The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-09-07

On Thursday Morning last Lang
ham arrived direct from Madison,
Wis, with c. A. Rockwell in custody.
The details of the officers trip and
maneuvers would be of considerable
interest, but suffice it to say that the
lob was well worked up by Storms
attorneys and very snugly carried
out by Langham. The photographs
found the man and the local officers
Swallowed, withou, arresting him I'M
till l.. arrived, and had everything
in train to secure the desired 6nan-
cial results. Sheriff kiser and his
deputy made the arrest at Marshall,
town several miles from Madison;
and were unkind enough to take the
young man right out of buggy
where dimity was enthroned in sweet
proximity to his broad cloth. He was
at once turned over to Langham,
to whom he surrendered the 5000 Of
funds still to his credit at the bank
without waiting for the process Of at
tachment, tor which the latter was all
prepared.
On his arrival at our depot the re.
ception was in point Of numbers what
Rockwell calls "an ovation;" and
however he may have felt about the
situation, he certainly bore himself
without quaver or tremor, shak-
ing hands and speaking freely and
iovially with all acquaintance who
came near enough. A visit paid to
his cell few days later furnished US
with several items which we desire
to note here-cspecially the general
uniitness of the miserable old stone
pile which we dignity by the title
and use Of county jail-but first we
will introduce word by Rockwell in
his own behalf which we found await
ing transmission to the ADVERTISER
office:
CEDAR Co. J.IL, Sept. 3, 1876.
Ed. Advertiser Perhaps under
existing public impressions concern
ing myself this communication will
be considered gross impudence on
my part, but the spiri, moves me to
write partly in my own defence and
partially for the corrective Of state
ment made by the Conservative in
saying that my diary, as quoted, was
written in 1876. Either mean ad-
vantage was taken ora great mis-
take made. Those resolutions when
pepned were written in sport during
the winter Of 1865 while | was teach
ing school. If it has SO happened
tina; they have been carried out to the
letter, they were not an index TO my
real sentiments nor are they now
There are those Of my forever init
mate friends who know that with me
there we're other and weightier rea-
sons than merely selfish ones that
have caused my otiense and placed
me behind the bars. There are those
among my former friends who know
that even with my unpaid bills have
had hard tide 10 stem and who
| Lpoxc the eause If IT,
presume my arrest will make me
notorious and remembered long after
such men as G. II. Stnnwood or 9th
sa L.,r.t,,Llo .s1h""l-,?ts ara antira-
" forgotten. Why not say of me
that | have failed-assets 81 1000,
liabilities s3,O0O--as to say that |
have been guilty Of embezzlemcnt!
Simply for the reason that ! took a
new field for operations without no.
tice to my creditors when might Of
staid here aud taken the benefit of
the bankrupt law. In the public
mind the flight and not the actual
o,lense seem to constitute what is
known AS a crime. But now I may
say that can almost rejoice at my
apprehension. With Storms, Taylor,
Casad & Gilmore, Wallace and 9TH
cas-, can say that 81 am glad Rock
well is caught" I am young and see
my fault. do not propose to lose
the manhood still retain but make
all restitution in my power and when
the wound gets healed to live my life
over again and be a man. ! can not
think that there is less chance in the
wide world for me than there is for a
man who has stolen his fortune from
public funds or on the other hand
gains livelihood by dealing in the
} drink of demons behind the bar.
&. A. ROCKWELL.
ANY one who visits Cedar Coun-
tvs Jail will be at once impressed
with its poor ventilation, inconven-
fence and lack of safety, to say moth.
ing Of general ugliness. The yard,
or shed, which is provided for exer'
else and fresh air leaks like a riddle
aud has the atmosphere OF musty
ice house. When you enter the hall
between the cells on the first floor,
you find, besides nearly the same air
as in the shed, spiral stair which
occupies nearly all the room and
which is about as easy to ascend as
it would be to crawl up the curves OF
large auger. When you reach the
the second floor you find the hall
!, window, which symons thinks was
made on purpose to be broken open,
{ and on either side two quite comfort
} able cells. In one Of these cells We
found Rockwell. The floor was
strewed with circulars and papers,
Debris of his former correspondence
/, and insurance business, and the &C.
. cupant both genial and communica.
tive. lie got into the scrape,he said,
for the purpose Of helping needy
, mother. To this end he went home
!, when he had intended 10 cut 70,
3 Arizona, and couldn't gel away. lie
did not make up his mind to do wrong