The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-05-25

judgment note, WDiCA thcy Ctu HOU ihlChb
to have entered of record, until after the
old gentleman's death, which event they
had good reason to suppose, would soon
take place. 1t was also agreed that in
the meantime, they would manufacture
evidence to sUbstantiato Dcch's Judgment
and pledged their sacred words to help
Dech recover it if it should ever come to
law suit. To make it look more prob
able, as they thought, one of them wrote
a letter, which they got Green to copy
and SIGN, addressed to \. S. Dech stat
Ing that he, Green, was deserious of bor-
rowing a large sum OF money and that he
had been informed that he, Dach, could
accommodate him. The letter being pre-
pared, the old gentleman started to take
the letter to Dech and was watched by
! Stevenson. to see that he found the right
place. The old man arrived at the place,
rang the door-b bell, Dech came out, and
received the letter from the man who
wrote it. This letter was asked for on
the trial, but not produced.
1t was thought that if they could get
the judgment note executed in the pres
cnco Of some disiuterasted and respecta-
bic witness and keep it secret from the
Green family and their friends, that all
would be we'll aud that after the old
mans death, there would be no difficulty
in recovering the money. About the first
of December last, Dech calculated the in
tercst on the two notes Of hand and ad-
dod thereto the principal; the amount was
3.I02 dollars and 33 cents, for which the
Judgment note was given. Dcch, accom-
panied by Green on that day, repaired
to the store of Cyrus laval, a rcspecta-
Bile merchant of this place, and desired
him to witness the judgment note. Dach
was mistaken in the man, for when re-
questod, Mr.. laval absolutely refused
to witness any such paper. Dech and
Green then left the store.
/ \ few hours afterwards Dcch returned
and requested Mr. laval to say nothing
about it to Green's family. They went
to Mr. CoukIin's store and there found
lIr. George W Van Dyoke, whom they
requested to 20 with them to Fields Of
fee lie did SO, and there witnessed the
. execution OF the judgment note in ques-
ton. Van Dycko studied medicine with
Field and for two or three years past has
been about Fields office.
( No time was lost in informing Green's
. sons what had taken place at Lawall's
Istonc. Mr. Edward L. Stewart grand
son Of Benjamin Green, and Dir. r. s.
Chidsoy, called upon Dcch to make in
q4;ry OF him whether lie had or had not
d note in his possession, given to him by
BENJAMIN Green. Dach answered by ask
ing How did you find that out p He
finally admitted that the had such a note,
and that he had paid the money over in
DR.. Fields Office and he thought in the
presence of Field. They, accompanied
by John, son Of Benjamin Green, imme-
diatcly went to DR.. Fields Office and
found him at supper. They had been
there but a few moments, when Dech
came, evidently anxious to know what
was best to be done When Field came
from his supper he was iuterrogated as to
whether he had seen the money paid by
Dcch when the note was given. He said
be had not.
From this time Dech became quite a.
Harmed and on the ID of December had
his Judgment note entered of record
Stevenson was suspected as being one of
the parties. \ few days after this, Ste
venson left the Washington Hotel, where
he boarded, and stated that he was 60
ing over into New Jersey few miles and
would return in day or two. lie was
met at the PhilIipsburg depot, by u. D.
Maxwell, Esq, and Esquire Buck, gho
were on the alert and watched him very
closely. Instead Of stopping in \. Jer-
scy, they all went to New York, where
they arrived after dark and stopped at
the Merchants Hotel. A person in New
York vas procured to watch Stevenson.
/ lie was seen the same evening to leave
his hotel, 90 to the Post Office, pass up
Broadway and then down Cedar street, ex-
amining the different numbers as he pas
sed along. When he arrived at GER
tain place in that street, he stopped, went
in, and after being there few minutes,
he left and proceeded to his hotel for his
carpet-bag. When he arrived at the ho
tel, be was accused of being implicated
in this conspiracy case; be was left few
moments to get police officer and when
they returned he was not to be found
The outside doors of the hotel were i'm
mediately closed and search for Steven.
son made They found him on the third
story with a bureau pulled over him.
They arrested him and be made a par
tal confession aud stated that if they
would only let him go, he would have
two or three others in Easton convicted,
who were more guilty than he.
Stevenson now being secured, they
proceeded to the place in Cedar street
where he was observed to have been, and
there found Isaac G. Parker. They ar
rested him and found upon his person
81 BOO; 81 300 was in SlO0 bills on the
Farmers and Mechanics Bank Of Eas-
ton, and the remainder in 50 bills on the
Easton Bank, and 10 money of any 9th