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Show IDENTITY FORMS ! QUEEi I7STERY All Countryside Flocks in to See Beared Man, Murder Suspect QUAKKirrowv, Pa., Sfarch 2 4. Further efforts were made today to Identity the strange prisoner In the Quakcitown jail, who claims to be Roy IfecoK o Homer, 111 . but who a number num-ber of residents of this vicinity after a visit to tho Jail Thursday night said boro a striking resemblance to Adam Weaver, wanted for tho slaying of a constable 22 years BJfO; Despltt his lone, rcf beard and hair that reached almost to his shoulders. tWO persons who said they hud been wi 11 acquainted with Weaver positively Identified the prisoner as tho long sought fuKltive. Others were doubtful ind said they would have to wait un-:ii un-:ii the Jail barber had visited him. rhiei' of Pollen Rhoades made an en-gagement en-gagement for the barber today. R) s T .1 Ml. Farmer folk for miles around Haycock Hay-cock mountain, where Weaver's shacfc was located, crowded the little Jail Thursday night in response to S call from Chief Rhodes for persons who had known the fugitive, and for whose capture there was a reward of ?2000. They came in a steady stream and Were admitted fco the Jail In squads of 15. Scores stood on the outside for hours, peering through the windows. To nil the prisoner, who has only one arm. denied he was W eavcr or that , . 'he had c-..-r l.uov. n of such m i V UNCLE HEARD FROM ! ir... mki:. in- March 24- Joseph Thoma in i icji ol Rbj H cox, saW Hecox was in Horner about n year ago and told him ho had been wander I nc over the country. Mr. 'lorT?a;"V w that he neve- heard of the Quakcrtow u w crime and did no-, know whether He- Icox was away from Homer 22 Y&rn m 'ago fr not. ii .. '.noun as a religious fanatic, m wears hla hair and beard lng. " mother Uren In Santa Barbara. ai.. und a brother In San Francisco. |