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NEGRO ADMITS THAT HE SLEW , ANNA LLOYD-Black Who Begged Food and j Shows Knife Tells Startling Story—Police Are Stumped.CAssoolated Press Dispatch.)FORD, Ky., Jan. 3.—A negro giving his address as Cincinnati and acting | queerly came to Ford today and Btoppe.l at a negrro cabin to get something to eat. He seemed to be much excited ao.l told the negroes at the cabin that it was he who had murdered Miss Anna Lloyd In Cincinnati.He exhibited a knife with which he said he had committed the deed.A Bhort time after the negro left the matter was reported and details telephoned to Winchester.The police were also informed that the man was on his way to Winchester and that a watch had been detailed to follow him.No description of the negro or his nameTcouid be obtained.Deputy Sheriff Acts.Dr. Williams of Ford said to The Commercial Tribune correspondent that Deputy Sheriff Reed of that vicinity was 1 trying to race down the negro in that neighborhood.According to Reed’s story, the negro was badly frightened or seemed so and said the was going to visit a relative near ' Red House, about four miles from Ford, j and that the name of that relative is Dave Taliaferro. The negro to whom he told the story was so badly frightened that he did not ask any questions of the wild looking man, but hurried to the deputy sheriff as soon as he could and told the story.The Winchester (Ky.) police are on the alert and will capture any one answering the description of the mysterious negro who may appear there.®®®®®®®®®®®®®®$ $2,500 REWARD. ®® . ®® Council yesterday afternoon ®® passed a motion directing the ®® mayor to offer $2,500 reward for ® ,® the arrest and conviction of the ®® murderer of M.ss Lloyd. ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®® 1 _ iFour nights of tireless work on the lt;part of Coroner Coe and assistants, the combined efforts of the Cincinnati police ] and a number of private and amateur j detectives have failed to break through ] the veil of mystery which shrouds the j murder of Miss Anna Uoyd, 571 Delta ( avenue, late chief assistant to William 4 Hay, receiver for the Wiborg Hanna i Lumber company, Hopple street and the j C., H. D. tracks, who was found lt;within 200 feet of the office with mul- r tlple fractures of her skull and her head t almost ohopped off.Clews, rumors and bits of gossip have lt;been chased and run to earth, and in ,] each one of them the police say noth- lt;ling has been found which will give an inkling to tfie identity of the murderer- j(Continued on Page 7, Column 1.)
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Jan 04, 1910
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