New-York tribune., 1866-04-28
THE mADr.oN.avE. BOND ROBBERY.
The Cross.EIaminatien of Merrisss, the Re
reiver Of the Bonds, Continued-A Number
Of Aecsmplices-" Dutch Dan"

feivPT OF the h0nds, Num"sS
Of Aeesmplices-" Dutch Dan.r
The preliminary investigation into the case OF Clark
and Dennis accused Of having pcrpeated the Madsonae
bond robbery continued yesterday morning at the Tombs
before M Justice Downg. The croseIaminaton OF Wm
Morrison was continued by Mr.. Graham follows had
before placed money the where concealed
the bonds altogether received four lots Of bonds and con.
ceaed Of them fence in the Of my own house,
Mr Ellis belongs 10Th Regiment in which am cap
tan do remember the numbers Of the bonds which
| received from Gleason.
Nj GrahsmQ Fix the time Of their receipt as near az yon
can. A cannot positively answer do not know that was
March, il might have been in February Gleason brought
them my houses they to bo sold for my benefit em
poy wokmen about store they are employed repairing
clocks the Central PARK boards belonged TO the second or
O. Did you ever any boards from Central Park which
you did not give to the ocers A might have taken away
@ How did you dig up in Central Park A. O it was easy
O. Did you make hole : A. No.
Mr. Sedgwick-He Of those remarkable men who can
dig without making hole lLaaghterI
Witness-I pulled up the grass. :, 49,, ,. 49,.
there and with them and stone and earth covered mp the
bonds. zAE
find ont the place the bonds concead removed
two hre housanddoar bends in order to try and sell
q o. the 10Th of April The officers showed g. coo to Mr.
did they &c, the additional e. oco A. From me- had them
slowed aTay in he neitnborhood OF rnc house.
o Where abouti A. am not positive. -
@ Can you not tcll A. They we're slowed away some
O. Don't you know wheref A. Not particularly
O. What denomination they, A. think five wenies
do remember how many fyeweniies or seven hrtes
received might might rot have persons who knew
me when eoing to the Park gave the officers bonds
fcf dJ not tell any that had bonds the Park
part OF the that should recover all the money
eSgldj gave up sl9&e at one '@e' then s ana 'sa"
Q Where had you tie 5000 cOncealcdi A. eAsnot tell
MI sedgvek-Mr Morrison you may as well tell at once
where you had then.
Wiiness-i do not want TO cav.
Mr.. Graham-Why mott
Wines do not exactly know how to say H.
o. II that ae only trouble a. n Say that wont say,
O. ak your Honor to instruct him the question:
A. had bfm hdden away IN the basement Of my house
nnde tie in the passigeway ha was only temporary
Q wLere else they A. had them in the hoase Of
q Gi,c Us the place. A. Nc. - sprrsst the proprie
tor did not know that the! were there.
q What is ls name' A. Walsh. be keeps pabie hose
there. know lin Only about i've week. have spoken 70
MIN frequently carried s. 600 worth Of bonds there put
them back woodhoUse behind hs store near the fence II
evening when pat them there hese bonds had b'en 10
O. Where II the wn,ch that yoa said you goti A. broke
II up ,,
TO pitch i the rIvcr bnt did not want to DO 50
o Could they have thrown IL there A. suppose so
hr v,,ch formed paf Of the purchase think asted them
at Sandorons what should give them for IT. do NOT know
where the works Of that watch are now melted the case
ard sold H. -
@ How much have yon made out Of that wsiehi \ do
no know the wors could nor De iaAs % az a ~ 1 &
establishment when arrested. son gave the wntch
son Landed the watch bonds knew they stolen
and wanted to buy nobody bad posen to ne on
Does no, that prove that you receiver, A. told
you tha, might have done some things wrong before that
How long is il since You commenced io receive stolen
property A do not want to answer that hink caea
lated 10 degrade me.
Mr. lie cannot be degraded and he cannot
put IT upon that ground.
stolen goods before and consequently knew that these
ground Of cri m nation aud not OF degradation.
g How long have you been engaged IN doing ,h: wIOns
has .hn1 seSsT; r "fs don't , Want anySine
Mr. Justice Dowling-But you did say II.
Witness-t may within five year. three years never
bned property beoe never secreted property before THIS
10 have them found with me- canno, say that destroyed
identity Of property have melted silver and gold but
stolen silver and gold before this Mr. Moores adver
tseInsnt in the nespape Oeer MecOrd gave me one OF
ton of the robbery; did not know him before.
DO know that he came to your house because be
believed YOU be receiver OF stolen goods A. do not
@ We're You not ssionshed when he asked ,ou jeweler
to stop the sale Of bondsi A. No
Mr. GIaham-w., probably you need not be a'toni,hsd
@ Not up ny 81 m em
give the railroad stock thought the would be
careles. about the money De recovered the securities
night you met Depns A. BY the purchase property
fore was speaiing to man named Carol on iSst night,
remember how Dennis dressed on thst night don't
The witness further crosseIamned at considerable
length relative his meeting Deun the night in question
Ihaye heard Carrol called Dutch DAN" have reason
TO suspect that bis character bad know Peer Hefernan
the State Prison also Trsrs the man who robbed
the Adams Express Company heard that PREMISES were
searched by the police; they wanted to hld somo silk
which they supposed had bought, I wa. /, the city at
49, tfrn.H Hutr mt
ed watches other stolen property never spoke to
Mr. Eder until the night Of py arrest, fsd no ms. s.
bonds at Capt Youngs house. told the officers that had
over teo which could get for them @ ~ the morning about
expect indicted here expect get clear put not
made an unconditional surrender aud confession 10
@ you think this story Of yours very miraculous
O. Its not pat up job your parti A. No; the
night my arrest charged CLARK and Dennis the persons
the officers think the object aresing them Ludwigs
was to fnd the bonds 10 their possession
Graham then examined the witnen on that part OF
his testimony which related to the amounts OF money paid by
him to Clark and Dennis appeared on his direct eiAnina
Wness-I sold Levi peddlcr diamonds before the
first made think at tho second interview Den
mis- he had few bonds left mentioning the sum
Of s75 OO0 that sandersons think he said the whole
amounted to that but cannot swear that ne said he
Mr. Graham continued his examination Of the witness
for upward Of hour on these pons during the progress OF
wdeed that he could not remember wha, be stated
nesday
Mr. Bedford asked for adjournment at 49, 10 consid
Grafton Of the confusion Of the witness.
Justice Downing decided TO 80 Oh with the case
O. Why you nervousi A. naturally go and This
has made
d Has not the Of told ehoods during
this cross Iamn alton made you soi A No not
scous Of having told any fasehood
O. How much money do received from these mem
A. About e3l. 900.
THE CLEANING OF TIIR BONDS.
wne-Clarke snid that be thought the writing cond be
taken off the bonds easily be wanted TO buy bond and
write anything pleased on IT, aud that he would get 1t
cleaned.
,he uitnea. consider