The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-15

Arrlson's brother.
The languaee of the letter ~attrected
attention. As soon as DR.. Yattiat, the
postmaster, read il, he was from some
cause, induced to suspect that it was
from Arris6n. He Immediately sent for
Capt Hoke the Chief of Police ehd
Mr.. Rufh6Ethe Marshal 0Ethe OE$.-
These officers confirmed the suspicious of
the postmaster, and it was determined
to visit the place Immediately. Capt.
Hoke determined to do the business him
self without comforting with azy of his
subordinates, and Marshall Ruffn having
indispensable business to attend to here,
sent Mr. Lewis Lee, n of his deputies,
as an assistant to the Chief of Paliee.
A consultation was had with the Mayor,
and he, feeling a deep interest in the
matter, determined to accompany the
above named officers.
They left a week ago last Monday, no
one. save those who had been consulted
were aware of their object. They pro-
ceeded Immediately to Muscatine, by
the way of Chicago and Rock Island,
arriving there at ten o'clock Thursday
night, They registered their names
falsely, and retired to rest for the night.
Early the next morning, the officers,
as had been agreed upon here, waited
upon the Postmaster of the place, and
made him a confdant. From him they
learned that a suspicious fellow named
Willis, was employed in the drug store
of MI. Doughertyi only a few doors from
the po~st-ofice. The description given of
Willis, answered the description of Ar
rison precisely. The Postmasterlread-
lily rendered all assistance in his power,
and immediately proceeded with the Gin
cinnatians to the Office of Magistrate
Kline, to whom the whole circumstance
was related, and he, too expressed him
self willing to aid as far as possible
Esq. Kline, upon the affidavit of Capt.
Hoke, issued a warrant for the arrest Of
Arrison, alias Willis. No constable
being at hand, Sheriff d. g. MeCloud,
and his deputy, james Behan, were cal
He'd into service, and the warrant placed
in McCloud's hands. The whole party
then proceeded to the neighborhood of
the drug store. Capt. Hoke knowing
Arrison by sight, it was agreed that he
and Lee should first enter the store and
see if they recognized him, and that the
Sheriff and the rest should 500 follow.
Hoke purchased some cigars in the
drug store, but was not waited upon by
Willis, who was sitting by the stow
reading a newspaper, with his back to-
wards the visitor. Hoke did not recog-
nize him, and was about leaving the store
when the Sheriff and his deputy entered.
The Sheriff walked immediately up to
Arrison. And said, willis, l have a
warrant for you.n Arrison seemed
startled, and dropping the paper grasped
at the warrant. As soon as Hoke and
Lee saw his face, they knew him, and
the former. approached, aud addressed
him, said, How are you Bill" Arrison,
who by that time had recovered, replied
I" Who are you talking to? Iguess you
are mistaken in your man." Some con-
versation ensued, during which he de-
MED that his name was Arrison, and
said that they were mistaken in their
man.
He was handcufed, taken before
Squire Kline, and Immediately commit
ted to the custody of the Sheriff.
As soon as the news of the arrest
SpI CT buTtu8h VAhSSdbtuC, bHC
population was thrown into a state of
excitement. They gathered in an i'm
mense crowd around where the prisoner
was, seemingly anxious to see him, but
expressing themselves determined to aid
the officers if any aid was needed. The
Sheriff placed Arrison in charge of the
| Cincinnati Officers, and fearing a ha-
beas corpus, it was determined to bring
him forthwith to Cincinnati. At four
O'Clock that afternoon, the packet Nc
Kee came along, and Arrison, escorted
by a full thousand people was taken
aboard. He was handeufed, aud one OF
more of the officers was by his side
continually from the moment of his ar
rest until he was lodged in prison. His
baggage was also brought with him,
and in that was found unmistakeable ev-
idence that he is the individual the Off
GERS were, after though he continually
denied it. He was by no means com
~municative on the trip, and was very
careful in all his replies. They arrived
here late last night, and Arrison was
placed in the watch house, under espe-
cial guard for the night, he still contend
ing that his name was willis.
When about to part with Capt, Hoke,
last night, he requested him to inform
Lawyer French of the arrest, and to re-
quest him to call at the watch-house this
morning. Lawyer French, who was for
merIy employed by Arrison in a civil
suit, called this morning, and had an in
terview with the prisoner. After this he
acknowledged that his name was Will
liam Arrison, the person the officers were
in pursuit of and became more commu-
incentive.
The fact of the arrest becoming known
many persons assembled around the
watch-house at an early hour this NOR
ming, to get a sightat the prisoner. The
crowd became so large that about eight
O'Clock it was considered best to remove
him to jail, where he now is.
Arrison denies the murder. He says
that he left Cincinnati on the evening of
the 9th Of june, the very night of the
horrible murder, taking passage on a
boat bound to st. Louis, aud that he
knew nothing of the murder until he af-
terwards read the account,in the Cincin-
natl newspapers,
During the trip he vas taken Gown
with the cholera, and vas detained in
consequence at st. Louis. He was in
that city when our Cincinnati officers
were bunting him in Iowa; they, how
ever, rightly c~onjecturing where he was
going. He arrived at his fathers on
the 18th of July, remained there three
days, and then left. He has been in
Muscatine passing under the name of
Willis, since the 18th of August and
though his conduct was someWhat singu-