The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-29

nome. nave telegfaphed him 10 como 10 Wheel.
Ing At once. Can have him here In h day or two.
He lives In Marietta, Ohlo.' 'lV
Prlsoners-'Are We to be heldS atau
J.Rt--.YeS, sir Jn d(J.,s
Capt Conant-SUH less fou coon to Wheeling.
Yen can go with melt yea choose"
M 1oungsS Prisoner-'.W don't propose TO Co.
" care oenged 70 yon oryoar6aer Is an escort
capt. Conant-"Well, W6Rfn takeyou. y
Younger Prisoner "IhIs 10 silly charge. Are
We TO be held here for three days, or q week, or
month, until this man iB lshed out from The
bowels OF the eatth-brought from an unknown
tcgioni simply because man with blsck WhIsk-
IS ana another With sandy moustaShG are ac-
J.P., interlpling Have you any witnessess"
Yourger PFisOher-"DraRged Tof train and
put into filthy CELL Tho proprietor Of the Nc.
Lure House won't swear to the man. q d says he
had shorter beard. Gould my friends beard
nave grown in four-anu twenty h6ursII Ho are
citizens OF thu United tAtates, and have never
heard OF such lawns lstrled 10 be applied here.
II tho law L. 80 here, Il ID not so In any other
country. The Chief Of Police AEcoated me when
we were thrust into this room as II we had been
convicted felons." LII gF,l.1Sf : :. -
J. P.-"You agree with the descriptions" \
Younger Prisoner-"Beg your pardon, sir. No
J.P.-"And you refused to give your names. "
Younger Prisoner=.tAnd there again must
correct you We did not refuse 10 give our
heard from the other side" 4ETl3 =
J,P.-"What are your namssf" YT
Older Prisoner ~ am THOMAS FRANCls
bgRKB!-GENERAL BURKEI" lIf
Younger Prlsoncr-s.And am AUGUSTINE z.
COSTELLO II thcfe Wheeling gentlemen had
justice, theywonld have known that We spoke In
last" =, M -
J.P.-"I think IhaVo enough evidence to do.
GGagt. G;Gstelo-" ", you take our Oaths,"
=. P-"No, cir. They are not good now" a
Capt Costello, warmly-"Will You mot listen,
for Gods sakef We arc citizens OF this conn.
lfy, and iGVc been dragged out OF the cars and
put IN hog.pen Of . CELL" 51HTS
J.P1 intertupting-''I will hold you until tho
OEu OF ApFtl." sflf 80 %. tal. .ll. .t .TI
Mr.. CUstello-.I wish to make q statement"
,r ~. P.-"You can have your choice OF going TO
wheeling or remaining hero-orI viii admit
You In bail OF q, 800 'eaeh.r ia5lfs ~ : ~
Capt Costello, looking around-I sec NO gen
etons person here TO bail us. 10.
Ten. Burkc-"We will 20 to Wheeling and
meet our accuSer iaeo to facet 3.iliE -
J. PI"Will you go to Wheeling"
Mr.. Costello --"We arc In an ugly pos ION, and
hardly knowWhAt to d0,n ,.igI-l7 l.sfiF.
Capt. Conant-"IIaVc you friends In Wheel
Capt. oostcllo-"Yes, plenty OF them. ~ q 2
Gen. Burke-ltIss said I stayed with this man
In Baltimore"
Mr.. Goodwin-"Archer said 80 himself"
J. P.="Will you go 70 Whcelingw "
Gen. BurkG-"I guess II Is our wlsest course 10
60 where the swtndlc occurred and meet the
Capt shafer-"Captain oonant, the men arc
In your charge" - I Hsl U. 70
Capt Conant, accompanied by two or
three Of our police, escorted the men to
the ST. Nicholas Hotel, where they were
kept under guard until the mail train west
came, when they were taken to Wheeling.
Our reporter called on the prisoners at
their room In the hotel. On being intro
duced, General Burke and his comrade
entered freely intos conversations They
were found To- be, intelligent, quick and
earnest-and, seemed to feel keenly the
unpleasantness Of their situation. Upon
it being mentioned to them by our report
er that they had, he thought, damaged
their case by endeayoring to conceal
themselves, they said, that feeling limo.
cent, they were sure the officers couldnot
make out o case against them, and they
would be discharged, and their names
thus kept out Of the papers and peoples
mouths but that as coon as It was de-
Cided to. hold them they, concluded to go
to Wheeling and have the matter settled.
On our reporter oifering,i II they desired
IT. to withhold their names, they thanked
him, but said the matter was sure TO get
in the prints anyhow, and an effort to
smother 1t might look suspicious THAT
they would go to Wheeling and have the
whole thing cleared up, :, ~ eF
General Burke is the renowned Fenian.
He was for months an inmate Of an En-
glisli prison, under sentence Of death.
Capt. Costello was one OF theparty who
LETT our shores,with vessel loaded with
arms for the Fenians, Both men are we'll
known In The country. Gen. Burke was
entertained in Baltimore by the munich.
pal authorities some months since. He
says since that day he has not been in
Baltimore-and that he and Costello went
to Wheeling ria Pittsburgh on Thursday
oflast week, and addressed o meeting on
Saturday night
General Burke wrote while at the sta
.tion.house before the hearing, adispatch
which he afterwards tore up and threw on
tue llOol' so lhe pieces were aecureu anu
put together, and were found to read as
follows: .sgi3lg
o,a CUMBERLAND STATION, March q, 1874,
~ l0iloE1A Rosa, Nttp York! Jui.5JgT n,
Geo. Francis Train oHtdone, Cost and ] ar
rested on a.chargc Of being confidence lsWind-
ierS' 'T BuRKR
supposed to refer to Costello. 5, ,5,5-
When this dispatch was showRto. our
reporter he at once suggested who the
men were, but some thought the dispatch
a blind Subsequent events proved our
reporter TO be correct, s.ll.5 Il SD Sgsi;
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