, 1875-08-04

Gonklln failed to show any connection wfatevsr
betwoen AvAn and the va1fse, hence Ryan war
honorAhly d'BctIargod. lIe wAn, however, After.
war,ls arrested anu sent to the Island AZ \ va
grant, but MAS subsequently rclcA.etI At the re-
H,oAt of lia brother. Conkiin's ssat"nlent. that
hn went u Morristown and Haw Fred Nathan in
harefacod lie, becAueo the police All knew that
Fred Nathan was not In afotrstoHn for month";
1as"so aud for months after tho murder. How
G9nShh 'nld hAvo told stofJ 10 suprornny
'niGu.o'is n, g; as this cannot imagine. The fact
~ .t'e ibnrlneSs lS that Conkn IL gone 10 tho
h"ad. lio dau't aecm 10 know what lo Ia talk
ing abont. foar what ho Bayn tn your reporter
ING uat tcfore ths Nathan murder man passed ny
tae nathsn nz'is'on Aid srked tho hervant Rirl
to Nr Satsn al. h: e, III u tsonx. ~ mn,
works for 81. ss'lan," mi 10 n,,.cd IN The serv-
man. Till, added u The f.e that t.r,a,t ari IL
tho Nathan re.idcuse At Ap1r;r.oall n, H. tlt rinsI
IN. ~ the ,na WIZ had called Al th hos.s AID IT,
All tlis ia I lie. M sosrant girl 10 tia om.
pioY nf tho Shtllans gaFo any such Testimony,
lsvAn MAS identified only ~ Tho pnor fot,ofn
tramp Who wandered a1ong tho tfloraHghfarea Of
Manhs.tan'!ls begging for btesd. No ono con.
Atfeet' idcntiilcd him IL ia probabe that no one
In the family had over HoeD Inn before. 70
HUM mp vc!yshing briefly ~ to Couklin's state-
ments will Eay this:
ftrst-Corklln wns never = good officer.
Second-Ile waa found Asleep when tho VOL
fare Of tuntlreda depended upon hia vi9llance.
Thtrd-He vas compelled to resign his posi-
tion on tho force.
Four'h-I1o failed to identify the va1so con.
tanning tho burglala tools with tho. DID, decropls
l.,an.
FifM-Ryan war. upon the Fermentation Of tho
evidence aud The facts instantly tliachErXch and
ioycn nlmltttng ConkIin's testimony could tot,
wh!ls operating In One Hundred and Twcpfs-
Twanty-thtrd asreat.
.Sts'a-Conkln s.ys he SAN Fred Nathan nj
Mn:uBsoTn: lie lies! Frod was uns there. Ac-
col dug to his own wordy. Fred novtr raw this
OF weak. mau'l!,n officer, WHO, hearing THE,
that, and tha other thing, woayea from all that
fal'H upon bis carr q cunning story but unfor-
tuhHselv, stosy WHICH tho slightest tnveetiga-
t on taoTa to be as entity AZ the winds. II IN
tbs tale Of uian dlsnouorel aud d;Bgrnced In
tito department.
BTATEMESr or eEHfT. JptIH FITzaEnALp,
~ho "an under Capt. Davis III 1870: remember
well the arrest Of Michael KrAu OF whom ex-
Dilices Conklin speaks tn l,ts tcrtim5ny i,eforo
tie SpcoAl Committee Of tho Legislature. Kyan
xAa h+Eicved to bo anything hut burglar. To
siso the common phrase nf csackA; lie xaH
not "sol,d." At tho time OF Hyaus arrest lie
had With him ~ old black baE. containing lot
OF tonia or 10 earthly uhe. Ther would no. orcn
!"o-and' 's'1peuny lock. lot al4np ruch do ors
aud windows a. arc fpui:I in the Danno!ly u.a,i-
Eto',. Afsor kshn'e Rrieht he was taken befuse
.Iurtico Sctluade and cent it il aAh. to tie Asy-
the Island that hs brnther obsain.d his ttIs-
Charge. Ryan had in hia bag linen coat
tp,tted with blooI. but the Kpots amnursed
y uushing. At the tin,o Of the burglary
at tho DonnelT n'ansion it was occupied
by tho Lori family, who were Baid to lie
| connected with tho Lord who was robbed Of
some 5l1,u ,uQ0 worth Of bo.ida. KYan was found
hanging about the Donyelly mAntion BY Oiiicrr
Conkln and. after lie WAS arrested and com
ni.teu to coli. ha boots were tried iu tle foot
H11"kH &hOnt tho hn1tan Ent thAy 1hI
During tho tine Hymn uAs In our custody the
uaHo Of Nathan was never mentioned Whcn-
ever tho members Of tho force tako up the
Rogues' 0allery - Pictures" Aad come across
aud cay. "Thate Conxlin's BURGLAR" At the
time Ryan waB arrested ho had, scattered alt
over tho bag. spmo tLrca dollars. 1noetlv III rep-
nies. The fullos sing Is tue receipt tho CLERK Of
sha Cont ghvo fos the sAnse:
SEw Yong. Aus. =; 1s's.-1te.eiyed tren Officer
CutkHn {}.37, money tIknn from Michael Hymn.
jnHS u. kckEAs, JuIticos Clark.
Scrct. pelamater also said that he remHmhera
vel! tho lineu-cost foun1 in Ryan'a bag md that
IL wnA covered with blood
STATEMENT OF CAPT. pAT1h.
waa III command Of tho Ihiytieth Precinct
III 1870, md remember tho nrrcat Ut 1iicA4el
Ryau. consider tho statement ,nadc By ex-
Officer Conkiin absurd aud evidently lnade ont
OF "hole cloth. lsyan At tho slime Of BITS arrest
wAa Looked upon III lalf-witted fellow, Couk-
lin made g1eat fuss over bin arrest. az al!
- fresh policemen do, wlion they think they
have captured burglar but upon full inyesti-
gation Couklln found out tllat Ills ''aurRlar !"
was Of no account. The statement Of CoukIin ts
10 abAufd and foolish that IL IL hardly worth +
notice. II there had been tho slighteat cleu
that Michael Ryan lad ANYTHING to do with the
murder of Nathan would hsvo loft no asonq up-
turned to haye followed It up. 1t would have
been great triumph for mo to have boon tho
meaua Of arrestine tho murderer. lot Alone ths
reward that HRB offered,