, 1873-01-10
THE BEAUTIES OF STRAW BAIL,
Bill Wlay Concludes Not to Take
the Chances Of q Trial.
He "Jumps the Town." and
His Bail is Declared
Forfeited.
Pressing Necessity for Now
Law OIL tlle Subject Of
BAIL Bonds,

Y,o-,, ~, tim C,,r,So,+ or
o'lA oo1atts'
rbo ram NJ Tim o,+or,o,,s o,1 ,,,or,o,a nil,
Wrav. ono Of clicaro,a most dnrooro,,a ,loenor.
n1os ,yas co11of, for trtn IN lin f1r,mino1 Co,rt
ycator1av morniur ,,non nm iudiotrort charging
him with naunut viii, intent tn hin. Tho nar,
tiou}are Of tho affair which lod tn Wrov'a orrcst
pro "a follows: On ono Of Ills drun]son sproou,
which alwnya woro nf rare ocorroncn with him.
lie became involved In mn atercat;on with Patrick
Condon har~tcndor In sn,oon near tim corner
OF State md Tyoutv-sccond etroots. yray oh.
tninod n ,pvo1vor from po1icen,an Casey-wl,o
ayas snbaeoncntlv dfeoharoeil from thu forco on
account Of his connection with tho matter
and. standing f7rao.1v In front of Tho
bar. b]azo,1 nwav Mt 0ondons hon;. It waa i
nirac1o that thu minis braina woro not
blown mt. Int IT an 1annonel TINT Wray ainod
Zoo high. Tho ball moving swath through
,con1on'a bair. and iust grazing tro scs1n. For
th,s Wray woa arrested. and held in 1000 boi1
for trinl in tho Criminal court, Thoro was q
eonoral feolipg of satisfaction on tho part Of
the police authoritios at tho prospect OF tlually
dieposiue OF Bill Wray, who WIS vol known to
do lilo hoad Of ono of tho most successful gangs
0nCfatHn NGHt.
mover oporatoa directly himself. but nlways
nlanued tho Jobs md took tho lions shnro Of
1l,o urocoods. aomo of which. It was olaimod
occasionally found their way into tho pockota Of
rorto,n attornoya WIN ootod ma oo-botwoons.
Wrav'a wca1ncsa was bonds. notes.
Hooda rece;nta. in short. nauora al
e,,ch valno to tl,o owners that thew
xyoro oo-,no,1o, a. o1ror 1i,,or,1 rovor;1a
for thoir rot,rn md M oucationa os1eod. IN
,gond 1,nyo not1;ng to do viii, ordinary luro1o.
Ir-,ea. r,onov In 1yonld not 1,nnf1o oxcont NJ m
49,. S;,ax,4;ns,. H. s,,,,.+ l,.,,o .,o,,nr and
Aitol consiuct"sAoni ~ tuuos aAfo phpoto' VA"
Papors ho did haVo, to thas oAsent TINT no was
known to liavo accumulated about $4,000 In
nroportv NJ vnrious kinda His ranp nlways
eyont a,yog sron, nh,caoo Io zorlr rrcferrno n
"on' AWAY iAo't ouie"So " "eiA' Pio'etos '.
taAo their chances III sno panAs @nu on,gss III, ol
the smaller citica md towns. It waB Wray'a
horv t1o burglary Mt tho W;nona nan1, md ain,-
s,s.a,e;., 81, - .a,,;a,, .,ai5 1,saaa;a,,,
VII. ual4ot.', ~ W "uiuA p'sau uanunocts
Although LIS connection With theso operations
waa always moro than suspected By tho police,
4boy could uoyor succeed in ilontifying him with
thon, .o ,roo+,v nd n ao,,,,o corr;ot;on q, thot
sncln 30 ofect'y aH TO SECURE cohslo1lon 40 Snas
LIS getting otuhA anu snooslng oohaon ~ tne
manner related was deemed . perfoetgodsond, aslt
ho1doat and ,noRt a,ccessf,1 thiovoe NJ t1o aco
H. ,,s;, ~ t.a, ,,; aso.
.io iun'ono.. JUL " "PPo"1 ~ ei!i' u!e e'uetS
betng Parnon Mnnaon, formerly unitod States
Marshal Of tho Northern District Of Illinois.
41o was indicted for the shooting by tho Grand
inv In octobor 1aat ard tto de1 Tor t,;,1 ,y..
49,, ,,,t ~; oo,,noo, raa1,, o.,t,;,, oo,,4;.,,.
nAco' oo1 h'e eo1t,'aoA 1oaat's op'a'ao, con''nu-
ancoe, and after they had exhausted their priyl-
leges in this respect, they obtained a postpone
mont ut tho December term by d physfcian's
of1,nv;+ aott;ro fowl, ta fart TINT Wrov,a w;fo
14nN'''. -, ao| ~-4o 1"S' ..I|'' WV
enco at homo was therefore necessary. On
"Wednesday last bis caeo was again reached in
tho Criminal Court, and this timo there Roemed
to 10 IN exceilont prospect OF putting him
through" With unblushing efrontery, his
counsel made application for q change OF vonuo,
Which woa promptly dcnlod anu ycsterday MORN
ing WAS Rct for tho trial to begin. Yesterday
soon became evident that ho did not in.ena to
risk his liberty by taking tho chances ct trial,
and States Attorney Recd moved the Court that
the bail bo declared forfeited, that writ OF SCI
a. isSuo, and that Judgment DO entered against
the bailor, Mr. hlunson, at tho February torn.
ceBs in obtaining either tho nun or tho money
eemains to bo Beon.
Tho oacapo from Justice OF this hardened ruf-
fan suggests tho vital necessity Of eomo anond-
mont to the present law goyorning bull bonds.
1t is barely possible that In tuis caBo tho amount
OF the forfeited bond may bo COLLECTED, but tho
chancea arc that the, County Treasury
$4,000. Tho bailor has tho option OF paying
It OF not, just rs ho chooses, under tho low by
which o bail bond docs not operate ga lieu
upOn tho property OF tho bailOr until tho bond
Ing been n, DC declared forfeited and judgment
f,o&,r 1A1n 41.n