Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-21

them TO get on the train quietly anC
conceal themselves in water closets
Then in order to deceive Van Valken.
burg and Warren, he picked up his bag.
! gage, telling them he was going to the
hotel and wished them to accompany
him to Windsor on the following day
Tuesday.
Lenoir then passed 20 the end of Ihe
train, and got aboard the sleeping-ear
He had scarcely concealed himself IN
the water-closet, when he heard Van
Nalkenburg and Warren expressing
! their suspicious. The former then passed
through the train and took a seat in the
lsmoking-car, when L. got Brown and
! Newhai, and the three took a state
room in the car, paying their fare to De-
troit in order not to be disturbed. All
Windsor they
GOT OFF QUIETLY,
leaving Van Nalkenburg on the train.
Proceeding bya retired street to a livery
stable, they hired a carriage and drove
ldiTectly to Amherstburg, leaving at
eleven o'clock, and making the distance
! eighteen miles-in two hours. On
| Their arrival they went to a hotel and
slept till daylight, and after some delay
! they were directed to a public house
kept by a man named Middleditch,
passing by which LenOir was gratified
TO see
BOYD SITTING BY A WINDOW
reading, while a chambermaid was
making up his bed. They at once went
up to his room and entered, when the
constable receiving a sign from Lenoir
he stepped forward and told Boyd that
he was a prisoner. Boyd then asked by
what authority. The officer then pro-
J dUced the warrant and read ii through,
I when Boyd said "l'm your man. and
asked how he knew him. LenOir, who
had stood back, then stepped forward
and taking of his sealskin cap and
mufier remarked that he knew him, and
Boyd not at once recognizing him he
told him who he was, when they shook
hands and entered into conversation.
INQUIRIES AFTER FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
Boyd then inquired eagerly as to the
condition OF his family, having heard
from them but once since his flight. He
then asked why LenOir had come after
him, and was astonished, apparently,
when told il was in order to save his Sc
curitieS, stating that he had made ar
raugements to that effect. He then said
that he was perfectly willing to return
TO East Tennessee, and would give Le-
nOir no trouble about eXtradition if he
would treat him like gentleman.
Benoir then telegrsphed to his cousin,
at Niagara, to come on TO Windsor that
night, intending to bring Boyd at once
10 Detroit and wait the next day till
banking hours in order to procure funds,
his supply being almost exhausted
Boyd then offered to let Mr.. Lenoir
have what funds he wanted, who there
upon borrowed two hundred and forty
dollars, with which he paid Newhall
and Brown, and bought tickets for the
party home.
CAUSE OF THE HEGIRA.
Not being able to procure a carriage
for several hours, LenOir talked with
Boyd until two o'clock in the evening
on various matters. He was not reti-
cent, and gave as a reason for his fight
that his attesting witnesses were being
troubled, and he thoughtif he was gone,
the Government would stop the pro-
ceedings against them. For nearly
three years he had been talked TO and
about, and at times he felt almost
like he would 90 crazy. They
left Amhertsburg at two o'clock for
Windsor and crossed over to Detroit,
putting up at the Russell House. After
supper Boyd had his hair cut and was
shaved, when LenOir left Brown with
Boyd and he and Newhall crossed over
TO Windsor again to look for w. B. Le-
nOir, whom they found at a hotel. They
were delayed in returning on account of
floating ice, and did not get back to the
hotel in Detroit until three o'clock
in the morning, when they
FOUND BROWN ASLEEP
aud Boyd quietly reading Josephus,
the same book he had when first cap
tured. w. B. LenOir then passed the
remainder of the night with Boyd, while
Lenoir and Newhall went to sleep.
The detectives were paid off, and the
party left on the half-past seven O'Clock
train on Wednesday morning for Gin
cinnati, where they missed connection
and laid over all night, at the Broadway
Hotel, rOOming together as other traV-
elers, Boyd being perfectly at liberty,
and having many opportunities Of es-
cape, which he, however, did not attempt
TO avail himself Of. They then took
the train for Louisville, where they laid
over seven hours. Here Boyd met an
old friend and had a long private talk, ]
Louis Lenoir having gone out, and Will
lie, with great delicacy, leaving the two
in privacy. Thursday night they took
a sleeping-caT for Nashville, w. b. Le-
noir retiring first and Louis Lenoir and
Boyd occupying the same berth.
The Messrs. Lenoir took breakfast at
Linck's Hotel in Nashville, on Friday
morning, leaving Boyd, who did not
wish any, in the cars during their alb
sence. At Decherd's, Mr.. LenoiT heard |
that the conductor had received a dis !
patch at Estells Station, asking if Boyd |
was aboard, to which he replied in the |
negative, not recognizing him among
the three travellers who were enjoying
themselves in social conversation.
On their arrival at Chattanooga they
went 10 the Reed House, when, leaving
his cousin with Boyd, Mr.. Lemon went
over 70 the Burns House, when he saw
Mr.. Benson and the Marshals, Messrs. |
Clingan and Duff, sitting by the fire,
looking by
No MEANS CHEERFUL.
Lenoir bade them good evening"
when Mr.. Benson looked up surprised,
and after a pause, asked: " Where's
your man?n TO which he replied that
he was at the Reed House. This infor-
nation electrified the officers and Mr..
Boyd, but they curbed their impatience
and waited Gntil Boyd had eaten sup
per and changed his clothing before
going over. After supper Marshal Clin-
gan gave LenOir formal receipt for the
prisoner, and reluctantly intended to iron
Boyd, but Mr.. LenOir considered that
il was unnecessary and telegraphed to
Captain :. +. Evans, at this point, ask
ing that he be spared that indignity.
His reply was that he left it 10 the dis
cretion Of mis- subordinates, who availed
of the privilege and did not
proceed TO extremities.
At Chattanooga the prisoner had a
long interview with his nephew, A. w. |
Boyd, who left on the night train and
came up TO Sweetwater, where he pre-
pared Thos. G. Boyd's family for his ar
rival.
When Boyd left after the mock
Tragedy, 1t was generally supposed that
he had
A LARGE sum OF MONEY,
but he says that he only had nine hum
dred dollars; during his flight, however,
he collected five hundred dollars more, I
about fourteen hundred dollars. !
He had spent less than three hundred
dollars in all and had eleven hundred |
dollars when he was captured, so that |
his enormous frauds did not psn out |
very heavy in net cash.
According 10 bis account, his course |
y hen BE LEFT vas not guessed. He rode /
on horseback % Dalton, and there left