The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-05

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Warren had robbed the City Bank and
then attempted to hide his crime by set
ting fire TO the building, spread like
wildtire through the tDwu, and q large
crowd Was present at his examination
ON the following morning.
Il The prisoner earnestly protested his
inn0cencc, but he shrank from conlessing
the intercourse he had had with the
icourtesan Kate, and the magistrate COM
mitLed him Tor trial. Even after he had
Deea Indicted for arson ana iaI oeny, he
did not tell Ills counsel nor his distressed
father that the cyprian had Deen at his
room. He only SAID that he had drank
some wine, had fallen asleep, and had
Known nothing about that which mad
taken place afterWard. His stubborn
ness on tnis point, however, was en-
couraged by his counsel, who assured
hin again and again that the jury would
acquit him. But the jury convicted him,
amid the applause OF the crowded au-
| uience, and the court sentenced MIN to
Imprisonment tor life. Next day he was
sent in irons TO the State Pfls9n.
| Warreh's distressed old father per-
sisted in declaring that his son was guilt.
less, and he told all his acqualntanees
that he would Leave no steiie uhturned
| TO establish the coAyicps lnhocence.
| After great deal Of trouble he sue
ceeded in obtaining from the Governor
OF the State permission 10 hold an inter-
view with his son, the prison rules at
that time forbiddlng the relatives of con-
vicJs to visit the latter.
| At that interview, than which nothing
could be more heart-fending, Edward
| Warren told his father all about mis- in
tefcourse with Kate Fali0n, but he did
1 not give that name, Kate having told
4 HIM tnat her name was Mary Kinnaird,
and that she was from Philadelphia.
II shall not rest," said the old man, in
| taking leave OF his son, 'until have
found that womanw
| His son had given him an accurate de-
scription of her personal appearance,
The most noticeable feature OF her face
being large black mole on the upper
lip, without which her face would have
been almost faulJlessly beautiful.
Old Warren Immediately went to Phil
adelphia, and employed an experienced
detective to search lor the woman, Mary
kinnaird. The two visited all the naunts
Of vice in the City of Brotherly Love;
they looked at every egyptian there; they
Inquired of them If they knew such d
woman, but they obtained no informa-
tiun concerning her whatever.
Perceiying at length that continuation
of the search would result in nothing,
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started for home with a heavy heart.
During the journey he met in the stage-
coach young merchant from Pittsburg,
to whom he told his sOrroWiul tale.
| When he mentioned the black mole on
tue woman's lip. the young merchant
exclaimed excitedly:
| "Why, that woman is in Pittsburg!
| Her name is kate Fallon. Your descrip-
tion of her looks is perfect. Formerly
she was there common woman of the
town; but for some months she has
| opened a gorgeous den OF vice, and told
| everybody that she had inherited a
large sum from au uncle of hers in the
| South"
OLD Warren counted every minute
until he reached Pjttsburg.
An hour after his arrival he and the
| Chief OF Police Of that city knocked at
The door of Kate Fallon's house, She
opened the door herself.
| Show do you do, Miss Mary Kin
naird~ said the old man, liking his eyes
upon her.
| The guilty woman was unable to con-
ceal her alarm upon hearing that name.
| The Chief oil Police Immediately took
her into custody. But Kate Fallon soon
recovered her presence of mind. She
haughtlly asked what her arrest meant,
and, upon being informed of the cause,
she declared in the most emphatic man.
| ner that she knew no such man as Ed.
ward j. Warren; that she had never
been in Erie, and had never set foot In
1 the building of the City Bank OF that
| place.
| she was confronted with the convict,
but with brazen etfrontery repeated that
| she did not know him.
| AS a matter oil course, she believed
a. IN fs.,ti ~ tE 4
not be entertained by any court that
light try her. But she was taken by an
officer to Erie, where the proprietor of
the house which she bad occupied for
few weeks, and where young Warren
bad said he had met her, promptly iden-
titled her; and thus one Of her false
hoods became apparent.
An investigation of her sudden wealth
led TO still more important results. A
| Pittsburg merchant from whom she had
| purchased her furniture stated that she
had paid him in certain bills, which the
| Erie Bank asserted had been missing
from their vault, and finally the cyprian
who had told Kate Fallon what sort of
man Edward Warren was, came forward
and added her testimony TO the evidence
| that had accumulated against her.
| Thereupon her counsel advised her.
after she had been indicted at Erie, to
confess her crime and throw erself on
the mercy OF the court on account of her
motive, namely, to revenge her brother
| upon the bank cashier.
This she did, but the court refused to
treat her lehiently, ana sentenced her to-
the Penitentiary for life. Upon hearing
| the dread sentence she burst into piIe-
Gus cries:
ooh, hang me rather than send me to
the Allegheny Prison for liie," she
sobbed, "Oh, that is worse, threefold
i worse than aeathp
The Governor OF the State, as q matter
| OF course, pardoned Edward Warren as
| soon as the result OF Kate Falion's trial
had been communicated TO him.
1 Warren's father went West with his
liberated son. They were never heard
OF again, having probably assumed an
other name.
/ Kate Fdilon remained in solitary con-
finement ior nine years. Then the Gov
ernor pardoned her, in the first place,
because the long imprisonment had al
| tected her health 10 such a degree that
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