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16 visiting Alias Effie Darla.PLOT iO AHDUCT CHILDREN.Texas Saloon Keeper conceives tl e Ideaand Then llrtraya Ilia Accomplices.Houston. Tex.. March 13.—Four loads of buckshot, ftrcd at fliort rang* by of-tfcers of lt;lie law, ended the life of Walter Hughes and prevented the commission of one of the mmt diabolical crimes of the age, the details of which reud like a romance. Sotue weeks ago Abraham “EdSi, a saloon-keeper, conceived the Idea of kidnaping the children of Iloti. Berry tV. Camp. u wealthy lawyer, and Frank Diinu, the rich pawnbroker. Ransome of *40,000 wore to bo demanded. Edel took Hughcrf, an ex-rollroader and carpenter, into (lie pic* as partner. Hughes and wife moved from the north side of town and rented a handsome cottage oppqlte the Dunn residence. Meantime Edel weakened and informed Detertlve Ellison. who Teporthd the plot to Camp, Dunn and the chief of police. Guards were put at the Dunn house and the Camp,residence each night.Hughes, unconscious of being betrayed by Edel, the concoctor of the plot, continued to work on his scheme. In the basement of the cottage lie (ook up the flooring, and there dug a grave to Jit the V-ody or the Dunn children, us the plan to kidnap the Camp child wns abandoned. The place at which the *10,000 was to be deposited wns selected twelve miles from town, and tin boxes were then placed as receptacle* for the expected cash. Edel continued in the con-lldenee of Hughes and kept the officers posted. Not loug before Edel turned in-' former Hughes had done canpenter .work in Dunn’s house. He had oiled the binges of all the dooi, aud had secured duplicate keys. Ho also thoroughly posted lilmself on the manner of life In the housp, and Ascertained that the 7-yeax* old daughter of Dunn did not sleep In the room with her parents.This morning at 2 o’clock the work was to he done. Upstairs Dunn stood guard with a shotgun, while downstairs Detectives Cliff Ellison and Gid Proctor lay in wait each with a double-barrel shotgun loaded with buckshot. Teu minutes after the clock struck 2 Hughes advanced to the porch and stealthily unlocked the front door. Edel. being stationed outside as the light fell on Ellison, Hughes recognized a form whom he mistook for Dunn, and at once drew his revolver and tired twice, the two shots grazing -Ellison's head and passing through two 'walls. Before the reports had died away, two shotguns belched forth and Hughes fall dead. The lower part of his head was shot off. his right hand was torn .to shred?, and a bole bored into his abdomen into which two fists could be placed. He was kllicd instantly. Despite the -time of night, hundreds gathered at 1he scene. Investigation showed that Hughes, besides his pistol* was armed with a keen bowlo-knifo and a bottle of chloroform. On hi* person wns the letter demanding the *40.Cfoo for Information or the intendeo victim of the IctiTnaping; also a letter «e an Eastern house to iwhom Hughes bad shipped stolen property.A search of Hughes' cottage was mads and there was found the grave In which the .child was to have been kept and finally disposed of In care ihe money wns not forthcoming. On the premises were discovered a lot of silverware which had been stolen from the Capitol and Lawler hotels and private residences, gold umbrella heads and several handsome pockets. The officers at onco placed Hughes' wlfo under arrest and subsequently arrested Edel. At the inquest this morning Justice Fltz exonerated the officetn and remanded the Hughes woman and Edel to jail. The city is greatly agitated over the affair, and Edel will be kept closely confined until the excitement cools down. Hughes had previously figured . In several shooting scrapes and wns a rather tough character. •CONCERT IX KATOXTOX.FntAplaln man t Ifiirlnsflin Ansnlssa afths
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Macon Telegraph
Macon, Georgia, US
Sun, Mar 21, 1897
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