Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-03-20
|. ADVENT UREs OF KlsSANE.

Last evening Sorgent Hogan, OF the
Chiefs Office, srriveisin town having IN
custody William Kissspe, who hes ob;
tsinea considerable notority in conse,
quence Of his connection with q. .ssiet
,oC crimes perpeirated during, the past
Eve or ak wears. Since the forgely OF
a check for $l4,oo0 on the Chemical
Bank in this city, the Paying. Teller Of
the Bank. Mr.. Parson. has been unrsns,
ingo his efforts to aid the police ip ferret.
ing out tho forgers. 1t appears there
we're three old offenders. Engaged in tho
orgery. viz: VIM. Kisssne, John Find,
ley and Lyman Cole, oil OF whom arc
now confined in the Tombs, and will
probably be tried in the Court Of Gener.
81 Session during the present term, Il.
Some months ago, Findley and Cole
we're urres,ed and brought 10 this city,
charged with forgery, and have been i'm.
Fprisoned,. .Kissane received nearly, >ev.
efy dollar that was paid by the Bank
Teller 10 one Of the conlederates,, As
before stated, Kissane wns arrested in
Cincinnati. and while proceeding TO N.
York. in custody Of Marsh, Bullin,, o.
Ohio. and officer Read, Of thiscily. be
made his escape by leaping from lhe
ears Of the Erie Railroad. near Hpr
nelsville, while tho train was under rapid
headway. = A dispute subsequently, arose
between the western Marshal and Office,
Read. in ,relslion 70, the culpability. o
parties who permitted the escape TO oc
cur. The mystery is however expl aimed
by the prisoner himself, in The following
Language: o,t.,t .,... Il. ,o .as,q.
81 saw the cards as published by Yth'
two officers, and Bu1in's was untrue
Officer Read was asleep,, ,and1 Ma rshs
| Buflin conducted, me. to the wateraclos
ct OF the car; went in shut the door
and the window being OPEN, ! jumpe,
out and,made for the woods. .....lg,.
/ Z We give the above statement verLat
im. as 1t was made to officer Hogan b,
Kissane in his cell, and thus for i,wil
be observed that officer Read was en-
trely blameless. 1t appears that Kis
sane travelled on foot to Rochester wher
he found sn old friend, and was sscretl
conveyed to the house or-an. EngIis
farmer at Clarence Hollow, Erie Co
New York. AT this point Kissapo mad
his bead, quarters, worked daily at farm
ing, and finally yentured to yisi, Bu(fal
in the guse Of a huckster, and sold sew
eral loads of produce at the public maj
ket. /. AT length he sent Mr.. Sparrov
| (,he farmer) to Buffalo, with lot {
J, $50 bills on the International Bank,
get changed FOR small notes. The "2O's
were suspected as counter(ei,s, an
Sparrow was forthwith placed in custod
to answer. a.y Ys5a4-W I'd .t.g
He, however, told a plain story. an
upon informing the authorities that h
|received the bills from man who wa
stopping at his house in the YHollow
officers were dispatchedto the premise
end Ito their surprise, found the lu gitis
whoh as long been looked for. 1t was a
certained that Kissano had passed ur
der the assumed name Of Lynch at tn
place. and having made a, con fidant, {
Mr.. Sparow's wife, he placed in hs
possession $4,000, (all in $500 issue
kof the Chemical Bank, that were pal
on the false check, for safe keepingfb,
she became frightened and ,handed .ovt
the funds to the police. The bills hav
since been Identified by Mr.. Parson
the Teller. iil T.'ia
+ The prisoner was visited last evenin
byIhis oounsei3l Mr. Fairbanks, who er
deavored TO cheer him with infomatio
respecting Coleaand Hndley's chance
Of being acquitted, and Kissane wa
locked up and will be arrainsed TO da
ito answer the indictment.-NeU Kor
Times, tne1attl a. s54-at .4..3'' r.
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