The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-21
BOYD'S RESURRECTION.
Capture Of the "Assa> sinated" Swsctwata
DefauIting PenyN,n Agent. A
TRAVELS OF THE SrEAD.'
Visits to South America and Canada-Reappear-
ing in the Flesh Under the Uncommon Incog
Of smith-Blessings Of Extraditioa-
The Kicking CORPSE En- Route
to Tennessee Prison.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 10, 1873.
Yesterday the people living along che line OF the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
were electrified by the report that Thomas q.
Boyd, who figured In prominent manner before
the public In September OF last year, had been ar
rested and taken from under the protecting egIs.
OF the British lion In the Queens dominion OF On
tario and-thanks to the Extradition treasy--had
been conveyed to Amerlcansoil by detective on
GERS, who had followed his nail like sleuth hounds.
on the scent and, with theirmission accomplished,
had staYted with their prisoner for this city, and
were then on their way az asst steam could
bring them. The nrst intimati.n the public had Of
the matter was the reception at Sweetwater on
Tuesday evening Of the following despatch BY A.
1d Have x cell made comfortable in Se kncsvs
This despatch was the theme Of conversation on,
the streets; and, although the signature was not
that Of Thomas G. Boyd, yet the mistaken ',S.u
was accounted for as merely CLERICAL error not i
the faintest doubt of its having beer sent by T. G.
Boyd being expressed. WISE
BOYD RESIDED AT swEErwATsR,
where he played the hyp0crite In the mist success
iul manner, acting as superinte ndent ola Sabbath
school and evincing public-spirted liberaIity
that endeared him to the community In which he
lived-so much so, In TACT, that when thy charges
OF his misconduct were first made they wge gene.
rally discredited, and when they were pressed by,
the officers Of the government he found 10 DIM
Guilty In giving the required bail In the everal
cases. amounting In the aggregate to neark forty
thousand dollars, many considering him oerse-
Cuted man. from the fact Of his having been n the
Confederate army. Boyd had presented fraudulent
claims for bounty, back pay, pensions, &C., amount
ing to upwards of one hundred thousand dollars
and several indictments were pending against
him in the United States Court. and fearing tlat
bis guilt would be proven he conceived plan, he
successful execution OF which would enable him to
escape the punishment that would necessarily fol-
low conviction This was nothing less. than to
make 1t appear that he had been murdered, when,
of course, the legal proceedings against him wouli
pc stopped tI ana ne cO@,H spena 5ne zen
gains In perfect security. ......N
The idea so boldly conceived was carried into ex.
ecution on the Attn OF September. 1872, when Boyd,
having fully matured his plans, sent two men,
Of the Peace, and whose last act before leaving
Sweetwater was to sign claim for one Dorcaa
s1 Oa wSen S vSs
tools or easily gulled dupes, to the noun tains,
avowedly for the purpose " summoning witnesses
to appear before the Court tn his (Boyd's) BEHALF
he following TWO days aiterward and Joining them
at Colonel Boyd's This father) when they proceeded
mountain pass the farce OF being attacked by dis
guised men was enacted and Boyd spirited away
were placed in such position as not to be abls
to see his body after he had fallen, when the 81
SECOND ACT IN THE DIABOLICAL FARCE taf
was contaminated in the Dissertation Of the grave
Of Samuel Bowles-a cOlored man who had died
whose body had been packed In charcoal and taken
to Eleazar church, near Boyds father's resi-
BoySs, o ordepWana taxing sneSefr S' the
corpse, which was conveyed to me tnmoet
q y
though not entirely consumed, as the charred re-
mains were intended to be passed OF as those OF
Boyd, so wantonly murdered by the mythical and
mysterious Ku Klux. rgll
the horrible details of the AFFAIR were published
at the time together with the examination OF his
henchmen, which made his guilt manifest beyond
the shadow OF doubt Boyd made his escape,
am nothnS Known OF s v ~ rs
abOutS until November last, when q relative OF one
OF his bondsmen was sent to follow clew then OBJ
tanned, which resulted In his detection and appre-
CURIOSITY WAS Ewes BEsETrING SIN,
and Boyd seems to have inherited his full share Of
it; having an Itching desire to read the newspa-
per reports OF his disappearance, and. under the
letters to a gentleman at Sweetwster, asking that
copies OF various. papers be sent to q designated
address. This came to the knowledge OF his sure
ties some OF whom were for large amOunts-Mr. l.
7. Lenoir, $27, 900; MI. Benson, $1,000; Cooke b
Henderson, 1000 with General J. A. Mabry, Colonel
amounts, the whole aggreqating probably $4,000,
and the two former at once sent Louis Lenotr, q
nephew of the gentleman first named, to Ontario,
who discovered the object OF his search at London,
where he passed under the name OF Smith. Writ
ing back to his uncle that he had spotted his
man, that gentleman had the necessary papers pro-
cured and forwarded to Washington and obtained
requisition from the PRESIDENT for Boyd's
ARREST UNDER THE ExTRADT1oN TREATY
The messenger, William b. Lenor, son OF the
chief b0ndsman, then proceeded to Niagara, where
he could be easily called II 1t was necessary to
identify Boyd, alias Smith. His services weres
however, not needed for on Tuesday night de-
same date, stating that the fictitious ''Smithr had
been arrested and was then in custody, and the
suppOsitiOn now Is that he Is on his way to Knox
vile to occupy the cell he ordered to be made
''cOmfortable,n unless he should be released on
bail and doubtless strong effort will be made to
accomplish IL, General John @. Vaughn and
other friends are now here, and win use all their
influence in his behalf. ~ ~
IL will not be long before the mystery that
shrOuds this remarkable will be made knO wn,
which, when all the facts eMcted, will form an
interesting chapter In the criminal annals OF East
Tennessee.