The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-21

yoro,nber were traced for some tliie, ~.
t,,,v we're finally lost sight of until rev a!s
wv tsIepram was received from B:rdstoWn,
ri notifying Mr.. Kerr Of two suspicious
; ani answering the description pup,
i;sbad Of the robbers. Before they couio
ha " arrested they had made their escape
They were subsequently heard from
lmt managed to elude the vigilance
~ thn law officers. Saturday mori'siii.
la.t. 1otl, instant, John Kerr arrived ~
London bv the passenger train from NV ,''
West. He was not recognized unni! y,
walked into the residence of MIR. Hn'hi'
uambricht. Mrs. Hambright was az n1ln.'
and her brother-in-law (NIr. Benjamin , na,n,
hrirhtl WAS also in the hollSe-Mr. ilLl','
lITnbright not being in. Mrs. h'lii1 nar y
rcrcrniZed Kerr and spoke to HIM. ~ -,
short conversation Kerr said that ne a,, J
hclped to rob his grandfather Ea'I l' WAN !,
molnnel .Jessc kerr) again. MIS-. HamDIn :! !:
N vi ~, him You should not act so '!aalS.
I%n,.,. ronI;nd that he was implicated Ill III,
r rnilory Of his grandfather, and there WAS i
ron.,ri altered for his arrest. Mrs. Tau u.
irirht immediately requested VII: be,Jal Ia
1I,;9,,i'rrht 70 go for an officer, when he os"'
.nJ J,crr yas taken into CUSTODY.
''' ,i,ha abovc il A correct account OF the wa!
:, which Kerr came to be arrested.
Iron being arrested, Kerr. teisncd the
<,rastc,t surprise and indignation. lie hrsl
a;L his maine was John Long, and that nc
,,''. horn and raised in Centralia, ILL.,, and
hid never been in East Tennessee before
' 'i, he said his name was Glenn, from Hi
NOS He insisted that his name was moi
.iobn Kerr, and that he did not know such &
man. soon after his heing placed in coniine'
neut. brother Of the prisoner, living neal
the town, and having Leen apprised of his
arrest, called on him and recognized hlin
But the prisoner insisted that he was not
John Kerr, and refused to acknowledge the
visitor as his brother.
Upon being searched the sum Of twelve
dollars was found in one of his pockets, and
sixty dollars in one Of his boots. Nothing
else of importance was found OIL his person
Then his mood changed and he admitted
that he was John Kerr. His father, Mi
William Kerr, arriving soon after, had al
interview with his imprisoned son, and
then tclesraphed to Judge George Brown, OF
this city, who went down to Loudon on the
midnight train. On Sunday morning the
prisoner was brought before Justice llaIrl,
son, but an examination WIS waived, anu
the prisoner rcmanded TO await trial.
His appearance indicates that he has been
Oil prolonged spree III fact, that he is yet
suffering from its effects. Dissipation, long
continued, is marked in his face, his eyes are
boodsEot, and his whole appearance ha@-
!.ard in the extreme. His counscland friends
are positive that he is deITnscd. "clazy as
bed bug" as one of them remarked to our
reporter. On the other hand, the guards
who brought him from Loudon assert t;i;It
he is not out OF his mind, but fully sensible
of lis actions. His course i'll going to Lou.
don and allowing himself to be arrested
may be attributed either to rcmorse or de-
ran~cment-we cannot tell.
No further intelligence from BardstoWn,
or the men who left Tennessee to arrest tho
suspected men in that town. has been re.
cei;cd. Leonard Kerr is said to BE keen and
quick-wittcd, not given to dissipation, and
il he is guilty. not likely to walk into The
clutches of the law with his eyes open.