Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-11
THE SAFE BURGLARY
Nineteenth Pays Proceedings ia The Criminal Court.


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Yesterday, stser ~ closed TdE STAR reu0rt
OF tEe tTls! 0T Hiram g. Whitley, Richard n A.
III gTun, aud Arthur 3. Williams, charged with
eonsplrSCy ia connection with the alleged SAFE
burglary in the district attorneys Office the
following test BoBy wss taken:
HcRE ABOUT ZfRRUTH,
JON !. hlHg, eHofn:-WitBess is an attorney
At law AZ epaTk, and at prese Mt is assistant u
X attorney; has known ZITruth several wears.
rtcoleots Hrrutb signing a receipt in witness,
once witness explained that II. wa- last winter
employed as q watch man at the store OF bank
Tuft I'm, ana presented bill for Sl75 which
Wss reduced TO t1oO, and z. finally consented 10
acceptlt II; witness never heard Of a receipt for
,--o ltI. e signed III EIs Office; don't know tlas
4. ever copied paper in his office.
WHAT Mr.. A. T. WILLIAMS WENT TO NEW
YORK FOR IN APRIL.
trso. =. Genet e9orn-TYftness n a Ia wver. "a
S t ID New York; knows Albert Buchanan
- 1870 10 = brother OF witness wife Mr..
~ "I4i!sms was at witness Office on the 10Th
and 21st of April, for the purpose Of seeing and
procuring the attendance of Mr.. -. before the
Congressional committee; Mr.. n. had lett on
The 18th, and after making inquiries wlc1ess
tod " illiams that he thought X. was nearer
Washington than New York, and couIi be
reached; TecOliects seeing l.. sign dispatch
"a. Buchanan" one to MIR. Harrington at a
club house; rsCu'leCts sending a dispatch for
Kirkland 10 y. B. Will ANS: "Buchanan fshsrs
ana would Ike 70 see you at Hotel Brunswick
10 morrow mCTnirS at 81 Witness identified
Several dispatches Of the same tenor aud about
the same date. They were about the sams bust
ness Mr.. Williams was on.
Cross examined: witness had not the sli ght-
est idea OF any other business Williams hsd
here.
GOV. Shepherd and John o. Evans we're
CaIled, but did not respond.
TESTIMONY OF aiKF OF DETECTIVES CLARvOR
john a. ". CIdTros, sworn: Witness is chief
or the detective corpse the Metropolitan police,
recollects that on tbs eveniDg Of April % J,
about O'Clock. he met Mr.. Harrington near
police headquarters, and he (h.) inquired for
Major Richards, as be wished 10 see him on
something important The Major was not there
aud witness suggested that he (Rtchards) should
be telegraVhed for, and beeyes it was done.
Mir. Harrington said he wished also to sea wit
ness. Some time afterwards Major Richards
came down, and witness told him that II. wished
to see him, and they went over To Mr.. II =
house together. major L. was invited up stairs,
and witness renamed in the parIOT. where he
was subsequently Joined by Mr.. W. NJ. Evans.
After while MT. Harrington came down and
said, "JOhn, did not know that you were here;
the Major is up stairs" and invited him up
witness went Up; saw Mai or Richards, who said,
"HsrriDgtOn has received notice that his safe
H 10 be blown open" and showed witness the
anonymous letter. After talking the matter
over IL was arranged that witness should do the
outside work, while the Major and HarriDgtOn
would do the inside. They then walked down
towards the District Attorneys office, and wit
ness saw two men near the bill board, aud they
" alked tow ards the Office, one going in aud
then coming out again. They (the mem went
of and returned, and one went in the second
time; one of the two was a short, thick set man.
AhOut this time a. b. Williams came along,
ara they took position on Mr. Bradley's porch,
from whence fair view could be obtained OF
the entrance TO the District Attorneys Off &c.
Before this a cOlOred man came out of the
omce; also saw two men come ont, whom
Evans said he thought were Richards and Har
rington. Afterwards the two men came from
the direction of north side of Indiana ave- and
they went in. a difficulty occurred on the north
side of the street, and witness running over
Era hot
some paSseTs by. After a short time heard the
explosion and afteTH ard the men came out aud
witness followed. st the corner of 5th and d
streets they separated, one OF the parties going
up 9TH street and one along ID. Witness followed
the one up 9TH street and thence along to g and
9th street. Witness went down on the west 81 lie
OF 9th TO Z and the man was on the east side;
saw him when he went up the steps of the third
house on street from 10th and rang the bell
The man came down with a aDdkerchiet to his
mouth as If 10 cover IL and wal ed 10 and ask ed
u Mr.. Columbus something did not live there.
witness replied that he (wItness) did not know
Mr. Harrington asked, "Do YOU mean Column
bus Alexander" and the man replied, eyes,
that Is the name" Harrington then said he did
live there. The man then went back. When
they had remained near AleXandeT's house some
time, witness said TO Harrington, "I'm afraid
III Lore him." Harrington then said, $50 over
ana arrest him" and witness went over, telling
Harrington 10 tell Major Richards that he hai
"sone over TO buckle him" Witness then went
over and arrested the burglar.
At the consultation over the letter Major
Richards was in favor Of arrestiDg the burglars
inside the house, but Harrington said he wanted
to see the bottom Of the matter, and it was
AT this point the court adjourned until this
morning.
To Days Proceedings.
This morning, on the opening of the court,
Mr. DAVidge stated that
AN IMPORTANT WITNESS
for the defense, a member OF the secret service,
was lntbe city OF Pittsburg, and, as he under
stood, had written to the solicitor for permis-
sion to come here, and in reply had received
orders TO remain where be was. This witness
would be able TO explain some of the cabalistic
and classical kilograms, such As Everything /,
lovely and the goose hangs high" This cor
Tespondence may have taken place Before the
summons reached him. He brou Ght the atten-
ton Of the court TO the matter with q view OF
getting the aid OF the gov ernment in securing
the witness attendance.
MIR. Hill said that there was certainly some
mistake about the matter, but he would imme-
diately write to the Solicitor on the subject.
MR. OLARvOE ON THE STAND AGAIN.
Mr.. Claryoe resumed the stand, aud said the
largest man subsequently turned out TO be
Benton; the other man was shorter, was slightly
bow-legged, and was thick set; witness fol-
lowed the big man up 5th street because he had
bag.
Gross exsmined.-winiams' name was men
toned in HarriDgtOn's house when witness was
called up stairs. Witness SAID that he would be
alone outside, and Harrington said Mr.. Will
liams promised to be there. Williams Joined
witness after the second entrance. Witness
suggested that the man with the swag be fol-
lowed before they left MIR, Harringtonfs. Wit
ness supposed that they hsd outside parties;
thought that the man who shufied with his feet
was one Of the outsiders and he (the mani might
have made this shuttle 10 let the people inside
know that parties were outside. Followed him
to the corner Of ! X street and he disappeared.
This vas about O'Clock, after the safe was
blown open. Witness supposed that Williams
followed the man down ID street; saw party
come mp 9Th street at +; was told next ,.cy ~
Williams thst il was him. Witness had heard
Of thief turning back and talking TO party.
Major Richards and witness both suggested to
arrest the parties in the Office, and IL witness
bad had his way he would have arrested then
there. On the following Sunday witness went
to Baltimore to see George Carter.
Re diT6Ct:-RecOliects Mr.. Harrington giving
witness paper describing the party since
known az Gus Zirruth.
Re-crcss;-Thinks this was during the time
the investigation Of the safe burglary was ia
progress.
TESTIMONY OF Mr.. THOMAS NJ. SHEPHERD.
Thomas w. Shepherd, sgOTn.-W Itnsss was
present when th5 men went into the oAiCs aud
remained until they came out and the arrest
was made; reCOllects Harrington telling him tO
60 in the alley and tell the detectives that the
parties had come out. Witness did not do 80
for Re II ght meet an unwsc0me visitor. When
the man was at Alexander's witness was with
ClarvOe on the Opposite side of the street; recOl
lects Harrington coming over and ClsFyOe say
ing he vas afrGid that be would lsse his man and
Harrington then saving fsby All means oyar