The sun., 1873-02-05
THE HUNTING row CRIME.
Banks, Prime, and sanr,is TO be Bcrkea Up
Tho stories that KELSEY has keceutly
been seen Alive Discreditcd-Mtss smith
Atra i'd Tint he will Return.

Tho Stories that Kelsey hus hecertv
been seen Alive Discreditcd-Miss smith
Afraid that he will Return.
The intimation that Judge Pratt Of the
Supreme Court had sustained the decision OF
Justice Montford In the case Of the persons
implicated in the outrage upon Charles q.
Kelsey was received in Huntington with very
general satisfaction. The recent reports that
several parties had seen Kelsey for n time
gained some credenoe In the vicinity, but ~ the
locality OF the missing man not a-certained,
and as the reward OF $500 offered for his recovery
remained unclaimed, the feeling rapidly gained
ground that the reports Of his having been recog-
nized were either cases Of mistaken identl6ca-
tion. or stories fabricated with the view of
removing as far az possible the odium OF homi-
eide which rests upon the parties concerned in
the tarring and feathering Of Kelsey.
A Sun reporter, who yesterday visited Hunt
ington, found the popular feeling very strong
against George Il. Banks, Claudius b. Prime, and
Royal Sammis, who, on Monday, we're remanded
to await the action Of the Grand Jury. C3n,
convey the prisoners to Riverhead, where they
will be consigned to the county jail, says that
hitherto their arrest has been merely nominal,
as, acting under the Instructions OF the District
Attorney. he has allowed them TO be at large.
saOOo. This lsnlency has met with severe con-
demDation from tho residents OF Huntington,
upon the subject that the oficsr bad decided
daced 70 allow them 9 little further latitude,
through sympathy for George b. Banks who re-
Gently lost one of his children.
MRS. GouLDs STORY LAUGHED AT.
In reply to the reporters question AZ to what
credence he PLACED in Mrs. Goulds story Of her
te%paousy SSs ya pd f Mrs. % Could tel you the the
story herseiis" ,he, said, The reporter was
NO. said he, because. she could not the
whole thing Is an invention. Why, when the
bet bet Gould 500 that Kelsey IVA was not alive, but
Gould knew better than to do II. As for the re-
port Of storms, the conductor, having seen him,
that Is all nonsense. Storms would not be like
ly to have known him II be mad seen him. He
was a conductor on the Long Island Railroad
for a long time, but he only ran on tho branch
line from Hicksvillo through Huntington for a
short period, and was NJ likely to have seen
,, heiseS @ more ,ndn one or NICE WI a'2ge.her, NO
body will ever see him alive again. 1 tell you,
sir. the man is dead"
every one in Huntington. There are very Few
who believe Kelsey to be still alive.
AT THE HOME OF JULIA SMITH.
There Is one household In Huntington, how
ever, whose members are, or affect to be, as con-
1dcnt as ever that Kelsey still lives: Before
leaving the reporter called at the mansion where
ME- Julia smith lives The young woman 80 seems ms
former lover, or the very dsagreeabe position
of those kind friends who 80 gallantly inteIfered
little doubt that Mrs. Gould's story Is true In
every particular and indeed, Is so confident Of
Kelsey being still alive that she fully credits all
the reports OF his having been seen e, dIner6nt
parts Of the country. The ,-porter hinted at
the possibility Of his having committed suicide,
or, perhaps, d,ed from exposure. but the sugges-
t,oq was received with a dersiye smile. Not
at ALL" said the young lady, with great decision.
He went away and hid himself Indeed" she
added. argumentatively, "what else could he
do, after being tarred and feathcred-to say no
thing OF the disgracefu manner In which he had
conducted himself before thatY'
There is very prevalent opinion" said the
reporter, that many Of the letters which you
rereivcd ostcnslbly from him were forgeries.
What IA your opinion about that"
They were all from him." was the reply; II
know his handwriting only too we'll"
AFRAID THAT KELSEY WILL RETURN.
The reporter expressed hope that, as Kelsey
was still in the land Of the living, he would ere
long return TO Huntington and renew his old
allegiance.
Upon my word" said Mss Smith, with great
complacency, " am greatly afraid he will - and
Mrs. Oakley, her grandmother, who was presen nt
at the Interview, shuddered with virtlous in
| dignation, and said, God forbid !"
Mr.. william Kelsey has given up all hope Of
ever again seeing his brother. lie and Mr. Henry
Kelsey have carefully followed up every clue
| that has been presented to them, and closely
! Investigated all the reports of his having been
seen, hut their efforts have invariably ended Ia
| disappointment. and now they think he Is dead
| Mr. William Kelsey cherished lingering hope
| that there might be some truth In the story
! told by Mrs. Gould, until he heard her state
mont regarding his having dropped some words
! which led her to believe that his brothers
! whereabouts was not unknown to him. IL my
brother was alive" he said, he would certainly
| have communicated with some OF us am sure
| he never came home on the night when they
hesitating) iil-used him. His clothes were found
| on the beach. as you know, and he could not
have lived long without assistance In the condi-
| ton he was In. The truth will be known about
this affair before long, and II will he found that
poor Charlie was more sinned against than sin