The New York herald., 1873-10-31

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Ga. Ta mr plnserton the warrant Of Mr. comm,ssHner
w1a " he 'nsz seaa irving
ysy dd not as remember assign any particular
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amneers instructed Mt Jarvis to get all he could
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uan uAfdayit of Mr. Farley pu. in to the arrest Of
original Be Obtained q The orser n
. TESTIMONY OF THE BRITISH CONSUL.
Mr. Archibald the British Consul testified that ne had
Sarc he Has as oss Sse TOR m teSn % on the M Of
made With S The PhS or
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him what steps he intended TO take he told them that
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toms officers good for the purpose they had pho
BUY s
ssa hs 1e would make as
tized when pinkerton was Withdrawn rom the case,
told hum that he knew Mcdonnell
The following letter was read by Mr.. Hall and
admitted by Mr.. Archibald to be written by him.
MB. ARCHIBALDS LITTER.
NEW yonx SATURDAY EVENING, ss's" Oct is iNs
forenoon have seen Mr. ba Costa and hays reaasstsd
%S,sss and sI,ss =, dsssss
have reason % believe that REQUEST win be com,
on Mony o Will
ia Costa that the made ln TINS matter were
knSwIsags Sy Of the Of Che il
my remembering the services which ths Metro
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zeal and ability desire to Interfere with what they
on y sas NJ s cd Ss s4s o MSasg
SHAH feel Obliged am dear siri ySSurs rsssTGSiBALp TSi
Mr.. Da Costa was next examined and gave evi-
dence substantially the same as Mr.. Seward
There was long discussion as to the pr0priety
nell, Mr. Hall obecting to Its reception as it was
not competent and pertinent evidence. He alleged
that ANYTHING said or done BY Mcdonnell in Lon
Commissioner Gardiner said that the Board de-
sired the fullest and freest investigation but he
did not himself see that the statement OF McDon-
nell, convict was worth anything. He said the
Commissioners desired to hear the argument OF
counsel before full Board. and alter some delib-
Grafton the inquiry was adjourned until Friday,
the 7th OF November, at ten O'Clock A. NJ.
MCDONNELL's CONFESSION.
Messrs Fnrsarislps, No. Bank Buildings London !
vew o my 70 o
writing the substance Of the commune alton then made
in hope aVs
be taken TO recover the Bank Of Engands property from
and by whom | was betrayed, plundered and insulted
ON the arrival in the harbor of New York the steam.
snip hv On tpe OF M she was
Captain Of the New York Detective Force James Irving
% seeing sss% Psfsss 'sis s5i
n.sn01 was Informed that
as United states SarsSa to effect the arrest that their
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boarding the steamer until that opportunity was fully
sh ss Es
s7as United states bonds ise:twsniiss the iooW
sSsas sssh yH
s 00eas eaoa ana dss w1 one eonSs bond
% g.: D4sae HS a;e, Ga letter sS sSDn asssr.
CO. o Sa yaas q 0 % % and ne da
them with The express understanding that to be
% ssa % ny bss no% Sr M the r%
tha. their only reason or obtaining the necessary
any yaaabes might have, and not in the least with
the intention Of aording me any assistance protec
ton. IL this belief which induces make this
statement for am. certain that had the money
been used according TO my directions would to-day
be at liberty and out Of all danger Of ever occnpynS
both Irving and Farley to ask my property received
only 5000 in bonds from them, and their for
sending more that they could not do so without
compromising themselves The $1,000 in bonds sod
about $S $40 were used according TO my direction and
the balance contiscated l presume by way OF commits
both informed me that they had been obliged to make
adavits that they had nothing OF mine In their possess
sion, and asked me to be and keep their secret
promised to do SO; but consider myself absoved from
that promise when fnd the men TO whom IL was made
willing to keep iaith with no one intent only on fing
their pockets at the both OF those whose
properly they paid TO protect and of those who
different kind OF protection submit t. blackmang such
that perpetrated on
In further proof that my intercourse with them is Of
long standing will nd the record OF two registered
letters sent them by me last september from Charing
Cross Post office The copy of of them that
found In my trunk. commencing Friend Phil"
trust that you will not fail to have these men
hibited in their proper light; and am, &c,
GEORGE MCDONNELL.
witness-J. NUM-. Vice and Deputy Consul General
United States OF America, London.