The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-11-18
A series OF viElainics C0n-
fessei--A Confederate OF
Monroe Edwards.

confessions OF Robinson. one of the three
men lately hung Al Sacramento BY the peo.
Iple, which is an aecopn, Of sesies Of sue
cesslal yillainies, without a parellel, ia Bal.
simote, New Yofk. Philadelphia. Cincin.
matt and other cities. The following. eni.
hfueng his operations iaibcse cities. Is ~.
seresting
November 1881. / was Ia Albany ]
then became acquainted with Monroe Ed.
wards, a the Exciiange Aotel he enqnir-
ed for M Hunt ne said he was very ans.
ious 10 ftId him told him lie was at The
Howard House, N Il; weut with hin
and found HIM there. they consulted togeih-
er for some time. aha shcn concluded tol
make me their partner, as 1 was a very good
scribe was dfsssed rather foughs they
expended nbous $500 III jewels andclothes.
90 make me look gentee, aud not suspicious:
and then we went to business we forged
q check on Hodges, Benis and Go. pre-.
scented the check they told inc the firm Lad
not thar much money on deposit as the
check called ior returned TO my partners
and Tod lhsin What had happened.
Mg. II. took $500 and made deposit ia
tlle nalne Of Ii, u. 4 Co. by this means
lasceFfaiued the amount; he drew unoiller
check q the amount Of S20, 900 present.
ed i they puidit without nny hesitation
got three 81 GOO bills and the balunce in
4 5000 biitss took itsto our room, end smy
lnarlners gave me So 800 Of il, Apn 4ih. !
lnet them III Philadelphia ut Jones Hotel liz
Clsesnut street. above Sixth street, after hc-
ing there two days lhey asked me 70 write
kidgways nane paacticed three Or four
hours every day, for four days BY this time
could counterfeit very well there was laid
before ne twenty tank checks | wrote on
tthem all aud ont of The number got one
with apeficct signature Of Mr. Ridgway !;
hlled the check sof 100000; thcu MIR, Ed
wards finished the CHECK hy writing Brown
" Co, IL lheend Of Ridgway, which made,
the nr'a Ridgway, Brown& 90, Hunt took
the check very coolly and put II into his
4 pocket aud walked out presented il q q
certain bank and drew $4,000. al In 500
and 50notess he came back witlihis wa-
ieltalI II was devidea ! got $4,000 lsenr
4 $1,000 70 my mother, aud wrote 70 her that
/ drew il III lottery.
Mr.. Edwards sa;i we,nust m, he l,alli-
more bank tl,rouoI,. .uext. y, the lt,tl,of Nav
I'd mel Il BaIli,nose, Mr Edwards an1
~ aoteed fo dfaw 4 oLack ior litteen thou-
4 sa,,d dollars. signed koths. Coles Il 90. he
aasa N % ne ane tola inc % oet lie money
4 lor f !: refused 10 do i. saws hc what are
lvou aifaId of. j an afraid 81 nothing. but
IaviIlnot take Tins eItecIs tl,cfe by that, says
4 Idwafls viii ID Ii The bank and Get
eonle nold for some papeg money iheil
Iag,e..d II u, ana .ta s. thu check. he tod me
N z, MI 4, a,al r4fl some ,.o,l and ,vlel,
a Al, 4 !. ,,. &, ,ol.l yot, presentstbe
I Slf,.l slid e, ,I,, J. cash;ef merely looked
at she rI,eek AID tota .l,e teller 10 pay me
sEle Is III t,vo thousand ,Iol,nxs II one hsind.
sas 'dollaf notes. ,ho rnst il, i've hundred
as,,laf notes EdDafds staid there some
time afterwaFds in order d detect any sas.
uician ~ sanaratea met N Wheeling
f.,unLaeyaua sud (.nnjauati we were Ii
lr,n.s,,u,,,;,n sanoa,v tsd1. retnait,ed thefe
s,,nf, INV ~ s,t,ea, i IA nyself forced
s nae. 81, ,I,,e i a. IN IdaIt co,nrany Bank,
bela,,oiu6 81 IIotlyes N, 81. siuncd liod
: aes So psesiae0s. and Edwards signed Wi
III Fs.,,.a ..rss M l.sst 81 Tie check, wiiel
B mad W 81 lslane l,efore fhe check was good
HINT s;o,,ea tl,,, easl,Ifrss name Hunt took
tI,c check and drew tl,e money. lie amount
was twenty tl,onsa Id dollars: I rof iivethol
& saua dollars Edwarsls sald ne ,lespiscd I
9 ..haels that was drawn fos less than tweuf,
tho.sAa1sl dollars l,e either wanted 10 maxi
2 ! lib fa.se ~ none Al iii.
7 az ,Isen gent IS IonisVsIlc together
!. EHana and Edwards forged d cheek on Hiram
Z ssoodflal, fof tsventy thousand dollars I'd
I sva.sl~ ,,tese,,lea Il Il 4 heavy discount ID
= the money The bank I said lie aid not liay
E sI,af ,u,ei,.,aoucv II shjs ots:ec. fthts was q
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