Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-06-11
From the Commonwealth, June ,, 1857.
ARREST OF JIM WILLIAMS.

lifelong agOnyis over, and the veritable Jim
Williams WHO for the hst month Or 8 weeks. has
enjoying > kind Of ubiquitous existence, has
been caught It last and is nov safely lodged in
our jail. According to public rimor, be has been
lodging the police officers, or weeks past. At
one tims be 5 seen entering . coal bank, near
CanOnsburgb and for aught we know, the person
who saw him 60 u, may be playing the part Ell
the dog aNObls." at the mouth Of the clark hoe
vet" At another time, be Is discovered ranging
among the Virginia hills, in The neighbOrhOOd Of
wLeeling.-Again, be is seen working on the
railroad, near steubenvillc, disguised, we suppose
as DFar Down." or "Corcouian ."-Then he is
found within a few miles Of Pitsburgh.--Then
agan, moving of for parts unknown, through
Greene County afterwards he is seen on a boat
leaving Wheeling, for "pars below" And by the
very latest account, prior to bis arrest, he is enjoy
ing the hospitality Of one Of his colOred friends il
"Hayti.' The following account ofhis arrest,
which we copy from the Pits. Dispatch, shows
how much reliance is to be placed in the various
rumors, as to lis Whereabouts, which have gone the
rounds of the papers, and which are so well cal.
eulat ed to deceive an excited community:
Thursday about noon a countryman called at the
MAYORS office, stating that man calling himself
Jim Williams, was stopping at The Diamond house
kept by Mr.. Shepier. Officer Moon was dispatch
ed to the house, and promptly made the arrest
Williams was Immediately taken to the Mayors
Office, and a search made. Ajack knife and a
bit Of red chalk was all that was found on his per-
son. When arrested he had on a barred black and
white cap, blue coat, calico shirt, and black pants
striped with green. He stated that be left Pitts.
burph last fall-does not roccollect the time-on
the steamboat Grampus, Capt. NJ. Kennedy, for
, New Orleans. On the 9Th January he shipped
for Liverpool on the steamer Senator; left Liver.
pool on the same ship for N. Y, April 9th, and
arrived in N. Y, May 2lst. He came on 10 this
city. where he arrived, Thursday morning, bearing
letters to a person in this city, from the mate OF
the Senator on private matters. He accurately
described such portions of Liverpool as he visited
especially the C%ollingwood dock, Scotland mar
ket, aud points along the landing, and particularly
mentioned the @ha;s," q kind of barge used in
shipping coal from the mines to vessels i'll port.-
The name is peculiar to til 1t district, and leaves no
doubt but that he has actually been i'll Liverpool.
lie processes to have been entirely ignorant Of the
White and Wilson murders--says he never saw
Bill Jones after they bloke Jail in Washington,
and knew nothing of tho search that had been
made for him till he arrived here, and was inform
ed at the landing by Mr.. James Hughes of the
fact that warrants were out for his arrest. He did
not believe Mr. Hughes, ard was told 10y a gen
tleman at the Diamond House that a reward was
offered for his arrest. lie told the gentleman that
he was tie 'veritable JIM that he had better ar
rest him and get the reward; which the gentleman
declined doing. He acknowledged to the Mayor
apG Others his identity, said he had broke jill,
but Indignantly denied all knowledge of the mur.
ders of Wilson or White. He gives Charlotte
and Bill Jones a particular hard character, and
, strongly anathametizes them.
When the fact of having broke Jail was men
toned to him, he started and replied, All! l sup.
pose that is what | am here for
There can be no doubt but the veritabIe Jim is
now arrested, and officer Moon deserves great
II credit for his prompt action in the matter.
He was taken to Washington Friday morning,
!. where he will no doubt be romanded to his old
quarters.
Identified "A gentleman in this city, who was
a passenger on board the Gnmpus, at the time
Jim Williams alleges he left this city for New Or
leans, visited him yesterday at the lookup, and
readily recognized him as one of the hands on the
boat. In the list of arrivals at New York, OF
the 2lst as published in the Herald on the 22d,
We observe the following:
Ship Senator, Collin, Liverpool, April Q, with
coal, to Brooklin Gas Co.; vessel to State q
Co.
; 1t corroborates Williams statement that he ar
rived from Liverpool, in the Senator, at N. Y. on
the Qlst, and that the ship was loaded with canal
{ coal. Thele is no reason to doubt his story which
is so well corroborated. The runners that he had
any connection with the White murder are expIo-
:, ded, and this one part of Bill Jones' confession in
which lie exonerates Williams, is sustained by the
facts.
A HonE THRUST AT THE TRADE.-A merchant
of New York who was on the verge OF bankruptcy
. took a walk one day with his cashier, who had
grown rich and built several fine houses in fash,
ionabIe avenue. In his pride Of heart he showed
M. ArnnInrnr Liz nnlnlinl dwellings and asked I'll.