The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-10

IN citizen OF F1tchburg wno asium ldi he soUbrf-
relative Of the pirate Of that name On tue morn
ing Of Monday, February 8 an interview was he d
between Warden Haynes, Deputy Kimball, ana
"Semmes" at the American House at whicn all the
necessary arTangemens were perfected In the alter
noon Deputy " arden Mavo conveyed "Semmes"
just be entering the prison yard the irons were
shipped on the detective, and he was conducted into
the ocagOn and submt ed to the usual preparations,
los ng splendid musiache by tho process. He was
then commit TO the charge Of an officer and given
warden had nteRded to omit, but which he found 1t
impossible to do without excltiug troublesome
curiosity.
After undergoing the solitary confinement, the
unploasantness of which Mr. Haynes managed te
alleviate by introducing few sandwiches INTO ms
cell the quasi convict assigned to the care OF
the wings The TACT that h9 was an Invalid furnish
ING suite ent excuse ior such partiahty, For two
or three days alter his advent INTO the wings
"Semmes" avoided Scratch" as much q, possible,
The other prisoners, having dread OF the mans
ugly temper also kept aloo leaving the coast clear for
any advances from "Semmes " who gradually APP
preached HIM until tour or five days after "Semme5"
was ass1gned TO his work, Warden aaynes received
a note nom him, stating that he had gained tae
confidence OF the criminal, and requesting the War
den to send hlm letter purporting to have come
from brother assuring him OF sympathy, and pre-
mis- rg hlm assistance, as II might be OF iauch use In
attaining his object. In compliance with this re-
quest Warden Haynes sent 'Semmes" letter OF
considerable length, containing words in different
portions underlined which, read toge her, taa Chus:
shall have help. These Yankees shall rue the day
that sent Gu TO prison. You shall find friends when
Won little expect them. III money men with Sndrp
wits can get you out Won will be iTee man muca
sooner Than YOU expect. i have seen and think
shall get the right side OF the walden"
2 should he observed here that 'Scratcb" enter
tanned deep hatred for the "Yankeos" " as he
termed them. The object OF Ar. Haynes, IN his allu-
sion to the yankees" will therefore be read Der
celyed. The letter was signed Brother Bill" and
duly pOstmaTked and superscribed.
1he following day Mr. Haynes received COM
mupcatIon from "Semmes" ropor ing progress, on
which he sent daguerreotype and a letter contain
ing wo DIS underlined q. in the previous note read
al OOk i'm thn Har n tha ntCt
had placed letter. in which be promised assistance
as speedily as, possible, and expressed sympathy
also saying If he could get some reliable fellow
who would have nerve enough to stand by
ter to secure one. These letters were shown
by "Semmes" to Scratch" who expressed great
somira'ien on at the ingenuity OF Brother Bii"
gress, when Ar. Haynes sent hIm package purport-
ting to have been sent by express from his brother,
containing quantity oil iruit, and number OF
papers OF fine cut tobacco, in one OF which ne placed
note saying he had sent friend the day before to
VISIT the prison. and make some inquiry about him,
and had heard that he at work in the prison
instead OF tine shops, ard that 1t would be easy to
communicate with bm,-that he would come to a
window austin street and put note under the
sash, SO that he coud get it in the morning. Ac-
cordinRly the warden put a note IN the deslgnaed
TO leave another IN its place. insisting that in con-
sideraion Of the imminent risk he ("Brothsr BilP')
was mourning IN aiding the escape "Semmes" must
obtain some security from the person he was to
choose as an associate, saying, that, as he was
he positively insisted on Knowing something about
him, and stating that he wou d communicate the
plan for escape the next day if he was prepared
aVowing Its certain success and saying that before
Saturday they would DO out OF the State. "Semmes'
then told Scra,ch" that he had passed bad night,
thinking about him. He feared he was keeping some.
thing from him. Considerable conversation ensued
in regald to the robbery OF the house In Gardner,
self to be captured py unarmed man, after which
"SeS,mos" asked him If he had secrets, TO which
he replied that he had secret which he would tell to
no person.
IL was on the 18th Of February that "Scratch"
was deprived of the privileges which he had been
Wednesday last that conclusive evidence was given
to him that he was suspected OF the toul crime per-
Reaed at RoS3oy t Th bn na' IN G"y "a Msynes b
life aud history. "Scratch" stated that he could
not read or write. The warden told him he had
to read since ne came to the prison.
The warden asked him If he had ever been under
known. Scratch" answered in the negative In
reply to further questions, the prisoner stated that
ne had never been in MASSACHUSETTS ana knew no
May, and in Connecticut during the latter part OF
June Where he was the fist part OF that month
point he said, "Mhat has that to do with my bOing
IN this prison know. what you are driving at!
The warden saying 10 him that his question was q
proper ore, "ScTatch" replied, ~ know what you
want, You think murdered the Roxbury chill
The warden told him that he was suspected Of that
crime, and that 1t would be Tor his own interest to
show where he Was during the first part OF June He
also told the prisoner that he was friendly to him.
and woulG spend 500 in enab ing him to collect the
evidence OF his whereabouts durins the period which
he had not accounte Tor. The prisoner cast bis
upon the floor, aud began to tremble violently
manifestlng the most extreme agitation and ia ked
in confused manner of his whereabouts at all times
except tie fatal first part of June.
On Wednesday afternoon Sheriff Kimbal, of
EltehbuTg, had an interview with the prisoner, who
then admitted much which he had in the forenoon
oenied to the Warden but was still silent to
where he was dming the interval wheliit concerned
hm SO deeply to be accounted for. Yesterday morn
ing, having had nights reflection, the prisoner
sent for the Warden and said he was ready to tol
HIM where he vas dulng the whole OF June he
then proceeded to state that he was In New YorS
State all that month, but on being asked to give pre-
else localities, he again became confused, naming
to find in any gazetteer and speaking Of another
loca ity as fifteen mills distant Irom another town
unknown to the officers. The remainder OF tue
month he accounted Tor by stating that he was in
the woods and upon tn 0 road
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRISONER.
The steps which have been taken to identify the
prisoner as connected with the crime have revealed
facts which bear as strongly against him as his own
declarations. person answering to his descrip-
hon 10 known to have been at rafts Hotel in West
hoxburY, three-quarters OF a milo from Buzzsy's
Woods, at aboUJ the time of the murder. Some Of
the articles OF clothing worn by the prisoner have
been reeosnized, by striElngy peculiar marks as
Hotel.
Persons living in Roxbury have pointed him out,
among collection of conVicts at the prison. as the
man whom they should say they saw at West Rox-
bury, ''it his kin was little darker,"-it being
stated moreover that he has lost much color since
his incarceration. The kniIe taken from the prisoner
ON his arrest WAS shown 10 the surgeon who made
the postmortem examination of the murdered chill
dIen and TO the Coroner who conducted the inquest.
and has been found to correspond precisely with the
| appearance and size OF the wounds which caused
| the deatn OF tho unfortunate victims Other evil
dence OF similar nature has been obtained; but