, 1874-11-19


bank waB onscrod at night. 1lioro Is NM
named ChurleH 9. coagiovc, mud ono, nnemct
Cook u'Her arrcnt Mt Ws!lsDoro iof r., tIio robbery
of 1S'@sspa aa 1esan es 5,os aS'p*eS No. s" So aa @
street, s,rorn.-Tho bonds itontlled aro I'll OH
poHectsion. We rot thom from alr. ". 0. Los
lie OF tho 9Th Of Novomber, 1871.
William q. leslie atr0rn.-Am engaged 1t
building ra1oad from baltimore to pnilatlol
phla atld Now York. On tho 9Th Of thlf
inoath 1 was a.pulioa to by 1lolmoa D.
Kelley to sell ans procure M advance on Bono
Union 1aciiic Railroad bondB. Shortly aftor tint
received noto written Oil card, Baying that ho
had G0Or Of tho Missouri Pacific tint Io wssictl
toncll, and wanted mo 10 SEQ what advance I
Sa %eaG ' e Co., t' t. v asd us 70 eei Tont1se% o e
They preferred to adsa,co 10 por cent Of tho
tho other. 1 told A1r. :Kollcy thla, and l'o
,nTonEt me the bons too a n9! tao o T.
mir. Kelley. Theso are tho only bonds Of tho
Kind cyor handled. do not deal IN bonds
Tho sholo amount received ff1nt . Townsend
llazlcton i W1krsbarre Nailroad Company,
whicl, lo promaoa to @ tako. :; b.; bought teHo
nt 10 Ter cfn csy nynE oxnse9 se9 wh"on eleoI
Cor check for tho balance, $40, 400. l know
nothing wrong about tho bonds myself. l saw
nothing wrarg OIL tho faco Of thonl. The noxr
tlay aftor selling tIiom was sc1,t for by a1r.
been stolen. Ho nssed mo whclp got them,
and Immediately told him, nui then went out,
hurted up Mr.. Kelley aud brought lin to Sir.
Wholcn's ofco. lto did not deny my statement
nerolY made tho transaction an d lnntter Of
accommodation for Nr: Kelley.
Af,'. Billings recalled: After tho robbery. I
caused tho fact to bo autographed al ovcr tho
country; visited tio detecltye oiiicoH In Now
York, and had bills printed describing my bonds,
aud nlso posted tho robbery at tho Now York
it, lThe!eae recalled: wo photographed to Now
York to soll tho bonds tlcro being 10 market
for them here. Wo sold .Jlonl, but tho pur-
chaser noxt morning, seeing tho notification
spoken Of BY MIR. billings. eliel attention to
tito samo., The pattios III Now York tllon to1o-
graphed that the bouds had been stoiou, aud
6ont for aIr. Leslie.
Supt. Benjamin Franklin, of Pillerton's Thil-
ddelpAia Ageacy, ssuo'n: l arrested Holmes u.
Kelley, ltad beon in communication 1elatiye tu
tho robbery on tho 9th lust. Ono Of tho iirm Of
Townsend, Whelen Il Co. brought Kelley to our
otlcc. liz sald ho had got tho boldB from ono
y. Il. Fleming. who Wis stopping ut tho C0nti-
mental. lie satl that ho saw Fleming at tho
hotel; tint messenger camc for lin, aud he
won't up to tho Aotel to meet Floming. lIo saiA
tho bonds hud been received in q transaction iii
real, real es.ate. e 7 went to the hotel, but
eoald find 10 ]. +: Fleming. suel1 nano ar-
late on the 4th from pittsburg, and leaving oil
the morning Of tho 9th. Kelley said Fleming had
beon at the hotel two weeks boforo but tho
FoE|hLFy 1hlla 70 SnoW nlS pfeSO1E0 1Or tNQ
months before. mado scnrch ror, but could
not tlnd. tho messenger who called for Mr..
kelIoy. also made searcli Ill Pittsbslrg, whcro
kelioy sad Fleming bslongcd. but could get 10
s'' hs huS q mot ssh linn st ss at Atsy fhs ho!e sa
two weeks rrlor to tho 9Th inst, 11o Ind giyun
him (Flcming) $1,000 Of tho money to pay a
mortgage tint had boon tralnfcrrcd to him. lIo
gave description Of Fleming, but has fur
nished no information Of him since. :.
LOWS S Cassidy, who represented the prose-
:ution said that they would sest tho hero,as
enough had been shown to prove tltat
THE DEFENDANT WAS CONNECTED WITH THE
committed at tho bank, and called attention to
the fact tint burglary is not bailAblo olfcnAe.
lle also claimed that 1t lad born shown that |
kelley had cotHpired to negntiato tho stolen |
bonds. As for Fonsing,l,o looked upon him III q |
myth, but asked that hn be nancl US q cousplra-
tor.
Tho Alderman coincdcl iii ttaeBe ylows, mud |
committed Kelley to prison to nwnit trial, either !
helo or ~ Willaboro, US tho Court mny decide. |
Tho cincinnati Express Robbery.
from k!e Ci'.etnna, Gazette, Nor. 1s.
On Monday evening Col. Kierated had reason
10 suspect that ono =. j. Hackney, who. lived with
his wife in the lhiid story Of tho houao on tho
northeast corner Of Harrison street aud Broad
way. hau some connection wi'a the robbery, aud
dctailed Patrolman Holland to watch his moyo-
ments. Col. kiorstod's suspicious were COLI
tir1ned by Blacks confession, aul shortly before
o'clock yesterday morning Capt. Dayiar mud
Officer Holland arrestcd Hackney.
Word was seut to Onlcers r. D. Fox and Rob
crl Kidney, mud tho porter Of the exprcss CONF
pany, Charles Moody. They went to :ho station.
house, and identified the man undcra arrest as tho
person who assisted Black in carrying tho trunk
and safe from tho oxprcBs oliico to tho green
wagon. Hackney ia lnnn II lttlo aboyo medium
height, Of light complexion und whiskoys, and
slitu built,
rur p,r,,p1so procrss .nA,x .rp,,rn
MN :. ,,,,n,n;na !, ,,rooas, ,ra. ".,a, ,sa,,,.
'uto reqnisition and vigorously applied to Hack
ney. Ho did not long resist tho persuasion to
.nukc Il full confession, which it il understood
lie did about noon. From what W. conI,l
u,o, f.r, ~, ,i,s,Itoa aaaa "a' ;,r"1. .1aso
E,o"u 14olA out t11l'oo aourco u 'n1orlaat1on'
uackney'b story waR in BubBtAuce as follows;