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Show Murdering Comiuuulst. St. Louis, Mo.,- 18. Police Officer White, who was shot by tbe murderer Rand on Friday last, died, about 8 o'clock this eveoiug. Rand ia improving im-proving and the prospects now are that lie will recover. Rand ia not fully identified as the person who killed two citizens at St. Elmo last summer. Tnere is good evidence, however, to prove that he is the right man. ; In an interview he told a reporter re-porter that be believed in the equal distribution of property, and had attempted at-tempted tu do some of the distributing himscll; that he robbed rilty-seven houses during tho past summer, and had collected together about $2,000 worth of property, which he intended to take down on Ihe Like Shore and Mitihiyan Southern road, where ho expected to spend tho wioter in lux ury. When asked if he wasuotalroid of being lynched if he should betaken Lo St. Elmo, he replied: "Ho 1 Hanging Hang-ing is no worse than any other death, but you can bet your bottom dollar I don't expect to swing. The devil has taken care of me thus far, and I have failb in his cuaaedness yet." He is quitn an intelligent man, says he speaks several languages and hue studied .for the ministry, tho law and medicine. It ij pretty certain that Rand will be Liken to Knox county, Illinois, and abide the action of the v.rand jury there, if ho escapes . lynching. |