Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-08-25

kemper project was not completed, but
another substituted, as viii be seen by
what is Narrated hereafter.
1t may not be improper to say that
Judge Warren, of the Probate Court of
Hamilton county, knows thing or two
of himself, and was pretty ''sharp set''
when he knew two or three more things,
told him by the prosecutor. With
much suavity and great adroitness, the
Judge was felt as to the valuable bail
which was contemplated to be offered;
not "straW ball." but bail on genuine
real estate; but the crafty managers
saw they could not pull the wool over
the eyes of Judge Warren, who, though
a Judge, does not sit on ''wool-sack."
On Friday last, however, by some kind
of legerdemain, which, by straight
forward interrogation, seems to be diff
ficult to exact from the party himself,
one Jephson P. Duke, friend of Kis-
sane, who is young man of general
good character, having married daugh-
ter of DR.. Mosher, of Latonia Springs,
back of Covington, having been former
ly clerk in this city with Gross d
Dietrich, R. W. Lee, and Lange, and
now a clerk in locomotive establish
ment in Covington, KY, where he has
been employed since April last, at
salary of $500 per annum, suddenly
comes into the possession of two deeds
of property, which he swears before
Esquire Bell to be worth $4,000.
1t being feared that even so appa-
rently satisfactory an exhibit would not
satisfy Judge Warren, particularly
when Pruden had been stirring him up
with long pole, it no doubt was con-
sidered more profitable to commence on
Judge John Mclean, of the U. S. Court,
first. Jephson P. Duke, of Covington,
KY, and two unmistakeable deeds of
city property, which we will afterwards
describe, were presented to Judge
Mclean; oath was made that it was
free and unincumbered, and the col
lateral name on the bond was given of
Samuel Smith, late partner of Kissane.
The Judge accepted the bond, and the
U. S. Deputy Marshal was authorized
to release the prisoner on an order to be
given by the Judge, on full satisfaction
shown to him that this matter was all
right. But the matter must now be
arranged to release Kissane on the for
gerry case. Warren, the Judge, on
Monday, seems to be in fact more rigid
in his requirements even, than Warren
the Judge was on Saturday.
On Monday morning, Judge Jacob
Finn returns to Cincinnati from an
eastern tour, and if Warren won't
work right, application must be made to
Judge Finn. On Monday afternoon,
Mr. Duke made affidavit before Esquire
Bell that he was worth in real estate,
$4,000, in order to qualify him as
security. Judge Finn, before whom
the application was to be made, agreed
to give the prosecutor, Mr.. Pruden, an
opportunity to interrogate Mr.. Duke as
to the circumstances Of his coming into
the possession of his property; and on
interrogation, he answered that on Fri
day, August 4th, he had given cer-
tificate of deposit for 81, 500 to William
Speer, former proprietor of the Grey
Eagle coffee house, on Fifth street, who
had conveyed to him lot No. SO in Wade
and Ramsey's subdivision, on the north
side of Sixth street, in the western part
of the city, and another certificate of
deposit for $500, to Levi Dunbar,
who was recently convicted of renting a
house used for gambling, On Fifth
street, who had, on same day, conveyed
to him lot No. 90 in Carr's subdivision
of lots in this city, and also lot on the
corner of Taylor and Carr streets.
The further interrogations by Mr..
Pruden, as to how, when, and of whom
he obtained the certificates of deposit,
Mr.. Duke declined to answer; and while
denying that he had made any arrange
ment by which the property should be
transferred to original proprietors, after
bailment was effected, he acknowledged
that, if bail thereon had been accepted,
he would have used his discretion,
whether he would have sold the proper
ty to Mr.. Kissane, or anybody else he
saw proper to.
In the meantime, it having been made
known to Judge Mclean that matters
did not look right, he reinstructed the
U. S. Deputy Marshal to continue Mr..
Kissane in his custody.
This developement altered the plans
of the parties no doubt, as although
yesterday evening it was intended to
offer Mr.. Duke and Mr.. Smith to Judge
Finn, it was not done; and matters
stand in statu quo, with this exception,
that Judge Warren and Mr.. Pruden are
entitled to the warmest commendstion
of the friends of Justice, the public, for
the course pursued by them, and GER
tain parties are now advised that any
further connection or connivance de-
tected will be heralded by fearless and
independent press, strike where it may.
A LOCOMOTIVE WITHOUT RAILs.-We
abridge the following from the Courier
des Etats Unis: