Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-02
THE WHOLE STORY

| of the case, or as much OF II as could moi
be held back, fell into the hands of the
indefatigable reporters. Shortly after
the robbery, it is said, that Angelo
Marie was seen escorting a man ovel
the Mississippi river, one morning before
daylight. Captain Athey was at sea uI
to the time he heard that little piece o.
insignificant news. He Immediately
telegraphed to the Chief of Police al
Little Rock, to look out for a person
having certain styles of watches and
pistols. The Chief of Police telegraphed
him back that he had arrested one Ran
som for passing counterfeit money, de-
scribing the sort of man and all neces-
sary particulars. By consulting his
private register the Chief of Police here
discovered that those notes were the
same that were stolen out of his safe,
and he at once determined to visit Lit
tie Rock and learn the whole thing him.
self. Taking Harry Cranmer with him,
a gentleman of great experience and
fResse, he arrived safe in the capitol OF
"Arkansawn and went to work. Ran
som was in jail. The nippers, which
were taken on the night of the burglary
were found on him. Chief Athey
knows those nippers. Detectives Walsh
and McCune say they know the nippers
also, by certain mark that
is on them. Two counterfeit bills
of the denomination of one hundred dol
lars, the same that were taken from the
] safe, were also found upon Ransom A
detective, or police of some sort, was
! found in Little Rock, who was thrown
| into the cell with Ransom for the pur-
| pose of pumping him. He pretended
that he was under arrest for burglary, or
some such crime, and that he would be
taken to Memphis shortly, and all that
sort of thing; and he says he got Ran
som t0p pen the following r 1f
UNIQUE NOTE $50 -1' ..t54
to Angelo Marie, of this city. This ap-
pears to be the fruits of his operations =
"ANGELo-I am in bad fix about
them bills, but can settle it for one hun
dred and fifty dollors. / want you to
send me one hundred and fifty dollars at
once. 1 am collared.' that is, not
slOughed up but a collar that is tight,
and intends sticking to me until square
it, or he will slough me up. / want
and will return it. Don't feil, or Pm
Ransom, Metropolitan Hotel, Little
lay me under obligation. D0C.n
What use is intended to be made of this
letter, whether genuine or not, does not
appear. When the detective or police
man came forth from his cell with this
document, he did not carry it to Mem
phis and hand it over TO the person it
was intended for, and thus work out a
point but on the contrary he gave it up
- Ao fnF s.fD DDI l. n
was read. Marie never saw it. Having
thus gathered information in regard to
the supposed "palsn y of Ransom, Chief
Athy SIT to work to bail out the counter
feiter, which was done by getting relia-
BILE person in Little Rock to go three
thousand dollars bond for him, upon
which he was released and carried by
the Chief and Mr.. Cranmer to Memphis.
This part of the business was very
deftly managed. There was no warrant
out for his arrest, nor no requisition
from the Governor of Tennessee, and
Ransom, having been released on bond,
was a free man. Captain Athy, how
ever, was fully determined to carry him
over. He says he never was more posi-
tive or determined about anything in
his life. The party arrived safely Friday
night, lodging their prisoner in the sta
tionhouse so quietly that the newspaper
men could not learn anything about it
save what was gathered from the Little
Rock papers of that day. Detective
Cranmer, with his usual bland smile,
acted as sweetly as the Fat Boy " in
Psckwick, and Captain Athy himself
hurried home to avoid any questioning
by the curious. 1t was not known
where they had gone until they re-
turned.
Whether Ransom made any confess
sions, as yet has not transpired. Yes |
terday morning, however, Chief Athy, |
bright and early, made extensive and |
complete arrangements to capture An
gelo Marie, and to have a complete |
! earch of his premises, and Of the prem
ises of woman who lives on Market
Square. About twenty policemen We're
detailed to the work. Four or five men |
were sent TO surround Annie Melrose's |
house, while Others went with the Chief /
to Marre's saloon, next to the 0verton /
Hotel, and commenced operations. The
premises were ransaeked from cellar to
garnet, and every available nook. The
yard was dug up, and the back places
explored with great diligence.
IN THE Garrett.
a complete set of tools was found,
such as are used by accomplished cracks
men; some "jimmies, " commonly used /
for opening dry goods boxes, or bursting
doors open; small saws, drills, rackets /
and various articles of utility to the
burglar in the pursuit of profitable swag.
There was also found small quantity
Of bad money.
In the meantime the police, surround
ing the premises on Market Square,
became irksOme to the free spirit of
Annie Melrose, who walked forth and
to know what they wanted.
They could not tell her, for they did not
knew nor even suspect what was up.
Not having read the APPEAL of that
they were in profound igno<
rance of what was on the official tIpis.
The utility of regularly reading the AP-
PEAL is evident from this small circum-
stance alone. Every policeman ought /
to make point OF reading a first-class
paper of morning, and forego the cock
tail. The practice would be found much
more healthy and conducive to morality
and higher intelligence.
Finally Angelo Marie walked forth,
and wanted to know why he could
not pass on about his business.
They could not tell. 1t was a
He said that if he
was wanted at the police station he
would accompany officer Hagerty down
10 that hostelry and ascertain what was
lp. On the way down he denounced
the whole thing as an unmitigated out
rage to deprive person of liberty with
Out any process or warrant, and with
out the commission of any crime. Hav-
ing reached the stationhouse, he made
more demands, but they were not an
,wered. The Chief was sent for, who
luickly went to the stationhouse, and
ordered shackles put on the feet of
Angelo.
THE SCENE
hat ensued was the smallest bit excit-
ng. Marie looked at Athy in the eye
with a cold stare, and slowly drawled
1ut, ''No, you don't.n The Chief jerked
out his pistol ON the moment, and indi-
eated by his action that he would. There
we're several policemen present.
1t the time, and when the shackles and
handouts were on he was dragged down
and showed out doors to have his photo
graph taken for the rogues' gallery. In
the excitement of the moment the
Chief himself pulled him off the eoun-
ter: he was run out the door and across
The street and then across back, with
three or four police surrounding him.
The excitement was great until he
reached the Photographic gallery on
picture was taken and Mare in chains)
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