The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-07
4 Long Concealed Murder brought 10 Light

From The psirol FIRES rre.. sept
We gave an account, some months since,
of the discovery Of the remains Of n human
being IN the woods, some fifteen miles from
this city, 10 the township Of Taylor The
remains consisted OF bones, which had been
exposed 10 the weather for such length Of
time that they were en,ircly devoid oi flesh,
These, with fragmcnis Of clothing. were col.
lectcd and preserved The search being
continued ynlsc was also found, which,
upon investigation, revealed u number Of
articles. among others quite "A stock Of let
ters, which were published IN the Fire Pes,
with view 10 ascertain, II possible, the
identity Of the man. SO far from supposing
that the ease involved any mystery, il WINS
merely thought the person, whoever be- was
had wandered of In n fl Of insanity, and
died in the woods. Facts developed them.
selves differently. however,
But shor, time elapsed before we 70
ccyod letters from friends and relatives Of
the unfortunate man. giving statement
which set the matter IN n ncw light, and de-
manded attention ut once. by these ac-
counts il was asccrtalncl that the remains
were, beyond doubt. those Of Mr.. John
Hickey, railroad freight conductor recent
ly, ut the time Of his death from Union
Point. Georgia The circumstances. rs
given us by his relatives, residing n, Milford
Connecticut, were as follows Hickey lclt
Connecticut in July, 1857, in company with
an lrlshman named John Kennedy intend
ing 10 go to Chicago. Hc took with him
about 81, 800 in gold, the result Of his sa
wings nj the South Kennedy had no mo
ney, and Hickey paid his fare for him
Nothing more was heard from them until
the following October, when Hickcy's friends
received letter from Kennedy. stating that
he had returned TO New York. and that
Hickey had gone to Ireland lie enclosed
the key 10 Hckey's trunk, and stated that
when they got to Detroit, Hickey changed
his mind and concluded 10 20 To England
leaving his trunk aud other personal proper.
ty in his hands to be returned to his rcla.
tives At III, east
The absurd,y Of these statements at once
aroused suspicion, but Us llickeys friends
were OF the poorer class of people. no steps
were taken to arrest Kennedy The dis
covery OF the rmains and publication Of the
letters IN the Free Press. which wcrc signed
by the persons from whom we received com.
munlcatons. disclosed the iac,s, revealing TO
us the history oI an enormous crime, and 10
the friends OF the murdered man the locality
and perpetrator OF the murder. The latter
was known to be in Charleston, =. C.. at
the time OF these developments, doing no
thing aud sporting plenty Of money He
had written IRON that place u second letter,
reitcrAlng his former statements, and rcn-
dcrlng suspicion stronger by the anxiety he
manifested TO cover up the crime As the
matter was one of the greatest Importance,
these Ietters were at once placed in the hands
OF Messrs. futile aud Champ. private de-
tectives Of this city, and II was left for them
10 prosecute. Communication was cstab-
lisbcd with the police of Charleston, \. C.,
with directions TO arrest Kennedy.
Several WEEKS had elapsed however aud
IN the meantime the Free Pres had found
It's way there, AMI Kennedy had become IN
formed OF the discovery OF his crime. The
Mayor Of Charleston wrote TO this city tina,
Kennedy hal decampcd lew DAYS previous
To the receipt by him of dlrctions for his
arrest. lie was lest sigh, OF here. A few
days aticrward word came from Milford
that Kennedy hal arrived in New York
CITY and was STAYING there with relatives.
Ofic,r Champ at once started for New
York, AMI with the aid of Chief Matsells
police agency, after several days search
found that the murderer wus again out OF
reach having gone IVES, after stay Of
day or two in New York Mr.. Ma,sil at
once established system Of espionage
which WAS calculated To cn,rap him, if he
yen'uENi 10 return or communicate with his
iF'rnds ir that city, aud Ofle,r Camp ~
turncd
The private police agencies in all the
pr'ne'pal c'Iss IN thu Union, from BOSTON
to New Orleans, wrre notified of the case
ard plaod on their guard. lhese extended
efforts scon produced further development,
through the agency OF Mtssrs. {. L. Brad
ley \ Go, detective pohcc agency in Chi
cago. rh,Se energetic detectives suco,,l,J
IN tracing he murderer L. Joliet Illinois
and sn, an officer down TO appr,hend him
Again Tie agent oI justice va, too late, and
the Notifying Intelligence was returned
that Kennedy had received a hitter ,hry
days before from his friends at Charleston
>. G., warning him ui his danger lie at
once look TO light, and has net since bocu