The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-03-26

The story of William O.. Cunningham. In
reglrd 10 the Rogers murder, is o yory sin.
gulm dne, md although it is not oreditca
by the authorities in Now Yoki CITY, It IL
VERT circumBtaniihl in lis detaifs. He &c.
cusa3 james Logan NoA2 with thetcrmc.
the motive being revenge on Rogers ior
having procured his Incarceration in sing
Sing, FOR burglary, at two different times.
The first offense was committed in Patter-
aoB NJ ]. ,1nnd tho second in Now York
city. Logan entered into n conspiracy
with his parNmour, in pursuance of which
she donnod malo attire and tracked Rogers.
with n Wow OF learning some quiet resort,
where Logan could wrcak his vengeance
WbnqcnShged in follbking him up in this
manner, She found herself PREGNANT. ns n
result of her intimacy with Logan. and de-
manded that he should keep his agreement
TO marry her, before following Rogers fur
Their.
This he refused to. aud a rupture fol.
lowed. In the meantime, she hid pro-
cured u set Of keys to the rooms in Rogers'
dwelling, and other articles, which she re-
fused to surrender to Logan. At this
iuucture Cunningham WIS called in. and
agreed 10 procure the desired ariiClea from
her. While %endeavoring to obtain mn in.
ttrview with her. Cunningham was smitten
with the charms Of n young woman and
married her. Soon after, he met Lognn's
discarded paramour, but all his arguments
fniled to induce q surrender of the desired
articles. She finally, however, promised TO
give them up, If Cunningham would marry
her. This he readily consented 90 do; the
knot was tied, and the keys obtained. He
then informed her that he had another
wife. aud could not live with her. At this
she flew into q towering passion. She sub
s%euuontly caused his arrest for biqnmv,
aud Cunningham now charges conspiracy
between her and Logan, to keep him i'm
prison, in order to save the life OF the lat
ter In describing the murder, Cunning
ham closes "a follows;
ION the 31st day Of December last Chas.
VI. Rogers fell under the knife of his enc
my. My brother wus the person on the
other side of the way, who, when he saw
the dirk raised, cried, Don't, JIM He IL
also the person with whom Logan changed
coats after the murder. He still holds that
coat with the piece ont of it, which Rogers
lore from IL. Not long after the murder
was committed, / was waited upon by my
brother, and told that if l would diyulge
all Of my information, my release might
be effected. I accordingly wrote to Dis
trict Attorney Garvin in effect that il he
would secure TO myself my brother
and my second wife, immunity
from arrest, l would supply him with
| evidence of Logan's guilt, which must
undoubtedly secure his conviction. The
District Attorney wrote back that he would
give me a guaranty against prosecution, if
/ would make the promised important rev
Citations. A few days after \ despatched
chief detective officer Young 10 this place,
authorizing him to give the guaranty he
had promised Inc. l made my statements,
but refused, except upon the delivery Of
the guaranty ! had exacted, to give the
names Of my brother and myself. Nor did
the detective officer induce me 10 swerve
for a moioent from this determination. lie
even vent SO lar as to agree 10 pay me $500
in cash for the names / had concealed, but
] would not give them 10 him. / will with
out further reward, give them the evidence
they want for Logan's conviction"