The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-09-17

to attempt escape.
In five minutes | marched them
into the station, together with the
valisc, and had them locked up il
separate cells.
then told the captain tho whole
story. He was disposed to think, NJ
first, that had made u blundrr but
on questioning the two prisoners
and especially on examining th,
valisc, and finding large sun o.!
money in it, he concluded that had
caught the right men, 40 distanced
the regular detectives
II proved to bo so. and the tive
men were duly convicted of murder
on cyidcncs that was beyond all dis
pute. In Iced, when Collins lost nj
hope of escaping the gallows, he WIS
8, broken down that he made II full
confession, giving substantially tn,
following account Of the crime
The stories Of Brallcy's great
wealth had first put it into his head
to rob him BY watching II lona
time fiom back window he had
/ discoyc,e the nature OF the Mstcn
ings 10y which the back door aud
gate wcro secured He was not bold
enough to- undertake the task alone.
but he knew II certain bad character
named kcvcru, to whom he coniiUti
his scheme. describing the flst1nings
of bradley gate and door. aui M =
ing him if he could force them.
Kcyorn sGl he could and readily
entered into the plot. They went e.
work II little after dark. one night.
when they knew that Ira Hey hal
gone out. but the fastcuings of the
rear door resisted much longer than
they hal expected, and they htl
nearly succeeded in entering when
Bradley came in at the front door,
locked it and lighted his candle.
/ Determined not t. be foilcd now.
they rushed upon the old man and
struck him lown With the tools they
had he N using This, it seems, was
between nine and ten o'clock
They then ransrckcd the house,
finding considerable money, chiefly
in bank notes The latter were in Il
disordered condition, and to make a
compact bundle Of them, Collins
hastily tore in two the fatal ncwspa-
per, which he chanccd tp have in his
pocket, using one half 60 wrap hi-
spoils in. and in his nervous haste
leaving the other lying upon the
floor.
In order to examine their plundoi
at leisure, they went to- the hotel al.
ludcd to where one of them engaged
a room to- which he repaired, and il
which hn was soon joined by tn,
other. Both were disguised, por'
ton Of Collins being n false beard
Collins felt So nervous over the
awful aiInir, that night, THAT he woulj
not take any of the plumber homo
with him, and 80, aftrr counting tn,
money. he intrustcl it to kcvcrn fpl
the night,with m understanding that
they should meet nest day, tako &
trip to New Haven, and there each
deposit his share in II bank in his
own name, or any name he might
choose tO assume.
When kcyern made package o
the money again, he picked up Il
fragment of another newspaper he
found in the room, leaving tina. bear
ing Collins name wing upon thC
tloor II was shortly after Coliin'
returned homo, that night, that he
called my attention t. Bradley
house, froishly thinking that, by u
doing, he woull never come withil
range of suspicion.
Collins died from pure terror hc
fore the day appointed for hls cXccu
ton but Kcvcrn paid tho extreme
penalty Of the law,
1t was this case, which | wOrlo,
: mp on my own account, anI IN whicl
was largely assisted by nero chance
that gave me a place on tho detective
force and hnyo been pretty sIc
cessful ever since. Many man ha'
worked harder and displayed NOR,
sagacity than | did on that occasion
without accomplishing 50 great III
end.