, 1876-11-18

"What was the object Of these mcnl"
swell. th.sc fellows had becn without any
counterfeit capital for some ti,nc, and It WIS
necessary In order to procure stuff to get some
Of the concy mcn out Of the Pen!tentiary.
The man tl,ey had been dealing With WAS Ben
boyd. They knew that money could not get
hin out. II hal all been talked up, and money
could hayc been gotten, but II was impossible.
They are connected with a gang OF counterfeit
ers In St. Louis. Being men Of talcut,-all of
them aru IN fact,-sume ono proposed this
scs,cmu to rob Lincoln's grave. Whether he got
the idea from history or 1t was original With
himself don't KNOW"
"'Eho was the author OF iti''
"That don't know. Hughes says l,o was,
but tton't think lie is smart enough. believe
It WIS tho contractor or Mullins; either Of them
could do 1t. Some one anyhow conceived that
II they could get Ltncoln's body large rcwarl
would be paid for It's return, and Buyd would bc
SIT free. They knew that tic monument cost
over 100000, aud they asked thu question,
out the corpscF The penalty was looked
up, and IL WIS discovered to be
mere fine and ono year IN the
County Jail. Tho chances OF detection were
very small Everything WIS gonu uycr care
i,!al fa'ly' and the conclusion reached that there
NO CHANCES or DETECTION At ALL.
There wcrc no guards ut the monument, aud all
there WIS TO do WIS to 60 there, shoulder the
cnsket, a,nt carry IL OF: It was to te taken
they Thought, In duo course OF time, the ABso.
riatl0,i, or the GovcTntncut or somebody would
offer biz reward IL get It bark, anl thcn 1t
wunll ba turned Up for the money a'nl par
a.,u!nst hughes WIS also to b. una of tho condl.
TINS. Jos dixon said counterfctters had very
little nerye.-that their business requires moro
'leadxork than nerve That is true tn sone
pat put Up jo6s bu. IT, not Very s ssa s cat'
fyitg them out. 10 tliey hui t9
assls. the,il-some''oa, Who k,iew rotnctninE
tim was that tney wonla hasc to 80 !!'r,uyl,
Iron, al.a they believed tLut there Woulh 10
EooA deal Ut ttolbe III Cetting intu tsIt stonu
slrcuphaEus. They thought the slab on tnp
und lid not kaow but drilling and blasting
would be ltccessary. They dld not understand
very much about that part of tue burglars bust
ness: They we're mt sslre TINT could 10 tllat,
| There were only three Of us In tl'e schcsnu at
active part. The contributor did nut want to 10
| any work; he wus the madlc-uaui had given
sonsilsSs to 70 tas plan, end ~ was 70 DE-
| to 70 tu Springfield, Rtnee It was necessary, II
tl,e thing didn't 30 through, for him to pfove
al absolute alibi. We had another meeting,
| aud It Was concluded that
THEAH MutF BS H0URTA MAN,"
"Who were tho tlree1"
'tMulllns, Hughes, aud myself. Well, the
contractor went on. did uot know fur so1ne
little time whom ho had gonc after. but MullIna
told nie It was Johnny Lamb. ! knew 1t would
be dead givs.away for mo II Lamb ca,no In,
because ho believed hail given sou,e fellows
up. though ha4 had nothing to do With thcls
arrest. They did not know much about Lamb !;
but Ae had been in trouble, and they thought be
had good reputation - : crackslnan. told
them he wouldn't do,-thas he wasn't exactly
couldn't and Lamb, Thay We1o determined te