, 1870-08-14

Tle afflicted fan1i1y Of the late nrzde:el ma,
have been unable 10 advance any t!,..urs Il
their oNn regarding the murder, bat l,avu Ut.
tho slightest doubt of the Innocence OF N:4
Kelly S.d Ter ton, ard asc grievei to til l.
that they sLould l,c suspected of anY k.l,z.:-
edge 1t a eriu1o 20 heinous and f1shttc1 ttst
cvt1l the :unats Of crime in tu.s bloosi-=taipej
Sun Interviewed William Ecl1y s.e:s!ay r.
tc:nuo., AID foul.d him 70 Lc ! youny nsa "
atdnt trcnty -dvc years Of age, tive feet cit;s,,
. i::cl,ee Eigi:, aid rather mus:rlar. lis ap-
: EcasaLcr Is Euprepcs. eesiug, coEple1isn light,
with rathtr dark hair, 4 sandy n1,:.=:a:ilc,
j Will hrnsy, 1Sts9:ansiEg cJcb.ous. :::1 ce.v
.ost!s'Gile cxi xiFt:sion about the eyes. liz re-
+: iustd to make sIy statement, sayiu; :La: lls
l,L.i told sli I,e k,4cw, or would tell, j: the
/ tnft.Ara inquest; bit in answer to que3-
! tlcn. .c:d that Ee raj go itlra Wko tho MIR
J, Gest- q! N-. Nathan xas- While Til. coarers,-
!: tier was gting IN. Mrs helly cauo ont to tto
basement doG1,-the iro,. door Of which
~a1 shat up al! the ti1ne, the reporter being
On the outside aud kelly On :he inside Of it.
and ordered her son in she house, takin; him
itf:soly l'y tlo alm and s7yinc. '.Cone iu,
and co uot tell them anything" to xIich he
son replied, as he shook hs- on, lie da:ifM
ny own business ain't going to teyi nosb- al,Js
Ing And so the interview was brought to
al ''rnrt close- There is no doubt tia,
yti--. Ec]ly is under strict police surveillance.
j AZ 'cSt tic authorities do not admit it. and
mAtie the house Is IN charge Of Tho police, and
tile family Of tie Late a1r. -1thau ars occnpy-
1nE letns - The Alte:Ea1le Hotel. the house
Il teiIE tsien care Of BY Ms. Kelly. Ler sou,
and a male domestic. The police ase s.:n os-
cfgs'icaliy followiEg up Il, r.pes-eye,, seem-
lHg!s IMP Ecssiols tlleosicz-wlth, ut being ALL,
% fastsn tse guilt On any ore ; lut until Viii
!lam belly and iis mother eau establish .heir
nnoeeEcc. pubic attention will 30 directed
toward them, aid the orinio14 will gain ground
that they Lave some knoN.s1e, which his
been carefully Kept from the publ
On the I'd instant q telegraph lespcfc3,
was sent bg Superintendent y Ian u
~ ,ana PIasn,nsoksEs PIss,a21 ,.~ ioan oiess second.
arcst Of any pessoa Offering watch
numbered 5,C57. Detectives Dunn aud
Gl!nn, while in the ]ewelry store At No. 13I
SrtiE6 street, were informed that uasru had
cs!lea on the previous Saturday md oie7ed
watch Of the number and description noted
aud tpok description o1 ths colorcd man, an1
At oclock slat evening black man answer
iEg the description was arrested At Droorae and
Thompson streets Els name is James Jefre7s.
He said that the watch had been givsu
him by Eddy" Nelly, bartender for
sen etlex:s x q 1ss ss'as sass..s saa h'R II ssRd
that on the Previous Saturday : colored man
wanted to bvrToF some money nn gold watch.
sud that As lent the naa IS; hut that he had
had the watch only st o1t tiEa shca sic
original owLtr redeemed it. aul lle saw no
u4or1 Of il. The man, he said. uAs a:1za;ar
to l,u,. He described this stranger, giyiE uia
nsme as '' Smut" Tho police ILen bet i -:,:,s
finding .'Smut," ard visited al res ~, nj
colored men. On Sunday l4isht, At aro-.. II
o'clock, the police learned shai one Il: j: II
Il:on'rton, Of 60 Thompson r'-eo'. vi!
''Snrt." But be had heard Ct til A.,. r.. If
IcEe.s and Nelly. AID frightened. III ae: -
Sewatk- Meantime. Jefrc.s aai VI: ..re
committed by JE-t,cc Doa1irE On t:!t ~. ;asi:s
Of tho tewc:ler ard Clnt1i .,;l.)er~
mott. fo- the uur;:nc OF E:T.r3 tbs
latter 4 claEce to tiEd *'Smut." u, M,a.iay
morning the captain. with two date;-
tiyes went 10 Newark, and learned that '.Sr,r:'
had gene OH eli excrrtin1,. Tie escursiou
patty returned At quarter to OF Tuesday
morning. :ut their u:1:i WAS Ert a.1oug til nj,
having landed at Wcet Thir;y-s.coat1 etreet,
New }oEl. Bur they csme to this city, s::d
f5una smut" dtias Wns. Thompson, at CD
Thompson street lie sals1 that ho tad bouEht
The watch OF Henry Golls:ein. q pawnaeoker.
at PCS Spring ssree:, Tor $50, anG: that afiey
wearing i: IL days he sold it Laek for 5 10.
IS lie Id no: lie It. Il. WIS then takeu 10 the
1':wi.i..ntos. .;so acknowledged the double
rs!e. ar. r-.~aced a witch Which was reros.
.zc:i t. Thompson. Captain McDernlott
foHnd il 10 be double-c7se rteu1-wip1cr, but
tie numbers wore not the came ~ ol, Mr. Nj.
tLau'a watch. Thus ouded tha search for
sscna-MlEdeE No. 5,G57.