Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-08-25
[From the Cincinnati Gazette. l

FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF NEW
KIND OF BAIL IN THE KIssASE AFFAIR.
"A continuation of the history of the
proceedings in the Kissane forgery and
Martha Washington cases remains to
be written.
We proceed to narrate some recent
occurrences in connection with efforts
made and plans designed, not yet exc
cuted, which it may be important that
the public should know.
Some two weeks since, Judge War
ren, of the probate court, was sounded
as to the character of the securities he
would demand, if application was made
to him for the release of Kissane on bail
in the forgery case. The information
obtained from the judge was such as
was noted by US at the time, and salts
fed the parties applying, that no "straw
bail" would be accepted; the attempt 20
offer bail of that kind the parties saw
would be useless, as the Judge would
not accept it. The release of Kissane
from Jail on that charge must be so
effected that the bail peace of his
former securities in the Martha Wash
ington case should be met at the same
time, as they were for ten thousand
dollars each, and twenty thousand dol
lars is some money in these days.
Money then must be actually on hand
as a capital to work on, and even ten
thousand dollars would not last long in
the rapidly consuming state of expenses
of the numerous fed and unfed hangers
on to this unfortunate man.
On Thursday last, Kissane fortunate
ly came into the possession of ten thou
sand dollars, paid him by Henry Lewis,
in regular transactions in his late pork
business.
The question now to be resolved was,
how that sum could be so invested as to
effect Kissane's release on the two great
charges, and pay the hungry crew of
adroit contrivers who are generously
aiding the active minded Kissane him
self.
The Judge will only receive that man
for bail who can produce before him in
dubitable proofs of having the title
deeds to over ten thousand dollars
worth of property, unincumbered, in
this county.
Can any person be produced who
will temporarily invest the ten thousand
dollars of Kssane, in real estate, 90 his
bail in both cases, then, when Kissane
is free, pay respectable forfeit, deed
back the land to the original proprie-
tors, and receive back the money, to be
divided among kind friends of distin-
guished merit.
This is an important matter, and, il
successful, would be worthy, as stroke
of financial scheming, of a mind capa-
BILE of loftier aims. 1t came into the
possession of the prosecutor, Mr.. Pru-
den, that application had lately been
made to Mr.. Kemper, on Walnut Hills,
for the purchase of ten thousand dol
lars worth of his property; that deed,
on payment of the sum, IN cash, was to
be made to nonresident of the State,
which it was agreed should be recorded,
and, if in the course of week, the wife
of the nonresident should not be salts
fed at the sale, the deed should be re-
turned, sale cancelled, and $500, or
some such sum, reserved from the pur-
chase money, and the remainder re-
turned. In the meantime, if two i'm
portant bail-bonds, for release of dis
tinguished party, could have been
signed on the strength of the Temporal
ry possession of the ten thousand dol
lars worth of real estate, and actual
release made, it would have been de-
monstrated that some things can be
done as well as others, and thatthe public
press, which has lately been interfering