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FARLEYA STRUGGLEARREST OF BOTH MEN -ANDGIRL MADE SATURDAY NEARWINDING GULF.IICAPTIVE”Left Home With Maitland FarleyBecause Parents Mistreated Her,She Says—Desertion from ArmyAre the Onlv Direct ChargesAgainst Either of Farleys.Surprised in the woods on thehead of Winding Gulf creek by Deputies John Kaylor, E. P. Lilly, andJ. R. Gautier, members of a sheriff’sposse searching for them, Maitland and Mandeville Parley, who hadbeen worrying the officers of threecounties for many weeks, surrendered early Saturday morning without a struggle. Lillian Abshire. the girl alleged to have been abductedby Maitland Farlev some weeks*ago, but who confesses that she waswith him of her own free will, wastaken with the two men. Mandeville Farley’s wife was also in theparty, but was not placed under arrest.The scene of their capture, if itmav be so called, for the men,though armed with shot guns, madeno resistence whatever, was a well-nigh inaccessible forest glen on a hill about four miles from the townof Winding Gulf.The trio of captives was broughtto Becklev, arriving here Saturdaynoon in custody of the sheriff’sparty, and placed in jail. On Sunday Deputy Sheriff Hall and Probation Officer Malcom, of Merceicountv, came over and conveyedMaitland Farley and the girl toPrinceton where they were lockedin the Mercer county jail.The Abshire girl was lfi years oldin Mav. • Her admission that shewas with Farley of her own free.vid, relieves him of anv charge of abduction. Both of the Farleybrothers have been accused ofmoonhsining, but there is no evidence to support the charge. Therefore the only charges that can belodged against the men are one oT desertion from the army by Maitland Farley, and failure to report for military service bv MandevilleFarlev.Sheriff W. L. Foster, who reasoned on the occasion of the big ra dinto Mercer county a week ago thatit would not be long until the Farlev bovs would be back at the other end of their ranging ground inRaleigh county, accordingly arranged with a man living near the head of Winding Gulf creek to “tip him off’’ when they should put inan appearance there. The “tip” came Friday evening nad the sher-iit and thirteen deputies set out at once for the rendezvous, an aban-idoned cabin in the woods, probably erected many vears ago by asquatter.The fugitives wee not there. Near the cabin the officers found amoonshine still, which they destroyed. Vhey spent the nightwatching the house in the hope that the Farlev bovs would put in anappearance. Thinking the fugitives had again eluded them, the possestarted back to Winding Gulf, andDeputies Kaylor, Lilly and Gautier became separated from the jpthers.Thev accidentally came upon thetrail of the fugitives, and followingit. came upon them at a short distance just as they were rousing themselves from a night’s sleep inthe open in a dense thicket of mountain laurel and undergrowth onwhat Sheriff Foster describes as fheheaviest timbered land he ever saw.On the command to throw upItheir hands all four' members of theparly responded promptly. They were looking into leveled pistolspointing at them from three directions, and there was little else todo. One of the deputies secured theshot guns and searched the men forother weapons, buf none wereIfound.“They laid out just like hears,says Sheriff Foster, “carrying with them some blankets, a few loaves of bread, some bacon and a few crude , booking utensils. They said they j never slept more than two nights in he same place—keeping always on ( he move to avoid arrest.’’ iMaitland Farley shows no signs t f the desperate wounds Kenna \ Vbshire, the father of his sweet- tieart» claimed he had inflicted up- Im him about two weeks ago. The t fir! seemed happy in the company ^ f her alleged captor, and frankly old the officers that she was notveil treated at home, and thereforel*ft when invited to do so by Mait- vmil Farley, who had always been sood to her. j cMuch has been made of the affair |iv the sensational newspapers of |jins part of the country, and against j
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Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Thu, Aug 14, 1919
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