Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1906 — From Dowa In Old Kentuck. [ARTICLE]

From Dowa In Old Kentuck.

. : J'* Officer Christie Vick arrived home this Tuesday morning, on the milk train fiom a raiher memorable trip in pursuance of his duties as an officer of the law. He had been down in Kentucky, to bring back Harvey Lowman, a young Jinan from east of town, against whom a young woman had brought a charge of betrayal. Christie left last Thursday, went first to Indi anapolis to procure a requisition from Governor Haniy, on Governor Beckham, of Kentucky. From Indiananolis he then had to go down to Frankfort, the Kentucky capital, to present the requisition

to Gov. Beckham. The latter was as smooth as oil, and honored the requisition on sight, but at the same time neither he nor anyone else around Frankfort lost any, op portunity to rub the Goebel murder and the Gov. Taylor matter iuto Christie. They told him that they would honor a requisition from Gov. Hanly for a man charged with killing a rabbit, but Gov. Hanly refused to honor from them a requisition for a man charged with murder. Meaning, of course, Gov. ~ Taylor.,- - They showed Christie the window in the state house from which Goebel was shot, the spot where he fell and the mark of the bullet in a tree, after it had passed through Goebel Christie realized that he must say nothing for Taylor nor against Goebel, and it even made his eyes bung oat to admit he vas a Republican. In all other respect, all the officials aU along the line treated him with the greatest courtesy, and did every thing they could to help hint. From Frankfort Christie had to journey clear down to Paducah, in the extreme west end of the stat* 1 , and there with the help of the local police, he soon located the young man. who was squaring poles for a telephone company. Christie’s adventures were not all over, however,, for he came back bj way of Indianapolis, and the inter urban line to Lafayette- Ou the strength of Lowman’s promise that he would not try to escape Christie, worn out by want of sleep, seems to have dropped asleep loi an instance, and at the Main street and Fifth street crossing, in La Fayette,JLowmam made a sudden leap off the car. Christie misse l him before he was out of sight, but before he could overhaul him. he dodged out of sight. Just then Christie saw the Monon train which passes here a 11.05 p. in. coming •down the track, aud he hurried down to the depot, and getting on the train, he started to go through it and in the second car he met Young Lowman, who had jumped on from the other side of the train. Christie then concluded he would take no more chances at night travel, so he had his man put in jail until morning, while he re freshed himself with a bed in a hotel, in the meantime. It is also unnecessary to say that the hand cuffis did duty the rest of the way. until his prisoner was safely delivered into the custody of Sheriff O’Conner.