, 1877-09-01
Bloody Array Between Official Pre-
servers Of the Peace IN
Kentucky.
Tho HlghtoHer Murder Trial Results
In Disagreement OF the
Jury.
Escape from Prison Of tho Milwaukee
0hild-Killer Of Respectable
Connections.
AN OLD STEAL.

l,avc Ind In a long while Among the vascs set
down Tor trial Is that OF the Mount Vernon Ma
tional Bank agaInst tic Adams Express Com.
pany. TO rccuvcr ll,c sum Of <S,UU, whlrh, It Is
claimed, was delivered 10 the Express Company
at this place for transmission to The Third Ma
tfonal Bank al St Louis, hut which, It appears,
never reached It's destination. Tie hank
las brought sntt for $l2,UOD. adding 1900 III
tho way Of damages.
Tnc story of tlts singular robbery is briefly
as tol1uws: On The flth uf ast JMne the
Cashier III the Mount Vernon National Hank
culntcd out fU,0W In United Stalct Treasury
noles, $.,0OO III National Bank ellrrenry, md,
pnetng t'B whole In unc parkage bracct on
each side by a piccc Of heavy paetc,,oar,i, &C.
c,ircly tied tho same with strong tw,nc. tho
ends an s'.ics Of the bills being. It Is saI. fn1y
exposed Il, vlcw. Tic package was Then
pussetl over 10 NOAH Johnston. Prcsi.
dent nj the bank, snd Jeremiah Taylor.
Director, whu placed upon It ap
additional wrapper, tied H. will tnorc and
tc.i with this tllu bank Officers named gave the
package T. tccont1 wrapper, thicker an,i stronger
than the hrat, and put u, r,ore twnt atttl krat
Ing wax. lh tIs artarentl} secure sl,apc the
package wae returned 10 tho Cashier. Mr. e. y.
Hail. who nt once addressed 1t tu The Third Ma.
tional Bank at Ct. Louis. IL was lllc,, passc,i
back TO Sit. Taylnr, the Director abovc Iamr.l,
wIlo took II tn tie depot and delivered It to ar.
rcccp. for tle ta',e. &hcn IfS' liz westct,,: %
bound train reached Mount Vcrnpn. about half an
hour inter tho transaction, the express aycmt de-
ltycrel tic package to the messenger, whot III
tho ,nYstery commences. It being after bunk.
ing hours When the truIn reached st. Louis, this
nackage could lIus b. delivered until tI,e next
day. II seems that Il wae not until! afternoon
$1ft.., 1rz &btrf$
received II, anl that it was then plares in Their
tafc aud not opened until tho next day,
tln 18th. It was .hls last proceed.
Ing that disclosed the most Ingenious
was foilnd 10 have disappeared, and u IT, steal
hnd hccn PLACED lot Of brown wrapping-paper.
c't the size o( bank,bille. interaccd Ill thrui,utl
with tissuc paper. tho whole being made to re-
sss % "s f. Po @S Sn* ss Il III S. e4 Ety. p'esass ess
boarsls werr, however. gone. and tho package
was tied With different twlno from that used iy
the Mount Vernon Bunk. The inside wrapper
sso % thu t0 Gsxfna ff a ~ Gs.ss s
Of tho Mount Vernon Bank. had apparently bccn
ut,tasturbctl, Il requiring considerable scrutiny
to dctcSt auy tamperfnG with the ecath THIS il
slowe the consun1matc skin Of tic lands en-
gagged In It,. There are numerous thcorits nd
yanecd on the subject, hut no good purpose
cunlti be served by tnaking newspaper mention
nsanss Inc Exuress Connnnv. il rc,,rcs,ntmi ,a ,i
by Judge James ii, Pollock IL Son ami I:oI.
Thomas i, Cascy, of thts c,ty, tho casc On thr
part q thy Exrress Company 9cing managed
by tfl,t1gc =. II. breckenridge, OF St. I.uuts, +,
G. Ucyrrc, of Spyt,,u1lr. Iuu., ind Crcwa & MAJ
nyr. vi NuuLt Vernon, iii.
THE RICHMOND tKY.> TRAGEDY.
Carrfsponatacs Cincinnati GHn,,atrciaL
=, efAsFonu, NY Aas oo.-on Monoay h,gnt
last' about ~ os'Hk, serious aud fatal dull.
Madison Couuty, Kentucky, between Edwar.,.'
lin Town Mnr,hnt of tt,ot ,,torc af,,rit t,v t,,,,
~ .u"n n.I'" a.s"a y. s"". ~, "' s'uvo wv
o1 u'' nsntnets: On one sue, anu ": u salln'
aided by bis brothcr.in.iaw, TUX ballard. awi
William Kennedy IN ,l,o ,tl,cr whlrl, rrs,,,,,.i
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"n IN RnT Is a I to ''as .h VI 1aaess ~ ,
sn pa1a saa es Of TX Kvasy S srs c eSn o % s % Tbs Tbs
truccdy was substantially Us foI,nws; Last
wrcl dnrinr ,hc .t,sr fotr n, ni.h.n,ud
ss,'.s *as ns..ss, .le 49,, 'a. .. u. ',o"!' y"
.ai 10 navo behaved INN tnroncp'v ~ ~ ,ha f"r
grounds, wtlcrcupuu Edwards, acting Marshal.
knorkcd him OH tho heutl With a .tIrtt an,, .rrl'
n,,sIv inInrcI him. ~ T1,. 49, "''I hs,ar ssr
eou,muuicated ,o ". a. sa"nlcr, ''s t1's
dead brother. VINO was at hls home
IN Crab Orchard, Ky., he repaired to
K,hn,on,t with ins fr,cn,is. na,l,ri au,1 ron.
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