New-York tribune., 1869-01-15
TIE ROGERS MURDER.

FACTS AND THEORIEs-TIiE SEARCH FOR TIE
CONVICT AssAssIN-TIE PRISONER TALENT
WHAT TIE POLICE THISk-THE MUIR
DERED MAN.
Not since the celebrated murder of DR.. Bur
dell in his own residence. No. 81 Bonds has crime
been perpe,ratod in this city that has created the same
amount Of general Interest the kllng Of Mr. Rogers
II il talked Of at tie brcakfasttablc the street. In the
public conyeyancos md morning and evening the papers
are closely scanned TO sec any new trace OF the iur
derer or his companion has been discovered The most
ridiculous and fancru theories have been started ms
well a. many that are plausible and just at present the
police seem TO be rs much puzzled as the general
public Some few ccws they have which. they say If
faithfully followed up VIII ultimately lead TO the arrest
OF the hight man. who has taken the alarm and fled the
citv His whereabouts sOme Of the Police profess To
know but as u thief andl murderer "on the wing IS
difficult parsonage follow many are inclined to d0nbt
this statement Others again, believe that one Of the
mon now under arrest is the right man, and that suDsc
Guent events will prove this 10 he true. There one man
whom II believed could IL ho chose, tell who committed
the assault on Mr Rogers. This important witness
is James Talant arrested few days ago, and
now confined IN the Merccr-st police station As has
been stated, he Is vgy rcticont and when approached
Oh the subject refuses all information, declaring that he
knows nothing whatever OF the matter or all those now
under arrest principals witnesses he Is by lar the
most intelligent. Quiet and shreWd, ho allows no un-
Any passing aluson 20 the subject of the murder.
or the information that other person has
been arrested as a principal witness, clicits no
response whatever He for many years member OF
the celebrated Nineteents gang that Infested seventh
ave- from Fourteenth 10 Twenty ilrssts. rendering 1t
unsafe for passers at late LOur-the same sang
who murdered Policeman Walker three years ago when
he attempted arrest OF their number several
years ago Patrolman now Fire COMMISSIONER Monmouth
B Wilson, attempted to arrest OF this gang whom he
had detected in the commission Of crime He was set
upon by the accomrices of the prisoner, among whom
was Talent aud tho latter struck Officer Wilson on the
head with carwrung. causing wound from the elect
Of which he did not recover for long time From these
facts 1t may readily DO perceived That he II no or
dinary thief but cool and determined VII
lain. Mention has been made Of the search Tor
convict who made his escape from sing
Sing Prison about months ago by secretng himsei III
the hold OF soop, and who is supposed TO be the writer
OF the letter. the envelope OF which was iouha III .c
pocket OF tho coat torn from the murderer uurs MS
struggle with Rogers. This man is believed u DC 'ho
real murderer and accordingly most active seaeh mas
been made for him. II has been doinitev asce'ae"
that he came 10 this city when he escaped fom sing
sing lint where he went his arrival ana what were
his haunts during the interval that elapsed ~
arrival and the commission OF the assani, upon '
ia something tho police have not yet pceh "oio ~
oscorta,n II I, quite certain that hc did not mhgie
with his old comrades. tho Slhe'eeh'n'e'' gus -
the poce of that precinct were on tho LOOKOUT ior nm
having heard OF his escape Two weeks oeiore 'no u
dcr ne was seen An the Bowcry by ono OF MS FORMER a
a,a,.o, hat M conversation passed between them,
and therefore no information gained IL Is believed
49,, 80 -, - o., a Tina with the desperate crowd VINO
nfest tho Eighteenth ward in the vicinity OF IliIa"o w.
and Eighteenth or Twentethsts' oh'cers arc on ~,
track and only by lucky cO'ao'H"'o" s"..,v
,,,ns,oncos can he escape, az the deScrip'
,on q, bIs nersou. obtained from tho prison
c,o,s a, nor,ec, This description has ,nready oeeh
Forwarded TO all the principal elites In the United states
anG c,nadas and stimulacd by the hope fsharing IN
tho promised reward for his apprehension scores Oh lynx
eyed policemen are scanning tho arrivals ana
ut their Irrespective cities, VI seaiehns 'nio"s" 'H'