| Show SUPPOSED KENTUCKY WIFE MURDERER ARRESTED percy J luster alleged to have killed wife at guthorle Gu thrle kentucky behind bars from fridays standard the local police effected one of the most important captures of the season last night when they placed under arrest percy J luster who Is wanted at guthrie ky for of his wife on july 29 luster admitted his identity to the police but beyond deny ing that he had killed his alfe he refused to talk to chief browning captain brown and city detective fender belong the credit for the arrest which was made on lower twenty fifth street shortly before 11 the prisoner was taken completely by surprise and handcuffed before he had an opportunity to offer any resistance when seized by the officers luster bad his hand in his right coat pocket when his hand was pulled from the pocket luster tightly gripped a cocked browning rapid fire pistol lie was relieved of this article of defense and was prompt ly taken to the police station at the station city detective pender who had been representing himself as an eastern officer who had trailed the fellow here was closeted with his man in a room where the other two officers could hear the state menta made luster did not for a moment doubt fenders story and admitted that percy J luster was his right name beyond this all that he would say was that he did not kill his wife ha was then closeted for a time with chief browning and captain brown with dogged persistence he refused to say anything bearing dupca the case he was so reticent that when he waa being booked previous to his being locked up he refused to give his right name stating that his name was frad ayers he refused to aay where he was born or give any of the usual information required for the police records when placed ln a cell luster was seen by a reporter he refused to talk on his case stating that he did not wish to be disrespectful but that ho must refer his questioner to the officer who made the arrest the police think that the fellow was prepared to make a fight in case an officer attempted to arrest him and had he had an opportunity to get his browning into play he would probably have made it lively for those about him luster has been traveling under the name xit fred ayers one of the places where this alias was used was in la junta colo the crime with which luster Is charged wasa perpetrated on july 29 on which date airs luster was found dead in bed a bullet through her brain at first jt was supposed that both the man and his wife were the victims of foul so thoroughly did luster coyer UR bis tracks in disappearing from the place this theory was soon abandoned by the guthrie police and they began working along the line that luster himself was the assassin it developed imbat the man and hla wife had not lived happily together tor a loag claie A week prior to the murder luster applied to a physician for a sleeping potion for his wife the next day he again went to the physician and stated that the potion tailed to produce sleep for several days prior to his disappearance luster was seen to be consulting maps of the different western railroads and he later ordered of a hardware dealer a supply of cartridges the bullets of which were deteel A steel cartridge caused the death of mrs luster the lusters were prominent poo pie luster was formerly the manager of pie cumberland telephone company in guthrie mrs luster being the daughter of a prominent manufacturer of nashville tenn an investigation at the time of the discovery that the murder had been committed showed that the utmost care had been taken to prevent early detection of the crime every door had been carefully locked and the key thrown away the windows were securely nailed down and into the telephone receiver hai been packed paper so that no possible sound could reach the main office it at the inquest that mrs luster would become a mother in november the authorities have wired the police at guthrie and it Is expected that the prisoner will be taken hack within the next week in the meantime a careful watch will be kept over him to prevent him committing suicide it is also thought that the man will feign insanity |
