, 1860-04-24

r4Ferto New Orleans; that he STONED On a
Island with some Of his confcderates. Ha ho
'nen On his person $l,ooo in gold, in belt, an
@goia watch and chain valued at $500. The
mixed hls liquor with something that stupe6e'
hln'' or probably as they believed killed him
"nat next he knew was when he recovered hi
faculties and found himself in darkucss. nre,se,
down with heaEy weight. With long and Sc
zero labor he released himself, and found him
self alone on the island, well nigh naked. an,
robbed Of all his valuables. The coya,dj,
"retches, his would-be murderers, actually bu
ned him alive beneath heap Of logs and brush
wood.
TIE DETECTION AND ARREST.
In the business Of the detective there IL so,ne
th'ng entirely akin to other kinds of hunting
10 kno" where your game is, yea oyen to bayc
your eye On it Is one thing, but to bag it i,
quite another. Thus all the detectives in the
country knew Old Bigelow aud 1hot be VA.
ABOUT, but to tx his work upon him, and bring
nm 10 justice was what the old fellow was eau
tons enough to give them largo trouble in ac-
eompllshlng. In November last, 1t wa, under
taken' however the officers. foremost among
mem Capt. G. r. Bradley Of this city having
'aetthelr pins and laid their snares sufficient.
y long time previou1. On the 10th of that
month the then City Marshal Rehn, and De,ec-
n'es Frank and Smith Of this city, and G. s.
oePnty Marshal Frazell Of Rock Island. nre,
pared to look into what was going on in that
blacksmith shop of Old Dge,ov's,
The officers having got things in proper trim
went up from Rock Island on Saturday after
noon 10 cordora, and that night af,er some
snafp management succeeded By sharp fight
'onnd their birds busy at their bogus work. and
caught them in the act, taking possession of
their entire outfit of tools, &C., DC. Tbs per.
sons arrested we're Old Diselow as above. ind
TWO young men Chester c. Clark and James
Smith.
IN the shop were found most complete and
perfect set of dies, tools, presses, etc, and ev
erytnlng necessary for the manufacture of every
Kind Of American coin, Of gold aud silver, from
5 cents to $50. They bad on hand, in m up-
finished state, some FIVE hundred dollars of their
gold coins, aud bag of their fifty and twenty.
five cent pieces.
THE TRIAL-THE DEFENCE
old Higelow was indicted with his fellows
some months since, and bis trial came up On
saturday, terminating yesterday. The testi-
mony WAS brief, conclusive, aud most damninc
In Its character, and the jury were out of their
seats only ten minutes. The man Clark vas
put upon the stand and became States evidence
stating succinctly and beyond all possibility of
eonsraVcntlon. Eigelow's leadership and pro-
prletaEy interest in the affair.
The defence was represented by John Van
Arman, Esq, and s. II. Felker. How far tho
former is responsible for the engineering of
some points essayed, but without success. in
behalf of old BigeloT, We do not assert. but
the points themselves are worthy of the palmi.
est days of Sampson Brass himself, The plan
"as to elear Bigelow at all hazards, to which
END Clark and Smith we're to be put upon the
stand to swear him clear by their testimony that
hs had leased the blacksmith shop to them.
They were also to come down hard on The
private detectives, made use Of By the officers,
and swear them into the scrape as deeply as
possible. Further than this, it had been at
tempted to cntlcs away officers Rehm, Frank.
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month or two when the trial should come on.
which S1r. Felker said should be done .if it cost
$1,000" o1d Bigelow once off By these means
90, 80 ~ t", .n' necessary oa1l Tor CLARK aud
.'"'.n' ai'o .nes run away and he default his
bonds and thus everything was to BE- merry.
'o.y' anu com1oFtaoie. But the best laid
seuen'es " o' lawyers rs well those Of other men,
Eans M ait aeiee-
-, "uole ua'scr sian Us feVealed IN the most
- eAa 49, a',es u correspondence We ever met
.:..- .As ~ Atnu onf'suan friends IN this
~ -" P'isone's nave no lack OF "good
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~. a@ets' anu 9ei'eaous newspapers old
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:, ~ 49,. s so4un'euceu against Attorney
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or, ;nno..~o,:. e.s ~ 'na'
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hope for the last time. 1Ie .hor,d hova b..,,
discharged ut the first instant of the ,1umnort7
developments, when lie would have shared him.
self and the public, whose important trustx bav.
been deputized into his han1s n most r.,,,-,
able and dispracefu1 exhibition
When Clark returned n tho mi, f.or, ~.
United States Court Hoon on sstvpa.r .ua.
lug, having given his test;nonv ,o.i,,t Ill.,
low. Mr.. Ja;lor ua<.;ncs co,cs;rod H. -,
occasion for his rjchteon. wrath Ia had ~ ~
a,ittcd B;rclow into he ,,1.co ;u HI. .oo;o;.1c
.rst occuniel br Jnmnart, ,na na- 49,,
leemcd him his encmr vim d;d o,o,,t .a.;ss,
ais net. whether the s.r,a ho ;,,.r 1,1s
witness. ~
lie ass,;|e,1 f,,o+, .,;.1,
:ated him sound1v in d;rc,. rnaoa,.,;.r -
phrases and }oclcd him IN an ,;,.,. r.-
md 1enience. that nd ..a,..n 49,. - .,s, H
ono ;n,np;aa.u,. -,
~ara .;.. asa,-.. ~ 50.e Osuat!of IN JA'1
, ~ A41 tu4ne" c'a'es CYL
1e.se &c, ~e1'sS' o'ee'o" ana 'nls h'ghl5 Eirtuous
alAo1' "as ao" u pay MIN OIL. clark was kept |