The New York herald., 1869-04-09
THE BOSTON DETECTIVES.

Further DeveIopments of Corruption, Com.
pounding of Felony and Collusi0n Of OhiceFs
With Thieves-Interesting Developments
Concerning the New York Lord Bond Rob
berry.
BOSTON, April Q, 1859.
The legislative committee OF investigation into the
alleged corruption of the Boston police detectives ID
bringing out some startling Developments Mr..
GOoding, the broker who was robbed by thieves and
then again by detective olcias continued his story
before the committee last evening" the following being
The most important portions OF It, The Heath
and Jones referred to are the of1cers whom Mr..
Gooding charges with swindling him and being In
cOlusion with the thieves who robbed his safe. In
response to questions by the committee Mr.. G0oding
sad-I met Heath in the fremont House one even
ing and asked him II he had received ten per cent of
my money. He made no direct answer. He said
ten per cent was a good percentage. Told him
thought 1t was then asked him If he had ten dol
lars to loan me. SAID he had. Told him that that
was just ten per cent OF 800. Did not want
the money at the time / borrowed it. Told
him understood he had ten per cent of my money.
Told him this the City Hail. where certain thieves
were being shown up. subsequently on another
evening, once / was passing the head Of Beacon
street and met Jones. Said to jones' "Gulty
or not guiltyr' He said "Guity.n / said, ''That
s So" Jones afterwards met me again after re-
turned from Lary's; he was much excited and talked
loud, SO that crowd gathered. Jones asked what
meant by the remark had made just previous. 1
told him that meant just what l said. Jones re-
Piled 81 would not care If you had got your author
ity from square thieves, but you got 1t from
sneak thieves.n Told him never put up q ROBBERY.
received ten s'e per cent mt Of robbery" He said,
'.Neither have IL Then went into the bar Of the
fremont House. Jones soon came IN and soon
Heath came in, and the latter asked for Jones.
Pitcher lthe barkeeper) said that Jones had gone
out, and that Gooding was the only man who drives
''coppers" out OF that place. On being invited, Mr.
Gooding proceeded next TO speak Of the Lord bond
robbery. He told about his gong to Montreal,
on one occasion, with Mr.. Heath, and their
putting up at the st. Lawrence and afterward
going to Eros saloon, and meeting Hod Annis there
Stayed some time. While there Heath and Hod had a
long private interview in another room. For eight
days and nights frequented such places some
times sitting up till TWO, three or four O'Clock. Dur
bond robbery and who took part IN 1t. One day that
we were up to hachlne Heath and Annis were hav-
now and then, about this subject On the way back
from Boston understood from Heath that there was
considerable money IN England, that he knew the
man who had it, the house he lived ln and that he
going TO England for it, that there $780, there.
On one occasion, when Heath and were at Montreal
together and slept together. made discovery of
some bonds in this way:-One morning was Dress
ing and Heath was still in bed and asleep. 1t was
warm and he had but little covering over him. it
was quite late and tried to arouse him. and in
doing so pulled down the coverlet; endeavOred to
pull him out of bed. saw number OF bonds scat
ing and laid down on them again. waited some
time and went down stairs. Mr.. Gooding here made
statement in reference to some letters which ne
had received from Hod Annis. Annis wanted
HIM to go to Ben Heath and Jones and tell them
how poor he was, and write what they SAID,
for they had gone back on hun. Mr. Gooding now
read three letters from HOd Annis in 1861 in which
the latter addressed Gooding as "Friend George"
and "Dear Friend" One OF them contained this
sentence:-"There are men IN Boston who have used
you meaner than Gus Penny ever did," And an In
timaton was given that If they did not do what was
ond letter, dated March H. 1865, Annis remarks:-
II am sure Gus Penny will do as he says. He says
that ned wanted them to put up all they could for
to pay them up" "You know the other party. Gus
sa r % he ts 6e
man Jenningsl said before II that they must have
want you to say to Ben Heath and Bill Jones, when
you see them, that am doing nothing and that am
hard up" "Do not let them know that told you
Annis was arrested and taken to Newburyport /
was advised IN letter from q certain party to
Annls and carry . communication to him. It
was City Marshal Westcott Of Newburyport,
or Ve others in in Market suaa4e "s S
as l spoke Of Annis, City Marshal Westcott drew
me from the room and led me TO a hotel. He en-
gagged room and called for dinner. was there
some four hours with him. He explained at great
length what he had to do with the Lord bond rob-
port calculating that they could do just as ney could
In Boston about prisoners, but that he told them
s haa ey d ou sn %
would have to settle with him before they take
the man away. westcott wanted some bonds first.
Annis gave the password that would enable some
person to get $500 OF the proceeds OF the Lord
bond robbery. 1t was to be got from a man
password was brought to Boston, and that a de-
tectve TOOK IL here, and went to the said house az
the West End and asked for package OF money
said he had not had any money, and denied all
knowledge OF IT, The detective then used the pass-
that at nrstn The person then handed to detec i've
package OF $3.50 O0o In bonds which the detective
the orenal owner and received nom n & him AJ dhs
offered reward. This reward was brought back here,
some $4,000 were paid over to CITY Marshal West
cott and Annis was brought 10 Boston. He was to
have been taken TO New York by Ben Heath and by
John Young the New York detective. Annis, at this
time, IN Newburyport In custody. Westcott told
me Il they had requsition they shouldn't have had
him. understand that Annis was liberated IN Bos-
ton Anns told me that he lad to pay CITY Marshal
westcott to get away from him; that he paid him
$4,000. The detective who had the password in
Boston. and got the package from the house at the
ward sent back in recompense by MIR. Lord Tor the
return Of the $25o,oOo. IL was to come back to
rom both Annis and westcott Think the agree
nent to that effect was made with Heath and with
ne he had set his price and got IL.
IA committee man here remarked that the Lord
,ond robbery was s40O,0Oo In amount. Now s25OOO0
,,ssI ,aS cssn Sgpned i0r What had become of the
Annis told me that s13, 900 had been given to Mr.
Heath that had never been accounted Tor and tnat
had never turned up. IL was In small bonds Heath
showed Inc draft from Mr.. Lord. and stated that II
was the reward he knowing that | knew he had
brought large quantity Of bonds with him from
Montreal These bonds understood amounted to
s0.O0O The understanding was that he was to 60
10 New York and get q reward and divide II with
Anns and three other parties. Annis told me that
,23 600 had never been turned In and could not
be accounted for; that they expected $1,000 more
or the sS0,OO0, and that II was 10 be made into
our parts. Annis, Heath, Colonel kurtz and John
Young were each TO nave tlOoo OF H. Jones was not
N II. DO not know whether this arrangement Tor
Is 900 was assented to before by Mr.. Lord. Annls
old me that he never got his 5000, but that they
ent him slOO at one time and that Heath furnished
lin with 1900 more In Montreal. Ben Heath had
nown me the draft for ss,000 ON one occasion, in
he later end OF April. was at Montreal when Annis
vas under arrest for robbing a safe. went to see
lin In Jail at place some eighty miles distant.
lid not know but what he had made some arrange
nent with Penny about my money. He wrote Q