New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-19
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
o,pr1-prD AFTER MANY YEARS.

IN
TEN YEARs-A MINRR, A Glenn "A hADV''-
AYpA STUDENT OF BLACKSTONE,
Jobn Riley. who was arrested on MonuaS
,,b, Cor the murder Of officer oBren, on August -
1eG4 WAS taken to the Tombs yesterday 10 uW"'' 'l
trial having first entered the plea OF No' u""'S "
the Office Of the DisrictAttorney He was pacou ~ |"
.oforable cell and seems inclined TO accept the sua
,t bosonhically Riley is thirty nine years olo tal'
thin with STOPPING shoulders and apparently IN poor
health His manner is nervous and furtye MS oo'"es
are much worn He lie bald and his mustacne Is u!cu'
The prisoner was not inclined to tax mueh !es'oi"'
when first approached, but after little urging ana many
ouestions he told his story even more mcohereh'3 ~
II is here given. 40. 8, ,,,,o,,
az have been misrepresented in this matter" kl'ey
,sid 81 would not have gone away al the time II my
friends had not advised me to. They were AFRAID "ouu
he railroaded" in the excitement which followed Inc
true story is this O'Bren had been levyng DacAmai
nm me for some time because-wel, no matter or "h"'
Ihad given him Of various times sums amounting " o'
5000 Finally he struck me for 500 saying that
he could make $500 any time by giving me up
agreed to have 800 ready COR him one evening, ana
10 meet him at sixth-ave. and FOrtelths| !
could not raise anything, found. had soiu
nv watch and given him the money ana iH nT I'm
ken from my finger al we sae :" did not 60 to
meet him and one sunday was sitting IN H. Hsod
saloon in Nnth-ave, and in came y bflen ho tncvr
me nnt his hand i'm nv vest pocket saying he knew
had money. when called on ReyhoIis 20 n i "a
IN my sIasT ite5 IL in nv face You see be mad
because had let Reynolds see that ne was tySd had
semitic with him. nearly got away lie IoIoW fi lg
ont into the hall aud snatched hold OF my co,l2I' H
heard a footstep and pistol shot and ne te. f 1On
tnoV Who hit him He may have shot himself O,Brlen
was in citizens clothes. and dd not propose W NC q"
ieSWe Riley continued clay hid in the East side o.
the city for ten days with some snd Vent West
took the train for 81. joe Mo travelled nrs
and vas better looking and better dressed than am
now tell Won I've seen hard times dld not stay
in St joe long, but came s 3s'A 10 ,He # in
81 Ionls saw number OF people there that knew.
reached Ncw-YOrk after had been away lol ;S
months and staid here week I9en Went ~ va.
delphia and from there wcnt-reay, nave IoIkvt'eh
Just where, but FOR four years r4yeneH pf ~ STl
stanily, North. South and West. nave pCeuiH -
York dozen times, guess, .sar wSS 1853
T@e%SsT ,S because fae 74 there re- Tas '
fresbct al Albany then. When came mere nag
crossed the river On the ec aI veaT. Of going sad
longer i'm the places struck. In ls6o llNed III NIte
Pine, New foT SIX OF elgu' iJ and once thought ia
soon be worth sixty seventy thousand I0dr5 bus
we did not have WaCr enough TO WORK H. linen " ~
inst across the line and farmed for half YEAR urea 10
miami a VINEYARD and failed was only week OF, tNo
IN san m q, never had any close brushes with the
police. when cut IN Nevada Wis i ~
migit have been dishonest II nad Nisneu,
Rut have good reputation out there, ana cOud sct
situation there any time. OF course, dld not can ny
eclf Riley don't mean 10 tell what name went ny
Perhaps they won't hear OF this out there was gong
back could only have got the money. Bui me unes
arc hard. yOu know In 20 aud7l worked aWhile IN
pick and shovel on q railroad ia Kentucky AT 10
month and board worked ia the freight Once 100 LOT
a few DAYS; but 10 nearly killed me lhilug barrels oil
SShiskev amt that In 70 / lived In BROOKLYN. No,
Shall not tell what worked 81 or where lived Ih,S
liked me over there DO you know, / mad got ch1uct
10 60 10 work his morning aud this strikes me pretty
IOucl I've been here now eight months-caiit rom
Baltimore; and have not tried 10 Keep NV aI o1' "l
The Wv very much have been IN every pUbHc pace
except this thc city; been IN 10 see lNeed examine"
been at the theatre. .-,..t..,
ala nor mind being arrested much" he concluded.
I've read "a good deal Of blackstone since I've heei
away, and bavc studied mp homlcldcs an clearly OF
The opinion that Jury would hold me Whch he acts
are known. aud that's the reason don't mind. Mhy'
mai fellow biackulIlej when wasn't more than
fifteen years old! Yes. I'm married, and since
ste,s sicklv creature No chdrcnl No haven't got
am I'M writ. To my WIFE, and tell her this Is not ne
Yes I've been an round the city. nave sialI III 'he
business with friend. They had li TINS morning t@t
shook last night and couldn't tails. 10 sHeh 'Ai ,
bpy were ALA good deal more excited than Was I'm
calm enough Tor don't mind.