Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-08-19


together and reached the water~closets.
Ottman taking the fourth and Halleck
the third.
WHERE THE MONEY WAS HID.
i He reached down, took out the
package, broke off the strap and
wrapped it in newspaper He then
walked into the adjoining closet, where
| Ottman was who took it and placed the
package in his pocket. Hallcck then
went to his room and resumed work.
He frequently met Ottman afterwards
to arrange how the money should be
changed, but succeeded in making only
poor Roadway. He proposed that not
a dollar of the fund should go out into
the hands of third party for the
present, as he was afraid of being dlss
covered in the crime. Ottman was
anxious to dispose of it; as he did not
care to have it lay and rot. He pro.
posed to press it into Riggs bank
with his deposits. Halleok advised
him not to do anything of the kind.
Gates, in the meantime was after
Halleck urging him to take some action
wrote him note about it, and pro-
posed that if Halleck would not men.
ton the $500 note matter be would let
him out of the trouble altogether.
Halieck replied that alterations were
being made in the water closets in the
department. and that he ferred the
money was forever gone. He had
never kown
BROWN IN THE TRANSACTION
at all until after the arrest and he -
on the way to this city. He all
suspected Ottman had another.
forgone day in the saloon Ottn
to Halleck that he had pa
send away, and asked him to-
for him, as he was the best
the two. He then gave HIM
of Brown and said that it VI
| checks he was sending. Fl
cause he suspected Brown was t.
the job. Ottman and Halleck had
several conversations, but could not
agree what to do. All the time Gates
wanted money and Ottman was told SO,
Ott,nan appeared to hs~sdsrieious thu
there was no such person as Gates,
and to convince him he made an ap-
1 pointment for the three to meet at the
Ebbitt House drug store, but Gates
failed to come. Shortly afterwards
| Ottman came in to see if Halleck had
really given Gates the $500, which was
the first OF the money that Halleek
handled after it was taken out After
this Halleck obtained money from
Gilman. He still cautioned him not to
be hastily in putting the notes out, or
be would get caught. Gilman showed
him draft on New York for $1,000
and said that was what he had done.
He said that he had got away with
$1,000 Halleck wanted to know how
it was done. Ottman replied that Mai.
| Brayton went with that amount and
changed it. Halleck wanted to know
what it cost +; Ottman replied $500;
| Halleck said it was too expensive and
must be stopped, as they could not
stand it. Ralleck said that he would
change it, as he was handling money
| every day. Ottman advised him not to
take risk He insisted and demanded
him to bring twenty Of the notes to the
office and let him know before. and he
would count out $10,000in 500 bills
and exchange, Ottman came one Nor
ming, but Halleck did not see him. His
intention was to slip the notes into
box as he brought it from the vault.
aud afterwards put the $4,000 into his
pocket and take them out. He did not
| make the connection, and it failed
| Beyond this he has no knowledge as
to how OF in what manner the money
was exchanged. Ottman while in New
York agreed with him to let him have
his place in Washington for $4,000,
He saw that Ottman's purpose was to
to beat him out Of the money, and he
agreed to take the restaurant at the
price. Gilman was intending to pur-
chase place in Brooklyn for $4,000
He had no knowledge that Brown was
interested in putring the notes out, and
was opposed to disposing of them at
such extravagant rates.
All the foregoing statement was dc
tated by the prisoner Halleck. without
| any questions being put to hun. After
he had finished he was asked to describe
the man Gates. In reply he said he
was about five feet seven inches high,
and probably % or so years OF age
Was accustomed to dressing in dark
clothes, and wore sandy moustache,
and had general air Of responsibility.
Haleck says that Gates told him two
Or three different stories about the meth
cd he had adopted to get the package.
One of them was that he jumped into
the cash counter, and with a common
hoop, hoped it up. The hoop, he said,
went under two packages, but slipped
out. On subsequent occasion, he said
he had been assisted by some one on
the inside. He had never thought to
ask when or how Gates put the money
in the closet, or the bill in Welcker &
IIagerty's Halleck says that he be-
lieves that it was impossible for Gates
to have obtained the money in the
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