The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-04-20

balh casaier.
! In the course Of The next few week
she frequently visited him in hi
own room in the upper story of the
bank building. which was a plain
two story brick house. One nigh
she expressed . desire to see tn
vault Of the bank, and he went down
unlocked the vault, and showed it to
her. Next evening she was with
him again. 1t her request he wen
for bottle of wine. and, while the,
were drinking it she managed tc
throw sleeping powder into his
glass. He drank the wine and in {
few minutes he was fast asleep. She
took the keys of the bank and vaul,
from him, ana was soon in the pres.
ence of the banks funds. She pick.
No some fifty thousand dollars in bill.
Of one hundred, fifty aud twenty dol
las, and leaving the doors unlocked
she returned to her paramour.
Warren was still fast asleep. She
| put portion Of the bills into the
drawer of his bureau. The remain
der she tied up in her shawl, and
went again down stairs with match
box belonging to Warren. She piled
up the books Of the bank upon stack
OF old papers and set fire to them,
leaving the cashiers match box stand
rear the door leading to his room
Then she hurried from the house, and
left the city on foot until she reach
Cd neighboring villag,, where she
she hired vehicle that took hor
back to Pittsburg.
The flames had made but little
Roadway, when night-walchman, in
passing the bank building, noticed
the glare and gave the alarm.
Erie was then very small town.
and the president Of ,he bank was
on the spot few minutes after the
fire hell lad rang. The fire Vas ex-
tingujshed, and to The utter amaze
moat Of the president, stolen money
and the tcll-tale match box were
found.
Warren was rulely aroused from
his torpor and Indignantly asked for
an explanation. He had a terrible
headache, aud hardly able to collect
his thoughts. His incoherent an
swers were not calculated to lessen
the suspicious which his conduct had
aroused, and before dsybreak he was
locked up in the city hriIewcll, The
news that FL lvari Warren had rob-
bed the City Bank and then attempt
ed to hide his crime by setting fire
to the building, spread Ike vildfre
through the town, aaa large crowd
was present at his examination on
the following morning.
The prisoner earnestly protested
his Innocence, bat he shrauk from
tho intercourse he had
with the courtezan Kate, and
the magistrate committed HIM for
trial. Even after he had been inIict-
ed for arson and larceny, he did not
tell his counsel nor his distressed
father that the cyPrian had been at
his room He only sai! that he had
had drank some wine and fallen asleep
and had known nothing about that
which had taken pace alterward.--
His stubbornness On this point, how
ever, was encouraged by his counsel,
who assured him again and again
that the jury would acquit him. But
the jury convicted him, amid The ap-
plause Of the crowded audience, and
The court sentenced him to imprison-
ment for lie. Next day he was sent
in irons to the State Prison.
Warren, IS distressed old father per-
sisted in declaring his son guiltless,
and he told all his acquaintances that
be would leave no stoae unturncd to
establish the oonyiets innocence.
After a great deal Of trouble he
succeeded in obtaining from the Gov
ernor Of the State permission to hold
al interview with his son; the prison
rules at that time torbili.ng the rel
atives of convicts to visit the latter.
At that interview, than which moth
could be more heart rending, Edward |
Warner tod his father all about his
Intercourse with Kate F'aIlon, but
lc did not give him that name, Kate
having told him that her name was
Mary kinuar3,a and that she was from
Philadelphia.
Il shall not rest" said the old man,
II taking leave Of his son, 'until | |
nave found that woman..'
His son had given him an accurate
description Of her personal appear
.nce, the most noticeable feature of
aer face being large black mole on
Inc upper lip, without which her face
would have almost fault,cssly beaut;-
,ul.
Old Warran Immediately went 10
Philadelphia, aud employed an exper-
enccd detective to search for a wo-
nan, Mary kinnara. The two visit.
ed all the hauats Of vice in the City |
Of BTotberIy Love; They looked at
every cyprian there; they inquired of
hem if they knew such a woman, but
hey obtained no information concern.
ng her whatever.
During the journey he met in the
stage coach young merchant
rrorr, pitt.baro, I, xpbop, ba .oiJ l;c /