart In the right ventricle.
Came out of the heart through the
left auricle, went through the lower
lobe of the left lung, then aut thru
the slhxt lib on the left side, two
inches below and behind arm pit
The woman had two set of init
ials tattooed on the left arm. They
were d"D B" and "J G". Also "D
B" on breast.
Tht Dally Herald is tht only
western Nebraska newspaper t
give a full report of th Ed
ward murder. This extra ' edi
tion it Issued at thre o'clock
Monday morning and is being
sent out on all trains In addition,
t obeingdelivered to every Alli
ance subscriber. If yt want all
tht news all th time, get on
Th Dsily Herald subscription
list. It Is the livest daily papsr
in Nebraska. Get tht news your
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braska by getting on tht list.
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LINCOLN AUTHORITIES
WIRED ALLIANCE
At eleven o'clock Sunday morning
James Malone, chief of police at
Lincoln, wired sheriff Cox at Alli
ance asking for a full description of
Edwards, the murderer. Cox replied
as follows:
"Negro murderer wanted is gn-
ger cake color, raw boned, smoky
hair. Five feet eight inches, 134
to 140 pounds. Two teeth out in
fronf. Very thcik lips. Blue pants,
hole in seat. Opium fiend. Named
Archie Edwards. Wire at my ex
pense. CAL COX, Sheriff."
At five-fiifteen Sunday evening
sheriff Cox received the following
message from chief of police Malone
of Lincoln. This was the first that
was knwon in Alliance of the Lin
coln battle. Malone's message was
as follows:
"We have Edwards, the negro
who did the shooting at Alliance and
is wanted by the authorities there.
He was taken after several shot
were fired. One policeman was
shot. Edward's partner, a negro,
received two shots. One In each
leg. Wire at our expense. James
Malone, chief of police."
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EDWARDS WA8 BLAMED
BY CORONER S JURY
The coroner' Jury, which was in
session Thursday afternoon and ev
nine, returned a verdict at on o'
clock Friday morning fixing the re-
WOMEN ESCAPE OVER FENCE
The women ran through a rear
door, climbed over a high board
fence and escaped. They had not
been apprehended up to midnight
but the police have their descrip
tions and they will be captured on
Monday.
McGURLEY 8HOT IN FRACAS
MoGurley, the negro at whose res-
ponslbllity for Mrs. Edwards' death Mno Edward was caught. was
on Mr. Edward. The verdict was I &h durtn th fracaa' 11 U n
returned after due deliberation br I known, who shot bun. He was put
the Jury and after ample and con- p 'itQ Edwards- H denies
clualve evidence had been nresnted "owing liiawaras unui a iew uuu-,
utes Derore ine snooting, aana ne
met Edwards and Curtis on th
MESSAGE WAS DELAYED street, that Edwards said he was I
tarvtngand asked for something to
The message sent at noon Sunday eat He invited Edwards in to din
by sheriff Cox was delayed in dellv- ner. It Is believed that he knew
ery until after the fight. Thia te Edward when he formerly lived la
the message given elsewhere in the I Lincoln.
paper, which dscrlbd Edwards fully.
to the Jury.
The officers when they entered the
house m which th men were at
Lincoln did not know that they had
o deal with desperate criminals.
ZURN HAS HEART ATTACK
Gregory Ziirn, police magistrate,
while going to police court for the
purpose of Issuing th murder war
rant at nine o'clock Sunday evening,
was stricken with a severe attack
of heart trouble. II was taken
bom.
CURTIS SHOT IN LEGS
Curtis, the negro who was with
Edwards in the battle at Lincoln,
was shot in both leg between the
knee and hip. He has not been po
Rivety identified and maintains he
Is innocent of the effalr.
SHERIFF AND MEN ASSIST
Sheriff Hyers and hi deputies as
sisted n capturing the men at Lin
coln although the policemen were
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