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

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We gave those dispatches to the off,
Ger with 81 Toto pay. was returned 5
cents change and told the dispatches wero
Gent. ElnewN nothing more Of the dis
patches tin my arfivalat Wheeling, when
In the presence OF Mr.. John Nolan, Mr..
Conant handed me those two dispatches
and 81 Q5, he having put both In his
pocket and I'd d me hey were Sent 10 their
destination. This (showing giD is'a aletter I
also wrote to 0Donovan Rosa, and
asked that 1t be sent Immediately. I was
told It was. sent on the 5 O'clock train.
This morning he also handed mo this
letter.
1tEWewefe broushtfrom Cumberland 10
Wheeling, prisoners in charge Of Conaut,
arriving here at 9 o'clock this morning,
taken 70 the Daily House, escorted by.
two of his men, when we were put in the
fourth story, with two guards pacing the
room the, resg Of the. night, with fire
blazing and candles burning, 1--WE Retei
above the region ol gas) y
This morning we were visited by Co.
nant, who in the meantime had tanned
down considerably and seemed as though.
there was something human about him,
alter having interviewed the proprietor ii
the Grant House, Mr.. Woodmansee, Mr.
John Nolan and other gentlemen. n.''" 81 n
Mr.. Woodmapsee visited us, and ap-j
peared to be very intlignantiat the idea Of
our being brought,back on such charge,
and laughed at the idea of Costello's sup.
posed resemblance to johnson, who had
been stopping at the Grant House, and
who was described by Mr.. Woodmansee
as a man with o, hatchet face, very light
hair, lightishred mouStache, slight build,
and even according to Conant's own
swearing, aismall man. The mau Dun
lap" has been described as a man some
six inches shorter and very much stouter
than myself, with an iron.gray beard.
After this interview with Conant and
Woodmansee, egdesired that Mrs John
Nolan beisentfos SConant returned In
a little while with Mr.. Nolan, with a
still greater change in his manner. He
Immediately dismissed the guards, at half.
past nine o'clock and said to US that it was,
"all o mistake" Tor which he was 'sorry,"
and that we might consider ourselves "at
liberty" aud would be "allowed to return
to New York at any moment This we
declined to do. We were not so anxious
now to 60 to New York as Conant was to
have us go. We demanded that the re-
paration 10 our character, il reparation,
were possible, should.now be as great as.
the injury inflicted, that magistrate had
found us guilty enough to detain u.s., and
he (Conant) and those associated with,
him had considered US deserving the in
dignities and humiliations 10 which we
had been subjected, and we were,
not willing TO accept Conant's ipSe dlrit
as final. We demanded TINT We BEL
brought before a court, face 'toiface with
this man Archer il possible, and let that
court determine, in public way, our
guilt or our innocence. Hence. we re-
main ID the city ~" ,s +, h'' ''f''A'
/ condemn IN 'unmeasured terms the
conduct Of Mr.. Goodwin, Of the Mcclure
House, as shutting and ,prevaricating.
He was seemingly impressed with only
one desire, and that was to aid Captain
Conant in carrying home conviction 10.
somebody, no matter who, but l am forced
to believe especially TO US, inasmuch as I
think there Is a deep conspiracy under.
lying this matter, which, perhaps, may
be ierreted out by other men and in
another, place. l am impressed with
the belief that II Mr.. Goodwin Is not q
free trader he is, certAinlyca q free swearer.
"Have you an idea, General" We asked
"of prosecuting ngthe mattefin the courts"
Gen. Burkc-Unquestionably. We have
already taken steps in that direction, and,
have taken the advice of q prominent
lawyer in this city:
We asked If there was anything else
Gen. Burke would like to add. Ho said:
Nothing But thst4 an dssirous Of ex-.
pressing In this manner, with your per-
mission, my grateful thanks to NMr. John
Nolan, who;volunteered Immediately on
hearing Of our case to 60 bail for us to.
any amount that might be necessary, and
also for the tender Of the hospitalilies Of
his house while we remained In the city.
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