, 1875-02-24
AACCETT
Tho Old Man Denies That Story Of the
Priest.
padgett Accounted for...A Talk with
Young l1assett.
Mr. Hickey Is Indignant.

4 TRIBUNE reporter made sfait 10 tho Cours-
Jail yoatardaY afternoon, TO llava talk with the
old 1Han 1laaso:t, and jad out what now derciop
nents, II any. thero wcro In the murder caao Of
Which ho stanls ncoused ~ thn principal.
On cntaring tho ''ca3e" Of tho jail lllo 70.
porter WAS surprised to find that, notwithHtnpt-
lug tho fact that old I1ussett IL imprisoned oil
tho most aerions charge whicl. can 10 brought
against man, llo Was among thoso wAo havo
tho privilege Of spending their time in the cur
rdor Of tho Jail insteal 1T bin cell, "a knduoss
which, III tho hafe-kecping daYs..of Conrad foiz,
onsrn @ ' aud those i q only Who hui l,oen w in.
INJURED on luaHI;criminat charges; Tnls re- re-
eayasr Gsa lin a Of sos @ steFy y.rs t't tos h aiy y
officials sudden docaritaslor.. Among tho
PRISONERS IL wtioin Fesar accorded tue privilege
Of tho corridor MAS tho patent-rGhta operator,
vLo never failod to express his gratitude for tie
lon!ency shown him, aiIa who before LtH reCh.:e
Oh bail whispered ae'.tly into l'otcr's car that io
was worth "1arrela OF money aud thas anon.
Kind guardian after i'i4 ra!easo would
10 couple Of Aaal;e.s Of tho t]no.t
champagne that corld he found iu iho city.
Tie Colonel van roloabed on bail. aud tlo
aud uaitcd, mud waited. but they came not aud
Peter lad 10 fall back upon tho looal lager Mid
,aeditations upon tue strange duplicity aud ,,n-
expected inRrautudo Of tie man whose u'ones
had to he counted BY the ba,rcl-futt.
Ut course IL must not ba supposed that old
man Hansett liaa bocn talking chA,uragno or ba-
rolls Of mouey to auyboay. Or that 1t III snc1 III
iucensnts ~ H. .hcao Nhiel. nll tLe cor'ilors Of
setBation Of ttoxo Jolly PRISONERS wAoui it we're
an ungontlemAnly not TO force behind uHgcntacl
I iron bars, aud keeps that Hctitsle-isoio in oon-
stant readiness IN an easy egress TO u,n
rcNf 1f IN h1ii
nodating ladder awaits tho noIecleas Btcp
Ut the fugitive I1onl jlstloe. On TIC contrary,
It IL pleasant to contrast tue nrcscllt lu1naui-
! tartan system With tho aomewhat brutal but
Conrad cvcu though it docA cost tho county o
Mlsoncr Of two d ina1,th.
ylsDiI0 OLD 1sAsaErr
tho cnntrc of MI admitting Iront, Of prisoners,
who wcrc apparently enjoying hugely Lila c3pn-
patton II tho peculiar freaks Of tcmlier Of Ills
wife aud boz, which Invariably resulted in their
| twtting lin With boiug murderer, :he reporter
did not nt 1irst like to lutnrfero With their anusc
,nent but, a. IT promised to bo unclldlrG, hc Ut
last rentusod upon MI Interruption. when tho
following conversation ensneu, much 70 the de-
light Ut The other prisoners, whom tho most
pointed Limits fni1od to snbue with sense Of tho
deccncy Of retiring for 4 few minutes.
l:epottor-How 10 son focl this morning, HF.
Sir. Iiaaaett-protty ws4t thank you; hor'z
Noporter-Admirable. thought would Just
giyo SOU call to SEQ ii you had anything fnr-
tilor to say on the subject Of the charge brought
against you by your aon. may aud that colno
! from, TMETh1ECSE.
1T. unsBets That's right. I'm gla1 to eco
you but tlcre'a nothing new that know Of.
1lororter--I goo tt this mornings Tn.prsE
tad trouble in ireland about living with your
iisss co,,Biu. though you wcro nut narTied to
her. Have you seen tho article:
llIero bect1ing-browcd aud rcd-noHed Young
II. Ns,kz
who is awaiting !rial on = charge Of sseainE
tickets OF tho Michigan Ceutral Railway Conf
pauy. volunteered the information that ssuo lad
just read 1t to tue old lnan.l
hold Of TINT rrirBt. It's big lie, ami ~ can
provo by consins Of mine i'll thla oity. wl,o viii
swear that tho woman am now living with 10
rolatlou Of mine except by marriage:
| Ntrortor-Nhc,a did yon 1.-Two III ireland? {?
Alr. HA,sett-I llvad in thv ConnsY Clare about
Il mi'en from Ennis, instead Of t. As
tie priest says. snso. thoro'a lots Of Hiatt
settB round there. aud every family Of them has
pnt4Ick. Just thu other day man called to
SEQ mo in tho jail pcc4',so llo know Patrick
lIaascts wlo lived iu County Glare. Ireland, but
Wien 10 saw nle hc rail was another man.
Aaposter-Yon rvnsenlacr tho circumstances Of
tho flniIlE Of the bols IN tho South Branch four
Mr. nassctt-Qutso well.
Henorler-Your family saY they know nothing
about it. Did you not toll them Of the occur
hls. Haasctt-Nover a word. Sure thnt's nnt.l-
inG strange for man to bo fou1Id dead in the
ryer. Didn't they ilud them every woot thoso
times?
l!erortcr-Do you remember ovor hohrlng
about 4 man nan.eu I'ndEctt = boks plastcrcr bY
occupation, heIpg missing about tho sslne Ut the
murder
| name mentioned until now in this atfair.
Eeporter-Have you anything Moro to Ray
Mr.. 1Iassett--Nothng except thst wllen yet
out Ut hare-'-if ever do Get ont-1 will hunt
IN tia. priest, and will mako him foo. sorry
for what he said about lne. I tall you.
ltoEo,tog-You nre sire it IL not no:
Mr. llsBset.-I can provo 1t by quito number
Iho reporter loft tho County Jail and pro-
w DAN n4sskrr, e::==
who however, bad nothing to add 70 hia rreViois
i:sss soessd :saas L. rsnia s s % IL '$sa itas
this country aid kuow but little abou. his
fathor's and tuothor's life in tho ull country.
lIo lid not know an,thing about tie UNI Pad
go.t, WHO Disappeared At about tho time OF tho
nlurlor but i,rofo4sca aHso.ailncnt At Ills mother
and b7oshor and slater douylng that thay over
hoard Of tho body bclug, found fl tho
l.ver, NJ he remembered bot. himself
aud his father. conveying tho news
l.omc where It was discussed by tho whole family
l(o wna certain that tic head mas thrown iuto
tho river by his father, a. 4e saw tho old insu
put 1t Into thu tcrco with thn reut Of Tue body.
| TAhQKTT.
From. Information CLEANED by THE Ta.nuSE re-
potter 1t Il now claar beyond question That tho
tnau ladg TT, who disappeared in 1871. n not
lilo man VI. 'as body wsA fi,llnl in the Chesgn
Ayor. T.: 4ia search for Information tho ra-
lorter. amongst tiosa who might 10 supposed
10 layo some knowlodge. Of the depaFted rad.
gets. came across alr. John CoyoFt, . gcut!cnan
largely Interested In bUthling operations in this
CITY, who supplied him with tho following facts !:
erecting some buildings On Forrest avenue. nnsl
lad ellSngca Mossrs. 'Tnowoy i Ialgo!t to do
tho plast0rng. IL the latter paEt Of tho lauptl,.
Just psey!ous to ls departure for Now York
Clty, he gave r&dSatt Ghock for 9h00 to enAbln
tito latter to pay OF his worknipu, lie had
barely reached that city wllon l.o secBIvcll tee
aran from Chicago apprlxlna him at the fact Of
radgett's departure With tho funds. padgett
had not a,uue haen Hceu by A|tp, hut hn was 4lro