, 1877-11-25
He Declines to Lose His Grip, and Is
Defiant as Ever. =,
Visit from an indianapolis Policeman
Who Identifies the Prisoner.
The Officer Gives an Account Of His Intro
duction to Rande.
Yesterdays Record Of Miscellaneous
Transgressions.
RANDE.
Special Dispatch 10 The CAlcdg1 Tribune.

/ t4AAsltI VI hAuuE, tue ueSpcTluo, 1rOl1 lue Ja
: In this city to Knox County, Illinois, would t
made tonight, aud in consequence, at the al
I proach Of train hours, reporters aud correspond
cuts gathered at the iail to witness tn
,, transportation OF the prisoner to the dcpo
while many went prepared to follow the Ill
| nois officers wherever they might 60, It wa
| the belief that TIC outlaw would run an imm
ncnt risk Of 1nob-yoience while ir transit, an
hence the desire to follow and bt in at the dcatl
| It was asccrtaned short time previous t
train time that the determination to TAX
| Rande to Illinois tonight had been abandoned
| and there was general scattering Of reporter
| to await further Developments. Subsequent,
it was officially announced that hereafter ther,
! would be- nO.scprcr about the matter of tran
fcrripg the prisoner, aud THAT the newspaper
| would be apprisel when the formal delivery t,
the Illinois officers wouid take place. 1t wa
also announced that the delivery would taxi
ing. 1t was the actual intention t.
leave tonight for Galcsburg, but it WA
discovered that departure by this evening"
| train would involve a delay OF several hours j,
way station, thus subjectiug tue prisoner t
officials wish to avoid. Hence the post
| poucnlcnt. While being conveyed to Gales
burg the prisoner will be shackled aud
| there will be guard OF eight mcI to perform
the double duty Of seeing that he does not es
| s. s-r ~ - - 49, 49, MseA go. ~ t1~ ''5"Aooe 1Aea1
n1g1lt VI 9uuse LyIcli;
Dufltls Tue oay haade has been as det
aas ana otaspncfnous as ever. swear
I Iug IiIat nc IS as bFaFcW,a man
as ever llSeu, 1haL ne WILL i've many years yet to
k1a1 more ID poilccme11, and TINT nc does
not care On Wien he IS taken to LII
nois, or how many coWare1ly mobs
| threaten his life. III talking to Il re-
porter to-day he said: "BY c., I've been in
too many penltcntiarics, had too many balls
| anI chains On the, nnd have been shot at too
| often, to die with u rope around my neck. No
I ID mob dare hurt me, and they can't co1,-
vet me either, for the murders at ellison or St.
Elmo. Because I was ucar there does
not prove that / was there and am the man that
did the shooting. acknowledge NY deeds.
| owned up that shot the policeman ut Indian
apois, and would own to any murder or theft
| might commit
! In 1act Randc has indulgcd to such m extraya-
giant degree in these proiane and blasphcruous
expressions, relieving the almost constant tow
oI bra.gadocio with such ccccnrric 1iyurcs Of
spcccI, aud disfointed attempt at,yit and ,iosn
py, as to st1rccst tLt. idea OF insanity. a
sllSewl attorney, after hearing him talk to-day
said for y sufficient consi&1e1at hc rn,,fi
almost guarantee to avert the drath-seDtencc nj
tic hands of ury, This i,lca OF j1,suy,ity o,,v
by way OF suggestion. however. and tlc oitir;aIs
WHO have observed the prisoner from day to
dav, SAY tk,t Kande is not ou1y ror,Dos n}cntis.
b;l1 rxccptionajy cool anil saririo,,s ue.r n,,1
that the plca Of emotional INSANITY. takino tne
fnr,n al M, ,n.ntrn1lai,ln t,,;rs; f,,r l;i,>],l
would be Iauwt,cd at H. sensible iurv