, 1869-02-06
TIE ROGERS MURDER.
Tho Criminal Captured How it was
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From the Ner York Be.atd, Feb.s
That The realn1urdeEer Is now an inmate Of
the fifteenth Precinct ID beyond doubt, and
that man Is jack Robiusnp, a5t1s Haher. Un-
Ill Sunday Rr4vc doubts vefe fell ~ to who
IL the party TO whom this grave udenee Of
lue-taking clicEs; but certain reyclatfons
wezc made In the Afternoon OF thst. day shst
der The facts ase ~ follows, rnd upoa tteir
accuracy the public m3y implicitly rely IN
every particuttr, ): rs the fninrmstion- Is. de-
rived fronl undoub.ed and reliable aaurces;
+ Some time last week the mae Of q ssoop
Slug reno in the newspapers tho particulars
/. oi The evidence giTc1 before the Gorontr's
inquest and The description Of the e.At' md
hat worn br the murderer. Els memory r.
called the fact that some months previous q
man, who gave the name of N&hcr, had
come down the river oa. the sIoop, and SUBJ
-sc1uentlJ sccepked employment upon 1t.
While eerylng on The sloop the mate discor-
cred that he was fugitive from Sin, 6iug;
but, tor r q q iscnr11nEtie yesseance oI the
own council and said nothing c1lcul1ted 10
put the police on the trail Of the eseaPed
While ou the sIoop the mate gave Aaher
coat and hat, rs he MAS deficient In ward
robe,
The description given Of The coat aud hat,
aud the publication OF the sfacts that the
murderer WAS supposed to be ~ escaped
prisoner from stpg-sloe, irduced him To visit
ihe Fifteenth Precsnct Stallion House, where
he met Sergeant LoHry and Inquired.
AT that Interview the mate inquired if the
Sergeant could assure him Of IN appointment
On the police toree II he gave Information re-
u courte Sergeant Lowery could make no
! such pls dye. The mate tneu becam more
communicative, aud remarked to tho officer
| IL Jou: Will exar1ne the cost you will
End upon It what appeaz to be blood spots.
paia ss on / IN ahie aSe' paintug 1 e'iss iss
v.ssei last fan"
The Sergeant clo.e,y scrutinhed the gar
Ment and found the spots on tho parts ss IN
d!ca:cd. THIS was certainly but s1lght ne,
Is dozens Of cos:s might be marked In the
Mos" sid the mate. " If you turn up
the leather efnding uf the hat Sou wilt dud,
On the inside Of tho binding, q certain marx
,lnsa ,hat lone oi you pFo4ol'' have before no
liz here described q marx that he had
PLACED there bef re the hat went Into Maher's
possession, the nature or which, It Is rcque4r-
ed, shall uot, at this stage ol the proceed
irgs, hr made public, lest II might throw
lulther Etnculties Ia tic way Of the authori.
ties.
The Sergeant took the hat aud minute1y
! examined 1t. To bis surprise and delight, he
found the mark as described In every paEttcu.
lar. Hire MAS clue that WAS oi vAl1c, and
Lowr5 a. ouce became convinced that. at
mate could. IN all prob.aiilty, give the de.
sired Information TO lead to The srres. Of The
murderer. .. an.
"What do you think Of the case nov -
asked the mate. Ii not the discovery Of the
! perpetratur Of the crime worth pa<olman's
posnlon!'
The Sergeant expressed the Opinion that Il
WIS, and, taking the n1au to the Centfal
Jt5ce: gave him private audtence with one
OF The Commissioner%3fr. Brennan, y Is
information obtained, at once agreed to the
! mates terms. The man Then described
Hahcr, who II every particular eorresponds
; | 10 the description Gfven hJ hr Roges1, 40
s1oop had BEEN in the habit Of lodging IN Sta
BE slso enve the names Of James Reilly
. and q man named John Collins a. parties
| With whom Maher was in the habit OF akso-
eating. TO make the evidence sga'nst Aaher
n,ore f,sopr Il xas deemed advisable to se.
!. cure ! nan who was With him On the
, morning OF the murder The male aud the
, Sergeant were At a loss 70 decide whether
. that nan was CoIlirs or Reilly.
: The .cts were reported to Superintendent
| Kennedy, and, armed With an order to turu
out lie dodgers IL the statln houses and e5.
: anime them, on Sunday night Loxe1y, the
ma.e md ward officer set out on tour ol
l
! boa4es aud pstadtng the lodeess the Four
, teeuth Precinct Station House, N Spring
street, was visited
, There the ren, Aaher and Rei,iJ, wsle Il
| once pointed ont to 1nweFS, who took them
: I,to custody. On being asked hts name
Naber suswered, !" John knuinsou."
!. "That Is uos the name ynu gave me on
| the sIotp," said the mate. -.
~ know it IS rot. nag haze given you
! the zane OF Aaber."
: The mutual recognition between tie mate
: and Mehes convinced LoweEy thai he Ind
!. st list beso rewarded tor hts 3onE ana lAoo-
: : riors eeszch. The prisoners we're At ouee re
= moved to the Fiifeenth Precinct stah- I
O Bouse and confined In separate celts- Ths
i, nrineipal IN custody, the next thing to ot
4 ! ione "a. TO secure the rnaa Collins, as 1t VIZ
II Souhtful which OF ,Aaher's. friends. vas ths
J. secnmplIce, Nllh thi4 object III view tht
: ;scfs Gi the arrest werc carefully guarded les|
4 nrrm1ture publication should w1Eu Collin.
( pfImpend!ng danger aud lndnce him to &c
Z out Of the way.
= !. matter that battles toe Officers and tn
!. nate. come. however. proiess to accouu
% for Il IN This way that On the escape q
> Maher from Sing Sing the letter "as giYel
10 him 70 deliver, with instructions from II!
or writer to op<n It sud read It, and
a. 2; likely to be recapsuled to destroy IN
!, enclosure, retain,rg tile envelope 50 a. t
- eon1,unJc.1e II. ct,nieota to Logan shout
i. hr succxcd ia reaching New York;
At ru1 PhisoSEH's HABiIa:
% The entry on the h1olter Of the Fourleent
oi p,eciuct Stat!on Housa states that JANE
~ ~ Maher, aHas Jack Rohiusou, Is nAtiSe