The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-08
BILLY BISANT TRAPPED AT
LAST!
He SHOWS WHERE THE MONEY
WAS HIDDEN!
A Long Term at Joliet will be his
Portion!

The Peoria democrat OF this morning
says
Yesterday Bisant, who has been in jail
for some days accused of the express rob
berry, of which copious mention has been
made in these columns heretofore, desired
to communicate to Mr.. Geo. A. De Long,
division superintendent of the express
company, in regard to the matter.
When the opportunity was granted him
so to do, he proposed to Mr.. belong that
| if he would get the suit dismissed against
him for the theft, that he would tell him
where the money was. Mr.. ID. replied
that he did not know whether he could or
not, but that he would first see Mr.. kel-
logg, states attorney, in regard to it.
MIR. Kellogg consented, so Bisant was
taken over to Squire Ernsts office, and
the case was then dismissed, and
MIR. B. supposed that he was free. He
and Mr.. belong went to get the money,
which was hid away in an old barn on the
bluff
But, in the meantime, unknown to the
, thief, and also unknown to Mr.. belong
another warrant was issued and placed in
the hands of detective Matson, who, dressed
up in the disguise of drunken fellow, on
horseback, loitered along so as to be in a
convenient neighborhood when the money
was delivered up, and rearrested Mr.. BIZ
n SAINT, and he is again in JAIL the money de-
livered, and his own confession of the
crime, heard by several persons, standing
against him. So much for the man who
d forgets honesty and integrity and descends
e to tread the paths of villainy and robbery
6 Mr.. J. Shepard, of Chicago, Superinten
. dent and Mr.. r. H. Best, of Buffalo, NY.
II chief detective of the company, have beer
J. here for several days, and had alread.
l. worked up the evidence in the case suffi
, Gent to convict him, and he knows it, ant
>, this was the reason why he made the at
u tempt to buy himself off. but by so doinl
N only got himself so much the deeper il
k the meshes of certain detection.
Ia This Bisant also says that Fancher
equally guilty, as he left the safe in the ca
open by previous arrangement, on purpos
n for him to steal it out Fancher, howeve
" denies it most emphatically, says it wa
- but an accident, and that he is free troI
~ guilt. If he is innocent, the occurrence
20 very unfortunate for him, as leaving tn
10 safe open Just at the time for it to be stole
n and the thief asserting that they had S
10 arranged it makes it look very suspicion
On at least.
he We are indebted to Conductor Va
en- Nest for copy of the Transcript whic
H. tells substantially the same story. This
paper says:
'o 1.-THE accused in accordance with h
ne promise, accompanied by Mr.. Shepher
he and Mr.. Geo. d. Long, went to stables
er the corner of Adams and Clay streets, an
ha hoVy a
stolen from the express company, amour
ed ing to about $4,000, except $500 which Il
NJ prisoner acknowledged to have burned f
d fear of detection.
*, Mr.. Van Nest says that one packal
IT. containing $1,000 had not been opene
en- The night of the robbery Billy was in s
m, loon playing seven-up for the drinks, VIII
,rk a man came in who Billy knew as dep
he ty sheriff. and his guilty conscience to
no him that he was wanted. He managed
asst throw this $500 in stove. There was b
be little fire and after the deputy had go
SEES out Billy recovered most of it, though
ian mutilated condition. The deputy "
not looking for him-his guilty conscier
was, though The Transcript says
ga gentleman connected with the PEG
and Rock Island railroad, states that
SAINT has been engaged on the road
of about two years, one year of which he v
oo1 express messenger, and during the VIII
'1 time conducted himself in manner to
by sure the confidence of his employers.
any This is not true. He was suspected
'oSe stealing trunk from Mitsch's express
our summer. He was formerly an inmate
eat the State Prison, and has been known Fl
IN boy as a bad and dangerous charact
ring Fancher is still in custody and will pr
op ably have an examination at an early d