The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-14
HEAVY ON
Forester In the Forest ~CiIy-!ioVv the
Prize Slip Through their Fingers,

The New York Herald Of Wednesday prints
a long report of an Interview between Farley,
one of the New York Detectives, and the no.
torlous Billy FORESTER, the alleged murderer
of Nathan, for whose arrest, If convicted, re-
wards amounting IL the aggregate to $4,000
will be paid. Forester gives a full account oil
his wanderlngs and adventures In the South,
and tells a rather good story of the way In
which he fooled the police authorities oil sa-
yannah. We copy this portion OF the inter-
view:
"Let me see, you got arrested in Georgia.
didn't your" =,
,ha,s YES. thew took me up there at Savannah
but I turned over all the stuff and they let me
90 That was the narroWest hole got into
sInce yon we're down in New Orleans. Tnere'd
mean som heavy work gclbg on around lnere
far some time and they couldn't foil upon any
hndv. that made 'em 30 mad; what with the
napsrs pitching in and the people growing,
That they were determined when they gothold
of me to give iE to me. trlea Que ol Ihe oIG
tricks on them-you know what l mean-and
,hev ali pot as soft as young kittens. The
Mnvor came to me and promised me that II l
tnrned over the stuff there'd be no more about
IL. and 40 did the magistrate, the Chief OF po-
lice an the Governor. They all gave me their
words that I should ret out oil II, and 30 re-
turned the stuff. They have hue laws IN mat
State-yes, sir, The finest laws OF any Slate In
America. When anything like that occurs the
mans obliged 10 leave tnS STATE ana not come
back 10 It again. Well, cir, when they got me-
some fellow there, / forget what they call him
n me- that were sent round with a de-
scrIplion attached to 1t. He showed
II, 20 me and asked me II knew VINO that was.
said: Yes; that's Billy FORESTER 'Yon
look mighty like him. says he. You n
Sot n good eve for likenesseS,' says l, 'Or you
haven't read that description very carefully
The chief of police was standing there In the
oface and I saw by his eye be had O suspicion
OF me. knew then If dropped q trick In the
game The rubber was lost, and l Stuck to It.
With the chief watching me, l took the like
ness out oil his hand. See here. says /; that
mans thlrty.ive years Of age; ain't twenty
eight. We're about the same helght aud
build-oh, he's very like me-. In fact, we've
otrsn besn taken Tor each other. This man
Tusiahs one hundred and iorty pounds, and
Din nearly one hundred and fifty pounds.
Ha,s pot black ewes, and | haven't. His eyes
have q Wild expression In them-now Look a.
nine. there's nothing wild In them, Is there
| Forrester's got straight black hair; my hair
aIn,t black. FOrreeterS COL D Small, narrow
| foot and wears O TWO and o half; | wear q six.
Has rot q bracelet In India Ink on his left
wrist: look here, I've got en on both wrists.
| That staggered him, AMI ne said: We'll, II
/ ain,t YOU, that's plain; but lneres q powerful
rasemblance.' 4 know lhat,' says L; 'pVe
bpen told that before, more than once.
was watching the chief OF police all the time,
and Jaw he was not satisfied he had a doubt
about me still. just a0ont mat point In the
conversation the mayor came In and said
evsrrthing was all right; they would send me
ont Of The State. and asked me where I would
on He said he would 8 nd me to New York
or Baltimore or New Orleans. l know the
chief was waiting to hear ME say where was
ooino IN. and il I didn't say New York he
wonId nounce upon me. Well says the
maunr, where are you going? You must be
Of ar nnce.' New York, says /, If / can ge
thars straight, This threw the chief of. He
turned hIs back and walked 10 the other ent
of liza room. So they put me aboard Int
s,a,mer and started me away for New York
Rsfrre Left the chief said to me, you ar
goinr a,raioht to town, mind, no getting ell.
nromished him ! wouldn't-that I'D e
straight to town, and went
'On to New York ". ,o-
.Yes. on the steamship Magnolia; and may
he I didn't look out fol that police boa
Seneca when we got to the Hook. l wa
friohiened. The chief OF police at Savannah
who ia the haDdsomest maa In The business II
americl. would be telegrsphing on here De
lore me. though he promised me ne Wouldnl
prt We rot in all right. and DO Seneca alte
me. we came right up to the wharf an
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