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Show ' Held on Suspicion. The police are holding a man who was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of being an uxorclde from Kentucky. His name is Percy J. Luster, and his home is in Guthrie, Ky. He Is believed to have killed his wife June 29. He has not been seen in Ms home town since the killing of his wife. The police department had received Information that Luster was a dangerous man. and that he was armed with an automatic revolver. As a consequence conse-quence be was seized and handcuffed be- - fore he could offer resistance. When arretted ar-retted Luster gave his name' as Aires, bt it was learned that he had registered, under the name of Summers. Thla he e plained by saying that he had ridden to "Jen on a scalper's ticket made out ta fcammers. . He admitted yesterday afternoon, after-noon, however, that his name was Luster. Mrs. Luster was found dead in her bed ith a bullet through her brain. At first it was supposed that Luster had been foully dealt with, so thoroughly did he cover wp his tracks.. The . police-aban-tfoned this theory and began to search. , f r t!m. Chief of Police Browning has t en Instructed by the Chief of Police at ti'jthrle, Ky, to hold Luster, as a man wi.l start at once for Oirden to take Luster Lus-ter back. Thone who participated In the e treat were Chief of Police Browning, Cupt Brown and Detective Pender. |