Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-25

Tho Detailed Statement 81 Mr.
hORers 10 Ills paAsOr 'Ehc Acs
Probably Prem cuttuted

lie fhCt- ale Nltrt II " rs VIC NNtf "
one o, he servants 10 sweep the basement
hal and front AREA every morning. ga ths
morning ofthe cad occurrence she was late.
Mr.. Rogers ment up stairs TO ASCERTAIN We
cause OF her DELAY She complained oi no.
feeling veil With his Characteristic kind
ness Of heart, he told her to lie down for
while. aud he YOU q see that her work was
attended TO. lie thought he would do II
himself. IL was sonsthing be had never
done before, and on this OCCASION only =
relieve his indispossd servant. lie had got
a. far o. the top Of the ares steps. He was
inside the osurty ard. and not upon tbs side
walk. His attention was first stirAoled BY
hearing soms remark in which the verde
old man were used. The remark was net
addressed 10 him. He locked up, as one
naturally would engaged in sweeping, and
saw two men waking slowly away. One
vas taking off his overcoat, which he gave
10 the other. who ran across the street with
IT. The movement. however singular, did
not create any suspicion in the mind VI
Mr.. Rogers. lie heard the one from the
opposite side lay, Don't, jim, you had
better not All this occupied but mo
msnt or two The other mined a,ely made
a dash al him with q knife, coming through
gate and into The yard. 1t would see.n
| from this that murder as we'll as robbery
was intended from the beginning.
This attack Was made At his head, and
the hat Of the unfortunate msu was cut 10
several places. Mr.. Rogers naturally threw
up is hands to ward off The blows. Ills
as.ailant then quickly grappled him. and.
in the struggs that cnsusd. Auccssdsd IN
obtaining possession Of his pocket book,
which he thrust in the breast pocket Of his
HAnnel sack Mr.. Rogers became exhausted
in tho struggle, and for moment ceased
his resistancs. IL was then thst the assail-
| ant cut his watch guard, and thrust the
| watch into the came breast pocket.
in the account which you copy from the
/ New York 7,mest 10 stated that the massive
| cham attracted tho eye Of the assailant.
Mr.. Rogers we're ne assivs chain. lie had
worn for years, ond did en- this occasion, .
| very plain hair chain, with . ANAL gold
Slide. II was by no means conspicuous.
A massive gold chain would not have bssn
% easily cut. This act seemed TO fire Nj
Rogers anew. and he again seized bold Of
his assaIiant, hoping TO detain him until
| assistance came, crying with what littls
s,reng,h he had left Murder Watch :
IL was then that the fatal wound was
given.
The coat was torn frem the murderer
| ~ his struggle to- escape after tho stabbine
took place Mr.. Rogers kept the piece OF
garment in his hand until lie reached his
parlor, and told thoss who gathered abeu,
nun that they woIld lind his psckstbook
and watch in il. lie had secured his prop
srty, but lost his life. The tlme 81 the
| occurrence WAS lit Q before seven o clock
| "lhesc are the facts rs they were stated
to me by my unfortunate friend lev hour.
before he died. They were gwen in answer
| to inquiries, which were made with . view
| Of learning from his own lips all the clrcum-
stances ms near As he could remember them
mo word was addressed TO Mr. Rogers
| 10y his assailaut. There was, therefore, no
quarrel previous TO the assault The attack
was made IN his courtyard, and without any
provocstIon.'
ruR MURDERER rEoBAaLY LIFT THE CITY.
From The New York Tines ofJAn. 10.
Yet certain facts have b-sn current in
oilicial circles, and as the publicity Of some
OF these would MOI interfere with the sue
cesslul pursuit OF the assass,n. they have
been laid before our readers. In certain
unlrttTs " has UeCu NttttPte0 W tbtON
dlscredit on some OF these statements it J.
proper to say that the story OF the sing Sing
developments of Monday last was . l,ters.
| transcript Of thoroughly established facts
Whatever else may happen, it is certain
,hat nothing in tho future will disprove the
| statement that Tho Sing Sing Oenvict Who
wrote the letter directed 70 flames Logan,
New York city,, escaped with the letter In
his pocket, and came 10 this city. From
this point out, everything 10 assumption.
| but the theories established on the meagre
| facts have the merit Of plausibility. The
| police having accepted tho self surrender
| Of James Logan No II as conclusive evil
! dsnco OF his innocence, were inevitably
driven to the conclusion tn 1 the assassin
would be found IN the writer Of the letter
and npon this conclusion have acted and
| must act unIl II is discovered that the let
| ter passed through the handle Of some thru
| party. detective is always devoted to
| he mysterious. and . police man has no
/ cOmrunctions when deny ing the truth for
he sake OF turthering the ends Of Justice
aud hence We have nigh police authorit,
seeking to give the tinee OF romance to " Il
sstantished facts, and protesting utter igno-
rance II the escaped convict. Others OF
these detectives seek to create the impress
| son that thsre Is yot another Logan un
| found, but meet with but poor success in
| hat direction, as popular CT sdullty 10 new
| exhausted, and nobody believes that q
| usreon named Logan committed the muir
der
One fact has, however, pressed itself ups
IN the public mind for two days past, and
has kvapykt q
Of spirits. This fact is, the absence Of the
suspected man from the city for they have
been forced to admit that he has very pro-
| badly not been in tho city for aoms day =
post. but where he is, when he left, Or what
route he toek, are equally unknswn. H.
| the absence of all definite Information con
| corning hun, they find consolation in his
| innate stupidity, and are certain that vsty
.oon he will commit soms blunder by which
| his hiding place will be revealed.
Discovery eTOursed Gold IN Zee.
ria. ~ = Party Of Work men.
From the Peoria Transcripts. Jan. 3.
Yesterday afternoon. workmen engaged
in excavatlng . cellar on tho ground Tor
msrly occupied BY the old Spin ,stts saloon
building, on Main street, unsarthsd crock
containing . let Of geld pieces Of the de
| nsminatisn Of $50 aud ESQ.
Ths crook was inclsssd in sack, and one
Of the men picked it up. smptyiug the gold
on the ground, before he knew what the
ssck conlained. The workmsn dropped
heir shovsls and began 10 pick up the
shining pieces. Children play ing "scrab,
lungs" for hickory nuts we're ns,Aing 70
these older children fighting for msnsy
Tue person who fr,t discovered the gold
secured the crock and made on with It,
and each Of the fortunate ones who secured
part Of the treasure ran away, 10 that there
WAS sudden cessation Of work on the ex-
cavation. Oas man was 50 Disguised at
not getting any OF the money, that he hung
his pick in the air and ''pnt out home.
We were unable to learn the amount
found, but it was certainly over 81 900 and
perhaps $4,000. Some alege that the
man whs carried off the sack and its re-
matninG s"n,snts secured over 81 900, but
there's no authority for any such state
ment Another man is said to have a.
cured seven %ao pieces and others go, less
| amounts
Ths money Was pi obably hidden in the
earth BY the lac Antonio Spinetto. lie
purchased the property in 1856. He died
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