The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-09-27
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The Facts i'm the Case Of the State vs.
John STANLEY and (:eOrsye Rehce.

The Facts i'm the Case Of the State ys.
John Stanley and George Behce.
Ii Will be remembered by the readers of
The TINES that in our issue of the 10th, an
article appeared, in reference to one John
Stanley, who had been arrested on the charge
Of passing counterfeit money, and also, Of
the arrest of George Behee, who it was
thought knew something, or was implicated
| with Stanley, in the robbery Of the house Of
John Heighly, a German, who keeps a gro
| Gerry store, and.a saloon in the classic suburbs
| Of Cincinnati" A reporter Of THE TINES
| was promptly on hand, to secure the facts
and the item as published was a verbatim
| report Of the facts as gwen to him by the OFF,
| GERS who made the arrest, but when the ex-
| animation of Stanley and Behee took place,
on Monday, fact were ELECTED that showed
| that the finding Of the counterfeit money on
| the person OF Stanley, was only a job put up
by one Jim Mooney, who for some unknown
| reason had been employed as a detective in
| the case, to secure the arrest Of Stanley,
| and by combining him in Jail
brighten him into telling what he knew of
the Heigly robbery, but Stanley did not
'squeai" and the only show that the State
had for making out a case was the testimony
offered by Mooney, who could only swear to
what Stanley had told him while they were
on drunk together. Stanley and Behee
proved an abb that no judge could possibly
bind them over on unless his opinions were
warped to their utmost extremity, and con-
sequently they were discharged by Judge
Vaughan, yesterday morning.
The following are the facts as to how the
counterfeit money was found in the posses
sion of Stanley. Several days before the ar
brother, U. S. Marshal Miller, and asked him
TO let him use some counterfeit money that
the Marshal had in his possession, he (po-
liceman Miller saying that a noted criminal
could be captured by such means. He Sc
cured the money, and, according to the testi- |
mony of policeman Yerkes, it was turned |
over 10 detective 90 Mooney. On the night of
the 18th, Mooney met Stanley on
North Broadway and asked him to
take a drink, but Stanley declined and |
then Mooney suggested that he take cigar, he |
ACCUSED to this and Mooney taking coun-
terfeit half dollar from his pocket handed 1t |
TO Stanley an told him to go buy himself a |
cigar Stanley did and returned the |
change TO Mooney. This operation was also
performed at one or two other places, and the
twain started for the city. When near the
ey handed a bag TO Stanley and told him TO
keep it, ''as he Mooney was afraid that
some fellows might jump onto him AT Turner
Hail." Scarcely a minute had passed after
Mooney had handed the bag to Stanley, when
the policemen seized Stanley and he was TAX
en- to the station and searched, and the bag of
spurious money found in his possession, and
he was locked up on the charge Of of passing
money.
These are the facts as sworn to in the Po-
lice Court, and We leave it with the public to
judge who has disobeyed the laws of the coun-
try. In this connection we will state that
neither Marshal Moonlight or Deputy Mar
shall Malone knew that the above means
were being employed to arrest Stanley. From
further particulars we know that Mooney
has only been made the tool for some parties
who wished to further their dampable ends,
and knew of no other way OF getting 1t done.